University staff earning six-figure salaries tops 6,000
University staff earning six-figure salaries tops 6,000. New records show that the number of university staff earning more than £100,000 has topped 6,000 for the …
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Teaching ban for assistant head who gave false marks
Teaching ban for assistant head who gave false marks. After admitting to deliberately giving false marks for pupils’ coursework, an assistant headteacher has been banned …
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Teacher sacked after pupil climbs in cupboard
Teacher sacked after pupil climbs in cupboard. A pupil with hundreds of behavioural complaints against him lied about being locked in a cupboard, and as …
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Insufficient Funding
Insufficient Funding. A recent article published by the BBC suggests Support for pupils who have special needs is “beyond crisis”. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-58474416 The article details how …
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Russell Group universities sweep up largest share of students in record year
Russell Group universities sweep up largest share of students in record year. Official figures show record numbers of students have been accepted at Russell Group …
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Schools Inspector Expelled
Schools Inspector Expelled. The new Welsh chief inspector for schools has admitted being expelled from school at 16 – for spiking his teachers’ cornflake cakes …
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Suggestions of student households cheating
Suggestions of student households cheating. It has been suggested that entire student households are being caught cheating in online university exams as collusion becomes “endemic”. …
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Don’t raise your eyebrow, academics told
Don’t raise your eyebrow, academics told. Under new guidelines issued by the pro vice-chancellor Cambridge academics could be reported to the university for raising their …
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Teachers compensation hits £11 million
Teachers compensation hits £11 million New figures revealed that a teacher has been awarded £155,000 after a pupil grabbed her by the neck after she …
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School’s sex education class has been described as archaic
School’s sex education class has been described as archaic. Teachers taught a sex education class that said men were “created to initiate sexual relationships” while …
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