Education organisation and pathway provider, NCUK, has established a partnership with sixth form college, Mander Portman Woodward, to provide a pathway programme for international students transitioning into UK degree programmes. NCUK will teach its International Foundation Year programme at MPW’s Birmingham campus. Photo: MPW Natalie is a journalism graduate from City University London, who spent part of her degree at …
A university has been forced to denounce a contract it made those alleging sexual assault sign which required them to not discuss the case with third parties – or risk being expelled. Brandon University in Manitoba, Canada, has issued a public statement after an outcry, saying it now recognises its “student behavioural contract” to be “inappropriate,” adding it “will no longer be …
An entire student fraternity group has been suspended at a US university after a male member uploaded an MTV audition video online, allegedly filled with offensive comments towards women. West Virginia University (WVU) confirmed in a statement on its website that the student in question also faces “possible disciplinary action” by its Interfraternity Council (IFC) and Office of Student Conduct …
Hundreds of students and locals from across Wales’ capital are to hold a candlelit vigil outside Cardiff University’s main building to show “solidarity against terrorism.” Supported by 13 of the institution’s student societies, the event’s organisers have said the vigil will pay tribute and remembrance to all the victims of recent terrorist attacks which have occurred in countries across the …
Sean Gallup/Getty Images The Government is on course to miss its own “ambitious” targets for widening participation in higher education (HE) by 2020, according to a recent report. Independent think tank the Social Market Foundation’s (SMF) findings in Widening Participation has also highlighted “significant differences” between institutions’ intake of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds. The Government has been aiming to double …
A poll of almost 900 teachers found that 80% of them had thought of qutting Alamy More than four in five teachers have considered leaving the profession because of pressure of work, according to a new survey out today. The poll of almost 900 teachers by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers revealed 83 per cent were considering quitting – …
One school said it had made certain allowances, such as allowing a trans girl to change for sport separately from boys Ted Eytan/Flickr Teachers are calling for more training to deal with transgender issues in schools as evidence emerges that more pupils are coming out. Delegates at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers conference in Liverpool were told that the …
Schools are being lined up ‘in preparation for wholesale privatisation,’ Mark Baker said PA A traditionally moderate teachers’ union has thrown its weight behind calls for industrial action over the Government’s plan to force all schools to become academies. The Association of Teachers and Lecturers voted unanimously in favour of urging its executive to consider action if the Government failed …
White teachers have significantly less faith in their black students’ academic success when compared with black teachers, a recent study has found. Researchers in the US analysed data from an ongoing 2002 education study which followed 8,400 tenth-grade public school pupils. That survey asked two different teachers – who each taught a particular student in either maths or reading – …
An academy in Knowsley, Merseyside, is under fire after it announced plans to close its sixth form, which will bring to an end A-level provision in the borough. Halewood academy was the last school offering A-levels in the area but is now consulting on plans to close its sixth form to new students from September as a result of financial …