Education
University of Bath vice-chancellor claims first class flights & trains on expenses contrary to university’s regulations
Britain's highest paid university vice-chancellor claimed 58 first-class train journeys and three first-class flights on expenses in just over a year, figures show. Controversial Dame Glynis Breakwell has already announced she is leaving her role following a row about her £471,000-a-year salary. It has now emerged the University of Bath vice-chancellor claimed 58 first-class train journeys and three first-class flights between August 2016 to the end of November 2017. This is contrary to the university’s own regulations on travel costs,...
Academies’ poor finances show “reckless govt gambling with children’s future”
Conservatives are in denial about the impact of cuts to school budgets and refuse to acknowledge that one of their flagship policies simply isn't working says GMB GMB, the union for school support staff, says new figures showing eight out of 10 academies in deficit show the Government is gambling with our children’s future. A new reports shows academy budgets are in an even worse state than those of council-run schools - with eight out of 10 in deficit. Two...
Labour MP slams “morally wrong” civil service for favouring public school applicants
The perception that many of the elite jobs in the UK are disproportionally handed to those from a private school background were given more credence today, after a Labour MP slammed the civil service for its recruitment policy, reports The Guardian. Senior civil servants along with lawyers, judges, doctors and journalists among other professions have traditionally been seen as careers that are unfairly given to those from a privileged educational background. Dan Jarvis, who was encouraged to run for the...
A headteacher who was named the best in the country for turning around a failing school is quitting the role due to the stresses of the job
A headteacher who was named the best in the country for turning around a failing school is quitting the role due to the stresses of the job. Matt Middlemore was awarded the title 2016 for his work at Tregolls School. The primary school in Truro, Cornwall, was rated the 15th worst in the country but after years of hard work from Matt it is now in the top ten per cent. However, the "superhuman" effort needed to change Tregolls' fortunes...
University lecturers strike as pension reforms could push ‘large numbers of people into poverty’
Academics across the country are on strike due to planned pension reforms, which they claim will leave them in financial strife later in life. Students joined their lecturers holding mass walkouts across 57 universities up and down the country. Students and lectures man picket lines and hold a rally on the steps of SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) at UCL. Thirteen more days of strike action are expected to take place until Friday 16 March. The University College Union...
Breaking: UK Government prepared to slash students’ university fees by a third
In response to Labour’s vows to scrap university tuition fees, the Tories are preparing to cut fees by up to a third. Students have voiced their opinion in the recent General Election, with the majority of 18-24 year olds opting to vote Labour who pledged to eliminate tuition fees. Now it appears that Theresa May has responded to Jeremy Corbyn making an issue of students’ fees which have rocketed to £9,250 under the Conservatives, following the weak and wobbly result...
A Church of England school has been branded “medieval” for telling parents to send their children in SICK
A Church of England school has been branded "medieval" for telling parents to send their children in SICK - in a bid to boost pupil attendance. The Bishop of Hereford’s Bluecoat School was criticised in its last Ofsted inspection which revealed it had a high absence record. Figures show it had an attendance rate of 94.7 per cent - compared with the national average of 96 per cent. The school also has a persistent absence rate – pupils missing at...
Tony Robinson who played Baldrick calls councillors planning to cut two-thirds of a city’s library services “stupid bastards”
The actor who played Baldrick in the Blackadder series labelled councillors planning to cut two-thirds of a city’s library services “stupid bastards.” Comedian Tony Robinson, 71, made the statement on Twitter after being contacted about proposals to close 17 libraries in Bristol, his former home. It would leave just ten libraries open in the city, and is being challenged by campaign groups. Mr Robinson wrote: “Would stop closing Bristol’s libraries, you stupid bastards do ?” But his choice of words...
Parents’ horror as primary school pupils are shown porn video during screening of Paddington Bear
A group of primary school pupils have been left "traumatised" after a PORN video appeared on screen as they were sat watching Paddington Bear. Shocked children as young as nine-years-old were subjected to the X-rated footage during a screening of the 2017 family film at Croft Academy, in Walsall, West Mids. The school sent a letter to parents claiming there had been a "failure in filters" as they streamed the Paddington 2 movie, starring Hugh Grantand Julie Walters. But angry...