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The education watchdog is set to publish two landmark reports next month to tackle important issues in secondary education. This move is part of initiatives designed to prevent gifted children between the age of 11 and 16 from underperforming, following an Ofsted inquiry which found that state comprehensives were failing a lot of our brightest [...]
The cost of education appears to have increased in exponential proportions when it is equated to the interaction time between teachers and students. In a study conducted by the Higher Education Policy Institute and Which? – data say that tuition fees have tripled from 2005/6 to 2012 while the weekly lecture and tutorial time increased [...]
The international network of universities and colleges, Universitas 21, has ranked the UK as world number 10 when it comes to overall effectiveness of the higher education system. Topping the list are the United States, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands. Excellence in research which is contributed by universities like Cambridge and Oxford was [...]
The UK government, through its ministers, will urge top achieving pupils who come from lower-class backgrounds to greatly consider going to university. Research results show that there are one third more number of students from privately funded schools than state funded academic institutions who seek enrollment to elite Russell Group universities. The government believes that [...]
Citing that nationality exclusive groups may hinder the intercultural interaction of students which is an important component of international education, University of Sheffield pro vice-chancellor for learning and teaching Paul White says that universities should highly consider banning student societies which are nation specific. He asserted in the Westminster Higher Education Conference which had as [...]
Scottish university funding is getting a boost despite pressing issues of rising tuition fees and government budget cuts as part of austerity measures. The current system being followed is two tiered, allowing Scottish and EU students to pay no tuition fees at Scottish universities, while non EU students must pay the £9000 maximum annual fee. [...]
Universities have been widening their admission to reach students from less privileged backgrounds. Giving them equal opportunities with their advantaged peers is the purpose of doing so. The drive has been successful at the front end of the goal. In general, students from state-funded schools have outperformed those from independent schools. However, the latter is [...]
In the way things are going in the Times Higher Education world reputation rankings 2013, traditionally prestigious UK universities does not have the luxury of sitting on their laurels. This is good news to students as they can realistically expect that if there will be a sure winner in the competition, it will be them [...]
University fairs are once again being rolled out, with the first starting on 27 February in London and others following in England, Wales and Northern Ireland until the end of June. This means thousands of Year 12 students and their parents will face the complicated decision on which university to attend and what courses to [...]
Internet giant Google will distribute 15,000 microcomputers to schools around the UK through the Raspberry Pi Foundation in a move to inspire a new generation of computer scientists. The Raspberry Pi, an extremely popular machine that is only about the size of a credit card has inspired the creativity of educators, electronic appliance tinkerers and [...]
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