It is very important to take regular breaks when studying, especially if using a computer screen or working on something which requires your intense concentration. For these breaks you should go for a walk or close your eyes for a minute or two.
However, there are times when you need a different kind of study break. [...]
Research has found that parents who push their children leads to them doing better in school.
Parents who ensure their child gets their head down in the classroom has a better effect than the effort that gets put in by the school and the child.
The research was done by the universities of Leicester and Leeds, and [...]
Over six hundred students decided to demonstrate in Oxford fighting against the latest decision to raise tuition fees and also fighting for a change in how higher education is funded in England.
Business Secretary Vince Cable was due to visit Oxford on the day of the demonstration but cancelled when he heard about the protest.
The protest [...]
The majority of pupils will find they are in schools which will face funding cuts, even though there has been an announcement of an increase in the schools budget.
The rise in English school spending will be 0.1% every year.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies stated eighty seven percent of secondary school pupils and sixty percent of [...]
Headteachers are concerned that school staff like caretakers and lunch ladies could end up being underpaid.
The organisation that decides on the salary for thousands of school workers has been scrapped, meaning a higher chance of these workers being underpaid.
The education secretary informed the house of Commons he was abolishing the School Support Staff Negotiating Body [...]
Michael Gove’s department of education were unable to invite bids for a five hundred thousand pound grant to help parents in setting up free schools, before awarding it to his former adviser.
The education secretary’s former colleague, Rachel Wolf who is 25, runs The New Schools Network charity was awarded the five hundred thousand pound grant [...]
Some of us have been lucky enough to experience what it is like to attain an A* grade in our GCSE’s. However, this covetable grade will now be achievable by students studying A-level qualifications.
This new A-level grade will be awarded to candidates, who attain a mark of at least 90%, for the first time [...]
Some interesting quotes and sayings for the world of Education:
My parents told me, “Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.” I tell my daughters, “Finish your homework. People in India and China are starving for your job.” ~Thomas L. Friedman
Whatever is good to know is difficult to learn. [...]
Labours plans, which started over two years ago, to give each local council in England funding to build 22 play areas by 2011 have been axed by the new government.
The Playbuilder proposal, which was to coast in the region of £235m, was designed to help develop 3,500 community playgrounds. Many of the play areas [...]
Around 160,000 students in Scotland a have helped set a new record pass rate for Higher examinations. The SQA (Scottish Qualifications Authority) announced that the pass rate is up from 74.2 % from last year to 74.6 %.
What is even more surprising is that about 35,000 of the students received their exam results by email [...]
