New Chief Financial Officer appointed at Imperial College London
Imperial College London
It was ranked 3 rd in Europe and 9 th in the world in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2010-11. On Mr Sanderson's appointment, Mr Andrew Murphy, who has served as Acting Chief Financial Officer since December 2010, will return to …

Heads challenge parents over riot
BBC News
Head teachers' leader, Brian Lightman, says there need to be some "hard questions" and "uncomfortable truths" for parents and families, after youngsters were caught up in an unprecedented night of …

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Prince's Trust to help youth into employment
Midulster Today
… take a major step towards employment, education or training at an information session to be hosted next week by the UK's leading youth charity. The event is being held at 11.00am on Thursday August 18 at the South West Regional College, Cookstown. …

A place at university for determined dyslexia sufferer
The Leader – Wrexham & Flintshire news
The 43-year-old, who left school at 16 with few qualifications and who has two grown-up sons, didn't even know she was dyslexic until she was diagnosed at the college. But she has made up for lost time since last September and was presented with the …

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Norwich University College of the Arts could soon be university
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
The university college is one of 10 specialist higher education institutions in the country with less than 4000 students to offer higher education degrees to at least at least 75pc of its number. All operate in the same way as universities, …

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Treat People Like Scumbags and They'll Act Like Scumbags
Sabotage Times
People might be more inclined to think of decent levels of education, healthcare and public transport as things which make life more bearable, and which are therefore worth spending money on, rather than as simply a source of profit for whichever …
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Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
The Guardian
Services are provided at Derriford Hospital, The Royal Eye Infirmary and the Child Development Centre and the trust also provides training and education for healthcare professionals. The trust is developing a centre for research in partnership with the …

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Drive to widen midwife recruits
BBC News
She also aims to help to improve access to higher education in deprived areas. "Students from diverse communities are currently in the minority," she said. "This is often because they have not made the right choices at GCSE level or they think …

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David Nicholls, the man who made a nation cry
The Guardian
It was directed by Lone Scherfig (An Education), Nicholls wrote the screenplay, and it stars Anne Hathaway as Emma and Jim Sturgess as Dexter. Will it be a hit? I can't possibly say, but I will tell you that my sense of outrage at the casting of …

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Afghan teen's achievements at Richmond College rewarded
This is Local London
Her family came to England from Kabul in 2004 after the Taliban took over the country and stopped education for girls. She achieved a distinction in her first business diploma at Richmond College while studying GCSE English and now has offers to read …

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