Thousands of children rejected from primary schools

Thousands of children will have to settle for second or even worse third choice primary schools due to an influx of applications according to a survey made across the different councils in the UK. Even at this point a number of children have no places at all for September. The increase is being blamed [...]

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Universities League Table Pressure

Eight leading British universities have been accused of pressuring student to perform well to attempt to boost their positions in the university league tables. The universities in question are:
• Anglis Ruskin
• Swansea
• Leicester
• Derby
• Portsmouth
• Sunderland
• Kingston
• London Metro
Complaints varied from heads of departments telling students that high scores will incease the importance of their degree. Staff blatantly filled in surveys on [...]

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Brain training? Are you sure?

Brain training has taken the world by storm with so many different ways and methods of performing brain training people are hooked on the idea of keeping their minds active. Brain training is in the form of books, music, tv games, console games and even on mobile devices for those people on the move. Recent [...]

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E-learning part of the future?

Is e-learning to become a big part of the future, is it to change the way we interact with students, teachers lecturers etc. I think this is will be major change in the way we learn and should be embraced with open arms. Universities are leading the way in e-learning as with 1000s students [...]

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Robots to mark essays

Robots are being introduced by the owner of 3 of the largest exam boards to mark English essays from next month. They are aiming to automate the whole process of marking exams and starting our slowly. They believe that this will also affect GCSE and A-Level essays, however how accurate will this be and will [...]

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