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“just 14% were engaged in learning.”
“when 2009, when 11% in this group were involved in education.”
“82% of those surveyed agreed that learning was "enjoyable for its own sake".”
“77% agreed that learning as an adult had "a positive impact on your child's chances at school".”
“Four out of five UK universities use agents, says the British Council, with "many thousands" of individual agents working in this expanding business.”
“The number of overseas students in higher education in 2008-9 in the UK is 251,310. This represents an increase of almost 50,000 in four years.”
“He studied English at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University in the 1980s and during his time there served as President of the Oxford Union.”
“The pupil premium proposed by the Liberal Democrats, which aimed to cut class size, depended upon an extra £2.5bn. They said it was not viable without this additional money.”
“This will come from a spending review which will report in the autumn.”
“Under the Conservative-Liberal Democrat government, the ministry will now be known as the Department for Education - changing from the former title of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.”
“The coalition agreement says that the Liberal Democrats will be able to abstain if they oppose the findings of the fees review chaired by Lord Browne.”
“The National Union of Students has written to the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg asking him to honour his promise to voters that his party would "block those unfair tuition fees and get them scrapped once and for all"”
“The Liberal Democrats made a clear election pledge that tuition fees for full-time and part-time students would be abolished. Liberal Democrat MPs and voters may well be disappointed that this has been scrapped as part of the coalition ne…”
“The Liberal Democrats say this needs to be part of increased investment in schools - £2.5bn worth of extra money.”
“And he claimed the Conservatives would be "slashing" school budgets by £29bn.”
“"Fewer teachers, fewer computers, and a return to the days of tumble down classrooms," said Mr Clegg, describing his view of education under the Conservatives.”
“"The Swedish-style free schools they want to introduce, will, according to Swedish politicians themselves, be a disaster for standards," Nick Clegg told voters last week.”
“It would mean that schools policy would be restricted to the narrow areas where the parties agree. This would mean the government would have to "concentrate on the essentials and not indulge in hyperactive education legislation," says Dr D…”
“Students from 20 leading universities are to protest against what they say are 'underhand' tactics in the review of tuition fees in England.”
“About 600,000 10 and 11-year-olds were due to take the national schools tests from Monday.”
“BBC News contacted England's councils and found that - among the 113 which had responded by Monday morning - 15% of schools were not doing the tests.”
“The councils which took part cover 73% of England's 17,000 primary schools.”
“Of those the schools covered in the snapshot survey, nearly 1,900 (15%) said they were boycotting the tests and about 5,650 said they were not (45%).”
“The councils say they do not know the situation in the remaining 40% of schools.”
“In Manchester and Birmingham, the councils say half of schools are staging a boycott.”
“among the 113 which had responded by Monday morning - 15% of schools were not doing the tests”
“nearly 1,900 (15%) said they were boycotting the tests and about 5,650 said they were not (45%)”
“the councils say they do not know the situation in the remaining 40% of schools”
“Hartlepool, where all 31 primaries are said to be boycotting”
“Of those the schools covered in the snapshot survey, nearly 1,900 (15%) said they were boycotting the tests and about 5,650 said they were not (45%).”
“Support for the boycott across the country is patchy, varying from areas such as Bedford and Bournemouth, where the councils say all schools are running the tests - to Hartlepool, where all 31 primaries are said to be boycotting.”
“Its head teacher Sandra Sutcliffe said: 'Our school does very well in the tests but I hope this will raise a dialogue about whether a 45-minute exam is the best way to make conclusions about six years of work in primary schools.'”
“to Hartlepool, where all 31 primaries are said to be boycotting.”
“"Of course schools need to be held to account. But they need to be held to account for what every child is doing in the school and the breadth of the curriculum, not just narrowing it down to English and maths."”
“"It is essential that government listens to and engages with the profession in constructive talks about reforming assessment at primary level."”
“"The curriculum has become very distorted and some of our children are losing their sparkle and interest."”
“Eton College would consider sponsoring a boarding academy to help deprived youngsters.”
“From 2011, the Priory Academy LSST in Lincoln will have boarding places for 60 students aged 16 and over, which will help serve families at the local RAF base at Waddington.”
“The Wellington Academy, sponsored by the famous Wellington College, will also have around 100 boarding places many to be taken by children of forces families, stationed at nearby Salisbury Plain.”
“It is due to start taking boarders sometime after the new school buildings open in 2010.”
“He said he backed the idea of more state boarding schools”
“Mr Little said the British boarding school was a great brand that was very popular abroad.”
“A list of 70 children's books said to be the best of all-time has been compiled by publisher Puffin.”
“Eric Carle's title sells a copy every 30 seconds somewhere in the world, according to Puffin.”
“Published by Puffin, it is being made available for free from UK bookshops, libraries and to download from the Puffin website as part of the 70th anniversary celebrations.”
“Foreign language learning became non-compulsory for secondary school pupils in 2004”
“The survey also revealed that the average wage of language graduates three years after leaving university is ahead of that of graduates in engineering, maths, physics and chemistry.”
“Six universities in the capital now back a living wage of £7.60 per hour.”
“A cleaner on the minimum wage of £5.80, working 40-hours a week, 52 weeks a year, would have to work more than 33 years to earn the annual pay package of the provost of University College London.”
“The living wage campaigners want £7.60 per hour”
“It has been adopted by the London School of Economics, Birkbeck, the School of Oriental and African Studies, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Queen Mary.”
“Goldsmiths says it is introducing the living wage when it renews its cleaning contract.”
“King's College says it is about to hold an 'initial meeting' with the students and representatives of London Citizens.”
“But University College London says it has 'no plans to join the London Living Wage Campaign'.”
“UCL says he was paid £303,492 in 2008-09 - with pension and benefits the total was £404,742.”
“A report earlier this year found that 19 university heads were earning more than £300,000.”
“The Ushahidi map was set up with help from students at Tulane University in New Orleans.”
“Lecturers at 14 universities and further education colleges in England staged a one-day strike on Wednesday.”
“Union members at 11 London colleges, Westminster University, King's College London and Sussex University took part in the action.”
“The UCU organised the walk-out, saying universities face funding cuts of nearly £1bn, while the further education sector has to make savings of £340m in the next academic year.”
“In England, universities face real terms budget cuts next year of 1.1%”
“Scottish universities have been told they will have a 1.2% increase on funding.”
“Figures published by university admissions service, Ucas, showed a 16.5% increase in applications this year on last year.”
“The 11 colleges involved are Barnet College; City and Islington College; College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London; College of North West London; Greenwich Community College; Hackney Community College; Lambeth College; Lewisham Co…”
“Head teachers plan to boycott the national school tests, known as Sats, which are normally taken by 600,000 children aged 11.”
“The unions claim about half of England's 17,000 schools will not stage the tests, which are used to make primary school league tables.”
“They are due to be held from 10 May - four days after the general election.”
“Whoever is in power on Friday will have to tackle the issue as the tests are due to be taken three days later on 10 May.”
“Ofsted inspections will inevitably be affected,”
“about half of England's 17,000 primary schools would boycott the tests”
“The tests, in English and maths, are due to be taken by about 600,000 children in England from 10 May onwards.”
“first time in a quarter of century that the NAHT has taken industrial action.”
“who said about half of England's 17,000 primary schools would boycott the tests, which are known as Sats.”
“it will be the first time in a quarter of a century that the NAHT has taken industrial action”
“The NUT and the NAHT are taking unprecedented joint action against the tests”
“the tests are not "set in stone"”
“the conference in Liverpool”
“The heads are due to boycott national tests in England for 11-year-olds.”
“Half of England's primary schools will boycott national tests due to be taken by 11-year-olds in just over a week, teaching unions claim.”
“She said 50% of England's 17,000 schools would take part.”
“All around the country, we are hearing 50% of schools and counting are going to do the boycott.”
“Results from the national tests - in English and maths - are used to make up the primary school league tables.”
“They also underpin reports by Ofsted inspectors.”
“This year for the first time teachers' assessments of their children will be published alongside the test results for England.”
“When this was first announced, the government hoped it would be enough to head off a boycott of the tests.”
“The National Governors' Association says the situation is very confused and that governors are caught in a dispute between the government and head teachers.”
“Ms Blower told delegates: 'The level of work caused by Ofsted and target setting is unreasonable and the Sats boycott is not unconnected with the pressure from Ofsted and the data-driven agenda'.”
“Earlier, the head teachers had passed a motion calling for the replacement of the schools inspectorate Ofsted.”
“The tests are due to be taken from 10 May, just days after the general election.”
“We don't think this has been done in 112 years of NAHT history - certainly not in the last 25 years.”
“The tests - known as Sats - are due to be taken from 10 May, just days after the general election.”
“So we will be doing tests, but not the 2010 tests.”
“My children in Year 6 are a lost generation”
“The development in the children's writing has been phenomenal over the year, because we could allocate time to reading and writing instead of revising.”
“For the first time, this year, Sats results will be published alongside the assessments made by teachers.”
“The government has reminded governors that they have a duty to make sure the tests take place.”
“New secondary schools will be sent teachers' assessments of the children”
“In 1953 two people got to the top of Everest, an extraordinary achievement at the time.”
“Yet on a single day in 1996, 39 people stood on the summit.”
“That might suggest that Everest had become 20 times easier to climb.”
