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How do I choose an apprenticeship, and is the pay good?
16 HRS AGO - Going to school, college or university five days a week is not the only way to get a qualification.
Scottish childminder numbers halve in a decade
1 DAY AGO - Scottish Labour accuses the Scottish government of failing families after the figures were Expand
1 DAY AGO - Scottish Labour accuses the Scottish government of failing families after the figures were revealed. Collapse
Don't take free period products away, say charities
3 DAYS AGO - The UK government hasn't said if it will keep giving out free tampons and pads in England past Expand
3 DAYS AGO - The UK government hasn't said if it will keep giving out free tampons and pads in England past July. Collapse
Essex is the worst in England for SEND assessments
3 DAYS AGO - Essex is the worst place in England for assessing children with special needs with just 1% Expand
3 DAYS AGO - Essex is the worst place in England for assessing children with special needs with just 1% complete in 20 weeks. Collapse
Head disgusted by state of food at his own school
5 DAYS AGO - Jason Ashley, who sent pictures of the meals in an apology letter to parents, blames caterers.
Egg freezing patients ‘misled’ by clinics
6 DAYS AGO - Some clinics don't make clear the chances of successfully having a baby, the BBC has found.
Is University Really Worth It? review – not when students are left starving
7 DAYS AGO - This bleak, eye-opening film finds mass strikes, gobsmacking whistleblower lecturers and med Expand
7 DAYS AGO - This bleak, eye-opening film finds mass strikes, gobsmacking whistleblower lecturers and med students forced to survive on food rations of £10 a week. Higher education is failing so manyThe comedian Geoff Norcott has a dilemma: should he be saving money so his son, “Little Geoff”, can go to university when the time comes, or should he buy a new car now? The conceit may be thin, and you can see the payoff coming, but Is University Really Worth It? is far more interesting than this flimsy framework. Norcott used to be a secondary school teacher, and he explains that in his time, he bought into the New Labour “education, education, education” doctrine wholesale, encouraging countless students to apply to university. Now, amid budget cuts, strike action, punitive fees and the growing corporatisation of learning, he wonders if he would say the same today.In order to find out whether a degree for Little Geoff would be “a good investment” – and such corporate, fiscal language is part of the Collapse
Geoff Norcott: Should my son bother going to uni?
11/03/2024 - The comedian and former teacher says he has become sceptical about the value of university degrees.
Oxbridge must help pupils from state schools succeed, college head says
10/03/2024 - Helen Mountfield, principal of Mansfield College, Oxford, hopes to raise £100m to help improve Expand
10/03/2024 - Helen Mountfield, principal of Mansfield College, Oxford, hopes to raise £100m to help improve outcomesOxbridge colleges need to actively help their state school-educated pupils succeed, rather than hope a “magical sorting hat” will uncover their talent, according to the head of an Oxford college who is looking to raise £100m to do just that.Helen Mountfield, the principal of Mansfield College, Oxford, said her college was able to recruit 93% of its undergraduates from UK state schools and see them flourish because of the extra effort it put in. Continue reading... Collapse
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