What’s your marathon?
For some in post-16 education, every day can be a marathon, but they won’t be getting a medal or applause when they cross the finish line. Instead they will continue to be bullied, stressed, overworked, in debt or even worse. You can help support them by taking part in one of our running event in 2011.
There has been a dramatic drop in the number of students studying French at GCSE, with nearly 50 per cent less entries over the last ten years. Consequently, French has fallen from the list of the top ten most popular GCSE subjects for the first time Read more
A teacher in America has resigned from a Massachusetts high school after parents saw comments she had made about pupils on Facebook. According to reports 54-year old teacher June Talvitie-Siple described her students as “germ bags”, while their parents were “snobby” and “arrogant”. Read more
It is another record year for GCSE results, but there could still be bad news for some students. The lack of university places could cause a domino effect forcing many lower achieving students out of further education altogether, warns the University and College Union (UCU). Read more
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The universities minister, David Willetts, was under fire this morning (Thursday) after telling students to lower their sights and apply to ‘less competitive’ universities next year. The University and College Union (UCU) said it was astounded at the coalition government’s ‘insulting’ response to students hit by the crisis over university places.
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A leading charity Support Line is bracing itself for record calls later this week when A-Level results are released and students struggle to find university places. Yet the charity will not be offering advice and support to disappointed teenagers, but to the university staff whose job it is to guide applicants through the admissions system. Read more
The majority of heads of UK universities believe that public spending cuts will lead to closure, new figures have revealed. Yet although three quarters of those questioned felt that some institutions would disappear, almost none of those asked thought their own university would fail. Read more
There has been an unprecedented increase in the number of young people studying with the Open University. Figures show a 34% rise in 18 to 24-year-olds are now studying for a distance learning degree Read more
