Education
Science at the theatre: Arcola’s Inventors Club teaches teenagers about tech
Students use fresh ‘know-how’ to create gadgets and gizmos
Read MoreUrswick School bans packed lunches
Free school meals offered instead following controversial advice picked up in bid to boost healthy eating
Read MoreWe won’t take steps to ban chicken shops near schools, says Hackney Council
Takeaway ‘ban’ proposal proves too much for council to stomach despite MP Diane Abbott’s warning over ‘proliferation of chicken shops’
Read MoreHackney NUT attacks Gove’s ‘madcap plan for school holidays’
Divisions locally over government proposals to scrap long summer breaks from 2015
Read MoreHooded Gainsborough Primary School pupils leave desks to spraypaint playground wall
Luckily it was part of an official art project or they could have risked detention or worse
Read MoreWarning over ‘green skills gap’ as government sticks boot in
Horticulture experts back Society’s call for boost to industry
Read MoreOpen University’s ‘Creating Hackney as Home’ study puts actors centre stage
Academics team up with theatre group Immediate for roll-out of innovative urban geography scheme
Read MoreEducation in brief
Digital summer camp, new campus for Olympic Park and decline in number of children exercising
Read MoreUniversity of East London calls on students to back ‘Reuse, Reduce, Recycle’ campaign
Donation points set up across campus in aid of British Heart Foundation charity
Read MoreSchool trips will never be dull again thanks to Hackney Wow guide
Clapton mum Minna Harrison kick-started project that lets kids review local attractions
Read MoreChildren’s personal data revealed by council in school offer letter mix-up
‘Very small number’ of families affected, claims Town Hall
Read MoreRelief for Hackney parents but future looks bleak for school admissions
London needs 118,000 extra school places by 2016 claims new report
Read MoreKen Livingstone launches construction training academy in Stamford Hill
The former London mayor hopes construction training academy will help deliver jobs
Read MoreHackney teachers want the environment to stay on curriculum
Plans to put the freeze on climate change and environmental issues on the National Curriculum attract criticism
Read MoreEducation overload – will longer school hours help Hackney’s poorer students?
Michael Gove’s latest plan to lengthen the school day and shorten holidays receives a mixed reception in Hackney
Read MoreLocal authorities gain more influence over free schools
New proposals will grant local authorities more power to help decide locations of free schools and academies
Read MoreWomen entrepreneurs given boost to gain global scope
University of East London-led project provides women in enterprise with expertise to ‘make it global’
Read MoreStudents catch tech bug with electric firefly installation
‘Solar swarm’ engages students in science, technology, engineering and maths through creativity
Read MoreForeign music students face deportation in visa row
Immigration crackdown means students at music college attended by Leona Lewis may have to leave UK midway through their courses
Read MorePay dispute leads to strike at special needs schools
Staff at Horizon and Downsview Specialist Educational Needs Schools School take industrial action to secure agreed wages for teaching assistants
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