Education in the media: 7 November
Today’s news review looks at reports on independent Islamic schools, and the newly launched consultation on Level 3 literacy and numeracy requirements.
Jo Johnson: Dyson Institute of Technology
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Today, Friday 4 November, Dyson announced that it will be launching an Institute of Technology in partnership with Warwick University that will offer engineering degree apprenticeships to twenty five students a year. The succesful applications will work for Dyson in …
Education in the media: 4 November 2016
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Today's news review looks at the annoucnement of a new Institute of Technology from Dyson and a highly speculative report into school funding.
Education in the media: 3 November 2016
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Today’s news review looks at figures published in Parliament that reveal the difference a grammar school education can make to disadvantaged children and the More Than a Score coalition.
Education in the media: 2 November 2016
Today’s news review looks the result of the incorrect storage of chemical 2,4 DNP and a study into maths conducted by Oxford University.
Higher Education and Research Bill
Today, the Guardian published an article by Peter Scott titled ‘The UK is becoming the nasty country, and our universities will suffer’ that contained a number of criticisms of the government’s Higher Education and Research Bill. Please see details setting …
Education in the Media: 1 November
Today’s news review looks at a report on nursery teachers and calls for primary school pupils to be taught about healthy relationships.
Information about the school census and the national pupil database
In response to recent media coverage, please find below some further information which sets out the rationale for collecting new data on nationality, country of birth and English language proficiency through the School Census, and corrects some misconceptions about who …
Education in the media: 31 October
Today’s news reviews looks at a report from think tank ResPublica, alongside coverage on how far parents are prepared to travel to get their child to a grammar school. It also addresses a misleading article in the Mirror about our …
Education in the media: 28 October
Today's news review looks at the Technical and Further Education Bill which was published in Parliament yesterday.