Quality debate stifled
LEGISLATION that threatens Soviet-era style interference in university affairs is being hustled into parliament without open debate.
Imported test for graduate skills
THE government has proposed a little-known US test to measure graduate generic skills as part of its $550 million performance funding framework.
Signs offshore market about to turn up
THE English-language sector saw growth in three of its top 10 markets in September and a slowing in the rate of decline to just 12 per cent.
Growth puts quality at risk
UNIVERSITIES enrolling under-prepared students are a risk to quality in the new student-demand driven system.
Sustainable schools: you can learn a lot in a retirement home for poultry
From the grass roof to the solar panels, Crocketts school displays great awareness of sustainabilityAnya McKenzie, aged seven, bends forward to scrutinise a small brown object over which an insect is scurrying. “What’s that?” she inquires suspiciously. “It’s a potato,” confirms Paula Clay, a teacher who has done more than most to help win Crocketts [...]
Smitten student bets £100 on staying with girlfriend
Christopher Brooker takes odds of 6-1 in bet that he will still be with Hannah Grayson at graduation in two years’ timeA lovestruck student has found a novel way of declaring his commitment to his girlfriend: staking part of his grant on their still being together at graduation in two years’ time.Spurning the world of [...]
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October 25th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Education, Family, Life News, Relationships |