2013 was the year of Gonski; 2014 the year of higher education reform; 2015 has been the year of … hmmm … wait, what actually happened this year? Just a lot of chat really, with much debate, but little…
Thousands of students are being signed up to courses that they have little or no chance of completing.
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Through creating entrepreneurs and boosting global collaboration, science has the potential to drive economic growth and innovation – if only the government would properly fund it.
Should the OECD education report inform policy on schools?
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We should be cautious of implementing policies off the back of the OECD’s annual education report, which makes vast comparisons between countries and leaves out crucial data.
Current incentives used to recruit more teachers to work in rural and regional schools aren’t working. But could the health sector offer up some possible solutions?
In Uganda, private schools are simply ignoring a policy that calls for pupils to learn in a mother tongue rather than in English for the first three years of their education.
Hop along now dears. HRH Queen Mary with nursery children in 1930.
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The new majority Tory government now has the confidence in pursuing its aspirational education manifesto.
Girls head home from school in a Kenyan slum. Many parents believe private schooling will help their children get ahead in a tough economy.
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Kenya’s public schools are scoring a failing grade. Now several pieces of government policy are threatening low-cost private schools’ ability to fill the gap.
Schools have sat on the sidelines watching a game of political football.
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