http://www.education-roadmap.co.uk Education Weblog round-up: News from the world of teaching and training Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:53:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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, ... http://www.education-roadmap.co.uk/212-channel-four-and-sex-education.html In a recent study of over a thousand men, nearly half of them forty eight per cent said that their male primary school teachers had a long lasted effect on their school life and beyond. The research had been carried out by ICM, for the Training and Development Agency, who ... http://www.education-roadmap.co.uk/211-boys-prefer-to-be-taught-by-men.html 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 ... http://www.education-roadmap.co.uk/210-kid%e2%80%99s-watchdog-launched.html Obtaining a degree online is becoming very popular these days for several reasons, this is because they offer the student the opportunity to stay a work and build on their careers and at the same time gain that all important degree. However, with so much choice to the potential student what ... http://www.education-roadmap.co.uk/209-getting-an-online-degree.html 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 ... http://www.education-roadmap.co.uk/208-open-source-for-education-departments.html School children could be used a guinea pigs for new brain enhancing drug, these drugs are known as Cognition Enhancers and are believed to improve the performance of the brain, like short term memory and increase the speed of the thought too. The government have already been advised by the Academy ... http://www.education-roadmap.co.uk/207-kids-to-test-smart-drugs.html It seems no matter what the government says, the class war is far from over in fact in places like Oxford it is turning into all out war. Universities have been forced to take students from all backgrounds, this have meant the top of the range universities like those of Oxford ... http://www.education-roadmap.co.uk/206-oxford-standards-dropping-due-to-working-class-students.html 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 ... http://www.education-roadmap.co.uk/205-school-choices-in-the-uk.html The UK has always been an attractive option for foreign student to come over and earn a degree or study for some other qualification. However, in recent years the system that operated has been abused by some organisations that used it simply to allow foreigners to enter the country and ... http://www.education-roadmap.co.uk/204-changes-for-foreign-students.html 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 ... http://www.education-roadmap.co.uk/203-c4-sex-education-gets-complaints.html