Search results for ‘GCSE’
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FactCheck: Cameron wrong on Rolls and dole
“We can’t remember the last time the PM came out with two whoppers in one speech.”
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Q+A: what sanctions should parents of truants face?
A government adviser recommends that parents of truants have their child benefit docked. Channel 4 News asks if the threat of fines for truancy actually works and speaks to a truant schoolgirl.
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Languages ‘should be compulsory to AS level’
School students should be made to study a language up to AS level to ensure the next generation of global business leaders, according to the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).
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Teachers’ union calls for autumn strikes
Two of the UK’s biggest teaching unions are on a collision course with the government after voting for further industrial action, including strikes, over pensions, pay and job losses.
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Regional jobs blog: N.Ireland
Ann McGregor, NI Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive, outlines the Chamber’s plan to create 94,000 jobs by 2020 – andexplains why training and support for young people is key to the region’s growth.
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Report highly critical of care for excluded pupils
Disruptive children should be identified before they start school to stop them going “off the rails” later, the government’s behaviour tsar says in a new report ordered following last summer’s riots.
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FactCheck: Could Ken save the EMA in London?
Can Ken Livingstone bring back the EMA? FactCheck gets out its red pen.
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Business acts to tackle numeracy crisis
As a report finds that millions of adults have numeracy skills expected of an 11 year old, UK companies, fearful their workers will not spot “rogue figures”, are training employees in basic maths.
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From City to Sandhurst, a woman’s journey
Heloise Goodley was a high-flying City banker when she decided to quit business lunches for the battlefield. Writing for Channel 4 News she describes her new “way of life”.
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FactCheck: Youth unemployment – how bad is it really?
Youth unemployment sailed past the million mark last month with much furore, prompting the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to wade into the waters with some perspective. FactCheck takes a look at the findings.
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Clegg unveils Neet scheme
Nick Clegg is inviting charities and business to bid for a pot of £126m to get unemployed 16 and 17-year-olds into employment or education.
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Can UK schools reboot ‘joke’ computer lessons?
A “chronic lack of specialist teachers” is causing school pupils to reject computer studies, says the Royal Society. Channel 4 News examines how British teenagers can be switched back on.
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FactCheck: Do academy schools perform better?
“Any school that acquires a new building, a new head teacher and many new staff is likely to improve its pupils’ levels of attainment.”
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Suspended examiners apologise
Two examiners have apologised following allegations that they tipped-off teachers about how they could secure top grades for GCSE students.
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Examiners suspended for ‘tipping off’ teachers
As two examiners are suspended after accusations that they advised teachers on the content of exam papers, one headteacher tells Channel 4 News it is the sign of a commercialised system.