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Time to embrace learning languages - The Guardian (blog)

The Guardian (blog)

Time to embrace learning languages
The Guardian (blog)
So, if bilingualism and multilingualism are currently the norm throughout the world, why is it so difficult in England to encourage students to learn another language? Studying a foreign language is still viewed by many as a middle class pursuit that ...
The cult of the hyperpolyglotBBC News

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Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:13:18 GMT
Less than £1 per pupil spent on RE resources - The Guardian (blog)

The Guardian (blog)

Less than £1 per pupil spent on RE resources
The Guardian (blog)
Well, like a lot of teachers do, I bought some things from my own cash. One-off textbooks, DVDs etc. I made friends with someone who worked at local publishers who gave me old textbooks that were out of date. I would scrounge pens where I could, ...

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Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:19:56 GMT
'Ambivalence' towards RE, but not in Scottish Catholic schools - Scottish Catholic Observer

Scottish Catholic Observer

'Ambivalence' towards RE, but not in Scottish Catholic schools
Scottish Catholic Observer
A professor of religious and philosophical education at Glasgow University has warned that the teaching of RE in the UK is being undermined by a 'crippling ambivalence' towards the subject in state schools. In research published today, Professor James ...
State school RE under-resourced and overlooked - studyBBC News
Schools spend just £1 per pupil on religious lessons as subject falls victim ...Daily Mail
Religious education lessons 'dying out' in schoolsTelegraph.co.uk

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Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:46:16 GMT
You never forget a teacher – especially one like 'Mr Rip' - Telegraph.co.uk

Telegraph.co.uk

You never forget a teacher – especially one like 'Mr Rip'
Telegraph.co.uk
In the early hours of Sunday morning Peter Rippington, 59, a maths and sport teacher from Alvechurch Church of England Middle School in Worcestershire, died when a bus returning from a school skiing trip crashed in France. Tributes have poured in, ...

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:31:04 GMT
How to teach … Sport Relief - The Guardian

The Guardian

How to teach … Sport Relief
The Guardian
Inspired by the build-up to Sport Relief – one of the UK's biggest fundraising events – and the London 2012 Olympics, the Guardian Teacher Network this week brings you a wealth of resources aimed at getting young people moving.

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Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:45:17 GMT
Tributes pour in for teacher killed in crash - The Independent

Tributes pour in for teacher killed in crash
The Independent
The FA were forced to defend the decision to change the England home kit this week after it was conf... Tributes were paid yesterday to a teacher killed in a coach crash in northern France as he returned from an Italian ski trip with his pupils.

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Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:50 GMT
Comment: It's time to put vulnerable people ahead of religious interests, Mr Gove - PinkNews.co.uk

PinkNews.co.uk

Comment: It's time to put vulnerable people ahead of religious interests, Mr Gove
PinkNews.co.uk
Very well, but teaching 'all sides of the argument' is open to abuse unless schools are compelled to teach children where the balance in the argument lies. The Church of England, for instance, with a third of the nation's primary schools under its ...
More pupils will fail GCSEs and A-levels when exams are made tougher, Gove warnsDaily Mail
Education in England “has slipped down international league tables” says ...Re:locate Magazine
When failure actually counts as successSpectator.co.uk
The Independent
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Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:53:13 GMT
Will Self to become a professor of contemporary thought - The Guardian

The Guardian

Will Self to become a professor of contemporary thought
The Guardian
He will be teaching undergraduate and post-graduate students at the university's school of the arts and its school of the social sciences. He may contribute to courses on urban planning and human geography; he has written about the pleasures and ...

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Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:38 GMT
Conference for language teachers - This is Nottingham

Conference for language teachers
This is Nottingham
LANGUAGE teachers from across the UK will be attending a conference at Nottingham Trent University. Dr Anthony Seldon, head teacher at Wellington College, will speak at the Languages – Where Next? event. It is being held in the Nottingham Conference ...

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:20:52 GMT
Bogus teacher was too generous with marks for GCSE coursework - Mirror.co.uk

BBC News

Bogus teacher was too generous with marks for GCSE coursework
Mirror.co.uk
She used a computer and the internet to fake qualifications from Glasgow Caledonian University, Witwatersrand University in South Africa, and the General Teaching Council for England. She conned her way into Westlands School in Torquay despite checks ...
Teacher Julia Rawlinson Who Faked Degree May Have 'Inflated GCSE Grades ...Huffington Post UK

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Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:02:13 GMT
 
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