Leeds, UK – Sir John Townsley, Chief Executive of the Gorse Academies Trust, has issued a stark warning about the growing impact of poor parental conduct on English secondary schools, calling it “the greatest single problem facing our education system today.” … [Read more...]
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UNIVA Enters UK Student Accommodation Market
Turkey's first and largest bellwether for purpose built student accommodation (PBSA), UNIVA, has announced a £10 million investment in award-winning UK student property and facility management company Opto Living, forming the UNIVA & Opto Cardiff student housing project. … [Read more...]
Germany removes University fees
Just under a year after the UK government have realised that a hike in tuition fees achieved nothing, other than placing students into further debt, Germany will remove fees for all universities. … [Read more...]
Student Rents Up
Accommodation for Students, the UK's number one student accommodation website, today released its latest research into student accommodation costs, which reveals that the average rental value (ARV) for student accommodation has risen 3.1% from £77.04 per week per bedroom in 2012 to £79.42 in 2013. However, this average … [Read more...]
Math Goggles: Teaching Kids
A collection of field-tested activities for children that integrate mathematics into the world of the visual arts. Serving as the focal point for each mathematics activity is the work of a famous modern artist - Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Georgie O'Keefe, and many more. … [Read more...]
Male teacher increase in UK Primary Schools
The number of men going into primary schools as teachers has increased by more than 50% over the past four years and is now at a record level, according to the Teaching Agency. Stephen Hill, deputy head of St Joseph's Roman Catholic primary in Shaw in Oldham, believes more male teachers "need to get in there and … [Read more...]