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Rise of 'Bonsai' to Everest

Davinder Kumar | Posted 24.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Child Rights, HIV/AIDS, Girls, Education, Human Rights, Plan International, Unfpa, Children, United Nations, Unicef, Child Brides, Mount Everest, UK News
Davinder Kumar

Early morning last Saturday, when most of us were fast asleep and the rest still rising from slumber, a young Bangladeshi woman quietly made history. At 9.30 am Nepal time, Nishat Mazumder conquered Everest. The 31-year-old became the first woman from Bangladesh to reach the highest point on the planet.

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Debating and Social Mobility Can be Primary Targets

Sachin Patel | Posted 24.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Read More: Primary Schools, Debating, Education, University of East London, Patrick Mcghee, UK Universities, UK Universities & Education News
Sachin Patel

Why is debating such a great mechanism for improvement for children of such a young age? Debate Mate, whose core work is in secondary schools across the UK, asked just such a question of themselves when considering the future expansion of their primary schools' programme.

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Too Many Children Leave School Without Maths Skills for Life

Wendy Jones | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Read More: Numeracy, Maths, Education, Skills, Children Maths Skills, UK Teaching, School Leavers, UK Schools, Exam-Based Learning, Youth Unemployment, UK Universities & Education News
Wendy Jones

Too much teaching is seen as getting students through tests rather than giving them a real understanding of what maths is about and so preparing them for the next stage of education, work and life. Teachers have become more aware of the need to improve students' problem-solving and investigative skills, but rarely integrate that into the way children learn.

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Queen Lessons For Clueless Kids

Posted 23.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Read More: Diamond Jubilee, UK Education, The Jubilee, The Royal Family, Lessons, UK News, Prince William, The Queen, Queen Elizabeth II, UK Universities & Education News

Pupils are being taught lessons on the Queen after their knowledge about the royal family was described as "shocking". Students from Tower Hamlets,...

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Jonathan Ive, Apple Designer, Knighted At Buckingham Palace

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Steve Jobs, UK-Innovation, Gadgets, Apple, Tech News, Northumbria University, Jonathan Ive, UK Education, UK Tech, Poll, UK Tech News

Sir Jonathan Ive, head of design at Apple, has been knighted at Buckingham Palace. The BBC reports that Apple's senior vice-president of industria...

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Protecting Children Online

Dr. James Lane | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Internet, Education, UK Teachers, Safety, Education Reform, Teachers, Schools, Video Games, Facebook, Parents, UK Tech News
Dr. James Lane

The crucial point is that simply learning about internet safety is not enough, children need to practise it. With the right nurturing, guidance and practice, children can then have the best possible preparation when the time comes to make the transition into more grown up social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.

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Half A Million Young People 'Shut Out' From Finding First Job

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Read More: Graduates, UK News, UK Education, Graduate Jobs, Jobs, UK Students, UK Business, Youth Unemployment, Work Skills, UK Universities & Education News

Almost half a million young people have been unable to move from learning into employment after being "shut out" from finding their first job amid cha...

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GCSEs Narrow Pupils' Options Too Early, Says CBI

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Read More: Department for Education, UK News, Cbi, Employment, Baroness Estelle Morris, UK Education, Slideexpand, Gcses, UK Universities & Education News

Business leaders are questioning the value of GCSEs. There are concerns that the qualifications, taken by 16-year-olds, force pupils to narrow thei...

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Harry Potter and the Ivory Tower: Children's Literature and Academia

B.J. Epstein | Posted 22.05.2012 | UK Culture

Read More: Ivory Tower, Children's Literature, Academia, JK Rowling, Harry Potter, Children, Jk Rowling Harry Potter, UK Education, UK Schools, UK Culture News
B.J. Epstein

But many view children's literature as beneath them. If it's not for 'grownups', it's not worthwhile. But, wait, here's a sneaky little problem: what about all the 'grownups' who read and enjoy Rowling's work and other children's books? Shouldn't we explore why these works appeals to adults who are apparently supposed to know better?

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Is Teaching Public Service in School the Answer to Fixing 'Broken Britain'?

John Walmsley | Posted 22.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Read More: UK Education, Broken Britain, UK Students, Riots 2011, UK Schools, London Riots, Youth Unemployment, Youth Work, Public Service, UK Universities & Education News
John Walmsley

Ever since the riots blazed across UK streets and TV sets worldwide last year, debate has raged on the catalyst that sparked an estimated 15,000 individuals to become one angry mob. Around 70% of the London 2011 rioters were under the age of 24 so identifying a root cause could well help stop these scenes happening again.

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Can You Definitely Spell?

PA | Posted 22.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Read More: Cv, Spell Check, Employment, UK Education, Spelling, UK Tech, Technology, English Language, UK Universities & Education News

Technology has left many Britons unable to spell words like "definitely" and "separate", a survey has found. It suggests that the UK has produced a...

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Are Afghan's Women About to be Sacrificed to the Taliban?

Kate Allen | Posted 22.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Girls, Education, Taleban, Nato, Afghanistan, Kate Allen, Un, UK Impact, Chicago, UK Women, Nato Summit, UK Politics News
Kate Allen

At a women's shelter I saw some of the consequences of Afghanistan's ingrained patriarchy. I talked to a teenage girl married off to a 70-year-old man who then suffered sustained beatings at the hands of the man's family. I also heard from a young widow who explained how she'd escaped her father-in-law who wanted to force her into marriage after her first husband had died.

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Being Dyslexic Can Actually Be Bloody Brilliant

Scott Bryan | Posted 21.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: Dyslexia, Dyslexia Benefits, UK Education, Literacy, Dyslexia Software, UK Teachers, UK Students, UK Comedy, UK Lifestyle News
Scott Bryan

I'm dyslexic. That's right. Richard Branson, Albert Einstein, Henry Winkler and Orlando Bloom and I can all officially high-five each other. Now dyslexia affects people in different ways. It can be a major block to getting through school and getting through work. However, dyslexia isn't all that bad. In fact I ABSOLUTELY FREAKING LOVE IT. Here's why...

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TV Dragon Gets Apprentices Hired

Raconteur Media | Posted 21.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Read More: Apprenticeships, Education, The Apprentice, Oxbridge, Dragons Den, A-Levels, Entrepreneurship, Gcses, Peter Jones, UK Universities & Education News
Raconteur Media

Multi-millionaire entrepreneur Peter Jones tells Liz Lightfoot how he wants to boost business with new-style apprenticeships.

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Private School Pupils 'Three Times More Likely' To Achieve Top A-Levels

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Read More: Social Mobility, UK News, Deputy Prime Minister, UK Pols, Nick Clegg, UK Education, Exam Results, News, A Levels, UK Universities & Education News

Children educated privately are three times more likely than state pupils to attain top A-Level grades, new government data has revealed. Fresh fi...

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The Great Intellectual Debate

Stephanie Allen | Posted 20.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Read More: Blogs, Richard Branson, University, Education, Students, UK Universities & Education News
Stephanie Allen

Believe it or not, some people go to university because they want to study a subject just so that they can learn more about it. Not everyone goes to university with a chosen career path in mind, and many of those students also just simply like their degree matter.

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Library Lads On Tour: Oxford Students Put The 'Test' In Testosterone

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 18.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Read More: Worcester College, Education, UK News, Lad, Library, Finals, Uni, Revision, Oxford University, Oxford, Library Lads, News, UK Universities & Education News

Opportunities to be a true 'lad' are thin on the ground during exam season, with revision and textbooks an albatross to the rough and tumble of the la...

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Equal Pay for Women - 60 Years on

Marie Staunton | Posted 17.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Marie Staunton, Because I Am a Girl, Education, Equal Pay, Equal Pay for Women, Plan UK, Rwanda, Women's Rights, Women, UK Impact, UK News
Marie Staunton

I was born the month that parliament voted equal pay for women. Even now the Equality and Human Rights Act (EHRC) estimates that my daughters may earn £361,000 less than men over their working life. But there is hope for my granddaughters.

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Cultivating Ambition in Education

Rod Bristow | Posted 17.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Read More: Education, Children, Examination, Teachers, Teaching, A Levels, School, Pearson, Exams, Gcses, UK Universities & Education News
Rod Bristow

The debate about standards in the UK examination system turns heads because the importance of education is more vivid now than it has ever been. If we're not getting it right, that's a big problem - nationally and for individuals.

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Michael Gove's King James Bible Plan Slammed By Secularists

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 16.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Read More: Department for Education, Evangelical Christianity, Christianity, Education, National Secular Society, Michael Gove, Secularism, UK Universities & Education News

Government plans to give a free copy of the King James Bible to every state school have been branded by secular groups as a waste of money that favour...

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Do Educated People Live Longer?

The Huffington Post UK | Kyrsty Hazell | Posted 16.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: Health News, Education, Higher Education, UK News, Slideexpand, Life Expectancy, Life Longer, Sweden, UK Lifestyle News

If you struggle to lose yourself in your studies, this might help motivate you – people who are more educated ‘live longer’ claim a team of Swed...

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Someone Else's Life

Victoria Uwonkunda | Posted 15.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: UK, Education, Refugee, Poverty, Africa, Kenya, Live Bleow the Line, UK Impact, Impact, UK Lifestyle News
Victoria Uwonkunda

If there ever were a sure thing, is that life doesn't happen as you plan for it to. Exactly two months before my 13th birthday, I became a refugee. Life as an illegal is nothing I would wish upon my worst enemy.

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Classical Music From Scratch: B is for Brains

Hattie Garlick | Posted 11.05.2012 | UK Entertainment

Read More: Mozart, Education, Brain Science, Brain, Music, Art Exhibitions, UK Music, UK Classical Music, UK Culture, UK Entertainment News
Hattie Garlick

If I've learnt anything, it's that Enya should come with a health warning (then again, I think I knew that instinctively already).

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Which are the World's Top Countries for Higher Education?

Professor Ross Williams | Posted 11.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Read More: University, Public Policy, College Rankings, Education, Higher Education, Universitas 21, UK Universities & Education News
Professor Ross Williams

While there are any number of well-regarded global rankings of universities and colleges, these don't reveal anything about national systems, the environment which different countries provide for education, for the institutions and students themselves.

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Chris Wimpress

Liz Truss: 'I Am Quite Bolshy Sometimes'

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Wimpress | Posted 10.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: UK News, Maternity Leave, Norfolk, Michael Gove, UK Conservative Party, UK Universities, Elizabeth Truss, UK Education, UK Diary, Paternity Leave, Liz Truss, UK Politics News

For some reason I was worried that Liz Truss was going to be fierce. She's actually very pleasant, but always comes across as highly uncompromising i...

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