Kids to stay at until 17
For the first time since 1972, the school leaving age is to change. These changes will only affect pupils starting secondary school for the first time this term. These children will now have to stay at school until they reach the age of seventeen.
But this is not going to be the only change being put [...]
Preparing the brain to learn
Preparation has always been the key to success, no matter what field you are dealing with, so it stands to reason that preparing the brain for school and learning would be a great thing.
Following a pattern of preparations, can make all the difference to a pupil as they go through the years of learning, like [...]
Kids escape bullying with plastic surgery
There are concerns throughout the UK educational system that kids as young as fourteen are resorting to having plastic surgery in order to avoid being bullied by other children.
The types of plastic surgery vary enormously from nose jobs and even breast implants. Unlike reasons given before about how young people are trying to copy celebrities, [...]
Billionaire Dropouts
Probably one of the main things about people, who have dropped out of school, is the fact that you would not expect them to have gone on and built a mega business empire, but surprisingly some of the most popular household names have done just that.
In a recent survey of over a thousand billionaires around [...]
M&S in trouble over new school blazer
There is trouble brewing before the kids start their new term, as the High St clothing chain Marks and Spencer have upset the teachers union NASUWT by advertising their latest back to school clothing range.
The store is advertising the blazer as the “Blazer for iPod” which does not really need much explanation other than the [...]
Hidden CCTV in schools
There are growing concerns over the increased use of CCTV and even hidden cameras that are being installed in the UK’s schools. These concerns have come from survey of almost two hundred and fifty working teachers.
The findings from the survey revealed that there are surveillance systems installed in around 84.6 per cent of schools and [...]
Spelling mistakes are ok
It seems that spelling mistakes are getting just a little bit too much for one university lecturer that he has now proposed that some common spelling mistakes should now be included into the English language.
Dr Ken Smith, senior lecturer in criminology at Buckinghamshire New University, has drawn up a list of these “Common” mistakes. He [...]
What to look for in distance learning
The internet and distance learning are one of those areas that really go together, before the internet distance learning would have been done through the post, which takes time and may have ended up being a bit boring for some students.
But now the growth in this sector is enormous which means students should therefore [...]
What is good about online learning?
There are many things, which can be good to do in your own time, and education is definitely one of those things, this is because you are able to work at your own pace at a time that suits you. This can give the student a distinct advantage over everyone else, as there are no [...]
August 5, 2008Learning requires sleep
Most people were told when they were children, to get enough sleep, as it will make you learn better at school. However, as with much of the advice that parents give to their kids, this probably went in one ear and out of the other without stopping.
Nevertheless, research has now found that parent were right [...]
Fake tans banned at school
These days it hard to distinguish between that has a real suntan and those people who like to get their sun tan out of a bottle.
However, at some schools this is going to be no longer a problem as the head teacher has banned the use of fake suntan, especially those girls who are turning [...]
University in networking deal
A university in the UK has signed a multi million pound agreements which will see it become one of the top ten places of further education in the country.
Exeter University is already ranked about thirteenth in the UK Higher Education (HE) Institutions, but by introducing plans which are going to cut their carbon footprint and [...]
Being rude to get a pass
There has been much talk of how the exams in this country have changed for better to the extent that the pass rates just keep getting better year after year. But there are those who are saying that the exams are a lot easier these days, which sort of takes away the good work which [...]
June 23, 2008College girls harass builders
How the tables have turned, there was time when a girl or woman walking past a building would have been open to whistling and all sorts of comments. But in these days of political correctness has not only seen this behaviour stop, but the tables have turned on the builders.
A college in Tonbridge, Kent has [...]
Hacker who changed grades faces jail
How many school kids have dreamed about cracking the school computer network and adjusting the test grades slightly? For some people the urge is just too much and in order to get ahead or even get into the right college, some students actually don’t just dream about it, they do it!
Eighteen year old Omar Khan [...]
Online learning can be good
In these days of green thinking it could be said that deciding to which method of education is greener is up for debate.
Going to conventional school means having a large building, with heating, power usage and lighting, and all that travelling by bus and car. Or by studying online, where none of the above applies [...]
School kid deterrent banned
There is a well known deterrent being used by small shops in places where there is a high rate of teenagers in the school lunchtimes and after school. It is called the mosquito as it sends out a very high pitched sound which only teenagers are supposed to hear.
This is being used to stop these [...]
Children should not be taught middle class subjects
How a subject taught at school can be classed as a middle class subject needs a little explaining, according to the man who advises the government on education matters, Prof John White, most surprisingly the subject that are “Middle Class” are English, Maths, History, Geography, Science and Latin or Modern Languages.
Clearly these subjects would have [...]
What not to study at university
With university fees costing the average student around £15,000 there is case to answer that you should be making it worth your while and to ensure that these debts can be paid as easily and quickly as possible.
So with so many courses available which ones are not going to be worth taking, and yet would [...]
Technology could render schools obsolete
In the near future it has been predicted by the head of one of the UK’s top private schools that children will be learning by a type of direct input. This will of course mean that schools as we know them today will become obsolete.
How this will develop is not yet known, but you can [...]