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Creative role models inspire pupils
A scheme that brings creative writers, artists and environmental designers into schools has had a major impact in improving struggling pupils' standards in the three Rs, say inspectors.
Anger over 200% rise in number of infant class sizes
A row broke out last night as official figures showed the number of infant school aged children in classes of over 30 had more than trebled in the past five years.
Gap years: disaster or trip of a lifetime?
- Leading article: Firm up funding
- Vocational courses in universities: where there's a skill, there's a way
- Mario Levis: While Europe reforms its higher education systems, the UK must not be complacent
- Why women want to join the club
- Open View: The OU is ready to take on a wider role in national higher education provision
