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Oxford Education Provider Plots Swoop on £200m Cambridge Rival 27.01.23An Oxbridge education tie-up is on the cards as Bridgepoint, the buyout firm, looks to offload a Cambridge-based company it has owned since 2013, Sky News learns. A Cambridge-based provider of English language training for international students is being courted…
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Education experts say PM’s ‘maths to 18’ plan is vague and out of touch 04.01.23
Education experts have described Rishi Sunak’s announcement of plans for all pupils in England to study some form of maths until the age of 18 as “vague” and “out of touch”. The Prime Minister outlined five promises for the year…
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Saatchi & Saatchi London opens nationwide schools creativity programme 02.01.23
Saatchi & Saatchi London has created a free national school’s scheme offering young people an opportunity to explore a career in the marketing industry. Aimed specifically at people from underprivileged backgrounds, the ‘Upriser’ programme intends to entice those aged between…
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TikTok, Gas, Twitter: How Social Media Is Influencing Education 22.12.22
Social media has certainly influenced the way schools work—for better or worse. Schools use social media platforms to share updates or promote events, educators use it to share lesson plans or ideas with their peers, and students use it to…
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Students call for cap on Glasgow University population 27.11.22
The University of Glasgow’s student council is calling for a cap on numbers over claims the student population has grown 40% in just five years. It said 10,000 additional students had put a strain on accommodation and was damaging their…
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Early education is vital for children born in lockdown 14.11.22
Ofsted has published the first in a series of reviews on early years education. The review underpins the inspectorate’s new strategic focus on early education and giving children ‘the best start in life’ following the Covid-19 pandemic. Today’s report draws…
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NI Education: Most primary schools ‘not providing enough PE’ 13.11.22
About three-quarters of primary schools are not providing the recommended amount of physical education (PE) classes, according to the Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI). Department of Education guidance is that pupils should have at least two hours of PE each…
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Child speech delays increase following lockdowns 07.11.22The number of five and six year olds who need speech and language support at school has risen by 10% in England over the past year, BBC analysis shows. The increase, which is substantially greater than previous years, is partly…
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£180 million to improve children’s development in the early years 04.11.22
Thousands of early years professionals will benefit from investment to drive quality and training, and to better support the next generation of children. Every region in England will benefit from programmes to improve teaching of children’s early speech, language and…
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