News Review and Commentary

GIFTED POOR PUPILS 'NEED ADVICE'

10/28/2008 6:58:00 AM

 BBC 28 October

A lack of effective careers advice is pushing gifted poorer students into wasting their chances of going to university, research suggests. A report from the Sutton Trust education charity says that improving advice will be key to getting more disadvantaged pupils into university.  BBC

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PAY SCHOOLS EXTRA TO RECRUIT FROM POOREST HOMES, SAYS THINKTANK

10/28/2008 7:39:00 AM

 

The Guardian 28 October

Schools would receive substantial bonuses for pupils they recruit from the poorest homes under plans put forward by the thinktank Policy Exchange.  Guardian

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EXAMS COULD BE DUMBED DOWN UNLESS WATCHDOG STEPS IN, SAYS AQA CHIEF

EXAMS COULD BE DUMBED DOWN UNLESS WATCHDOG STEPS IN, SAYS AQA CHIEF

10/28/2008 6:53:00 AM

 

The Times 28 October

Standards in GCSEs and A levels risk being dumbed down unless the new independent examinations watchdog is given statutory powers to force exam boards to maintain them, the Government has been warned. Times

 

Lead Story | Curriculum / Quality Assurance

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WIDER ACCESS FOR STUDENTS PAYS OFF

10/28/2008 6:54:00 AM

 

 FT 28 October

The number of people applying to be undergraduates at Cambridge University has topped 15,000 for the first time in its 800-year history, suggesting efforts to get students from all social classes to apply are bearing fruit.  FT

FE/HE/ Skills

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KENT SIGNS RECORD SCHOOL DEAL

10/28/2008 6:56:00 AM

 

FT 28 October

Kent County Council has signed a £600m deal to rebuild and refurbish 10 schools - the biggest agreement yet reached under Whitehall's ambitious Building Schools for the Future programme.  FT

General | Secondary

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