So, have you kept abreast of Education Secretary Michael Gove's GCSE reforms? If so, have a grade eight for answering these questions correctly. (PS: if you didn't know eight was the top grade in the numerical system replacing A* to G grades, start with minus one)
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‘Jingoistic and illegal’ – what teachers think of Michael Gove's national curriculum reforms
Wednesday 12 June 2013
Over 100 historians claim Education Secretary’s plan ‘lacks balance and promotes political views’
Sex abuse choirmaster Michael Brewer loses plea against six-year sentence
Wednesday 12 June 2013
'It seems to us that he escaped justice for a very long time indeed and that justice has now caught up with him' says judge
England should follow Scotland on access to university
Wednesday 12 June 2013
Evidence shows students from poorer backgrounds recruited on lower grades do better than the average student in their final exams
5 great career opportunities that you might not have considered
Wednesday 12 June 2013
Hannah Langworth explains why your options could be far wider than you think
Ohio abductions: Ariel Castro pleads not guilty to 329 charges including murder, kidnap and rape in Cleveland missing women case
Wednesday 12 June 2013
Former school bus driver appeared in court in Cleveland
Jeremy Forrest trial: Maths teacher 'looked up' possible length of prison sentence
Wednesday 12 June 2013
30-year-old accused of abducting 15-year-old schoolgirl to France
Isn't it time to say yes to more experiences?
Wednesday 12 June 2013
I’m graduating in less than two months. I didn’t see this one coming. Obviously, I am aware of the fact that time was limited to begin with but, somehow, I’ve gotten used to studying. That’s what I do. That’s all I’ve been doing since I was seven. Well, not really. In the last couple of years I’ve been saying “yes” a lot.
Donald Macintyre's Sketch: Poetry corner or much ado about nothing...?
Tuesday 11 June 2013
The gentleman appreciates beauty in many spheres of human endeavour
Honoured in Britain, the US psychiatrist who took $1.2m from drug companies
Tuesday 11 June 2013
Professor's invitation to give prestigious lecture in London causes outrage among peers
Teen tells how relationship with teacher was ‘biggest secret ever’
Tuesday 11 June 2013
A teenage girl told a court today how a crush on her maths teacher led to secret sex sessions and the pair running away to France together.
Getting involved is the only way to get ahead
Tuesday 11 June 2013
Students need to make themselves stand out against the crowd. It's as easy as finding what you like and getting stuck in
Through their eyes: Children who fled the violence draw picture of Syria crisis
Tuesday 11 June 2013
A Unicef worker reports from Northern Iraq on the challenges of rehabilitation
Girls' school leader calls for quotas in the boardroom
Tuesday 11 June 2013
Helen Fraser says old boys' network only promotes those who 'look, think and speak like the current leadership'
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