| BBC News | Education | UK Edition |
| Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:54:26 GMT |
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Grants company loses its contract
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Liberata, the company behind severe delays in students' education maintenance allowances, has lost its contract to Capita.
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English schools 'must do better'
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Ofsted's annual report says too many poor children are further disadvantaged by "inadequate services" including schools.
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MSPs back free school meals plan
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Plans to give free school meals to Scots pupils in the first three years of primary school are likely to pass a crucial test.
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Many pupils fail to master maths
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More than 30,000 pupils finish primary school in England with the maths ability of a seven-year-old, a report says.
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Ban for rugby team over bus vomit
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A university rugby team is suspended from fixtures after a player vomited on a bus.
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Colleges might get jobs reward
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Colleges in England might be funded on the long-term jobs they help people into rather than qualifications achieved.
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Tories plan exam standards checks
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The Conservative Party is promising to peg exams in England to an international benchmark to ensure standards.
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Colleges call for Diploma changes
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Further education colleges say that Diplomas will need to be changed if the qualification is to reach a large number of students.
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Child protection plans revealed
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Every area of England is to be covered by a Children's Trust Board, the government announces.
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Pupils targeted in superbug fight
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Schools are being urged to teach pupils about infection control as experts step up the fight against superbugs.
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Tesco voucher help in EMA delays
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Delays with the education maintenance allowance force a college to help students with supermarket vouchers.
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Could do better
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How one school is shaking off its 'coasting' label
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Cash point
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What will the credit crunch mean for private schools?
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Latin lessons
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What do UK schools share with Venezuela?
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Fame hunger
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Are children obsessed with becoming famous?
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Italian anger
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Students protest but is education system failing Italy?
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'Handful' of bullying expulsions
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There were no permanent exclusions for bullying in two thirds of local authorities last year, say the Conservatives.
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'Superficial' inspections warning
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Ofsted's short, sharp inspection regime presents only a "superficial snapshot" of schools, a report says.
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UK society 'condemning' children
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More than half the UK population believe young people act no better than animals, a survey by children's charity Barnardo's suggests.
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Young Britons 'shy from science'
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A survey commissioned by the European Commission has shown that young Britons are among the least likely in Europe to consider studying science subjects
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Primary schools in major rebuild
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Hundreds of primary schools in England will be rebuilt, as ministers release £1.75bn for approved building work.
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Forged document students expelled
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Fifty students from China and Taiwan are thrown out of Newcastle University after using forged qualification documents.
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Acid attack on Afghan schoolgirls
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Attackers spray acid in the faces of at least 15 girls outside a school in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, police say.
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Coasting schools told to improve
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Hundreds of secondary schools deemed to be "coasting" are to be urged to stretch their pupils to achieve more.
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Universities set for major change
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Universities face major changes, say a series of papers published as part of a review of the higher education sector.
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Student places freeze 'anxiety'
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Universities and the government disagree over whether funding gaps will mean a freeze on extra places.
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Covert school film 'honourable'
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A teacher who secretly filmed apparent attempts to deceive Ofsted for a TV documentary defends her actions.
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Why ministers scrapped the tests
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Mike Baker considers why the government decided to scrap tests for 14-year-olds.
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Do we ask too much of teachers?
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Mike Baker considers the latest batches of official guidelines to be sent to England's schools.
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Universities want to open doors
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Mike Baker considers how universities want to give more
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Impact of sex education
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Do better sex lessons deliver results?
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Starting out in comedy at 82
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After war and the law, an 82 year old takes a course in stand-up comedy at the University of Manchester.
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Controversial school reports
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School progress reports, used in the city of New York, are still in their infancy.
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Lack of PhD funds 'damages UK'
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The struggle to finance doctoral studies may be harmful to UK academia, it is argued.
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