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England's university applications down 10%
There has been a 10% drop in the number of people from England applying to study in the UK when higher fees start, figures show. The university admissions service, Ucas, says 46,413 fewer students from England have applied than at the same time last year.
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Free Schools Could be Run for Profit
In an article on the BBC Education page today (31/05/2012) Sean Coughlan reports that the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, has not ruled out allowing Free Schools to be run for profit. Mr Gove told the Leveson Inquiry on Tuesday that he had an "open mind" on such profit making in the future.
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Higher Fees Drive Students Abroad
HIGHER university tuition fees in the UK are prompting students to look overseas to continue their studies, according to a South Gloucestershire sixth form.
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Chunking and Partitioning
In a BBC Education report published on 22nd May 2012 Schools Minister, Nick Gibb, challenges a programme of Maths teaching that really seems to be working. Using new methods based on teaching children how the right answer is achieved rather than relying on memory standards seem to have improved. Currently four out of five children are reaching the level expected of them at the end of primary school, and a third of 11-year-olds are reaching the standard expected of a 13-year-old.
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Calls for Public Speaking tuition in state schools
The Shadow Education Secretary, Stephen Twigg, has called for more emphasis to be placed on educating young state school pupils in the art of public speaking and interview technique. Speaking at an academy school in west London, Mr Twigg said: "If we are to break down the barriers that stop some bright young people succeeding, then being articulate and confident is critical.
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We Should Learn from Japan
Stephen Twigg, the shadow education secretary, in an article on the BBC Education News website on 14th May 2012, has been reported as saying that our education system needs to learn from the continuous personal development system used in japan to keep teachers and teaching getting better all the time. While our system has been subject to many overhauls, he says that it is largely the same as Victorian schooling.
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We Should Learn from Japan
Stephen Twigg, the shadow education secretary, in an article on the BBC Education News website on 14th May 2012, has been reported as saying that our education system needs to learn from the continuous personal development system used in japan to keep teachers and teaching getting better all the time. While our system has been subject to many overhauls, he says that it is largely the same as Victorian schooling.
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Exam Boards are too Commercial
Is it right that exam boards are run as businesses? Making money from endorsements of particular text books, and from courses run by examiners for teachers to attend? Some people think not. They think the commercialisation of examinations damages their integrity.
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SPAG test row
Teachers and ministers are once again at loggerheads over a plan to introduce SPAG (spelling, punctuation and grammar) to the SATs testing that already takes place. Costing millions to administrate, teachers argue that the money would be far better spent elsewhere and that teachers should be left to assess the SPAG capabilities of their pupils without government interference.
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