Posts Tagged ‘education’
Ken 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 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 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
Read MoreSilent Witnesses at Shoreditch Town Hall
Mandeville Primary School pupils take part in project aiming to tackle crime through theatre
Read MoreTeachers call for resignation of Mossbourne ex-head Sir Michael Wilshaw
Former headteacher of Hackney’s Mossbourne Academy should resign as Chief Inspector of Schools says teaching union
Read MoreHackney free school signs funding agreement
Government Minister is optimistic as Hackney New School gets go ahead
Read MoreTech City Apprenticeship scheme launches
Hackney Community College aims to help local people find jobs at Tech City
Read MoreComment – Sir Michael Wilshaw’s proposal to pay school governors is a misguided initiative
Idea of school governors being paid and new ‘data dashboard’ are flawed, claims Henry Stewart, Chair of Governors at Stoke Newington School
Read MoreEducation, economy and industry – STEM sells as open day focuses on money
Government investment in Shoreditch’s ‘Tech City’ is a game-changer
Read MoreHackney Council agrees 2013 budget
More cash for education and children’s services whilst health and community funding slashed
Read MoreBishop Challoner Federation of Schools strikes up partnership with communications firm
Pupils at Bishop Challoner schools can now take part in a programme for work experience and placements at media giants Oglivy & Mather
Read MoreNew STEM sixth form academy to welcome prospective students at open day
STEM Academy Sixth Form to hold open day at Google’s London headquarters
Read MoreHistory teaching in schools faces ‘whitewash’ warn Hackney politicians
Hackney MP Diane Abbott and Cllr Patrick Vernon sign open letter to Education Secretary Michael Gove to scrap National Curriculum reform
Read MoreFears rise as plan to turn five Hackney primary schools into academies gets thumbs-up
The decision of five Hackney primary schools to become academies could have a negative impact on other schools, claims teaching union
Read MoreHackney free schools – the debate continues
Politicians and teachers are no closer to consensus as Hackney counts down to the opening of two new free schools in the borough
Read MoreHackney remembers – young historians to uncover WWI legacy
Lottery grant awarded to local schools for Great War commemoration project
Read MoreThe Hackney Debate – Secondary schools: is parental choice paramount?
This year’s Hackney Debate asked whether Government reforms are creating healthy diversity or dangerous fragmentation in secondary schools
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