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Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:47:53 GMT 50 http://www.edplace.co.uk/img/logo.gif http://www.edplace.co.uk http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6110 An urgent audit of asbestos in Britain's schools is needed because people are dying, the British Safety Council has said. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6110 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:47:53 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6109 Schools Secretary Ed Balls has asked for an assessment of the problem of parents cheating to get school places. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6109 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:43:33 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6107 The council in the Baby P case has made only limited progress in improving children's social care, Ofsted inspectors say. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6107 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:31:40 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6105 A London council withdraws its action against a mother it accused of lying to gain a school place for her son. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6105 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:34:50 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6108 Education inspectors are calling for schools to do more to encourage pupils to learn modern foreign languages. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6108 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:31:25 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6106 Unions representing college employees say millions of pounds is being wasted on agency staff and consultants. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6106 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:52:32 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6104 A Conservative government would raise the entry requirements for people wanting to train as teachers in England. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6104 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:46:57 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6103 International curriculum features treasure and travel http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6103 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:15:11 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6102 New guidelines are being published urging schools to identify signs of forced marriages ahead of the holidays. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6102 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:24:54 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6100 Student maintenance grants and loans in England will not rise to cover increases in tuition fees next year, the government says. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6100 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:11:55 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6101 Students from the highest economic groups in England are twice as likely to go to university as poorer students, figures show. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6101 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:38:03 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6099 Fewer higher-achieving pupils are opting for a language GCSE, and overall numbers are also declining, a study suggests. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6099 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:12:13 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6078 How well do you know design and technology? http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6078 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:50:21 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6098 The latest survey of 100 top graduate employers shows a 13.5% fall in recruitment during this year. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6098 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:00:52 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6096 Ed Balls proposes that teachers should have renewable licences to practise, as part of measures in a White Paper for England's schools. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6096 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:47:04 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6097 England's schools could save millions of pounds a year by being more careful, a government watchdog claims. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6097 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:47:07 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6093 Parents will have more rights over their children's education - and the best heads will run chains of schools, in new education plans. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6093 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:16:46 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6095 Two pupils and their teacher are asked to remove face veils before visiting a Catholic sixth form college in Lancashire. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6095 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:41:32 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6094 What will replace the 11-plus in Northern Ireland? http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6094 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:59:41 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6091 University applications have been surging, but a university says its language courses only had 39 students wanting a place. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6091 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:34:06 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6090 A six-year-old boy and his younger brother are the first children from Northern Ireland to have swine flu. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6090 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:56:09 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6092 A primary school in south London is to buy accommodation in the home counties where older pupils will spend the week. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6092 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:09:16 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6089 Parents of unruly pupils could be taken to court by teachers under plans to be announced by the government. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6089 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:15:04 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6088 Mike Baker looks at the potential advantages and pitfalls of the planned masters in teaching and learning. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6088 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:32:28 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6086 Teacher training applicants will have to undergo psychometric tests to assess their suitability for teaching. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6086 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:39:39 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6085 Only 13 of 144 college building projects placed in limbo after a funding fiasco are to go ahead this year. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6085 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:57:58 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6084 The government is to abandon the use of centralised national literacy and numeracy strategies in England's primary schools. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6084 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:51:16 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6087 National strategies are to go, but what were they? http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6087 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:47:28 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6083 The government is set to abandon the use of national literacy and numeracy strategies in England's primary schools. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6083 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:49:39 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6081 There are more apprenticeships in England - but a drop in the number of young people starting them, figures show. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6081 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:24:01 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6082 The US Supreme Court rules that school staff broke the law by strip-searching a 13-year-old girl for painkillers. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6082 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:26:11 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6080 The introduction of the 11-14 curriculum has led to 'emerging problems' in some English schools, inspectors have found. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6080 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:51:04 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6079 A Jewish school's admissions policy is unlawful because it involves racial discrimination, the Appeal Court has decided. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6079 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:34:36 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6077 Almost a quarter of children in London live in families where nobody has a job, a UK-wide report says. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6077 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:04:39 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6076 UK and Nigerian teachers on each other's methods http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6076 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:53:57 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6075 Some 3.6 million vocational qualifications were awarded last year in the UK, an 11% increase on the previous year. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6075 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:13:43 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6074 Schools can avoid excluding very young children through methods to manage behaviour such as biting and swearing, Ofsted says. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6074 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:12:54 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6073 The education minister responds to higher education funding worries and announces a south Wales valleys "virtual university". http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6073 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:47:52 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6070 There are fundamental problems with the single level testing that might replace Sats in England, it is reported. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6070 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:46:49 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6072 Children's Secretary Ed Balls sacks the governors of a north London secondary school following allegations about bonuses. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6072 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:40:26 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6069 Universities want to increase tuition fees and warn they need to receive increased funding or cut places. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6069 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:36:56 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6071 The senate of Queen's University agrees a controversial plan to cut 103 jobs and close its German department. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6071 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:36:15 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6068 Children's Secretary Ed Balls calls on employers to allow fathers to be more involved in their children's lives. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6068 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:09:13 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6067 School business managers can save schools valuable time and money in the recession, says schools' minister Vernon Coaker. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6067 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:08:40 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6065 A teacher who made a child with brittle bone disorder stand in a corner is struck off for at least two years. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6065 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:18:54 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6066 Latin and ballroom dancing can improve pupils' behaviour and learning, it is claimed. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6066 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:19:29 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6064 The assembly's education committee calls a special meeting over planned cutbacks at Queen's. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6064 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:08:42 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6062 A ban on teachers from being members of the British National Party is under consideration, says the government. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6062 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:34:43 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6061 More teachers will be trained to identify dyslexia and support children with difficulty reading, the government says. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6061 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:58:25 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6063 Snacking on junk food could be hampering exam-stressed youngsters' chances of getting good grades. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6063 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:48:56 GMT