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STAFF FEARS IN TODDLER EXCLUSIONS

11/8/2008 11:39:00 AM

BBC 7 November

 Head teachers' leaders say that teachers' fears about restraining violent pupils is behind the suspension of three and four-year-olds. The Conservatives revealed figures showing 1,500 suspensions of children aged four and under in the past year.  BBC 7 Nov

General

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TORIES WOULD DOUBLE GCSE PASS MARK, SAYS MICHAEL GOVE

11/8/2008 12:54:00 PM

 

The Daily Telegraph 8 November

The pass mark for GSCE examinations would be doubled under Conservative education plans to toughen education standards, the shadow schools secretary has disclosed in an interview with The Daily Telegraph. DT

 

Curriculum / Quality Assurance

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EARLY YEARS LEARNING CHIEF RUTH PIMENTEL QUITS

EARLY YEARS LEARNING CHIEF RUTH PIMENTEL QUITS

11/8/2008 12:03:00 PM

 

The Times 8 November

The official in charge of the Government’s curriculum for the underfives has resigned unexpectedly two months after it came into force.  Times

Lead Story | Foundation

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RESIGNATION CASTS DOUBT ON ACADEMIES

11/8/2008 12:33:00 PM

 

The Independent 8 November

Sir Bruce Liddington the senior civil servant responsible for developing the Government's flagship academy schools programme has quit – fuelling new doubts about the future of the scheme.  Independent

General | Secondary

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MINISTERS MULL HOW UNIVERSITIES COULD RESCUE ECONOMY

11/8/2008 11:41:00 AM

 

The Guardian 7 November

Government 'in market for ideas' on how higher education could respond to rising unemployment and economic decline Universities are to be presented as pivotal to improving the country's financial fortunes in the current economic climate by ministers later this month, despite the funding squeeze they face. Guardian

FE/HE/ Skills

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CREDIT CRUNCH ‘WILL LEAD TO FREEZE ON UNIVERSITY FEES’

11/8/2008 12:01:00 PM

The Times 8 November

Undergraduate students will be spared a rise in tuition fees for at least five years, in a move that will relieve middle-class families. Times

FE/HE/ Skills

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