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AUDIO: GCSE changes explained
Plans to scrap GCSEs in key subjects in England and replace them with English Baccalaureate Certificates.
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School curriculum slimmed down
The government has published its plans to slim down the national curriculum followed by primary and secondary schools in England.
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AUDIO: Students welcome GCSEs 'U-turn'
School Reporters Emilie and Ben, from Cardinal Newman Catholic School in Hove, give their reaction to the reversal of plans to scrap GCSEs in key subjects in England.
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'U-turn' over scrapping of GCSEs
Education Secretary Michael Gove has confirmed that some key changes planned for England's exams system are being shelved, saying they were "a bridge too far".
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Ofqual warning over GCSE changes
England's exam regulator warns that she may delay Michael Gove's new planned GCSE reforms if the timetable for implementation is too 'challenging'.
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Universities urge fees cap rethink
University leaders call for a rethink of plans to introduce a cap on fees for students coming to Scotland from the rest of the UK.
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VIDEO: Slum children flock to free school
A shopkeeper in New Delhi runs an improvised school under a railway bridge in New Delhi to help raise children from nearby slums out of poverty.
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Schools 'lack adequate wi-fi'
Only about a quarter of schools in England have good enough wi-fi to get the best out of digital technology, figures suggest.
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Mother jailed over truant children
A mother from Cornwall is sent to prison for failing to ensure her three children attend school regularly.
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How to make the best of a bad job
How to make low skilled-jobs more attractive
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Glasgow University to expand campus
Glasgow University is to expand its main campus in the west end of the city by taking over the Western Infirmary site.
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VIDEO: School horsemeat 'not a health issue'
Horsemeat has been found in cottage pies supplied to 47 schools in Lancashire. These have been withdrawn, and the council says that there is no health risk to the public.
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Horsemeat found in school dinners
Food Standards Agency tests show that horsemeat DNA is present in some school dinners served in Lancashire.
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Judgement reserved over uni cash row
A judge reserves his decision over whether a student's human rights were breached when an Oxford college turned him down on financial grounds.
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Students' rooms: 1890s v 2010s
How have digs changed over the past 100 years?
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Rethink urged on child poverty
The government should focus less on how to measure child poverty and more on how to eradicate it, a leading children's charity argues.
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VIDEO: How useful is it to speak Latin?
The reporter who broke the news of Pope Benedict XVI's resignation got the scoop because she understood his announcement in Latin.
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New fund to raise teaching standards
A £24m fund is created to help improve teaching standards in London.
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Schools 'lack adequate wi-fi'
Only about a quarter of schools in England have good enough wi-fi to get the best out of digital technology, figures suggest.
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UK weak in school fairness rankings
The UK performs poorly in an international comparison of social mobility within school systems.
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Zimbabwe 18% pass rate is 'progress'
Zimbabwe's education minister deplores the fact that nearly 82% of students have failed their basic school leavers' exams, the Ordinary Level.
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College merger plans 'incoherent'
Legislation to reform Scotland's colleges could create a "nationally incoherent" system of further education, a union claims.
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Universities urge fees cap rethink
University leaders call for a rethink of plans to introduce a legally-enforceable cap on fees for students coming to Scotland from the rest of the UK.
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UK weak in school fairness rankings
The UK performs poorly in an international comparison of social mobility within school systems.
