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Busting Myths on University Tuition Fees
Are university tuition fees worth the debt that students are left with once they graduate? The government are launching a review into this, and these are some of the myths surrounding tuition fees.
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Oxbridge Uproar over Colonialism Debate
A closer look at the recent drama unfolding in Oxford concerning one professors apparently pro-colonialist comments published in a national newspaper. How he was influenced by a largely discredited American academic and how the university staff and students have turned against him in an open letter.
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Brexit and Academic Unity.
A look into how a top UK university is combatting the inevitable academic loose ends that will come from the ongoing Brexit departure from the EU, how it came about, how it will benefit us and how we might use it as an example for the furtherance of other academic disciplines moving froward as a country parted from the EU.
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Creative Excellence, Social Mobility and the future of Education
A review of recent discussions about funding for schools, changes to the curriculum and an assessment of the future impacts of these decisions. This article looks at how the UK is already starting to suffer from a funding imbalance between schools geographically, and considers the major impacts of a continued neglect of creative subjects in schools compared to the inevitable benefits of taking mitigatory measures.
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Special Needs in Education
There is controversy over the extra help given to students identified as having Special Needs because of the notion that they're offered an unfair advantage. What is the best way to ensure that all students have an equal opportunity to do well at school?
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University and You
An overview of the recent data manipulation issues and how it might affect prospective students.
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Grammar school exclusion row – pupils return to school
Students in a grammar school in London were told to leave the school, unable to progress to upper sixth form, due to ‘poor academic performance’. Following legal action against the school, the pupils have now been allowed to return and the school's chair of governors has resigned.
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More exam leaks lead to Ofqual investigation into exam rules
Headlines about inappropriate sharing of Pre-U exam questions by teachers at private schools in the UK are eroding confidence in the qualification, leading to an investigation by Ofqual into how exam questions are written.
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GCSE results : slight dip in pass rate with new ‘tougher’ GCSE exams
Following the major disruption of the new GCSE qualifications in English and maths, overall grades in these subjects are down by around 1% point, although the government say that there is no way to directly compare with the previous qualifications as the marks are fundamentally different.
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