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Apr- 2025 -24 April
University of Westminster launches Match Funding initiative
The University of Westminster has launched a new Match Funding initiative to help students struggling with financial hardship amid the cost-of-living crisis.For every donation made to the university’s Hardship Fund, the university will now match the amount with up to £50,000 per year over the next three years. It comes…
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24 April
Sadiq Khan invests over £340m in adult education in London
London mayor, Sadiq Khan, has announced an investment exceeding £340m for the upcoming academic year to help Londoners access training and get jobs in key sectors of the capital’s economy, such as tech, hospitality and green industries. It is estimated that this funding will help support roughly 200,000 Londoners to…
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23 April
Schools fail to provide wellbeing resources to teachers, NASUWT says
Many schools have failed to provide teachers with adequate facilities, resources and support systems to maintain their mental health and wellbeing, NASUWT revealed. According to NASUWT’s latest Big Question Survey, which analysed responses from 10,500 teachers across the UK, 82% of teachers think that work has negatively affected their mental…
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23 April
Teachers call for a doubling of planning and assessment time
Teachers have called for the amount of time allocated in the working day for planning, preparation and assessment to be increased from 10% to 20% in order to tackle “soaring levels of workload”. Representatives at the annual conference of NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union in Liverpool argued that a fully funded doubling…
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23 April
Almost half of private school fee discounts are not means-tested
Almost half of the fee remission offered to pupils by private schools is not means-tested, and therefore, may not go to genuinely disadvantaged children, according to new research from the Private Education Policy Forum (PEPF). The findings come after the think tank devoted to reducing educational inequality between state and…
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22 April
Over two thirds think new Ofsted reforms are ‘worse’, ABC finds
Ofsted’s proposed inspection reforms have proven to be unpopular with teachers and parents as just one in 10 think they are an improvement on the current arrangements while 62% believe they are worse, The Alternative Big Consultation (ABC) has found. ABC, set up by two former senior HMI, Professor Colin Richards…
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22 April
NASUWT appoints new national president
Teacher’s Union NASUWT has appointed Middlesbrough College maths teacher Wayne Broom as the new national president. Wayne brings a wealth of life experience and an unwavering commitment to the teaching profession, having journeyed from the depths of South Yorkshire’s coal mines to the top of the teaching union. Raised in…
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22 April
Breakfast clubs officially available at 750 UK schools
Some 750 schools have officially opened breakfast clubs today (22 April), offering 30 minutes of free childcare to families and a guaranteed healthy meal for kids before school starts. The initiative means that parents will be able to save up to 95 additional hours and £450 per year if their…
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17 April
Haringey schools to receive to receive funding for energy bills
Climate-conscious Haringey schools will receive vital funding to cut their utility bills and improve energy efficiency. The Brook Special Primary School and The Willow Primary School – both situated on the Broadwater Farm estate – and Risley Avenue Primary School in Tottenham have been chosen to receive support through the…
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17 April
NEU warns Labour of strike action if pay offer is ‘unacceptable’
Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU), has warned the government that industrial action will be taken if Labour does not offer teachers a fully funded, above-inflation pay rise.NEU conference delegates have voted today to launch a final strike ballot if the outcome of the School Teachers’…
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