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When It's Cool to be Dumb

Brian John Spencer | Posted 24.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: University, Wonk, Rugby, Education, Youth, College, Cool, School Boards, Grammar Schools, Nerd, High School, College Football, Youth Unemployment, Jock, UK Lifestyle News
Brian John Spencer

For the average young person, quite frankly it's not cool to be smart. Stick your head above the noisy herd and you risk setting yourself out for a barrage of scorn and ridicule. What a sad and perverse state of affairs: that a young person should be punished for showing ambition.

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The Future of Education is Now

Christina Robert | Posted 16.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Gcses, The One World Schoolhouse, Secondary School, Education, Collaboration, Gila Monster, Harvard Business School, High School, Creativity, Internet, Salman Khan, The Khan Academy, Teachers, Portcullis House, Learning, Mit, UK Universities & Education News
Christina Robert

In an effort to get out of the house and away from the blood vessel popping effort to keep my mouth shut, I recently went to hear the wunderkind of modern education speak at Portcullis House. In case you are old and backward like me, his name is Salman Khan.

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Just Leave it for the Cleaners

Lewis Shepherd | Posted 13.02.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Cleaner, Work Place, Cleaners, Work, Subway, High School, Nhs Cleaner, Banana, Subway Sandwich, UK Schools, School, Unclean Workplace, Nhs, UK Lifestyle News
Lewis Shepherd

It's a phrase most people would have heard on a daily basis at work, school, college or university. We all know the process; someone drops a piece of rubbish or leaves a stain or in some cases just flat out cannot be bothered to take their empty sandwich packet to the bin, so of course we will just leave it for the cleaners to deal with.

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School of Roccupy: Uniting Rockstars, High School Youth, and Occupy Wall Street

Adam Jung | Posted 22.10.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Youth, Occupy La, Rock, Los Angeles, Occupy Movement, New York, Occupy, Occupy Denver, Occupy Wall Street, Protest, Kate Nash, Occupy San Francisco, High School, San Francisco, Rock and Roll, Denver, Roccupy, UK Politics News
Adam Jung

Activists involved with the Occupy Wall Street movement are working with a record label set up to support the movement to launch a high profile community outreach project. The School of Roccupy is a collaboration between Occupation Records and Occupy activists that aims to creatively engage high school students with the processes and idealism of Occupy Wall Street.

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Teacher To Undergo Sex Change Op Over Summer

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.07.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: UK News, Sex Change Operation, Gender Dysphoria, Sex Change, Grammar Schools, Gender Reassignment, High School, KES Chelmsford, Secondary School, King Edward VI School, UK Universities & Education News

A teacher has been praised for his bravery after it emerged he will undergo a sex change operation before returning to take classes as a woman. Pup...

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Outrage Over 'Pornographic' Yearbook Photo

Posted 25.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Pornography, Record and Landmakr, Lake Norman, Statesville, Education, UK News, College Girl, High School, Porn, Year Book, News, North Carolina, UK Universities & Education News

Parents at a US High school have expressed outrage after a photo of a girl appearing to expose her genitals was published in a high school year book. ...

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How Prince Charles' Charity Turned My Old High School Around

Sandy Dhaliwal | Posted 29.04.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Education, Teach First, Prince Charles, Charity, Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall, High School, Uxbridge High School, Camilla Parker-Bowles, Prince of Wales, Gcses, Hillingdon, UK Teachers, Charity Organisations, UK Schools, UK Universities & Education News
Sandy Dhaliwal

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall recently visited my old secondary school Uxbridge High. It was to mark the 10 year anniversary of the charity Teach First, which the Prince is patron of.

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Squirrel Sets Off School Fire Alarm, Gets Busted On CCTV (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alastair Plumb | Posted 09.12.2011 | UK Comedy
Read More: Fire Alarm, Video, Squirrel, Insurance, Cctv, Squirrels, UK Viral Videos, High School, Caught on Camera, Fire, UK Weird News, School, UK Comedy News

A year ago, Blackburn Elementary School in Manatee County, near Palmetto, Florida, was in a bit of a bind. The fire alarm in their kitchen had bee...

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A Glimpse Of Hope For Prospective Students

Cosima Ungaro | Posted 04.12.2011 | UK Universities & Education
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The deadline for Ucas applications is approaching. On January 15, all prospective students to apply for courses beginning next autumn will need to hav...

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