education
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Moocs to earn degree credits for first time in UK at two universitiesStudents will be able to use Moocs - massive open online courses - to gain accreditation towards final qualification
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University league tables 2017Guardian University Guide 2017: Find a course at a UK university with our complete university league tables
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Luton Islamic school trust investigated by charities regulatorInquiry into Rabia Educational Trust follows series of adverse Ofsted findings such as gender segregation of staff
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Suffolk’s Tory council cries foul over new middle school planIn our diary: A return to three-tier education?; language cuts; airport offers a flying new start; and Harris school’s ‘ridiculous’ teacher turnover
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Edinburgh’s advice to female students was to go for ‘sophisticated glamour’, because ‘image is everything’. So, a James Brown sequin cape?Six graduation outfits guaranteed to annoy Edinburgh University
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LGBT-only housing isn’t about separation, it’s about choiceI was lucky with my housemates when I came out. But some people arrive at university bearing the scars of abuse: they shouldn’t have to rely on luck
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in depth
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The secret to calm classrooms? Lose the shoesResearch suggests schools could benefit from doing away with shoes – and teachers should go barefoot, too
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Applying to university: what the savvy sixth former is askingAs the Guardian publishes its 2017 university guide, our experts answer those vital questions on unconditional offers, entrance exams and how to pick a course
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Student festival startups: 'too much fun to feel like work'Less peace and love, more supply and demand: young entrepreneurs sacrifice sleep and socialising for their companies – but they don’t really mind
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Don't turn student recruitment into a battle of the sexesMore women attend university than men, and perform better when they are there. But their job prospects are still worse
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Live chat: the compiler of the Guardian University Guide answers your questionsWondering how we created our 2017 university league tables? Want to know why some institutions have soared as others have sunk?
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School governors vs academy trustees: what's the difference?When a school converts to become an academy, the structure, responsibility and remit of governing body alters. Here are five key changes
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How to teach ... statisticsWhether it is stem and leaf diagrams or school litter surveys, here are some resources to help your students understand and interrogate figures
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global view
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Students who use digital devices in class 'perform worse in exams'Study finds use of computers by students in lectures and seminars has ‘substantial negative effect’ on performance
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Anti-Zionism does not equate to antisemitismLetters: Chief rabbi Ephraim Mirvis attacks the Labour party by launching a defence of Zionism which turns it from a political ideology (that can be supported or opposed) into a religion that is beyond question. We British Jews reject this categorically
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CV of failures: Princeton professor publishes résumé of his career lowsJohannes Haushofer bravely posts document listing degree programs he did not get in to and academic positions he did not get
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Schoolchildren attacked by nationalist protesters in MoscowPicketers accused of dousing students in ammonia and disinfectant as they arrived at an awards ceremony
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Education diaryEducation diarySuffolk’s Tory council cries foul over new middle school planIn our diary: A return to three-tier education?; language cuts; airport offers a flying new start; and Harris school’s ‘ridiculous’ teacher turnover
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opinion
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Lecturers are striking against low-paid, casual work, which hurts students tooThe contemporary university is a highly unbalanced and unfair place, with casualised workers bearing the brunt of the labour but the least amount of pay or security
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Education ministers claim to be for flexibility and freedom, but they dictate policy details. And it’s leading to problemsSchools ministers should explain gaping hole between rhetoric and reality
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Schooling helps children recover from trauma. At the inaugural World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul this week funds for education in times of crisis should be front and centreIn any humanitarian crisis, educating children must be part of the response
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I’ve seen how our jails wreck human potential. Reform will take courageReoffending costs £13bn a year – and giving inmates an education is the best way to prevent it, says a member of the Coates review panel
Alan Sugar named Tory enterprise tsar despite past criticism of Osborne