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Sunday, 3 June, 2001, 09:02 GMT 10:02 UK
EDUCATION


Peter Hamilton Demands on governors 'too high'
School governor positions are becoming increasingly difficult to fill because of the onerous duties put upon them, head teachers warn.
Girl sitting exam Exams stretch schools to the limit
In his weekly column, the BBC's education correspondent Mike Baker asks if school children are being over-examined.
Vivendi logo Vivendi buys US education publisher
French media and utility giant Vivendi snaps up US independent education publisher Houghton Mifflin in $1.7bn deal.
Eton's royal connection
Prince Dipendra of Nepal was one of a long line of royal pupils to attend a UK public school, and Eton has been paying tribute to him.
Attack on term shake-up plans
Church leaders and teaching unions have criticised proposals to change the school year into six shorter terms.
Nursing hopeful gets an offer
A teenager who failed to get onto a course to train as a nurse has had an offer from a health trust.
Heads call for 'beacon' parents
Tips on parenting should be printed on the back of cereal packets, posted up on buses and shown on television, head teachers recommend.
Rise in university applications
A record number of people look set to apply to university this year, figures suggest.
Schools urged to employ bursars
Schools will be encouraged to employ bursars to manage their financial affairs if Labour wins a second term of office.
Home-schooled boy is champion speller
Sean Conley, 13, wins the National Spelling Bee in the US with the word "succedaneum".
'Third World' jibe by head teachers
Head teachers say staff shortages are making England look like a third world country.
Heads predict recruitment disaster
Head teachers warn the battle to recruit teachers is widespread, leading to an education service is in crisis.
Blair's son is to be deputy head boy
Euan Blair has been made a deputy head boy at his school, The London Oratory.
Pupils use mobiles to tell on teacher
Pupils are using their mobile phones to ring their parents during lesson time to complain about their teachers, heads say.
Human rights concerns over 11+
Northern Ireland's schools transfer system could be in breach of international human rights standards, a report says.
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Blair warns violent parents
The prime minister promises greater protection for teachers from violent parents.
Sixth form overload 'shambles'
Head teachers attack the overload of extra exams and testing in the revised post-16 curriculum.
Online shops stop boozing students
Parents are using online shopping to send food to their student offspring while they revise for exams.
Heads threaten action over workload
A head teachers' union is threatening to take industrial action for the first time in pursuit of a reduced workload.
Heads want slice of privatisation profit
Teachers working in state schools run by private companies should get a share of any profits, head teachers say.
Cash bonus for top principals
The head teachers of New York's most improved schools are receiving bonuses of up to $15,000.
'Poor academic record' for children in care
A children's charity report shows that 70% of young people in care leave school without any qualifications.
Violent parents in 'school rage'
Head teachers want a zero-tolerance policy against parents who attack school staff - including expelling their children.
Teacher numeracy tests 'too hard'
Numeracy tests, which would-be teachers in England must pass to gain qualified status, are too hard and should be revised, heads say.
'Rights culture' fuels school violence
Head teachers say parent violence reflects the "rights culture", a more aggressive society and a growth in confrontational chat shows.
Jail trip pupils 'strip searched'
A programme of school visits to a jail in the United States has been suspended after pupils were strip searched.
Bad Penny risks sack for nudity
Big Brother contestant Penny, an English teacher, is warned by her headmistress that she may have to leave her school.
Pupils 'lack access to textbooks'
Two thirds of pupils in state secondary schools do not have the use of textbooks for doing their homework, research suggests.
Lecturers launch grant for students
University lecturers in Sheffield are offering poor teenagers a grant to help them stay on at school or apply for university.
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Lib Dems appeal to students
The Liberal Democrats promise to abolish university tuition fees.
Is this school privatisation?
Education correspondent Mike Baker asks if private sector companies are running schools amounts to the privatisation of our public education service?
Tests changed after security breach
The question papers for the next series of the national Key Skills tests in a month's time are being replaced following a leak.
Universities 'face staff shortages'
Universities and colleges in the UK are facing "unprecedented" difficulties in recruiting staff, according to the lecturers' union Natfhe.
Teachers falling ill for longer
More than half the teachers in England took sick leave last year - unions put it down to stress from overwork.
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Tories allege schools failure
William Hague promises discipline, standards and choice in Britain's classrooms.
Clinton returns to dreaming spires
Former US president Bill Clinton returns to Oxford University, where he studied in the 1960s, to open an institute for American studies.
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