Education

In a statement on Rishi Sunak’s plan for maths teaching, the National Education Union makes the same point as the one conceded by Gillian Keegan – that there aren’t enough teachers.Mary…
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Today’s puzzles celebrate the connections between mathematics and literature.They also mark the publication of Once Upon a Prime, a terrific new book about these connections, by Sarah…
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The UK possesses an inherent “anti-maths mindset” that is hampering efforts to improve numeracy, Rishi Sunak is to say as he relaunches his plan to make maths education until 18…
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A quarter of a million children in the UK with mental health problems have been denied help by the NHS as it struggles to manage surging case loads against a backdrop of a crisis in…
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Fresh concerns have been raised about the amount of asbestos remaining in dilapidated schools and hospitals, after new analysis found that almost 150 health and education workers were…
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How old is old enough to have your own mobile phone? For once, your children may be right that everyone else is getting them younger than you think.New research from Ofcom has found…
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“A book is a loaded gun in the house next door,” warns a character in Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury’s dystopian vision of an America where books are considered so dangerous they must be…
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Nothing prepares you for the educational rollercoaster ride of parenthood. I’ve digested thousands of education studies and advised teachers across the world. Yet after two decades of…
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A decade ago Anisa Sultana was living and working in London as a lecturer when she and a friend took a trip to explore the south coast. As the train drew into Portsmouth, she admired a…
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As the detection of microplastics in human blood demonstrates, plastics have become intertwined in our everyday existence, and the challenge of combating this global problem is huge.So…
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