Grace Dent: Who cares if she spells it Barraco Barner? Gemma Worrall is more employable... - 0 views
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away from the classroom, stupidity and smartness are really only relative to what it is one actually needs to know. Because, yes, Gemma hasn’t much of a grip on Ukraine – neither have I, but I’m a damn good bluffer – and neither can she nail the spelling of Barack Obama without making it sound like a delicious vitamin C drink. But as a beautician, Gemma is one of those girls I am constantly giving money hand over fist to.Gemma has a skill. Gemma will most probably have a thorough understanding of Shellac nail procedures and skin exfoliation. She’ll probably know how to remove excess upper-lip hair, push back cuticles and spray a Fantasy tan without missing elbows or staining knees. So, yes, Gemma seemingly can’t spell Barack Obama. But she will always be in employment.
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We deride the differently skilled and slap down the not quite as sharp, but the country’s cogs turn via the energies of people not quite as bookish as you.
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Gemma’s slight confusion that Obama is a high-level influencer in British politics – no Westminster pundit in the land would quibble at this suggestion. Also, her worry about provoking Russia and her fear of war aren’t silly in the slightest, they’re absolutely bang on the money
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Evidence of liquid oceans on Saturn's moon Enceladus increases chances of finding alien... - 0 views
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"One of the moons of Saturn has turned out to be another possible habitat for extraterrestrial microbes after scientists have discovered that it possesses a large ocean of water beneath its icy surface. Measurements of gravity fluctuations around Enceladus taken by Nasa's Cassini spacecraft indicate that there is an underground ocean of melted water at the moon's south pole which may be the source of dramatic vapour plumes seen at its surface."
An exploration of factors influencing workplace learning among novice teachers in Malay... - 0 views
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"The article describes an exploratory study to develop and conduct preliminary testing of the PFIL (perceptions toward factors influencing workplace learning among novice teachers) inventory. The 20-item inventory was tested among 90 recent graduates of one teacher training institute in Sarawak, Malaysia"
Streaming pupils by ability in primary school widens the attainment gap - Institute of ... - 0 views
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The practice of "streaming" children by ability in the early years of primary school is widening the achievement gap between children from better-off homes and those facing disadvantage
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while relatively high-attaining pupils do better if placed in a top stream than they would in schools which do not have streaming, those given a place in the middle or lower streams do worse than they would if there were no streaming, the research finds.
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streaming in primary schools would appear to increase the gap between higher- and lower-attaining pupils, and also to accentuate socio-economic differences, because more of those from poorer backgrounds tend on average to be in the lower streams.
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BBC iPlayer - The Birth of Empire: The East India Company: Episode 2 - 0 views
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30:00 missionaries indian by blood and color british by tastes, opinions, morals and intellect 39:00 macaulay wanted to civilise india, eic wanted to make money --- opium trade (using china as a scapegoat) 41: emperor of china snapped; 20k opium chests were dumped into the ocean 42: selling opium in china = profit to find the tea trade in india = profit in britain 43: btish fought and ended up with the handing over of hk to brtain (centre of the ongoing opium trade) 43:39 eic's own local standing army, >250k, +- 95% natives, rose up 46: there was a rumor the tip of the gun cartridges (which had to be removed by biting on it and bullet -- this caused the muslims+hindus to become allies 47:50 "indian mutiny" this is india's first move for independence 49:30 rebellion of army in delhi 51: mass killings 53: spiralled out of control 54:30 mutiny was beginning of the end of eic; made mistakes in its chief administration as well as the way it managed its army, but the amount of lives and treasure lost and spent had to mean that india had to become part of the btish empire 55: 1st nov 1858 btish india had been handed over to queen vic of btish 57: being able to speak eng, at leats at an international standard is a legacy and an advantage in the world we're still living with the consequences of what they built, and what they destroyed... of history's most influential company
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Thesaurus Term - Trust schools - The Department for Education - 0 views
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Trust schools are state-funded foundation schools which receive extra support (usually non-monetary) from a charitable trust made up of partners working together for the benefit of the school
BBC News - Gove calls for state schools to be more like private - 0 views
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Education Secretary Michael Gove
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he said he wanted to break down the "Berlin Wall" between state and independent sectors. This could see state pupils taking the private school common entrance exam and state schools staying open longer
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The education secretary, speaking at the London Academy of Excellence, said that for decades "the dominant consensus has been that state education in England was barely satisfactory"
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What is the secondary school system like in Europe? - 0 views
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in the nordic egalitarian system,(Finland, Sweden, Norway) equality is important. This means for example no tuition fees for full-time students and free meals are served to pupils
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Most of the pupils attend to public schools. There are private schools but they are made unattractive by legislation
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Academies (previously known as city academies) are a new type of school introduced in 2000 by the New Labour government of Tony Blair
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Independent Schools Council | Publications | Independent Schools Economic Impact Report - 0 views
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an independent consultancy has analysed the economic benefits that independent schools bring to Britain
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An annual contribution to GDP of £9.5 billion
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More than 227,000 FTE jobs
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Independent Schools Council | Fact Sheets | Links between Independent and State Schools - 0 views
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,126 schools (over 93%) in ISC that are in collaborative work with their state sector colleagues
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In 2013, 388 ISC schools opened access to pupils from maintained schools to attend lessons and other educational events
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78 ISC schools second teaching staff to maintained schools
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BBC News - Free school £21m private contract plan - 0 views
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But the plans have raised political sensitivities about the boundary between free schools funded by public money and the involvement of the private sector in state education.
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Free schools are funded from the public education budget - but the schools are run independently.
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Alicia Rickards-Ottevanger, one of the group of local families supporting the free school plan, said the Swedish firm had been chosen because it seemed closest to the trust's ambitions for the school, regardless of whether they were a profit-making business.
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Comprehensive school (England and Wales) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views
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In 1976 the future Labour prime minister James Callaghan gave a speech at Oxford's Ruskin College. He launched what became known as the 'great debate' on the education system. He went on to list the areas he felt needed closest scrutiny: the case for a core curriculum, the validity and use of informal teaching methods, the role of school inspection and the future of the examination system.
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Comprehensive schools remain the most common type of state secondary school in England, and the only type in Wales. They account for around 90% of pupils, or 64% if one does not count schools with low-level selection.
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Since the 1988 Education Reform Act, parents have a right to choose which school their child should go to. This concept of "school choice" introduces the idea of competition between state schools, a fundamental change to the original "neighbourhood comprehensive" model, and is partly intended as a means by which schools that are perceived to be inferior are forced either to improve or, if hardly anyone wants to go there, to close down
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Adventures with Autism Works: Scandinavia, Crossing the Road, Mindfulness and Pragmatism - 0 views
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mindfulness practice helps us to cope with coming out of our comfort zone and adapt to our surroundings, wherever we happen to be.
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A change of location also enables us to notice our habits more clearly
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a concept that originated in Denmark, Specialisterne, on which Autism Works is partially modelled, shows that Asperger's Syndrome can be applied pragmatically by applying its strengths and qualities to one's surroundings in a productive way that has benefits for the wider community.
The course made me highly employable | University of South Wales - 0 views
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My BSc Rugby Coaching & Development course and the unique way in which it operates
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provided me with not only the qualifications but the all important hundreds of coaching hours each year within the professional regions community programmes and with the Welsh Rugby Union which inevitably made me highly employable following graduatio
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I was not only competent, but also effective as a coach.
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Making our students employable - 0 views
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From real-world placements to projects set and graded by leading employers, our courses are designed to equip students with the skills and experience sought after by today's employers.
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Many of our courses are accredited by professional bodies
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you can be confident that our students and graduates will have the professional skills and experience to add real value to your organisation.
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