It’s cheaper to study abroad
This is what students looking to head off to university in 2009 will be told and there are organisations being set up to exploit this.
However this is not quite what it may seem, because when they say that it is cheaper to study in Australia, New Zealand or even Hong Kong, what they are taking [...]
Super schools upset parents
Edinburgh city councils plan to closed down up to 22 primary schools and to build instead super primary schools has come under attack from parents.
The plan would make sense, they have lots of small schools dotted around the city, and the council would then build larger schools or add to existing schools. But this would [...]
Pre school policies failing
For over ten years we have listened to the government go on about education, and we have to be fair, they have been true to their word; money has been poured into education. Unfortunately for the government research done by Durham University suggests that pre school education has had little impact on the levels of [...]
August 27, 2007What’s to name a school
Here is an idea coming out of the states, some people believe that schools should be named after education heroes.
The theory behind all of this comes from the fact that most schools in the USA are named after their geographic location, i.e. town or area etc, this may promote the local area but says nothing [...]
Scotland spends more on education than England
There have been many differences between England and Scotland over the years, but recently there has been changes that really show that Scotland believe in spending money on the people. The latest revelation is that in Scotland they spend more money on secondary education than in England.
In fact the amount being talked about is almost [...]
Some people regret leaving education early
Its GCSE day today and at this moment there are many students waiting to find out how well they have done and more importantly what they will be doing next, going to work or maybe further education.
But for some people around 36% who left school straight after their GCSE exams wish they could go back [...]
Science and Maths get $33 Billion Boost
Following in the footsteps that China and India made over twenty years ago, the US government believe that the future of the nation belongs to the education of the children, especially in maths and science.
So in order to achieve this goal, President Bush has signed new legislation which will see thousands of staff brought into [...]
Older people to have school dinners
In a idea that is supposed to combat anti social behaviour by the young people of today, the minister for older people Ivan Lewis has put forward a proposal that could see the older people spending lunch time at a local school, not just to try our school diners, but also to try and build [...]
August 16, 2007The price of private education
It’s hard to believe but there are hundreds of families struggling to keep their children at expensive private schools. And even though these families are having to take out two or three jobs, and in some cases borrow the money from banks etc. They still feel that the investment is well worth it.
According to the [...]
Lessons from space
Teacher turned astronaut or is it astronaut turned teacher? Well whatever, Barbara Morgan turned the space shuttle into a classroom, the students on earth were located at the Discovery centre of Idaho in Boise, which is under 100 miles from the school which Barbara Morgan taught at before taking up her astronaut training.
The children were [...]
Education no better than in 1997!
Business leaders are saying that despite the claims from Labour that education was going to be the cornerstone of their plans, in reality the standards of education are still no better than when they first came to power.
The reasoning behind this is the fact that employers are receiving job applications from school leavers who may [...]
The language of the Olympics
With the 2008 Olympics literally around the corner, the fact that they are being held in Beijing, China, brings up a few problems, travel for one and language as a very close second. With this in mind top language specialists EF are offering a mobile versions of their “Official Beijing 2008 Olympic Games English Lessons” [...]
August 9, 2007Some Ph.D.’s can take up to ten years to complete.
According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, whose recent study on American Ph.D completion rates, found that the time it is taking some students to complete their studies, varies according to the subject matter.
In some fields like engineering and the sciences they are completed on average in around six or seven years. But in subjects [...]
Software Company wins £50 million contract
Civica plc is a software and services company, who have just signed a £45 million contract with Sheffield City Council, as a strategic ITC partner, this is part of the city’s planned Building Schools for the Future project, a building programme lead by builders Taylor Woodrow.
The company has also won contracts with Essex County Council [...]
Adult Education Company gets £4.3 million
The adult education company A4e Wales ltd have been given £4.3 million by the Welsh Assembly; this is to provide training for adults, in the area. But as the management of the company and the bureaucrats were happily signing contracts. The management of the company had already been making some alternative plans to the company.
It [...]