Posts Tagged ‘education’
Skinners Academy pioneers 21st century approach with new building
An old school with a new twist officially opens on Woodberry Down
Read MoreStand-up to help students with new charity
As tuition fees continue to make the news, the comedian Josie Long has taken her comedy – and her actions – into the political arena, setting up a charity to support students
Read MorePlans afoot for Free School for Hackney
Parents and teachers have put forward ideas for a state-funded school that is free from local authority control
Read MoreStudent by day … lap-dancer by night
It doesn’t clash with lectures and pays up to £300 a night. Rowenna Davis talks to students who are funding their studies by lap-dancing
Read MoreTen Mossbourne academy students win Cambridge University offers
Former Ofsted inspector praises ‘spectacular breakthrough’ at Mossbourne academy in Hackney, one of poorest parts of UK
Read MoreHackney must unite against government cuts
A local councillor’s view on what the cuts will mean for local residents
Read MoreStudents: EMA is a necessity, not a bribe
Sixth-form pupils express anger at their media portrayal as ‘goons’
Read MoreKen Livingstone joins Hackney anti EMA cuts demonstration
Students march from BSix sixth form college to the Town Hall to protest cuts to Educational Maintenance Allowances
Read MoreHow to turn 60,000 students into unqualified drop-outs
The axing of the education maintenance allowance to help poor teenagers stay at school feels like targeted government malice
Read MoreBest primary schools snub government’s academies offer
In spite of the lure of potentially more cash, several are rejecting the opportunity to convert to academies
Read MoreLessons on gay history cut homophobic bullying in north London school
• Abuse and harassment ‘more or less eliminated’
• Classes to be shared with teachers around country
Jude Law goes back to school to launch film competition for pupils
Actor visits east London academy to congratulate and encourage children who made short film on peace theme
Read MoreJewish schools are not a faith school ‘menace’
My local Jewish primary is multicultural and academically excellent, and shows Dawkins is wrong about faith schools
Read MoreMuslim schoolgirls show that faith and fashion are not incompatible
Students gave traditional dress a makeover after winning places on an Islamic fashion course
Read MoreHackney college lecturers strike over cuts
Courses and jobs on the line as further education funding slashed
Read MoreHackney Community College hosts Big Education Debate
Find out which Hackney South parliamentary candidates came top of the class
Read MoreDiane Abbott MP to speak at great education debate
7pm Tuesday 23 March, The Round Chapel
Read MoreHackney school runner-up in local mock trials cliff-hanger
Bridge Academy students’ day of judgement
Read MoreHackney school praised by Prime Minister and Diane Abbott MP
Woodberry Down’s success sees Government pledge more schools like it
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