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Terence Kealey, vice-chancellor at Buckingham University, suggested that tutors should “admire daily” the curves of female students2009-09-29T13:44:22ZThis view of sex and education is crazy, professor
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Even knowing the furore that his novel, Lolita, would cause, Vladimir Nabokov couldn’t resist teasing such “educators” and their discomfort with sex2009-09-24T07:26:28ZAcademic: Why I said that pretty women students are a perk
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University vice-chancellor defends his claim that attractive young female students are a 'perk' to be enjoyed — at a safe distance — by older male academics2009-09-23T08:07:09ZRecord year as more pupils than ever are A-grade stars
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Teenagers achieved another record crop of GCSE results today with more than ever awarded the elite A* grade2009-08-27T05:50:50Z'A record for top grades but does more mean better?'
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It has been a year of records. More students than ever have applied to university, more have got the grades they need, and more have been accepted at the first asking.2009-08-20T09:00:46ZRocketing pass rates 'prove dumbing-down of A-levels'
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Exam pass rates over the past two decades prove that A-levels have been 'dumbed down', academics claimed as the Conservatives announced plans to overhaul school league tables2009-08-17T08:10:12ZBoys fall into gender gap before they start school
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2009-07-29T06:22:59ZKnives out for Sir Victor at dons' high table
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No one seems to have a good word for Sir Victor Blank, chairman of Lloyds, who happily signed up to the merger of HBOS without, as his chief executive admits, doing anywhere near enough due diligence2009-03-20T09:35:04ZHalf a million children are 'given wrong grade' for Sats
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Half a million children are given the wrong grades in school tests every year, an official report suggests2009-03-18T14:47:32ZCambridge to take only those with at least 90% in one A level
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Pupils hoping to win a place at Cambridge face a tougher task in future after the university announced tighter entry rules2009-03-16T14:33:21ZHalf of pupils leave school unable to read, write or add properly
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Half of teenagers left school unable to read, write and add up to the standard expected by employers last year, GCSE results show2009-01-14T14:47:36ZBorat cultural learnings make better than in UK
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England has been beaten by Kazakhstan in a new international league table for education2008-12-09T14:19:39ZLess than half of 16-year-olds meet key GCSE targets
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More teenagers left school this year unable to read, write and add up, figures show2008-10-16T13:30:41ZAnger as schools are told to drill pupils for SATs
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Children face mounting pressure to pass their primary school Sats after the Government told teachers to drill pupils for exams2008-10-15T13:26:43ZEducation
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The struggle to turn around some failing institutions has seen community leaders and politicians willing to embrace radical new teaching and funding methods.2008-10-02T14:27:43ZCity victims of crunch could ease teacher shortage
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City workers facing redundancy could help ease a shortage of teachers in London2008-09-29T09:50:37ZSats results show decline in writing skills at age seven
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Fewer seven year-olds mastered basic writing this year amid fresh evidence of falling standards in primary schools2008-08-28T15:25:11ZRecord crop of As predicted as students wait for their GCSE results
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One in five GCSEs is expected to be awarded a grade A or A* this week as teenagers are predicted to get record results2008-08-19T09:12:54ZComment: No diplomas please, this system will serve us well for another 50 years
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For many young people, today will be one of the best of their lives2008-08-14T09:04:44ZOutdated A-levels should be axed, says head
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Leading schools are ditching "outdated" A-levels in favour of continental- style diplomas, a leading headteacher warned2008-08-11T08:39:29ZSharp fall in number of 11-year-olds reaching higher grades in Sats
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State schools were accused of failing the brightest children after figures showed a shock fall in the number of 11-year-olds scoring top grades in Sats2008-08-05T08:37:23Z'Sign for diploma and you'll earn £1m'
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Teenagers will earn more than £1 million if they agree to sign up for the Government's new school diplomas, according to official advice2008-08-01T08:22:10ZMarking 'fiddle' has boosted Sats results
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The Government has been exaggerating school standards for the last decade because a marking "fiddle" boosted test results for hundreds of thousands of children2008-07-10T08:55:09Z