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Starting at 22, Britons have talent
Britons have got talent – it just doesn’t emerge until they are 22, says a report published today.
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Education officials spent £10m on first-class fares
Monday, 16 November 2009
Education officials have run up a £10m bill for the taxpayer from first-class rail travel over the last three years. Civil servants bought an estimated 60,000 first-class tickets between 2006 and 2009. The scale of the spending – equivalent to just over 300 teachers' salaries or four new primary schools – provoked anger among opposition MPs and parents' leaders.
Four win Independent's MBA awards
Monday, 16 November 2009
Women on top with record entries in our 12-year campaign to find talent
Childcare relief to stay
Monday, 16 November 2009
Ministers were in retreat yesterday over plans to abolish tax relief on childcare vouchers paid to working families.
Pay cuts hit private school teachers
Monday, 16 November 2009
One in six teachers in independent schools have been forced to take a pay cut this year because of the recession, according to a report out today.
72,000 pupils in grades bungle
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Up to one in six pupils may have been awarded the wrong grade in national curriculum science tests, according to a report published yesterday.
Girls shouldn't expect to 'have it all' says school head
Friday, 13 November 2009
Girls' expectations may be overly ambitious says a leading headmistress.
Half of 14-year-olds have been bullied
Friday, 13 November 2009
Nearly half of England's 14-year-olds have been a victim of bullying, research has found.
Took a look at yourself! Get an A for Anthropology
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Richard Garner: “The mobile phone has become the modern equivalent of the garden fence or village green.” Discuss.
Fail him on the beaches
Thursday, 12 November 2009
A computerised system is increasingly used to mark exam papers. It's a good job Churchill wasn't being examined...
Exam board chief warns of loss of public trust in system
Thursday, 12 November 2009
The head of one of the country's biggest exam boards warned yesterday of a loss of public trust in exams.
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