Posts Tagged ‘education’
You have to love the newspapers that people leave on trains. They’ve killed many a boring journey for me. Yesterday, for example, I found a paper in the refreshments carriage on the Eurostar which meant I could discover, while whizzing through Kent, that private schools are joining the list of those institutions untouched by the [...]
If your education came from a private school, you’re likely to earn more than those who attended state schools. While it’s not too shocking, it’s perhaps frustrating to see it in black and white, right?
People are reported to earn up to 30% more if they’ve been to a private school. Kent University and the london [...]
So for some time now I’ve been hearing talk of academies and learning academies in place of schools and all these new exams and haven’t had a clue what the difference is, a lot of those I spoke to on the matter didn’t know either. Cue a little rummaging for answers.
The whole learning academies thing [...]
I was looking over the site for Accrington Academy – an academy in Lanchashire – at work today and was frankly gobsmacked by it all. It made me feel old. Not just because it’s stocked full of pictures of students but because of the way education seems to have changed in such a seemingly short [...]
Coming back from holiday and heading to work in the cold and snow is never easy. The last thing you need to find when catching up on your emails is this:
My favourite source of comic glee – Cyanide and Happiness – proclaiming me dead. I was tempted to run this post with the title “Rumours [...]


