Here is a good news for the professionals employed in marketing, advertising, branding, communications and sales. With online shopping catching up as a trend, India’s top B-schools are thinking of offering courses in digital marketing now. XLRI, the Xavier School of Management, one of the nation’s premier B-Schools, has entered into technical collaboration with Talentedge, an online interactive education company, …
King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy is ninth in a list of 55 similar schools throughout the UK Andrew Fox For more than 450 years, Birmingham’s King Edward VI Foundation has worked to fulfil its pledge to educate all of the city’s children. But now the “Birmingham model” could spread across the country, after the charity’s successful take–over of a …
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has caused consternation among the National Union of Teachers for considering ‘union bashing’ American Dave Levin as the next chief inspector of English schools Getty The UK’s largest teaching union has reacted angrily to reports that ministers could recruit a “union bashing” American as the next chief inspector of English schools. Education Secretary Nicky Morgan is …
Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University (BVDU), Pune has released the examination dates for Common Entrance Test (CET) for admission to various courses. The exam is conducted for taking admission to Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS), Bachelor of Ayurveda Medicine and Surgery (BAMS), and Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery (BHMS) programs for the academic …
Fewer than half of nurseries will be able to offer extended free childcare planned by the government, the National Day Nurseries Association has warned. The NDNA said underfunding of the scheme meant many nurseries in England would struggle to provide the extended free care for pre-schoolers. Early years education for three- and four-year-olds is to be doubled from 15 to …
Politicians in Florida are poised to allow students to study computer coding rather than a foreign language. Legislators in Tallahassee are set to vote on a proposal raised by a former Yahoo executive who believes students should be able to drop a traditional foreign language for coding, a language that many consider the lingua franca of the technology era. Reports …
The Department for Education (DfE) and Ofqual announced changes in 2013 to the content and structure of GCSEs taken by students in schools across England. The new GCSEs have been taught in schools since September 2015, and the first new set of exams are set to take place in the summer of 2017. According to editor of the education newspaper Schools Week, …
Maths teacher Colin Hegarty, shortlisted for the Global Teacher of the Year award Teri Pengilley A former City worker who took a £40,000 pay cut when he quit to become a teacher is the only Briton on a shortlist for a major international teaching prize. Colin Hegarty, 34, swapped Deloitte’s in the City of London to train as a maths …
A ‘simple’ brainteaser for children has sparked an online debate, with many adults arguing about what the correct answer is. The apples, bananas and coconuts conundrum is being widely shared online, leaving some puzzle solvers perplexed. Problem solvers must work out which number each fruit piece symbolises in order to crack the brainteaser. Internet users have been arguing that the …
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has released the score card for CWE PO/MT (Probationary Officers/Management Trainees ) V Main exam on its official website. IBPS has declared the score cards of those candidates who have been short-listed for the interviews. The prelims exam was held on October 5, 6, 12 and 13. The personal interview, which carries 100 …