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Category Archives: Budget
Primary school paid PR firm £152,000, accounts show
Durand Academy in south London made payments to Political Lobbying and Media Relations Ltd, firm that boasts of its political connections. {lang: ‘en-GB’}
Posted in Budget, Primary Schools
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Budget does not benefit the young, say teachers’ unions
The chancellor has failed to use the Budget to promote policies for children and young people, teachers’ unions say. {lang: ‘en-GB’}
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Budget should benefit the young, says teachers’ union
The chancellor should use the Budget to promote policies that will benefit children and young people, a teachers’ union says. The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) says it fears the Budget will not be good for youngsters. {lang: ‘en-GB’}
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Warwick and Queen Mary universities to share lecturers
The two universities, 80 miles apart, unveil plans for an alliance in response to the ‘uncertainty’ of funding cuts and fee increases. Students at Warwick University and at Queen Mary, University of London are to share lecturers in what will … Continue reading
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IFS: ‘winners and losers’ in school funding revamp
Government attempts to overhaul cash allocations for schools in England will create large numbers of “financial winners and losers”, it was disclosed. {lang: ‘en-GB’}
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Schools in deprived areas stand to lose most in budget shakeup
One in six schools could see their budgets cut by at least 10% under government plans to shake up education funding in England, economists have warned. {lang: ‘en-GB’}
Fees deny the basic human right to education
If the prospect of debt forces students out of the education ‘supermarket’, society as a whole will suffer. {lang: ‘en-GB’}
Posted in A-Level, Budget, Careers, Sixth Forms, Student loans
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Private tutors – the taxman is coming
In its latest attempt to claw back some of the UK’s £35bn in unpaid taxes, Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs will target the country’s 500,000 private tutors for undeclared tax. {lang: ‘en-GB’}
Increase in NQT’s versus 40% fewer jobs!
Increasing numbers of new teachers or decreasing numbers of jobs? Well turns out it’s both because newly qualified teachers are finding there are up to 40% fewer jobs this year. {lang: ‘en-GB’}
School transport becomes a problem
Late summer light glances off stubble-filled fields, a delicate breeze rustles through the trees and birds chirp contentedly. But Honeypot Lane, near Chailey school in East Sussex, is not as idyllic as all that – not if you’re walking, anyway. … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Primary Schools, Secondary Schools, Sixth Forms, Teachers
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Expenses of childcare rising so much that part-time parents may as well not work
THE EXPENSE of childcare could make it more cost-effective for some parents to give up work and stay at home, says a survery of family finances. {lang: ‘en-GB’}
Posted in A-Level, Academies, Boys, Budget, Careers, Early Years
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Teachers face strike ballot over pension changes
Members of Scotland’s largest teaching union look set to be balloted for strike action over pension changes. {lang: ‘en-GB’}
Posted in Behaviour, Budget, Teachers, University
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24 free schools set to open in September
A total of 24 new free schools set up by parents, faith groups and others will open in England next month. {lang: ‘en-GB’}
Posted in Academies, Boys, Budget, Careers, Early Years, Free Schools, Parents, Primary Schools, Secondary Schools
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Tuition fee system is discriminatory, say Muslims
Muslim students could be forced to abandon hopes of a university place under the new fees and loans regime which will come into place next year, claims the Independent’s Poppy Mcpherson. {lang: ‘en-GB’}
Posted in Budget, University
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Sixth forms and colleges ‘cutting support and courses’
Several sixth-form and college heads have said funding changes are forcing them to cut careers guidance, mentors, sports and even A-level courses, reports the BBC’s Heather Sharp. {lang: ‘en-GB’}
Posted in A-Level, Budget, Careers, GCSE, Secondary Schools
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Average UK student debts ‘could hit £53,000′
Average debts may reach £53,000 for UK students starting in 2012 – double the figure for 2011 – suggests a survey reported by the BBC. {lang: ‘en-GB’}
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Warning over state of careers service
The re-organisation of careers advice services in England could be “potentially damaging to young people’s lives”, a group of experts has warned. BBC News has the story. {lang: ‘en-GB’}
Posted in Budget, Careers, Government Policy, State Schools
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Millions of families forced to dip into private school savings ‘to fund lifestyle’
Millions of parents have been forced to dip into savings set aside for their children’s private education in order to cover the rising cost of living, new research has found according to Andrew Hough’s report in The Telegraph. {lang: ‘en-GB’}
Posted in Budget, Parents, Public & Private Schools
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Call for scholarships for low-income students
Simon Hughes says 10,000 awards worth £3,000 annually should be made available to teenagers from low-income households, according to Jeevan Vasagar in The Guardian. {lang: ‘en-GB’}
Posted in Budget, Careers, Government Policy, Parents, State Schools, University
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Internet spells end of the school report
Doctors should send emails instead of writing referral letters and schools should stop printing reports, a Number 10 adviser said yesterday according to Matt Warman in The Telegraph. {lang: ‘en-GB’}