Nicola Woolcock
The Times of London
United Kingdom
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Many boys view reading books as punishment, say teachers
A third of boys regard being asked to read books as a punishment, a survey of teachers has revealed. Head teachers say children struggle with novels because t → Read More
Oxford University bans lecturers from dating their students
Oxford University will ban intimate relationships between academics and students that they teach.It comes after the student watchdog said universities should th → Read More
Teacher applicants to hand over social media accounts for background checks
Teachers are being asked to provide dating profiles and social media pseudonyms when applying for jobs at schools.Increasing numbers of fitness to practise hear → Read More
Blacks more stupid than whites, wrote Oxford don Nick Bostrom
An Oxford academic has apologised for a 1996 email in which he wrote: “Blacks are more stupid than whites.”In the message, Professor Nick Bostrom added: “I won → Read More
Millfield School sorry for pupils’ Hitler salute
A leading private school has apologised after pupils performed Sieg Heil salutes during a play about Adolf Hitler.The incident at Millfield School in Somerset, → Read More
Half of MPs who took an exam for 11-year-olds failed. Can you do better?
Sitting a test aimed at primary school children should be as easy as ABC for those slightly longer in the tooth.Unfortunately, a group of politicians came unstuck in both English and maths yesterday when they went back to school. Thirteen MPs and peers visited a school in south London to experience → Read More
Fewer graduate employers demand a 2:1
Fewer than half of graduate employers asked recruits for a 2:1 degree this year, for the first time.Leading companies are keen to diversify their intake and som → Read More
Power of ‘old girls’ network: 12 private schools rule Who’s Who list
The power of the “old girls” network means graduates from a dozen leading schools are more likely to reach elite positions than women educated elsewhere, new re → Read More
How Covid left its mark on our lives
In the summer of 2020 we emerged, blinking, from the depths of lockdown and wondering if the world would ever be the same again. Handshakes, we thought, were go → Read More
Girls want to enjoy work but not lead, study finds
Girls do not want to work in an office and are more concerned about their health than becoming leaders, polling shows. They would rather learn about mortgages, → Read More
Oxford faculty drops ‘oriental’ from name to avoid offence
An Oxford department founded in the 19th century has dropped the word oriental from its name because it is seen as outdated and potentially offensive.The form → Read More
GCSE results: grades show London pulling further ahead
First exams since 2019 show stark regional divides → Read More
GCSE reform gaining support among teachers
More than two fifths of teachers are now in favour of reforming GCSEs as half a million teenagers prepare to get their results today.They are the first year gro → Read More
Girls beat boys in GCSEs as pupils brace for big fall in passes
Girls are expected to outperform boys in their GCSEs because they were less likely to neglect their studies during the lockdown in favour of PlayStation games, → Read More
A-level results: Generation Covid faces university rejection
Tens of thousands of teenagers are expected to miss out on their first-choice university as the most disrupted school leavers since the Second World War recei → Read More
Private school pupils turn backs on Oxbridge to chase Ivy League places
Private school students are turning their backs on Oxbridge, with as many as one in five now heading to Ivy League universities in the US, headteachers have tol → Read More
Free university housing for students in care system a lifeline, analysis says
A charity that provides students from care with free year-round accommodation at university is having a dramatic impact on drop-out rates, the first analysis of → Read More
Graduate jobs target risks killing off English literature degrees
English literature is being suspended as a degree at a university amid pressure from government to ensure graduates go straight into well-paid jobs → Read More
Exam board guilty of cultural vandalism, says Nadhim Zahawi
Removing Philip Larkin and Wilfred Owen from GCSE English literature is “cultural vandalism”, Nadhim Zahawi has said.OCR, one of the three main exam boards, is → Read More
GCSE removes Wilfred Owen and Larkin in diversity push
“What will survive of us is love,” Philip Larkin wrote in An Arundel Tomb.Neither the poem nor the poet, however, has survived a shake-up of works included in a → Read More