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Enter search term:     Newest Oldest Closest Match                                                   Total Articles:  Date: 5/24/2013 Title:  Sex education 'must counter porn' In an age when "extremely violent and sadistic imagery is two clicks away", school sex education is struggling to keep pace, suggests a study. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/23/2013 Title:  New curriculum workload 'too high' More than 80% of nursery and primary school teachers in Scotland have warned of high workloads as a result of the new curriculum, a union claims. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/23/2013 Title:  Sharp decline in foreign students A steep decline in foreign students coming to study at UK colleges and language schools prompts fears of a knock-on effect on universities. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/23/2013 Title:  Warning on poor school swimming More children may drown without better school swimming provision, the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) has warned. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/23/2013 Title:  Tuition fee 'could be cut to £6,000' Tuition fees in England could be limited to £6,000 per year and remain cost-neutral to universities and the Treasury, research suggests. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/23/2013 Title:  'Rise' in children abusing children A growing number of children are being sexually abused by other children, say charities. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/22/2013 Title:  Higher pay 'means larger classes' Head teachers may have to increase class sizes if they are to pay the best teachers higher wages, the chief inspector of schools in England admits. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/22/2013 Title:  Scots students may be 'squeezed out' Researchers suggest students in Scotland could be "squeezed out" if there is a yes vote on independence and the free tuition system continues. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/22/2013 Title:  Human-rights training centre opens An international human-rights training centre to teach digital skills to activists and protesters opens in the Italian city of Florence. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/22/2013 Title:  East End music free school approved A music school for deprived teenagers in east London and two schools for autistic children are among the latest wave of free schools to be approved. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/22/2013 Title:  Iodine lack 'may lower UK baby IQs' Mild iodine deficiency during pregnancy could be dimming the intellect of some babies born in the UK, say researchers who studied 1,000 families. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/21/2013 Title:  UK shared exam system faces break up The shared A-level and GCSE system for England, Wales and Northern Ireland should no longer be continued, says Education Secretary Michael Gove. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/21/2013 Title:  School cuts 'no harm to standards' A think tank report argues that 18% of public spending on schools could be cut without damaging standards. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/21/2013 Title:  FE college teaching 'must improve' An advisory group for Labour calls for a tougher line on teaching standards in further education colleges. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/20/2013 Title:  Student 'suicidal thoughts' warning There is an unidentified problem with stress, depression and suicidal thoughts on university campuses, warns a survey from the National Union of Students. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/16/2013 Title:  How Estonia became E-stonia Estonian pupils are taught computer skills from an early age as the internet is seen as symbolic of political independence. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/8/2013 Title:  The world's most sleep-starved students How lack of sleep is damaging pupils' learning around the world View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/9/2013 Title:  Suu Kyi asks UK to help universities Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi is calling on Britain to help rebuild Burma's universities, which she says have been ruined by military rule View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/1/2013 Title:  Jimmy Wales: 'Dull lectures doomed' Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales predicts the death of student boredom View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 4/24/2013 Title:  Human extinction warning from Oxford What are the greatest global threats to the future of humanity? An international team from Oxford University's Future of Humanity Institute is investigating the biggest dangers. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/22/2013 Title:  University course made for cheating Cheating by students is being investigated in a US university course dedicated to understanding the hidden world of academic deception. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/15/2013 Title:  Clue to why women live longer Women live longer than men partly because their immune systems age more slowly, a study suggests. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/20/2013 Title:  O'Dowd makes A-level re-sit changes Education Minister John O'Dowd has announced some changes to A-levels in Northern Ireland following a local consultation. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/20/2013 Title:  Parents of truants to face fines Parents of children who are regular school truants are to be fined up to £120 from September, says the Welsh government. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/20/2013 Title:  Pupils 'need early porn warnings' Young children should hear about the dangers of pornography as soon as they have access to the internet, head teachers say. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/20/2013 Title:  Walk-to-school numbers 'falling' Fewer children are walking to school in the UK, campaigners say. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/17/2013 Title:  Childcare costs will be tackled - PM David Cameron indicates he is ready to compromise over changes to childcare, after concerns were raised by Lib Dem coalition partners. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/16/2013 Title:  'Quarter of a million' young carers Nearly a quarter of a million children in England and Wales are caring for a relative, new statistics just released show. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/16/2013 Title:  Social workers' fears over changes Social workers are warning changes being brought in to speed up adoption and the family courts might be bad for the welfare of some children. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/16/2013 Title:  Family court experts under scrutiny Poor quality expert evidence is to be "driven out" of family courts, the Ministry of Justice says, as it launches a consultation on standards in England and Wales. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/23/2013 Title:  VIDEO: Warning over pupils' level of swimming More children may drown without better school swimming provision, the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) has warned. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/22/2013 Title:  VIDEO: New free schools approved From 2014, 102 new free schools are set to open in England after being granted approval from the Department for Education. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/17/2013 Title:  VIDEO: Hove v Gove battle for new free schools bid Plans backed by Education Secretary Michael Gove could see a free school set up on a Sussex playing field, but the bid has angered some residents. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/13/2013 Title:  VIDEO: Puppy room for students' exam stress Aberdeen University students' association is introducing a new exam welfare scheme which includes a puppy room. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/22/2013 Title:  Is a paperless library still a library? The world's first bookless public library View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/22/2013 Title:  Viewpoints: Higher fees and value-for-money degrees Are university courses worth the money students have to spend? View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/22/2013 Title:  Viewpoint: Parents of young carers need support Let's shift the debate to their parents View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/19/2013 Title:  Should Scotland have more single-sex schools? Should Scotland have more single-sex schools? View Article By line: No By line Available.