education
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New guidelines from the Department for Education suggest that primary school children should only use ‘!’ in sentences starting with ‘what’ or ‘how’. How strange!
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But the Sun’s editor - and one-time chef - does have a point about whether university education should be the only route into the newspaper ‘trade’
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The new proposals have been designed to counter historic disparities that mean funding varies wildly around the UK
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The Royal Society’s new campaign highlights the importance of life outside the laboratory
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Behaviour-recording program tracks a child’s education, but ensuring privacy is a concern
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This government wants to normalise a more unequal society. That’s why this campaign, and others like it, are so vital
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Hundreds have told us about the problems of Generation Y. Read some of their worries here – and sign up to our Whatsapp group devoted to the subject
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University mental health day is the perfect time to take stock of how you’re feeling, the things that stress you out and the activities that lift your mood
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You don’t have to be a party-loving Instagram star. Facing up to life’s challenges will give you the self-esteem you need to succeed
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The long read: It is a truism that we must remember the past or else be condemned to repeat it. But there are times when some things are best forgotten
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We security guards are regarded as the plebbiest of plebs. But it’s not academics who rule the roost at university, it’s the likes of the Mocha Seven…
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Anti-terrorism laws are making reluctant Big Brothers of us all, but radical thought is a cornerstone of learning
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Erase the myth that great penmanship is irrelevant and make writing fun for children of all ages with these resources
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The inspectorate has been widely criticised for demoralising teachers and stagnating school improvement. Is it time to ditch the watchdog? What else might work?
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global view
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Editors of Dresden-based journal apologise after being fooled by fake PhD student’s paper on role of alsatians in totalitarianism
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Letters: At my all-boys’ grammar school, woodwork was the poor option. Latin was the subject
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Letters: There is a clear difference between being against the politics and actions of a country, and the country’s predominant religious belief
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Geoffrey Langlands, who taught a generation of Pakistan’s leaders, ends dispute with British headmistress of remote school that bears his name
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Education diaryEducation diarySenior executives leave struggling academy chain – and take big payoff with themIn our diary: change of guard at Woodward Academy Trust. Plus: schools executives match Cameron for earnings; couple boost salary from academy chain; EBacc subjects lack teachers
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A simple solution to the teacher shortage
Simon BurgessIt’s time to end the myth that having a 2:2 degree makes for a second-rate teacher -
Development is not just about economics. It’s about culture and the strength of national, tribal and regional identities, too
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Make mine a large Buckie before they ban that, too
Kevin McKennaThe Scottish political classes don’t just want to regulate what we eat and drink and how we choose to play our sports. They now also want to regulate how we think -
My friends laugh at me but training to be a professional librarian is a sort of calling – like becoming a priest, only with warmer business premises
Is a Queen Victoria statue offensive? It’s about time we debated our colonial past