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Elocution lessons: Who wants to speak the Queen's English?

19 January 2012 12:00 AM

We might like to think we live in a classless society, yet increasing numbers of adults are signing up for lessons in elocution. Jeremy Sutcliffe finds out why they're doing it.

Education: The age of uncertainty

16 June 2011 12:00 AM

Later learning enriches the lives of thousands of elderly people. But widespread library closures could spell an end to many of these study groups

Proposed new immigration laws could deprive colleges of overseas students they depend on

20 January 2011 12:00 AM

Legal experts Laura Darnley and Audrey Elliott advise on how they can plug the financial gap

A-level results: Subject by subject

20 August 2010 12:00 AM

A-level results: Sixth form colleges

20 August 2010 12:00 AM

A-level results: Comprehensive school results

19 August 2010 05:21 PM

A-level results: Grammar school results

19 August 2010 05:14 PM

How college lecturers are keeping up by training one another at work

01 July 2010 12:00 AM

It's not every day that a former student stops you in the street and recites a poem about plant hormones which they learnt 15 years ago. But when your name is Richard Spencer and you have a following in Australia, the USA and Europe, it is perhaps hardly surprising.

Online degrees: A model worth emulating or a plan that risks creating a two-tier system?

24 June 2010 12:00 AM

David Willetts wants more people to take degrees by distance learning at further education colleges. Lucy Hodges looks at what it could involve

Short business courses - It's amazing how much can happen in three days

17 June 2010 12:00 AM

Can anything of enduring value be learnt on courses which provide a quick turnaround? Amy McLellan reports

Learn to take control of your career

17 June 2010 12:00 AM

When you need an edge in the workplace, it's time to take a course, writes Virginia Matthews

From lace-making to mushroom-foraging, Arca has the course for you

03 June 2010 12:00 AM

Have you always wanted to spin your own wool or carve yourself a country-style stool, immerse yourself in Chopin's works, or master that digital camera you got for Christmas? If so, then there may well be somewhere nearby offering a course that fits the bill.

Creative courses: Programmes that are music to your ears

27 May 2010 12:00 AM

More than 20 institutions now offer courses from acting to design management

What's the best way to ensure young people are taught in safety?

22 April 2010 12:00 AM

Colleges now have to pay closer attention to protecting students. But problems surround the tighter structures.

Professionalisation will create a win-win scenario

22 April 2010 12:00 AM

College teaching staff now have to become at least as qualified as schoolteachers.
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