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Tories Attack Progressive Teaching The Conservatives have said that children have been let down by progressive education policies. Speaking at a teachers' conference, shadow schools secretary Michael Gove condemned "pupil-centred learning". And in a Guardian interview he claims that "if you come from a poorer household where you don't have your own bedroom, where the only printed material is the Daily Star, then school is the only place you learn, and progressive methods let you down". ( Click for More Information ) Warning Over Teacher 'famine' There could be a severe teacher shortage because so few students are signing up for training, a think-tank has warned. According t... Figures Reveal Hard Core Truants New truancy figures have shown that a hard core of more than 40,000 children are missing at least two days of school every week. L... Greater Manchester Challenge Launched in Salford Beverley Hughes, Minister for Children and Families and Minister for the North West, officially launched the Greater Manchester Ch... A New Salford University Project to... A research project to help improve the environment in one of China’s biggest cities has been announced by the University of Salfor... Teachers' Recruitment Must be Improved, says... Changes to schools' recruitment policies must be made in order to ensure pupils perform to their best ability, a leading research ... Pay Parents to Read to Kids,... Clarissa Williams, president of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), says parents from deprived backgrounds should be... Call to 'recycle' Failing Teachers The Times reports that the chief executive of the General Teaching Council for England has said that up to 24,000 incompetent teac... New Marketing Director for Salford University... The University of Salford has appointed former Shell, Mars and BP marketer, Phil Huggon as its new Marketing Director. Phil, an Ox... Graduate Entrepreneurs Claim Their Prize The winners of an Enterprise Academy Boot Camp held at the University of Salford are all set to move into the new £9.6m Salford In... Teachers' Alarm at 'social targets' The government is considering introducing a set of 18 social targets on which to assess schools, according to the Guardian. Set ou... Schools See More Non-English Speaking Pupils Over 470,000 children in English primary schools do not speak English as their first language, official statistics have revealed t... Salford Uni Accused of Offering Alternative... Writing in the Telegraph today, Tom Peterkin claims: "A growing number of universities are offering "bogus" degrees in alternativ... Directgov - University and Higher Education Aimhigher have teamed up with Directgov to provide you with all the information you need if you're considering higher education (H... China Critic Out of Jail and... Peter Tatchell, the human rights activist who was arrested after ambushing the Olympic torch parade in London this month, is speak... Diplomas Scaled Back Schools minister Jim Knight has said the number of pupils taking new diplomas next year will be scaled back. Knight said original ... Exam Chief Raises Doubts on Diplomas... The head of one of the UK's leading exam boards has raised concerns over the government's new diploma qualifications. Interviewed ... Rise in Number of Unqualified Teachers... Shadow Education Secretary Michael Gove has criticised the increasing number of unqualified teachers from overseas employed in sch... Peter Tatchell - Human Rights Campaigner... International Human Rights: Using the Law to Secure Justice 6-7pm Mary Seacole Lecture Theatre, University of Salford, Allerton, F... UK First for Online Occupational Therapy... The UK’s first ever 100% online postgraduate occupational therapy course has been launched by the University of Salford – giving s... Pupils to get University Mentors The Secretary of State for Innovation Universities and Skills, John Denham, has today announced the provision of £21 million over ... Going Bats in Puerto Rico A University of Salford PhD student is travelling to Puerto Rico to study cave-dwelling bats - and her findings could contribute t... Britain's School Exam System Comes Under... Britain's school exam system has come under attack from a new report claiming the current setup is likely to become inefficient in... UK First Offers Salford Students a... Students on the UK’s first BA Security Studies and Arabic from the University of Salford are to get the chance to work or study in... New Courses Give Teens More Choices Teenagers in Salford are getting better career opportunities as schools and colleges will soon teach five new diplomas. From Septe... Salford Appoints New Pro-Vice-Chancellor The University of Salford has appointed built environment and construction IT expert, Professor Ghassan Aouad as Pro-Vice-Chancell... Qualifications to be Streamlined The government has announced plans to remove thousands of vocational courses from the curriculum in a bid to streamline the number... Labour 'failing' on University Pledge New figures suggest the government will not achieve its target of getting half of young adults into universities by 2010. The prop... Laws Planned for Excluded Pupils Setting out plans to tackle misbehaviour in the classroom, children's secretary Ed Balls said yesterday that secondary schools sho... Teachers' Conference Calls for Religious Teaching... The annual conference of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) has called on schools to allow imams and rabbis to be allowed to tea... Teachers' Union Votes to Hold One-day... The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has voted to hold a ballot regarding a possible series of one-day strikes over class sizes an... National Union of Teachers to Vote... The National Union of Teachers will ask members at its annual conference to vote on the issue of the appropriate size of classroom... Invitation to Youth Roadshow Voluntary, Community and Faith Organisations Youth Roadshow · Integrated and Targeted Youth Support - what is it and how can your ... Northern Rail Cup Comes To Salford Year 9 pupils from Hope High School in Salford will be given the chance to get their hands on the Northern Rail Cup when Salford C... The New Seekers - Salford Student... I'm most like a 'seeker'," says Fiona Fung, 21, from Brunei, in her final year of a BA in media and performance at Salford Univers... Will Salford Benefit from Funding to... The government yesterday announced that it would invest £5.5m in dance for school children. Funded by the Department for Culture, ... Salford to Offer First European... Budding David Attenboroughs will soon get the chance to study on Europe’s first wildlife documentary course at Salford University.... Take-off for Salfords Ethnic Minority Students Two Salford University students have had their first taste of flying, thanks to an aeronautical project aiming to challenge black ... Hollywood Director Warns Against “Metropolitan Monopoly” Hollywood director Michael Apted - responsible for Gorillas in the Mist and The World is Not Enough - returned to his North West r... Schools Charging 'backdoor fees' Leading state schools are demanding parents make "donations" of hundreds of pounds to ensure their children have a place, schools ... Budget to Boost Failing Schools The chancellor is reported to be ready to divert more funds to failing inner-city schools as part of his Budget tomorrow. Alistair... School is 'the Last Moral Force'... Poor parenting and the erosion of family life are leaving schools as the only moral framework in many children's lives, says a hea... Balls Unveils 'Super Diploma' Plan Schools secretary Ed Balls is to announce government plans for a new 'super diploma'. The Telegraph's front page reports that the ... Salford Memories of the Telephone –... It’s 130 years since the first telephone arrived in Manchester. And to mark the occasion, a Salford University academic would lik... Elephant Sex and Bloodsuckers on Course... Elephants’ sex lives, parasites, bloodsuckers, and the physics of playing pool are just some of the topics North West college stud... Schools Hit by 'Political Correctness' Schools are in danger of damaging children's education due to high levels of political correctness, a government survey has discov... Targets Missed on Core Subjects Some 216,000 14-year-olds did not reach the expected level of attainment in English, maths and science, official figures have reve... Primary Sex Lessons Could be Compulsory... The schools minister has said that sex education lessons could be compulsory for primary school pupils. The Telegraph reports that... Academies 'Should Run Like Businesses' A new report has said that academies should have more power to exclude disruptive pupils and sack poorly performing staff. North... £800m Funding Injection Fails to Improve... University drop-out rates have not fallen since 2002, despite £800 million being paid to higher education bodies to retain student... Displaying Education Items 1 - 50 of 50