What’s New In UK Education?

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• Schools failing to report asbestos details
  on January 23, 2019 at 12:47 am

  Nearly a quarter of schools in England have not told government how they are dealing with asbestos in their buildings. […]

• Welsh pupils refused hot school dinners due to credit debt
  on January 22, 2019 at 2:25 am

  A leading councillor says the school meals "scandal" is like being back "in the dark ages". […]

• When your dad decides to do the same apprenticeship as you
  on January 22, 2019 at 1:41 am

  Dominic Foster and his dad John are on the same apprenticeship at the same company. […]

• 'I'm mixed-race, is Cambridge University right for me?'
  on January 22, 2019 at 1:40 am

  Anoushka has been offered a place at Cambridge. But she's mixed race and worries she won't fit in. Should she accept the offer? […]

• All school music lessons 'should be free', MSPs say
  on January 22, 2019 at 12:26 am

  Holyrood's education committee says that "in principle", all school music tuition should be free. […]

• The teen Primark model with vitiligo
  on January 22, 2019 at 12:07 am

  Kaiden Williams, 13, recently featured in a campaign for the clothes store and is inspiring others. […]

• Domestic abuse: Non-physical and economic abuse included in law
  on January 21, 2019 at 5:28 pm

  Economic abuse will be included in legal definition and abusers stopped from cross-examining victims. […]

• Lancashire school's '£1,000 holiday fine' warning denied
  on January 21, 2019 at 4:04 pm

  Lancashire County Council said informal discussions with teachers about school absences "are simply a way of gathering ideas". […]

• Government to fund 2,900 school exchanges for poorer pupils
  on January 19, 2019 at 4:21 am

  Schools will be able to apply for grants to take poorer pupils on overseas exchanges. […]

• Pupils in hospital after 'drug-related' incident at Dunfermline High School
  on January 18, 2019 at 5:26 pm

  Emergency services were called to Dunfermline High School after 10 students became unwell. […]

• Essex teacher banned for life for sex with female pupil
  on January 17, 2019 at 7:48 pm

  Suzanne Harrison had a four-year sexual relationship with a female pupil. […]

• GCHQ sets up all-female cyber-training classes
  on January 17, 2019 at 1:02 am

  The UK's intelligence services say there are too few young women working in cyber-security. […]

• Snow excuses: E-learning on snow days
  on January 16, 2019 at 12:15 am

  Winter weather at least meant a day off school. But now technology is threatening to keep pupils studying. […]

• Inside the hidden world of Britain's Hasidic ultra-Orthodox Jews
  on January 14, 2019 at 9:09 am

  Izzy Posen describes what life is like inside one of the UK's most secluded religious communities. […]

• Healthy eating: What is a correct food portion?
  on January 14, 2019 at 12:06 am

  British Nutrition Foundation launches new "handy" guide to stop people cooking and eating too much. […]

• 'I went to Oxford with undiagnosed TB'
  on January 11, 2019 at 12:03 am

  Tilly Rose challenges people's pre-conceived ideas about her and helps others get a university place. […]

• South African maths whizz answers complex arithmetic questions in seconds
  on January 9, 2019 at 12:09 am

  Sibahle Zwane is only 10, but his maths skills have made him an internet sensation in South Africa. […]

• Making better use of 'surgeons flipping burgers'
  on January 9, 2019 at 12:05 am

  The UN wants a better system for recognising the qualifications and work skills of migrants. […]

• 'My mum killed my dad'
  on January 3, 2019 at 8:43 pm

  Sally Challen was jailed for murder in 2011 but a new law means an appeal next month could succeed. […]

• Single mum shares secrets of survival to encourage others
  on December 24, 2018 at 12:29 am

  A woman who posted a frank poem about financial hardship on Facebook says it "came from the heart". […]