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With the announcement of a £1.5 billion package to make all schools in England into privately-run academies comes the news that an extra hour will be added to the school day; but will an extra hour in school make a difference? As anyone who has ever seen or been in a classroom for the last lesson of the day will ... Read More »

It’s National Apprenticeship Week – but it seems that young people are being put off choosing to do apprenticeships due to a lack of accurate information. New research has revealed that many young people received little or no information about apprenticeships while they were at school and that there are still plenty of misconceptions about apprenticeships out there – including ... Read More »

We all love our technology – whether it is our mobile phone, our games console, or our laptop. A lot of today’s tech is proving to be integral to the way we live our lives (can you imagine not having a phone these days?), but technology is also causing a headache for examiners with schools and colleges on alert for ... Read More »

  If you’re thinking about taking A-levels as your next step up the educational ladder, watch out for the changes in the way you’ll be tested and marked. The biggest single change to the way A-levels are graded is that the modular system introduced in 2000, which your older brothers and sisters would have studied under, is to be scrapped. ... Read More »

Calling all wannabe theatre critics! Check out the University of Chichester’s unique new module on its BA Musical Theatre degree course. The module, entitled Musical Theatre Critique and Arts Journalism, is the first of its kind in the UK. Designed to help develop your analytical skills by writing about plays and theatre productions in a constructive and instructive way, lectures ... Read More »