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LSE votes against setting £9,000 tuition fees
First of the elite Russell Group of top universities to charge less than the maximum feeThe London School of Economics has become the first Russell Group university to declare that it will not charge...
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Michelle Obama addresses London schoolgirls - video
The US first lady gives career advice to an audience of schoolgirls and tells them what she liked about Barack Obama when they first met
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'I woz 'ere and I failed'
No amount of money would get me to be an exam invigilator, complicit in the carnageIt's the dread exam season.Do I want to be an invigilator?To perk up the pension? £9 a go.It's a breeze. You just...
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What's your definition of success? | Open thread
Michelle Obama encouraged the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson schoolgirls to think big. But there are other models of 'success'Michelle Obama's second speech to the girls of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson...
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Cribsheet 26.05.11
President of Swaziland NUS held over protestSwaziland's NUS president Maxwell Dlamini is still in prisonThe NUS is campaigning for the release of the president of Swaziland's National Union of Students...
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LSE's tuition fees strike the right balance | Judith Rees
Our decision to charge £8,500 means we can fund research and teaching while still making allowances for poorer studentsLast night the council of the London School of Economics voted in favour of annual...
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Exam boards may be fined over substandard qualifications
Regulator Ofqual's chief executive backs plans and admits there is 'a public perception that things aren't what they used to be'Exam boards could be fined for offering second-rate qualifications, the...
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Jean Das obituary
The life of my mother, Jean Das, who has died aged 86, was a testament to her independent mind, her capacity to overcome prejudice and her great enthusiasm for life.Born Jean Murphy above her father's...
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Nick Williams | The Music Power 100 | No 25
The principal of the Brit school has developed an atmosphere in which creativity can really thriveTalent mentor: Brit school principalAdele, Amy Winehouse, Bashy, Imogen Heap, Jamie Woon, Jessie J,...
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Anti-immigration rhetoric could deter overseas students, says NUS
Higher education sector fears latest visa changes give the impression UK no longer welcomes international studentsThe government's "anti-immigration rhetoric" risks giving the impression that British...
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Academies and free schools get right to reserve places for poorer pupils
New code designed to stop middle-income families moving near to popular schools – but other state schools miss out on cashAcademy and free schools will be allowed to reserve places for children...
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Appeal court to rule on council sacking after Baby P's death
Haringey's former head of child services argues her dismissal by minister Ed Balls was unlawful and due to media pressureHaringey's former head of child services will learn today if she has won her...
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Saudi Arabia opens the world's largest university for women …
… But even when they graduate most of the women won't be able to workThe world's largest women-only university was opened barely two weeks ago by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. Situated on the...
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Dragged back to the dark ages | Michele Hanson
Faith schools are flourishing, the British Pregnancy Advisory Service is replaced by anti-abortion group Life as a government adviser . . . and the Rapture is still on the cards. Help!The world is...
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Silicon – Periodic Table of Videos | GrrlScientist
Silicon is a beautiful and remarkably useful metalloid that is the big sister to carbon Silicon, which has the symbol Si and atomic number 14, is the second most abundant element after oxygen in the...
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Don't rely on school place lotteries, local authorities are told
New admissions code to outlaw town halls' 'luck of the draw' entry and bring an end to 30-pupil limit on class sizes in some casesTown halls are to be banned from using lotteries as the main way of...
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Cribsheet 27.05.11
Admissions code aims to level the playing field by allowing schools to take poorer children from outside catchment. Plus, we round up the best teaching material for environment issuesTeachers who are...
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Why corporate lawyers should stick to their subject when going back to school...
Teaching advocacy and other areas of legal expertise is of more value to children than landscaping their playgroundAs the corporate lawyers make their way out of the Tower Hamlets comprehensive where...
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NUS Palestinian policy could cause Jews to suffer, says union president
But fellow senior union members accuse Aaron Porter of misrepresenting motion voted for by national executiveThe NUS president, Aaron Porter, has been accused of misrepresenting a new policy adopted by...
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Shortage of black professors: a failure to nurture talent
It does matter that just 0.4% of British professors are black – 50 out of 14,385Another day, another story of disproportions. Too many black youths being jailed, too few black youths achieving at...
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