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School hit by measles outbreak

Thursday, 23 June 2011

An independent school has been struck by an outbreak of measles which is believed to have affected up to 20 children.

Pupils could sue over errors in exam questions

Wednesday, 22 June 2011

Richard Garner: The prospect of pupils suing exam boards over blunders in this year's GCSE and A-level papers emerged yesterday as three more serious howlers came to light.

University on strike over cuts

Wednesday, 22 June 2011

Hundreds of academics, staff and students are holding mass strikes and demonstrations at one of the largest universities in the country today, over decisions to cut jobs and almost two thirds of the courses on offer from next year.

Michael Gove 'angry' at exam paper errors

Tuesday, 21 June 2011

Education Secretary Michael Gove today expressed his anger at errors in this year's GCSE and A-level exams as details of three more blunders were revealed.

Teachers to be trained on the job

Monday, 20 June 2011

Teachers will be trained on the job in the classroom under a radical shake-up of training to be announced by the Government.

'Flexitime' school that rewrites book on teaching

Friday, 17 June 2011

Richard Garner: Michael Gove has put all his faith in academies – but there is an alternative.

Gove performs U-turn with crackdown on failing primaries

Friday, 17 June 2011

Richard Garner: The Coalition Government was accused of a U-turn yesterday after the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, announced a new crackdown on under-performing schools.

Video: Teachers to strike

Thursday, 16 June 2011

Thousands of schools in England and Wales are set to be disrupted when teachers walkout over a continuing row over pensions.

'Worst' primary schools to become academies

Thursday, 16 June 2011

The Education Secretary will also set a target for secondary schools of five good GCSEs for half of their pupils.

American excess? That will do nicely for UK students

Thursday, 16 June 2011

Tony Bonnici: Summer breaks – post-exam binges in idyllic locations – are catching on in a big way in Britain.

Grayling hits back at critics of new college

Thursday, 16 June 2011

Richard Garner: Professor AC Grayling today hits back against claims that his new private university, which will charge students �18,000 a year, will open the floodgates to the privatisation of higher education.

US universities see rise in UK applicants

Thursday, 16 June 2011

Growing numbers of British students are applying to US universities, with five of the top eight attracting more UK applicants this year. Harvard has had 500 applications, against 370 in 2010.

Teachers announce strike date

Wednesday, 15 June 2011

Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers will take part in a national strike on June 30, two teaching unions confirmed today.

Millions of pupils to be locked out as teachers strike over pensions

Wednesday, 15 June 2011

Richard Garner: Teachers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action over a threat to pensions – a move which could lead to millions of children being sent home from school later this month.

Cuts to foreign students 'will cost Britain billions'

Tuesday, 14 June 2011

Government plans to cut the number of foreign students at universities and colleges will cost far more than they will save, according to the Home Office's own estimates.

Middle-income families will 'shun universities'

Tuesday, 14 June 2011

Middle-income families will shun universities for their children once fees rise to up to £9,000-a-year, according to research published today.

Teachers to strike over pensions

Tuesday, 14 June 2011

Unions say plans will leave teachers working longer, paying more and receiving less when they retire.

University admissions overhaul as predictions fail to make grade

Monday, 13 June 2011

A radical overhaul of university admissions is on the cards in the wake of evidence showing more than half the predictions of A-level grade passes are wrong.

Lloyds' new scholarships push bank's UK efforts

Monday, 13 June 2011

Lloyds Banking Group is launching an undergraduate scholarship programme worth more than £12,000 in awards and paid work for students from lower-income families.

Soaring school meal prices threaten to wreck 'Jamie effect'

Sunday, 12 June 2011

Brian Brady and Jane Merrick: Efforts to introduce healthy eating by TV chef could be undone as costs jump 10 per cent.

Three new blunders discovered in school exam papers fiasco

Friday, 10 June 2011

Richard Garner: Six mistakes have now emerged, mostly in AS-level questions which proved impossible to answer.

Go-ahead given for eight new free schools

Friday, 10 June 2011

Only eight new free schools are certain to open their doors at the start of the next academic year in September, it has been revealed.

You have three hours for this exam (but part of it is impossible)

Thursday, 9 June 2011

Richard Garner: Every GCSE, A-level and AS-level exam paper is to be rigorously checked after it emerged that in the past week, all of the big three exam boards have made students sit tests containing questions that were impossible to answer.