A heartfelt plea from a 15 year old schoolboy has reopened the debate on the EMA. We recap the key details of the EMA and its demise, and outline the government’s scheme to replace it with a £180 million fund. But will it be too little too late for UK education?
A new survey of teachers across the UK has revealed startling results about deteriorating classroom behaviour. We ask whether girls really are naughtier than boys, whether it impacts on their academic achievements, and why classroom behaviour seems to be going downhill at such a pace.
As the deadline arrives for universities to submit their proposed levels of tuition fees for 2012, we provide a condensed summary of all the vital facts and developments on tuition fees.
As British classrooms turn increasingly to digital learning aids and education technology, are we witnessing the age of the demise of UK essays? Will the traditional essay writing style of education be replaced by faster, more modern online learning and testing techniques?
Yet more problems have beset the troubled tuition fees scheme this week, as it emerged that a major flaw in the government plan will disadvantage tens of thousands of students choosing to defer entry to take a gap year.
As England’s top universities flock to announce top tuition fees of £9000, worrying statistics show that the top Oxbridge Universities have failed to meet targets to improve their intake of state school pupils. We ask why millions of pounds are being poured into access and outreach schemes that are quite obviously not working in the way they should.
A concise overview of the current situation on tuition fees, explaining claims that the government has made mistakes in its education budget calculations for tuition fees, and setting out the potential outcomes of the situation.
A new argument against the higher tuition fees system has been raised by universities concerned at the impact it will have on four-year modern language courses. These degrees include an extra year of study abroad, and institutions are concerned students will no longer be prepared to pay the extra price.
