Channel Four and sex education
Some people may feel that Channel Four have got a thing about sex education, firstly there is the programme shown in the evening, which is supposed to educate the nation on all things to do with sex, however this series has been criticised for its content and early evening timeslot.
Therefore, Channel Four has learned their [...]
Kid’s watchdog launched
A new watchdog has been launched with the aim of protecting children from what they are calling harmful internet content, this title will cover everything from cyber bullying and even violent video games.
The idea comes from The UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) that is made up of social networking websites and IT based [...]
Open source for education departments
There have been some serious problems for the UK government over their choices for software partners. There are many stories around where various providers of these services have been given huge contracts only for them to run over budget or in some case not deliver.
Another problem came from the use of Microsoft in the countries [...]
School choices in the UK
With the new school year upon us, it is a bit late for parents to be considering what type of secondary school to send their children to, you would have thought that there was little or no choice as to what types of school are available, but you would be wrong.
Below is a list of [...]
C4 sex education gets complaints
For those who do not know, the Sex Education Show is Channel Four’s idea of introducing the entire family to the world of sex. This is supposed to be able to provide people with information and facts, which are, designed to education the general population.
However, putting this programme on at 8 pm was a mistake [...]
Kids to stay at until 17
For the first time since 1972, the school leaving age is to change. These changes will only affect pupils starting secondary school for the first time this term. These children will now have to stay at school until they reach the age of seventeen.
But this is not going to be the only change being put [...]
Preparing the brain to learn
Preparation has always been the key to success, no matter what field you are dealing with, so it stands to reason that preparing the brain for school and learning would be a great thing.
Following a pattern of preparations, can make all the difference to a pupil as they go through the years of learning, like [...]
Learning in the early years
A has found that children who learn maths in the early year learning years often tend to be much better at the subject when they get to the age of ten, than those children who did not learn maths in the preschool years.
The research carried out by Edward Melhuish, a professor of human development at [...]
Pupils learn about slavery
As the new school term approaches, there is new of how this is going to be shaken up, one significant change is that all children will have to learn about the UK’s involvement in the slave trade.
School children aged between eleven and fourteen will have to study about how the UK built its empire up [...]
How to get an online degree
Getting an online degree is a great way of getting a worthwhile qualification, but at the same time carrying on working too. This has the benefit of being able to build a career and earn some cash, instead of building up a huge debt and having to start off a career from scratch.
The procedure of [...]
Spelling mistakes are ok
It seems that spelling mistakes are getting just a little bit too much for one university lecturer that he has now proposed that some common spelling mistakes should now be included into the English language.
Dr Ken Smith, senior lecturer in criminology at Buckinghamshire New University, has drawn up a list of these “Common” mistakes. He [...]
What to look for in distance learning
The internet and distance learning are one of those areas that really go together, before the internet distance learning would have been done through the post, which takes time and may have ended up being a bit boring for some students.
But now the growth in this sector is enormous which means students should therefore [...]
Learning requires sleep
Most people were told when they were children, to get enough sleep, as it will make you learn better at school. However, as with much of the advice that parents give to their kids, this probably went in one ear and out of the other without stopping.
Nevertheless, research has now found that parent were right [...]
Prison for taking photos of unsafe schools
It may because of the media invasion of china, but there are quite few stories coming out from the places that rarely ever get visited by outsiders.
Like this teacher who following the terrible earthquake in the Sichuan region, which killed over 70,000 and devastated whole areas. He has been arrested for and been sentenced to [...]
Girl overturns no jewellery rule
A fourteen-year-old girl, who was excluded from school for wearing a bracelet, has won her high court discrimination case against the school in Wales.
Sarika Singh from Cwmbach, South Wales found herself excluded from the Aberdare Girls School last year when you refused to remove her bangle for religious reasons.
However, with no hope of finding a [...]
Fake tans banned at school
These days it hard to distinguish between that has a real suntan and those people who like to get their sun tan out of a bottle.
However, at some schools this is going to be no longer a problem as the head teacher has banned the use of fake suntan, especially those girls who are turning [...]
Pupils to be taught about Islam
As the government attempts to prevent the rise of extremism in the UK, there has been a plan put in place where all pupils within the state education system will be taught about the values and traditions of Islam.
The Communities Secretary Hazel Blears has announced this scheme but no timetable has been laid out yet. [...]
Schools closed by strike action
Throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland thousands of council workers have been on strike causing chaos to many of the council services including schools.
Members of the Unison and Unite unions are expecting around six hundred thousand workers to part in a series of planned strikes which is over pay and will affect non teaching staff [...]
University in networking deal
A university in the UK has signed a multi million pound agreements which will see it become one of the top ten places of further education in the country.
Exeter University is already ranked about thirteenth in the UK Higher Education (HE) Institutions, but by introducing plans which are going to cut their carbon footprint and [...]
Pray to Allah or get detention
The Alsager School in Cheshire has found itself at the centre of a human rights case when two boys refused to pray to Allah during a religious education lesson. The children were asked to wear Islamic Headdress and with the prayer mats at the ready they were told to pray to Allah.
The two boys refused [...]