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The newly elected NUS head of FE is no 'career politician'
Toni Pearce, NUS's feisty new head of FE is determined to see further education get the attention it deservesToni Pearce has a reputation for being a bit feisty. In fact, she is supposed to be so...
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Career-boosting internships for sale
The pressure to get experience on their CV leads students not only to work for free in internships, but to pay for the privilege… if they can afford it. Rachel Williams reportsAbout a decade ago the...
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Are vocational qualifications a better option than university?
In this economic climate, with such high rates of graduate unemployment, should school leavers give far greater consideration to vocational qualifications?Public debate over youth unemployment has...
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Young human rights reporter of the year 2011 - lower secondary school runner up
Nicole Morgan, aged 13, Bullers Wood School, KentFind out more about the awardBack in January, we announced the Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year 2011 competition. Learnnewsdesk (the Guardian's...
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Young human rights reporter of the year 2011 - primary school runner up
Suraj Lall, Bablake Junior School, CoventryFind out more about the awardBack in January, we announced the Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year 2011 competition. Learnnewsdesk (the Guardian's news...
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Young human rights reporter of the year 2011 - lower secondary school winner
Angus Kirk, 13, The King Edward VI School, MorpethFind out more about the awardBack in January, we announced the Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year 2011 competition. Learnnewsdesk (the Guardian's...
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Young human rights reporter of the year 2011 - primary school runner up
Ellie Arden, 11, St Ebbe's Primary, OxfordFind out more about the awardBack in January, we announced the Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year 2011 competition. Learnnewsdesk (the Guardian's news...
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Young human rights reporter of the year 2011 - lower secondary school runner up
Natasha Kelly, 11, Belfast Royal Academy, County AntrimFind out more about the awardBack in January, we announced the Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year 2011 competition. Learnnewsdesk (the...
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Young human rights reporter of the year 2011 - primary school winner
Isabella French, 11, Merryhills Primary School, EnfieldFind out more about the awardBack in January, we announced the Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year 2011 competition. Learnnewsdesk (the...
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Teachers to be sacked more easily under new rules
Heads will be able to sack poor teachers after only one term, under new government rules from SeptemberHeadteachers will be able to sack teachers who fail to live up to expectations after only a few...
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Cribsheet 24.05.11
How easy should it be to sack a teacher? And when is it ok to wear pyjamas out of the house?Pyjama warsOn my way to the Guardian's offices in Kings Cross a few months ago I saw two school-aged girls in...
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Rupert Murdoch uses eG8 to talk up net's power to transform education
News Corp chairman claims 'Victorian' schools are 'last holdout from digital revolution'Rupert Murdoch, the News Corporation founder and chairman, used his address to the eG8 Forum in Paris on Tuesday...
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Ulli Beier obituary
Academic, editor and energetic promoter of African cultureThe first Conference of Black Artists and Writers in Paris in 1956 proved an epiphany for Ulli Beier, who has died aged 88, igniting his desire...
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Like a rolling ode: academic conference weighs up Bob Dylan's poetic licence
Seven Ages of Dylan event at Bristol University sees professors discuss whether musician should be considered a poetTwenty-year-old Natasha Tabani had queued for three hours to make sure of her place...
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Anti-abortion group drafted in as sexual health adviser to government
Coalition appoints pro-abstinence charity Life to key sexual health forum, while omitting British Pregnancy Advisory ServiceA group which is opposed to abortion in all circumstances and favours an...
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Letters: Likely effects of Michael Gove's academy schools programme
Julian Glover misunderstands the purpose and likely effect of Michael Gove's academy programme (Comment, 23 May). The purpose is clear: to turn all schools in England into government schools – with...
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Oldham schools still polarised 10 years on from race riots
Study says that a key underlying factor was the segregated nature of schools and communities in the townSchools in Oldham remain among the most racially polarised in England, despite the closure of its...
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Oldham's effort to end segregation in schools now looks hopelessly ambitious
By the time Asian and white children arrive at secondary schools, their perceptions of each other are crystallisedTen years ago one of the UK's worst race riots began with a minor skirmish near the...
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The Michelle Obama model's flaws | Dreda Say Mitchell
Celebrity mentoring gives young people a distorted idea of success and lets politicians off the hookOn her last visit to the UK in 2009, Michelle Obama visited an excellent inner city school in...
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Oxford University appoints Israel studies professor with £3m donation
Derek Penslar will take up post as a fellow of St Anne's college next year to study the country's history 'within a global context'Oxford University has appointed its first chair of Israel studies to...
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