Education News

  • UK's worst property loans rise to near …
    UK's worst property loans rise to near … Reuters - Fri, May 17, 2013

    By Tom Bill LONDON (Reuters) - Almost a quarter of commercial property loans in Britain are higher in value than the underlying real estate, a study showed on More »

  • April jury views Bridger's car
    April jury views Bridger's car Press Association - Thu, May 16, 2013

    A jury has viewed a car belonging to murder suspect Mark Bridger and the bike that was being ridden by schoolgirl April Jones on the night she went missing. More »

  • Tributes to lecturer killed by cows
    Tributes to lecturer killed by cows Press Association - Wed, May 15, 2013

    Tributes have been paid to a retired university lecturer who died when he was trampled by cows. More »

  • Tia mother wants Hazell jail visit
    Tia mother wants Hazell jail visit Press Association - Wed, May 15, 2013

    The mother of murdered schoolgirl Tia Sharp wants to visit Stuart Hazell in prison so she can ask why he killed her daughter, she has said. More »

  • Degree work 'like part-time job'
    Degree work 'like part-time job' Press Association - Wed, May 15, 2013

    University tuition fees have risen nine-fold in the past six years, but students are only getting 20 minutes extra a week with lecturers as a result, according to More »

  • 'No evidence' of April collision
    'No evidence' of April collision Press Association - Tue, May 14, 2013

    A forensic scientist said there was "no physical evidence" to back up Mark Bridger's claims that he ran over schoolgirl April Jones, a court heard. More »

  • Tia Sharp Murder: Stuart Hazell Sen …
    Tia Sharp Murder: Stuart Hazell Sen … Sky News - Tue, May 14, 2013

    Stuart Hazell has been jailed for a minimum of 38 years after he was given a life sentence for murdering schoolgirl Tia Sharp. More »

  • Pupils praised over river rescue
    Pupils praised over river rescue Press Association - Tue, May 14, 2013

    A team of "selfless" school pupils relinquished their chances of finishing the Ten Tors Challenge to rescue a girl from a swollen river and guide dozens of other More »

  • Oxford University sets up Thatcher  …
    Oxford University sets up Thatcher  … AFP - Tue, May 14, 2013

    Oxford University is to honour former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, who died last month, with a £100 million scholarship trust for "future leaders", the Daily More »

  • Hazell changes plea to guilty in Tia …
    Hazell changes plea to guilty in Tia … AFP - Mon, May 13, 2013

    The man accused of murdering schoolgirl Tia Sharp changed his plea Monday to guilty in a dramatic U-turn five days into the trial. More »

  • 'Blood drip trail at Bridger home'
    'Blood drip trail at Bridger home' Press Association - Mon, May 13, 2013

    A forensic scientist said evidence found in the home of Mark Bridger indicated that schoolgirl April Jones may have been lying on his living room floor "shedding More »

  • Midwives defend smoking test move
    Midwives defend smoking test move Press Association - Sun, May 12, 2013

    The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has defended testing pregnant women for smoking. More »

  • Clegg 'fighting effort to oust him'
    Clegg 'fighting effort to oust him' Press Association - Sun, May 12, 2013

    Nick Clegg's opposition to childcare reforms is part of an effort to fight off internal efforts to oust him as Liberal Democrat leader, Education Secretary Michael More »

  • Music professor held in abuse probe
    Music professor held in abuse probe Press Association - Fri, May 10, 2013

    A renowned double bass teacher is being questioned on suspicion of indecently assaulting a former pupil, sources have confirmed. More »

  • 'Distressing' naked rambler fined
    'Distressing' naked rambler fined Press Association - Fri, May 10, 2013

    The "naked rambler" has been fined after he was found guilty of nine public order offences for walking nude in public places including outside a primary school. More »

  • Murdered boy's family in peace plea
    Murdered boy's family in peace plea Press Association - Fri, May 10, 2013

    The family of murdered schoolboy Jimmy Mizen are commemorating the fifth anniversary of his death, just a day after they marked what would have been his 21st More »

  • UK education minister lashes out over … Reuters - Fri, May 10, 2013

    LONDON (Reuters) - British Education Minister Michael Gove criticised the use of the popular "Mr Men" cartoon figures to teach 16-year olds about Adolf Hitler, More »

  • School announced boy's death online
    School announced boy's death online Press Association - Fri, May 10, 2013

    A public school mistakenly believed that a father had already been told about his son's death before it posted an announcement online. More »

  • Summer-born children 'should have exam …
    Summer-born children 'should have exam … Yahoo! News - Fri, May 10, 2013

    A report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) calls for GCSEs and primary school tests to be age-adjusted to ensure that youngsters born at the end of the More »

  • Tia case photo 'taken after death'
    Tia case photo 'taken after death' Press Association - Thu, May 9, 2013

    An indecent picture alleged to be of schoolgirl Tia Sharp was taken after she had died, a court has heard. More »

  • Bid to help pupils still in nappies
    Bid to help pupils still in nappies Press Association - Thu, May 9, 2013

    The rising number of children who are still in nappies when they start school is being targeted by a new pilot project. More »

  • Scientist Hawking to boycott Israel …
    Scientist Hawking to boycott Israel … AFP - Wed, May 8, 2013

    Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking has pulled out of a June conference hosted by Israel's President Shimon Peres, joining an academic boycott of the Jewish More »

  • April Jones accused 'behaved oddly'
    April Jones accused 'behaved oddly' Press Association - Wed, May 8, 2013

    The man accused of kidnapping and murdering schoolgirl April Jones behaved in a "strange" and "odd" manner at a parents' evening hours before her disappearance, a More »

  • Hawking snubs Israeli conference to …
    Hawking snubs Israeli conference to … Reuters - Wed, May 8, 2013

    JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The British cosmologist Stephen Hawking has pulled out of a prestigious Israeli conference as part of an academic boycott to protest against More »

  • Jury sees last living images of Tia
    Jury sees last living images of Tia Press Association - Wed, May 8, 2013

    The last images of murdered schoolgirl Tia Sharp alive have been shown to a jury, as the panel heard how she "idolised" her alleged killer. More »