‘Put your wallet away,’ advises magazine for well-heeled. ‘Sometimes, the right choice isn’t the most expensive one’ http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/jan/01/tatler-guide-best-state-schools
DetailsApart from coursework, which has now been ditched, the qualification did little to change a two-tier system of education. Perhaps Margaret Thatcher was right http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/30/gcse-coursework-qualification-education-margaret-thatcher
DetailsFrom making contacts, to building a website, you need to learn how to prioritise if you want to find freelance work http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jul/04/student-advice-tips-freelancing
DetailsTristam Hunt, shadow education secretary, releases figures as part of bid to reverse Michael Gove’s unqualified teachers policy http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/dec/29/more-than-400000-schoolchildren-taught-unqualified-teachers-tristram-hunt-gove
DetailsThe president of the National Association of Head Teachers fuels the debate over the private tutoring industry by claiming academic coaching makes children miserable http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/11297516/After-school-tutoring-is-like-child-abuse-says-top-head.html
DetailsUniversities such as Lancaster and Birmingham are making record numbers of “unconditional offers” – places awarded irrespective of final A-level grades – in 2015 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/11297453/Top-universities-ignoring-final-A-level-grades-in-race-to-sign-up-students.html
DetailsIn our round up of the research and blogs on our radar this week: what teachers can learn from doctors, girls lack confidence with maths and questions about Teach First http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2014/jan/24/tough-young-teachers-maths-homework-reading-list
DetailsReport from science and technology committee says UK astronomy will have 50% less funding by 2014/15 than in 2005 http://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/may/13/mps-astronomy-particle-physics-funding
DetailsHouse of Lords report says employers and universities are demanding improved maths skills among school leavers http://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/jul/24/make-maths-compulsory-a-level-lords
DetailsGender and regional divides revealed by Department for Education as it aims to encourage higher take-up of subjects http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jul/17/schools-fail-enter-pupils-science-maths-a-levels
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