All news on the topic: Education

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Hero dad 'loved by all' who saved child from burning building found dead in car
Justin Swain, from Ilfracombe, had a number of jobs including working for the Saudi Arabian embassy and in later life for the London Fire Brigade before his death in January last year
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Climate change could see disease-spreading mosquitos flourish in UK, experts say
Glasgow University, UK Health Security Agency and UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology have been awarded £1.25million to better understand how climate change could increase the risks from mosquitos
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Schools warned 'virtually impossible' to tell if kids use ChatGPT in coursework
Education think tank EDSK warned that teachers face the 'virtually impossible task' of determining whether pupils have done their own coursework or relied on AI models to help them cheat
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School kids forced to hide under tables as masked intruders storm classrooms
Youngsters at Kineton High School, near Warwick, were placed in an emergency lockdown and hid under their desks when three intruders wearing balaclavas stormed the site
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Teacher shares snack she hates kids having - as it's a nightmare to deal with
A school teacher has said there is one lunchtime snack that kids bring that she hates dealing with - and vowed to never give it to her own kids to spare other teachers
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Scared kids cower under desks as school goes into lockdown over masked intruders
Parents say their children were left 'fearing for their lives' after the three youths wearing balaclavas were seen on the grounds of Kineton High School near Warwick.
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Parents horrified as kids forced to play 'vile' licking game with school staff
Disturbing video shows students at Desert Hills Middle School in Kennewick, Washington, US, licking marshmallow cream off a plexiglass. Disgusted pupils were heard shouting "that's so gross"
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Boys make nearly £1,000 in hours with ‘genius’ idea for Grand National punters
Cole Fletcher and Ethan Dutton, 12, decided they wanted to make some extra pocket money while also helping people going to the Grand National at Aintreelast week.
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School leaders to hold national strike ballot over autumn walkouts
The ASCL union, which represents heads and school leaders, said it would formally ballot its members nationally over pay and conditions for the first time in its history
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On course for huge debts: how training colleges could leave you deep in the red
Lending to cash-strapped students has been compared to the payday loans scandal
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Inside 'village of death' abandoned after murders with 'cloaked figures' seen
The housing project is Phetchaburi, Thailand, which sits around 10 miles from a major beach destination, was left to the elements after being abandoned during Asia's financial crisis in 1997
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British family's death certificate struggle after son dies in Nepal plane crash
Ruan Crighton from Brentwood, Essex, was one of 72 people on board the Yeti Airlines Flight 691 from Nepalese capital Kathmandu to the tourist town of Pokhara when it crashed
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Teacher's stark message to parents with stressed-out teens divides opinions
A teacher has shared a 'positive' message with parents trying to help their stressed-out teenagers through their school exams - but it hasn't gone down quite as expected
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'Healthy' doctor, 32, dies after rare severe reaction to AstraZenenca Covid jab
Dr Stephen Wright from Sevenoaks, Kent, was among the earliest groups of people to be given the vaccine during the pandemic - he died 10 days later
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Eerie photographs show inside abandoned 100-year-old synagogue left to rot
Gloomy light shines down on row after row of empty seats, left slowly to rot after the old temple in Memphis, Tennessee, was abandoned by its previous owners when they no longer needed it
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Eight members of same family including new baby killed in horror fireball crash
The family, all from Frankfort, Indiana, were travelling along an interstate near Matehuala in Mexico when their SUV collided with a semi-truck and burst into flames
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'Rishi Sunak's failed his own maths test – absolutely none of it adds up'
PM says being bad at maths is embarrassing, rather like his handling of his latest half-baked education idea, says Polly Hudson
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Boy, 12, dies in freak accident after being hit by football playing with friends
After being hit by the ball, the boy fell to the ground and started convulsing before sadly being confirmed dead at La Salle de Sestao School in Spain’s Basque Country at about 8.30pm
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Teens admit beating high school teacher to death with bat in 'low grades row'
Willard Miller and Jeremy Goodale have both pleaded guilty to first degree murder after high school Spanish teacher Nohema Graber was brutally beaten to death
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PE teacher sparks outrage for denying girl toilet break after she starts period
A teacher has come under fire for denying a teenage girl a bathroom break while in his class, believing she was using her period as an excuse to get out of PE
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Woman dies after returning from holiday and saying she 'didn't feel right'
Bella Fidler, from Australia's Gold Coast, returned from a celebratory trip to Bali in Indonesia complaining of "flu-like symptoms" and told her parents she "didn't feel right" - later discovering that she had bacterial meningitis
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Inside underground shelters where Ukrainians await fate as Russians advance
The Mirror entered Avdiivka before it turned into a military “red zone” that is off-limits to journalists and spoke with those sheltering, as deafening blasts pummelled the surface of bomb shelters
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Mum and daughter burned to death when van driver on TikTok crashed into car
Luke Flanagan, 28, hit 55-year-old Emma van der Avoird's Peugeot 2008 as she was taking her daughter Khiana, 16, to school at about 8am on November 1 2021, before it burst into flames
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'We live in one of UK's most isolated towns – we’re cut off from the world'
Residents were left fearing they wouldn't be able to commute to work, college or school after their local bus stopped running through the villages of Rassau and Garnlydan near Ebbw Vale
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Mums are crucial in shaping kids’ educational mobility
Dr Miriam Stoppard looks at new research which has found that a mother’s education plays an increasingly important role in shaping the future achievements of their children