The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have met young women in Morocco to show support for girls’ education. The couple were welcomed to a boarding house in the village of Asni by the girls, who waved flags and sang songs. During the visit, the pregnant duchess was given a traditional Moroccan henna tattoo, which is…
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Universities will have to offer fewer places if cuts in tuition fees are not replaced by government money, say leading research universities. A funding review of post 18 study is expected to be published next month. The Russell Group, and seven charities, want ministers to rule out an overall drop in funding. The government says…
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Secondary school pupils in England will be taught about the dangers of female genital mutilation (FGM) by 2020. The new guidelines, to be announced on Monday, form part of the introduction of compulsory relationships and sex education classes in secondary schools. The new guidance says secondary schools should address the physical and emotional damage caused…
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More “variety” is needed in the price of university education, the secretary of state said ahead of a government review of the system. Damian Hinds also suggested tuition fees should reflect each degree’s value “to our society as a whole”. It comes as a committee of MPs said there was no justification for such “high…
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The news that D.C. Public Schools found a sharp increase in the number of students graduating despite missing a large proportion of instructional days at school was a punch in the gut for a district that’s been hailed as the fastest improving and one that’s touted its increasing graduation rates for the past six years in a row. In…
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Public schools are launching a new diversity drive that will see children who risk being put into care offered places at Eton College and Harrow School instead. Under the initiative, named The Boarding Schools Partnership, youngsters from some of the most vulnerable families will enroll at some of Britain’s top boarding schools. More than 80 councils have signed…
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Children starting secondary school this term could find themselves working until they are 100 and having up to 40 different jobs in their lifetime, a conference was told yesterday. They could have a good expectation of living until they are 120, Rohit Talwar, chief executive of Fast Futures – which advises business and schools on…
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Sewing skills are dying out because it is deemed sexist to teach schoolgirls how to sew, experts have said. Nearly six in ten said they are unable to sew confidently or at all, according to a survey of over 2,000 adults commissioned by the British Heart Foundation. A quarter of those polled do not even…
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New grammar school proposals that could take in just the cleverest 10 per cent of children would make the system even more elitist, critics have argued. Education chiefs are also considering a “national selection test”, it has been revealed, in order to help prevent “test tourism”, where parents enter their children for exams in different areas…
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Put nice smelling soap in changing rooms to encourage girls to play sport, a Football Association chief has said, as she reveals that girls as young as eight are now dropping out of sports lessons because they fear exercise is not feminine. Baroness Sue Campbell, who is head of women’s football at the FA, said…
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