Educators often fail to recognize fathers, a researcher contends.
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When children don’t live with their fathers, educators often act as if the men don’t exist, an expert on child development laments in an essay about why schools must do more to recognize dads.
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Many of the new proposals would leave the wealthiest students and graduates better off.
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Despite the headline cut in fees, under the Augar review, students would on average be paying more.
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Chaplaincy is an integral part of campus life within many universities.
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Play video games and learn a language – a researcher explains why it might be possible.
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Conducting research and contributing to knowledge creation might be the only way for academics to sustain their jobs.
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The marketisation of higher education is just a symptom of what’s wrong with universities.
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When a degree is not enough, how can students make themselves more employable?
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Traditional ways of describing the ‘far right’ are becoming outdated.
ClassDojo is an app used by teachers across the world to manage behaviour in the classroom.
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Teachers should seriously reconsider using technology to monitor behaviour because of the negative impact it could have on students.
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Social isolation is particularly common among early career academics – new research shows 64% of PhD candidates report such feelings.
A new grant from the Gates Foundation to promote ‘high-quality’ curriculum comes with strings that could constrain teachers.
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is on a mission to get schools to adopt a “high-quality” curriculum. But the effort will constrain teachers and stifle creativity, an education scholar argues.
The term “at-risk” is frequently used to describe students from challenging circumstances. Some educators are working to change that.
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Using the term ‘at-risk’ to describe students from challenging circumstances often creates more problems than it solves, a professor of counseling psychology argues.
The fact that parents may be physically absent from schools does not mean they are disinterested in their children’s academic and professional success.
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Working class parents may be too busy to attend high school events, but they take an active role in their children’s success.
Yoga, meditation and breathing exercises can help students manage exam anxiety.
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The exam period can be a stressful time for students. Here are a few strategies to help students cope.
Student expectations are influenced by their school experience, family background and communities.
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A study finds that there’s a gap between the expectation of what university would be like, and the actual experience.
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The relationship between higher education and labour market outcomes is overestimated and misinterpreted.
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Is controversy extremist? The Charity Commission seems to think so.
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If we want to help students develop evidence based views, we can’t deny their standpoints.
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Public vomiting, urination and collapsing in the street are all things international students don’t see at home.