Inside Education
Special schools should be kept, urges disabled MP
Britain's first MP with cerebral palsy has made an impassioned plea to the Government not to close special schools in its overhaul of the education system.
Royal approval: How Michael Gove is taking lessons from the Prince of Wales
The influence of Prince Charles's annual summer school is growing.
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- Alan Smithers: Letting schools do their own thing is a recipe for chaos
- Education Quandary: 'My dyslexic daughter has found timed mental maths SATS questions a nightmare. Aren't tests like this unfair for children with her problems?'
- When Wayne's world proves beyond reach
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Online degrees: A model worth emulating or a plan that risks creating a two-tier system?
David Willetts wants more people to take degrees by distance learning at further education colleges. Lucy Hodges looks at what it could involve
Diary Of A Third Year: 'I've spent nearly £30,000 in the name of education'
Despite finishing university, I'm not yet a graduate. Until I don my mortar board and gown,I am a graduand, a grand-sounding title that means I'm in academic limbo, between student and graduate. Only on 19 July will I finally become a paid-up member of the graduate community. Paid-up is certainly the right phrase. In all, my degree has cost me £29,000.
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