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What do school test scores really say?
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If you’ve recently moved or purchased a house, you probably researched local schools first. These days, access to test scores is only a click of the mouse away – but critics argue that this information tells us more about the socio-economic status (SES) of the student body than about ...DETAILS |
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Bad behaviour fuelled by parents
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Pupils are being allowed to run wild with a “total disregard of school rules” because of a lack of proper discipline in the home, it was claimed.
The Association of Teachers and Lecturers warned that a quarter of members had been physically attacked at school in the last 12 months, ...DETAILS |
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University admissions shake-up axed
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Radical proposals to allow students to apply for degree courses after receiving their A-level results were dropped following concerns it would cut sixth-form teaching time and undermine the quality of exam marking.
University leaders also suggested that the move would put too much pressure on ...DETAILS |
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Teachers call for fresh curbs on violent video games
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School pupils are being allowed to stay up until the early hours of the morning playing games that are inappropriate for their age, said Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers.
She said many parents were failing to adhere to age-restrictions on the most ...DETAILS |
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Free schools are shameful waste of public money
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The Government is "shamefully" wasting taxpayers' money on free schools by setting them up in areas where there is no need for extra places for pupils, the Education Secretary Michael Gove will be told today.
Brian Lightman, general secretary of the Association of School and ...DETAILS |
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Headteachers threaten to resign over 'bullying'
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Some 37 per cent of school leaders said they were “actively planning” to resign because of changes to official inspections, rising workloads, funding cuts and repeated Government attacks on standards of state education.
Research shows a further 54 per cent of heads are considering ...DETAILS |
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Education is the key to Britain’s technological success
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Mr Osborne claims that modern ultrafast broadband services are key to Britain’s “modern industrial policy”.
And while I don’t doubt that, nor do I scoff at the need for brilliant broadband infrastructure in the UK (including most pressingly rural areas), I simply cannot ...DETAILS |
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Qatar commissions environment research vessel
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The University of Qatar has commissioned a research vessel for its Environmental Studies Centre.
"The vessel Jinan will contribute to finding a new generation of Qatari researchers," Dr. Shaikha Al Misnad, the university president, said. "They will contribute to supporting and protecting the ...DETAILS |
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Qatar research programme announces top awards
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A project that highlighted wireless sensors for corrosion detection of post-tensioned tendons in bridges has won the top award of Qatar's undergraduate research experience programme (UREP) competition.
Qatar University students Mohannad Abu Hassan , Mohammad Shehadeh, Ebrahim Dohair, Abdul ...DETAILS |
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Case studies of entrepreneurs close to home
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Studying entrepreneurship in the Emirates has often meant reading through case studies sprinkled with well-known names such as Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and others from the West.
But a group of students from Zayed University, through guidance from their professors and ...DETAILS |
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