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HE, In The News
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
We think this has to be made into some kind of film. Why-oh-why an experienced banker would then decide to go back to college to finish someone else’s exams, the Great Man himself only knows!!! City banker, 34, sat exams for student, 22 “A City investment banker who held senior positions at Bank of America [...]
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Education Philosophy, In The News
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

Apparently, we shouldn’t be deriding the fact that McDonalds and other blue-chip companies are starting qualifications of their own. Mike Baker, the BBC News Education spokesman, calls it “snobbery” to criticise these companies for trying to raise the esteem associated with non-academic, skills-based awards. Snobbery seemed a little inappropriate, however, so we’ve come up with [...]
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FE, In The News, Ofsted, Primary Education, Secondary Education
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

Great response to a BBC News article about what makes a good teacher. The following response is indicative of the rest: “I would have thought that it was quite obvious what makes a good teacher in this day and age. The ability to cope with enormous amounts of administrative paper-work including individual lesson plans for [...]