Education Zone
Call to rethink £1.8m of York school cuts
6:00am Tuesday 22nd November 2016
YORK council is facing an education cut of £1.8 million next year, and some councillors are backing a national plea for a reprieve.
Head bows out after 13 years
6:00am Tuesday 22nd November 2016
THE head at a North Yorkshire secondary school is retiring next year.
York primary school gets spectacular new play equipment
6:00am Tuesday 15th November 2016
YOUNGSTERS at a York primary academy have an amazing new addition to their playground thanks to the local community.
Sarah secures second degree 43 years on
6:00am Saturday 12th November 2016
ONE degree just wasn’t enough for Sarah Williams who now has two - more than 40 years apart from the University of York.
Posthumous award for respected professor
6:00am Wednesday 9th November 2016
A MUCH-RESPECTED professor at York St John University will be given a posthumous honour next week.
SCHOOLS WAR ON SUGAR
6:00am Tuesday 8th November 2016
THOUSANDS of school children are finding out about the hidden dangers of sugar as part of a new schools initiative across York.
Matt’s mission at York St John University
4:19pm Wednesday 26th October 2016
FORMER rugby player and TV personality Matt Dawson officially opened the new Students’ Union at York St John University.
Fulford four make final
10:09am Tuesday 25th October 2016
FOUR pupils from a York secondary school have made it through to the UK final of The Big Bang UK Young Scientists and Engineers Competition after wowing judges at the regional heats.
Review: Professor Brian Cox Live, York Barbican, October 18
7:56am Wednesday 19th October 2016
IT’S an unusual gig, a night of cosmology and physics, interspersed with science jokes and Brian Blessed imitations from Brian Cox’s comedian sidekick, but one that me and my 14-year-old daughter thoroughly enjoyed.
12 York children chosen to meet Tim Peake
10:44am Monday 17th October 2016
BUDDING young scientists will have the chance to meet their hero after being selected to attend a children’s space conference in York.
Famous graduates help university turn 175
4:20pm Friday 14th October 2016
OLYMPIANS, a TV chef, a comedian and the BBC’s chief international correspondent will be joining thousands of students getting degrees from York St John University next month.
A tribute to a renowned York archaeologist
4:00am Saturday 1st October 2016
TRIBUTES have been paid to an eminent figure in the world of archaeology, who was part of the University of York for more than 20 years.
New school for York could open next year
6:00am Tuesday 27th September 2016
THE new Creative Arts Academy primary school, given the go-ahead in July by the government, could still open its doors next September.
Scholarship joy for James and Harvey
6:00am Monday 26th September 2016
TWO students at a York school have beat off competition from hundreds of applicants to be awarded a prestigious engineering scholarship.
Primary plans to become academy
12:39pm Saturday 24th September 2016
ANOTHER York primary school looks set to go down the route of opting out of local authority control and becoming an academy.
University of York academic supporting UNICEF campaign
10:38am Wednesday 21st September 2016
AN ACADEMIC from York is supporting a UNICEF campaign urging world leaders to work together on child migration.
Leon’s an A-star student
9:17am Wednesday 21st September 2016
AN ELEVEN-year-old Selby student is making a big impression at his new school by passing a GCSE with flying colours.
Pupils raise £15,000 to help other children
6:00am Wednesday 21st September 2016
PUPILS at St Olave’s School in York have raised an impressive £15,502.69 to support a children's neuroscience ward at Leeds General Infirmary.
New head, new record
6:00am Tuesday 20th September 2016
THE new head teacher at a York school has had a great welcome.
Survivor Steve’s degree of success
11:59am Friday 16th September 2016
JUBILANT higher education students from York College attended their graduation ceremony at York Minster.