20 May 2013
Young children should hear about the dangers of pornography as soon as they have access to the internet, head teachers say.
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20 May 2013
Fewer children are walking to school in the UK, campaigners say.
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19 May 2013
Pupils' well-being and education should not be sacrificed to meet new targets, the leader of a head teachers' union tells its annual conference.
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18 May 2013
Education Secretary Michael Gove receives one of the angriest receptions of his three years in office as he appears before head teachers in Birmingham.
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17 May 2013
A leading academy chain has been criticised for widespread financial irregularities in an official report.
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17 May 2013
Computers and smartphones have become a "digital dummy" used by parents to pacify their children, says a head teachers' leader.
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17 May 2013
Graduates on a new fast-track scheme for trainee social workers will co-handle caseloads after just five weeks of intensive initial training.
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17 May 2013
David Cameron indicates he is ready to compromise over changes to childcare, after concerns were raised by Lib Dem coalition partners.
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17 May 2013
Analysis suggests schools are facing an uphill battle to recruit head teachers, with one in four having to re-advertise jobs.
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17 May 2013
Unemployed new teachers in Northern Ireland will be able to apply for hundreds of extra jobs in the next few weeks.
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17 May 2013
Fewer young people are still learning after 17, survey suggests
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17 May 2013
Applying high-frequency electrical noise to the brain can boost maths skills up to six months later, say Oxford University researchers.
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16 May 2013
Nearly a quarter of a million children in England and Wales are caring for a relative, new statistics just released show.
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16 May 2013
Social workers are warning changes being brought in to speed up adoption and the family courts might be bad for the welfare of some children.
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16 May 2013
Young people are now much more likely to prefer to read on computer and phone screens rather than to use printed materials, according to a literacy study.
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16 May 2013
A leading South African university says it will make Zulu language classes compulsory for all first-year students from next year in order to promote nation-building.
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16 May 2013
Scottish primary school teachers should have the equivalent of a science Higher before they enter the profession, experts say.
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16 May 2013
Poor quality expert evidence is to be "driven out" of family courts, the Ministry of Justice says, as it launches a consultation on standards in England and Wales.
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15 May 2013
Education Secretary Michael Gove stands by his criticism of a teacher who suggested students could create a Mr Men character based on Adolf Hitler.
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8 May 2013
How lack of sleep is damaging pupils' learning around the world
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9 May 2013
Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi is calling on Britain to help rebuild Burma's universities, which she says have been ruined by military rule
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1 May 2013
Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales predicts the death of student boredom
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24 Apr 2013
What are the greatest global threats to the future of humanity? An international team from Oxford University's Future of Humanity Institute is investigating the biggest dangers.
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15 May 2013
Young children reject storybook characters who are overweight, research reveals.
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14 May 2013
Gardeners need to show that their profession is not for "thick, dull or unadventurous" people, TV gardener Alan Titchmarsh has urged.
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15 May 2013
Universities in England are to receive a £50m cash injection to help create high-tech industries and boost economic recovery.
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15 May 2013
Almost one in three first year students at UK universities say their courses are not good value, a study suggests.
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14 May 2013
Concerns that changes to AS-levels in England will harm university admissions are unfounded, the schools minister David Laws has argued in a letter to Labour.
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14 May 2013
Durham University is criticised for spending £1.4m on artwork, including works by Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol.
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13 May 2013
Ministers hope to double the number of young children getting part-time childcare in poorer parts of Wales, with a £19m expansion.
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9 May 2013
Labour says plans to allow nursery staff and childminders to look after more children in England are in "chaos", after Nick Clegg admits doubts about them.
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8 May 2013
The social care system in England is facing a bleak future despite the planned changes as services have been forced into budget cuts, council chiefs say.
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9 May 2013
A prominent barrister specialising in reproductive rights calls for the age of consent to be lowered to 13 and an end to complainant anonymity.
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17 May 2013
Plans backed by Education Secretary Michael Gove could see a free school set up on a Sussex playing field, but the bid has angered some residents.
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13 May 2013
Aberdeen University students' association is introducing a new exam welfare scheme which includes a puppy room.
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15 May 2013
Almost one in three first year students at UK universities say their courses are not good value, suggests a study.
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16 May 2013
A report on young carers suggests that their responsibilities could mean they are in danger of permanently damaging their education and job prospects.
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19 May 2013
Should Scotland have more single-sex schools?
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17 May 2013
The Olympic legacy cannot be taken for granted
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18 May 2013
The good and the useless, according to psychologists
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16 May 2013
How Estonia was converted into E-stonia
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13 May 2013
Can you punctuate better than the average child?
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13 May 2013
The people who hate other people's bad grammar
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