Education

A 15-year-old boy is lobbying to have homework scrapped in secondary schools around the country. Lee Sibley, a GCSE pupil at Severn Vale School, Glos, started the Change.org petition urging Prime Minister Theresa May to ban homework in UK secondary schools. It has so far amassed 160 signatures, and the Year 11 pupil, who studies Politics, History, English, Maths, Geography, and Science, says the two pieces of homework a week he gets in each subject is too much. Lee, who...

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has leapt to the defence of his Government’s new appointment to its universities watchdog as other prominent Tories have defended Toby Young too despite his appalling comments about working class students and women. "Ridiculous outcry over Toby Young. He will bring independence, rigour and caustic wit. Ideal man for job,” tweeted Boris Johnson - a man also renowned for crass and offensive remarks. Perhaps this is an example of Toby Young’s “rigour and caustic wit':  ...

Ahead of its November reveal, Philip Hammond’s budget was billed as ‘make or break’ in much of the press. In reality, it turned out neither to make nor break the chancellor’s career. Rather, everything seems to be continuing as usual. It’s possible that it will take time for this budget’s implications to become clearer, but what is crystal clear already is the impact on one of the most crucial areas of the public sector—further education. Theresa May herself triumphantly announced...

The Vice-Chancellor of Bath University faced calls to leave her job immediately from 71 professors who cited concerns about the “reputational crisis” surrounding her pay. Professor Dame Glynis Breakwell announced she would leave her £468,000 a year job at the end of the academic year last week, but pressure mounted for her to go sooner. Her immediate resignation was called for along with chief governor Thomas Sheppard, who chairs both the university council and remuneration committee. A letter addressed to...

Hundreds of students protested today (Thurs) calling for Britain's highest paid vice-chancellor to stand down immediately. Angry staff and students at Bath University waved placards and chanted demanding Dame Glynis Breakwell quit now. Breakwell announced earlier this week she was standing down from the 450K-a-year job - but only after another year in the role and a further six month paid sabbatical. But protestors say she should go immediately and today (Mon) held a demo in Bath to call for...

A mum has slammed a school after pupils were asked to 'rate' neighbours they wouldn't like to live next to - including 'a black person'. Naomi Davis was stunned when her eleven-year-old daughter showed her the worksheet that her class had been given which listed various types of people. The task asked children to rate people in terms of how much they would or would not like to live next door to them - with one being the best and...

Scuffles broke out as students protesting about the salary of Britain's best-paid university vice chancellor were bundled out of meeting. Action group Bath Students Against Fees and Cuts is calling for the resignation of £451,000-a-year boss Professor Dame Glynis Breakwell. They stormed into the university's annual 'Let's Talk' event and unfurled a banner reading "Resign Now". Security guards grabbed one student and forcibly ejected them from the building after they were seen handing flyers to staff leaving the talk. The...

Technology has brought a complete overhaul in how the society learns, collaborates and communicates. Digital transformation is an eventual social revolution that brings unavoidable changes to all industries, as opposed to a fleeting hype or trend. Most industry players in the contemporary society view this digital transformation in an information revolution era as a process that brings a lot of challenges with it. However, that perspective is wrong, and any successful endeavor needs to tap the strengths and opportunities provide,...

Oxford University is known for being one the best in the world; it’s up there with the elite schools like Harvard, Stanford and Imperial College London. If you’re at Oxford, you know that you’re the best of the best. You also know that you’re going to spend a lot more of your time on UK Essays rather than going out partying! But what are the most popular subjects at Oxford? Philosophy, Politics and Economics One degree is usually enough for...