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Up to half of five-year-olds are not ready for school as working parents increasingly abandon traditional games, nursery rhymes, bedtime stories and lullabies, according to research.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/8550707/Thousands-of...
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Research reveals startlingly high numbers of boys and girls have no books of their own, with worrying implications for their future prospects
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jun/01/three-in-10-uk-children-own-no-books?&...
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David Willetts says he aims to de-regulate higher education. But though there may be increased market competition, there will still be plenty of regulation and control, says Roger Brown
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/may/31/david-willetts-highe...
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Plenty of university students have stashed the odd traffic cone or road sign in their room.
But at Oxford, it seems, they like to go one better.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1391388/Student-fined-having-chicken-Oxford-University.html...
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Creationism, intelligent design and other theories that contradict evolution are to be banned from being taught as science in free schools.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/8526161/Creationism-banned-from-free-schools.html...
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David Willetts today hit out at the university entry system for awarding points to "pony care" and music courses, but not to apprenticeships. The Universities Minister said he wants to see apprenticeships - particularly those that are equivalent to A-leve...
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Plans to overhaul the university admissions system could destroy the accuracy of A-level grades, experts have warned. Pupils currently apply for university courses on the basis of the grades their teachers predict they will achieve.
Under Government...
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British universities are failing to provide students with enough lecture and tutorial time, according to David Willetts
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/8510230/Students-frustrated-over-lack-of-lectures-says-Willetts.html...
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Seasoned students reveal the things they wish they had known right at the start
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/may/17/university-guide-student-advice?&EMCEDUEML1658...
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More and more students are taking their degrees at further education colleges. What do they have that universities don't?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/may/17/degrees-further-education-colleges?&EMCEDUEML1658...
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A report published by the Department for Education has investigated higher education institutions’ (HEIs) approach to subject-based Diplomas as entry qualifications. Diplomas were introduced in schools in England and Wales in September 2008 and are offe...
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The European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) has published a report which reviews the evidence on the economic and social benefits of vocational education and training (VET).
The report assesses the wider benefits of VET, from...
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Greater investment in skills by employers is vital if the UK is to achieve the sustained private sector-led recovery sought by the government, according to a recent report from the Learning and Skills Network (LSN).
https://intelligence.ukces.org.uk/Page...
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Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds are being penalised by a university admissions system that unduly rewards early applicants, according to new research. Three academics at Warwick University claim that the British system is unfair and inefficient when...
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Ministers "significantly" underestimated the number of universities which will charge maximum £9,000 tuition fees, a Government spending watchdog has found. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/warning-over-funding-gap-for-english-u...
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Finding employment after studying can be a daunting prospect, to help students with the first step NUS has teamed up with the UK's leading business organisation to give an in-depth guide to gaining employability skills.http://www.nus.org.uk/Global/CBI_NUS...
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By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent
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At the beginning of the last century, the power of nations might have been measured in battleships and coal.
In this century it's as likely to be graduates.http://www.bbc.co....
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In this economic climate, with such high rates of graduate unemployment, should school leavers give far greater consideration to vocational qualifications?http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/mortarboard/2011/may/24/vocation-qualifications-graduate-unemplo...
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Government policies are threatening the dominance in Europe of British universities
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/may/31/universities-world-class-rankings...
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University lecturers' leader says coalition is 'fundamental threat', undermining work done in further and higher educationhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/may/29/education-cuts-britain-yesterdays-country...
