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Little Ted's nursery was 'ideal environment' for Vanessa George child abuse
'Tick box' regulation by Ofsted, inadequate staff training and lack of supervision condemned by serious case reviewPoor regulation, inadequate staff training and a lack of supervision created an "ideal...
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How Vanessa George got her job at Little Ted's nursery
A criminal records check but no evidence of a formal interview or references, serious case review findsVanessa George began work at Little Ted's nursery in September 2006. There are no records of the...
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DTCEIASHF?… Then you're not welcome on Countdown
Channel 4 censors an edition of daytime gameshow over Cambridge student's quick but rude answerIt was a moment many die-hard Countdown lovers would have given their student loan to see. Rachel Riley,...
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Middle-class family ambitions are becoming a stretch | Madeleine Bunting
Tuition fees and property prices mean middle-class parents will find it harder and harder to secure their children's future statusOuch. The cut in child benefit felt tough – nearly £2,000 a year – but...
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Gove to approve four new free schools
The latest applications bring the number of free schools that have gained initial approval to 20At least four new applications to open free schools, part of the generation of "independent state...
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Electrical stimulation of the brain boosts maths skills, claim scientists
Passing a weak electrical current through the brain improves people's ability to learn new maths, a study suggestsSchoolchildren who struggle to grasp mathematics could benefit from having their brains...
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Noises off: I think, therefore I am not a drama student
Bloggers wonder whether theatre students need to broaden their horizons. Plus: plays need the right-sized space to breathe, Tennessee Williams rarity discoveredWe begin our journey around this week's...
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Lesley Fowler obituary
Both a matriarch and a feminist, my wife, Lesley Fowler, who has died of cancer aged 64, felt that she led a dual life. She was the traditional mother and centre of the family, and a modern working...
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Video | Bright Club: Where science and comedy collide
Carole Jahme checks out the thinking person's variety night at University College London
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Vanessa George abuse case: Authorities dispute blame
Row erupts over who could have stepped in to improve management at nursery where worker abused childrenA dispute erupted today over who could have stepped in to deal with poor management at the nursery...
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Plans for four more free schools win backing
Education secretary, Michael Gove, to approve applications for free schools in Reading, north London, Cheshire and BradfordAt least four new applications to open free schools, part of a generation of...
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Vince Cable was going to tackle the waste called university life. He bottled...
Real reform was needed. But this coalition fudge on tuition fees will leave our medieval institutions unruffled by changeThere are three sorts of conservative: a conservative, a fanatical conservative,...
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Letters: Consumer choice comes to the academy
Almost all the media coverage on university funding, including your own (Elite universities welcome steep rise in fees but fears over fate of poorer students remain, 4 November) has focused on the...
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Letters: Freudian slips over homelessness
I have rarely come across more blatant political hypocrisy than David Freud's comments (Welfare minister argues in favour of a redefinition of 'homelessness', 4 November). Having argued for a weakening...
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On school dinners, Michael Gove needs a good helping of sense | Carrie Quinlan
Scrapping plan to give free meals to all primary pupils below poverty line won't raise standards2010 will go down in British history as the year we, as a society, decided what was important. The year...
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Michael Gove orders Sats inquiry
Ministers want to find out whether primary schools are drilling rather than teaching pupils. Tests for 11-year-olds could be scrapped as a resultMinisters today ordered an inquiry into whether primary...
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Cribsheet daily 05.11.10
Keeping a tally of free schoolsFree schools are the talk of the education world again, as the number of successful applications for free school status reaches 20. At least four new applications to open...
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Where's the female Brian Cox? | Alom Shaha
We're in the midst of a Golden Age of science on TV, but women are mostly absent. Girls are crying out for a female scientific role model, and Alom Shaha wants your suggestionsI'm a science teacher at...
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Degrees of Gaga: education of a Lady
As an American university offers a module in Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame, we wonder what might be on the syllabus ...It would certainly make for a memorable episode of The Apprentice. Lord...
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Sir Menzies Campbell: Lib Dems should feel comfortable disagreeing with...
Andrew Sparrow speaks to the former Lib Dem leader about his opposition to the coalition's tuition fees policy, the possibility of an electoral pact with the Tories, and the fact he was not offered a...
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