Tuesday 15 May 2012
Parents are to be given more financial control over support for children with special educational needs, in a major shake-up of the system in England. Parents with children with special educational needs are to have a “personal budget” to allow … Read more
Monday 26 March 2012
About one in seven pupils in England have not got into their first-choice secondary school, official data shows. The latest government statistics reveal that 74,000 – or 14.7% – of 11-year-olds failed to get a place in their preferred school. … Read more
Wednesday 14 March 2012
The Encyclopaedia Britannica, in print for 244, is to stop publishing its 32-volume print edition to focus on its digital efforts. The rise of the internet decimated sales of Britannica. From a peak of 120,000 sets sold in 1990, sales … Read more
Wednesday 14 March 2012
The prestigious university consortium – the Russell Group – has captured four new university members. York, Durham, Exeter and Queen Mary’s, University of London have joined such institutions as Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College and the LSE within the Russell Group … Read more