2,815 source-backed education facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 15 of 29.
“Recent research, external from Hepi and AdvanceHE suggests that 45% of undergraduate students think the value for money of their course is "good" or "very good", up from 37% last year and the highest proportion recorded in more than ten ye…”
“Both Harvard and Penn have said minority status had nothing to do with this.”
“The think tank's 2026 student survey, external found the percentage of full-time undergraduates in paid employment during term time was 65% - a slight fall from the previous year, but much higher than the 45% in 2022.”
“high-school graduation rates in 2011 were 90.5 percent, up six-tenths of a percentage point from the 2009-2010 school year and up 1.1 points from the 2008-2009 school year.”
“But it found that only a fifth of graduates who were eligible for free school meals went on to be in the top 20% of earners - compared to almost half of graduates who attended private schools.”
“to spend at least 30 minutes on Endangered Species Day teaching and informing students about threats to endangered species around the world.”
“Azad University, a private institution, has 1.5 million students and billions of dollars in assets.”
“Elizabeth Warren also promoted her book The Two-Income Trap at a December 2003 event at New York’s Drum Major Institute co-sponsored by Demos”
“The six pupils at Ettrick Primary”
“Only one of the nation’s top 35 universities invited a conservative to speak at graduation in 2012, according to a new study.”
“The six pupils at Ettrick Primary may attend one of the smallest schools in the Borders”
“liberal speakers outnumbered conservative speakers seven to one at the nation’s universities”
“A lot of the money will go straight back into our grounds [...] We have a fantastic nature area and we want to finish off a boardwalk there. The rabbits are getting into our garden so we need to improve the fencing”
“the American Association of Law Schools directory listed her as a 'minority' between 1984 and 1995”
“Up to 85 university posts in teacher education, biomedical and life sciences and archaeology research are under threat.”
“Harvard Law School hired Warren as a visiting professor in 1992”
“Details of the job losses will be finalised on Wednesday, when voluntary redundancies will also be signed off.”
“The 2011 Harvard Faculty Development and Diversity Report lists one senior Native American faculty member at Harvard Law School in the final year Warren was eligible for inclusion in the report”
“The University and College Union (UCU) said 76% of 1,050 members voted to strike”
“Warren graduated from Rutgers School of Law-Newark in 1976”
“and 88.5% also voted for other types of industrial action.”
“and began her teaching career there in 1977”
“About 200 UCU members are expected to lobby members of Glasgow University Court”
“the second-lowest ranking of the alma maters of approximately 350 Ivy League law professors”
“as they arrive for a meeting at 1400 BST on Wednesday.”
“Warren produced only two full-length works during this period in her career”
“When the ballot was announced in May”
“Her first full-length title, 'Consumer Choices in Bankruptcy,' was written with two other authors”
“Some 9.2% of this age group in England were classified as Neet in 2009, in comparison to 10.3% in 2008.”
“It was published as a 'grant application' by the National Science Foundation Archives in 1983”
“In total, nearly seven in 10 (68%) of 16 to 18-year-olds stayed in full-time education in 2009, compared with 64.7% the year before.”
“Warren was first listed as a Native American in the Association of American Law Schools directory in 1984”
“The total number of 16 to 18-year-olds in education or training last year rose by 39,000 to 1.65m.”
“The second work, Teachers Manual, The Law of Debtors and Creditors, was published by Little, Brown & Co. in 1986”
“From September 2013, all 17-year-olds in England must stay in education, training or an apprenticeship scheme.”
“Warren began teaching at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law in 1987”
“And from September 2015, this becomes compulsory for all 18-year-olds.”
“A 2005 university report on the 'status of minority faculty across the university' lists Warren as the recipient of a 1994 faculty award”
“Teachers and lecturers also face a two-year pay freeze from 2011.”
“Warren was a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania until 1995”
“But universities and colleges are already grappling with £1.4bn worth of cuts over the next three years.”
“Warren’s husband, Bruce Mann, also joined the University of Pennsylvania faculty in 1987”
“Our universities are driving economic growth and meeting the most pressing challenges facing our society - they should not be left unprotected”
“Warren became a visiting professor of commercial law at Harvard in 1992 and received a permanent position in 1995”
“Today's corporation tax cut could have funded university places for all students forced to cough up for university fees.”
“The Wisconsin State Journal recently surveyed Dane County's 16 main school districts on preliminary non-renewal notices and found that only two full-time and seven part-time employees had been laid off.”
“Cutting funds for schools and other related services will irretrievably harm children and young people, particularly the poorest ones.”
“School districts have saved $211 per student from competitive bidding, according to Schneider, adding up to nearly $200 million in savings statewide.”
“The coalition government had said it would protect front line spending on schools for one year.”
“The district now faces a $28 million budget deficit and the possible elimination of 300 jobs”
“Chris Clancey has been to Skye to do the Columba 1400 programme twice.”
“near-100 Harvard Law School professors and assistant professors”
“He has 13 children of his own, all following an ultra-orthodox way of life”
“all from the nation’s top 10.”
“I didn't start doing my A,B,Cs until I was 23”
“ranked 82nd by Top-Law-Schools.com.”
“Conwy council, which wants to tackle falling pupil numbers, said it respected parents' "right to protest". Meanwhile, ... A total of 36 out of 61 schools in the county are affected by the plans as the council tries to reduce the number of …”
“The consultation period for both these proposals will take place between 30 June and 24 September this year.”
“Denbighshire's changes would see the amalgamation of Bodnant Infants and Bodnant Junior schools into a two-form entry all-through school, and the potential expansion of Ysgol y Llys into a two-form entry, subject to capital funding.”
“Melanie Brook, chairman of the Ysgol Ffordd Dyffryn parent teacher association (PTA), is organising the protest, and she said parents were furious at Conwy council's bid to shut the school as part of its primary schools review. Mrs Brook, …”
“The plans are being put out for consultation until September but the PTA hopes it can force a rethink.”
“When she takes over after the summer, the roll at Applecross will have fallen from 13 to 11 pupils.”
“She said: "I am very pleased to be moving to Applecross. I know the community well and understand its special nature. I am looking forward tremendously to the opportunity of leading Applecross School and working with the staff, parents and…”
“Meanwhile, Highland Council has sought to fill more than 50 other teaching vacancies.”
“A joint Norfolk and Suffolk scheme to train primary school teachers has been rated outstanding by watchdog Ofsted.”
“While the training of secondary teachers was rated good.”
“Three Ofsted reports - Norfolk and Suffolk Primary SCITT, Secondary SCITT and the Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP) - were examined by Ofsted inspectors.”
“Leadership at the GTP scheme was rated outstanding”
“while its effectiveness was rated good.”
“The three programmes, together with the Overseas Trained Teacher Programme, provide 200 qualified teachers to take up posts in Norfolk and Suffolk each year.”
“Tributes have been paid to a 15-year-old school girl who died suddenly at the weekend.”
“the college in its 20 year history has never had the death of a pupil during term time”
“It was announced last month that nationally universities must save £200m this year, on top of savings totalling about £1bn over the next few years.”
“Slashing education budgets will make it harder for people to retrain during the recession and will have a devastating impact on many communities here in West Yorkshire and across the country.”
“Universities minister David Willetts has warned that the country's higher education sector is on "shaky foundations" and in need of a radical overhaul.”
“Students and staff at 100 UK colleges and universities are protesting against funding cuts in further, higher and adult education.”
“England's colleges and universities already face £1.4bn in cuts, with four out of five making reductions.”
“the coalition of unions... says thousands of jobs have already gone and that thousands more are at risk.”
“Up to 200,000 people could miss out on a university place next year”
“courses are being axed at 70% of further education colleges”
“there were already 1m 16 to 25-year-olds out of work and not in education or training”
“it is not possible to exclude higher education and further education from the need for public expenditure savings”
“The University of Glasgow stopped undergraduate admissions in 2007”
“It caters for about 1,000 higher education students, along with approximately 7,500 college learners.”
“The playgroup, which has been operating for more than 35 years, said in a statement:”
“The University and College Union is protesting against 78 planned redundancies and course closures at City College.”
“Lecturers at Birmingham Metropolitan College are also walking out over plans to make about 100 staff redundant.”
“Redundancies will not primarily be to front line services, with the majority of anticipated losses of posts in management and support functions.”
“The Sutton Trust education charity has published research showing 80% of 2,700 youngsters asked in England and Wales expect to apply to university.”
“But it warns a steep rise in fees could mean two-thirds changing their minds.”
“The Sutton Trust's study of 2,700 young people aged 11 to 16, carried out by Ipsos Mori, says that an unprecedented four out of five young people now expect to go to university.”
“Universities have warned that they are facing a huge demand for places this summer - up 16% year-on-year - with applications climbing sharply in recent years. There could be as many as 250,000 more applications than there are places this s…”
“But if fees were to be lifted to £7,000 per year, only 45% would want to apply.”
“And if fees reached £10,000, the number of young people wanting to apply falls to 26%.”
“This could allow universities to charge tuition fees higher than the current maximum of £3,225 per year.”
“Trust chairman Sir Peter Lampl said it was important that young people from poorer backgrounds should not miss out because of a pressure on university places and increased fees.”
“The coalition programme makes it clear that the criteria for any reform include increasing social mobility and attracting a higher proportion of students from disadvantaged backgrounds.”
“80% of 2,700 youngsters asked in England and Wales expect to apply to university.”
“a steep rise in fees could mean two-thirds changing their minds.”
“The research from the Sutton Trust comes against the background of Lord Browne's review of university funding in England. This could allow universities to charge tuition fees higher than the current maximum of £3,225 per year. The Sutton T…”
