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    • Monday, 18 May, 2020
      UK schools
      Covid-19 is changing education for the better

      Schools often resist change, but necessity has been the mother of online reinvention

      Boston Public School teacher Princess Bryant teaches her kindergarten class via video-conference from her apartment after schools were closed for the remainder of the school year because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., April 28, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder - RC2WDG9UFWMU
    • Friday, 15 June, 2018
      UK schools
      Tougher Maths GCSE is calculated to multiply stress and failure

      Revamped exams for 15-year-olds are retrograde and will hurt less able students

      GLASGOW, UNITED KINGDOM - FEBRUARY 05: Pupils at Williamwood High School sit prelim exams on February 5, 2010 in Glasgow, Scotland As the UK gears up for one of the most hotly contested general elections in recent history it is expected that that the economy, immigration, the NHS and education are likely to form the basis of many of the debates. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
    • Sunday, 1 May, 2016
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      Kenneth Baker and his guerrilla war over skills

      Thatcher minister is an unlikely provocateur in the ideological battle for job training in schools

      Picture by Jon Super for The Financial Times newspaper. Pic fao Chris Batson re story by Miranda Green. Picture shows Kenneth Baker (Lord Baker of Dorking) who has set up the chain of UTC schools for learning workplace skills, Sheffield, April 7, 2016. (Photo/Jon Super 07974 356-333)
    • Wednesday, 30 December, 2015
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      Spending rules were eased for Canary Wharf

      Thatcher’s support for dockland development led her government to relax terms for Docklands scheme

      The 800ft Canary Wharf Tower under construction in London Docklands. The 50 storey towers steel structure contains 27,000 tonnes of British steel fastened by 500,000 bolts.
    • Tuesday, 3 June, 2014
      UK schools
      Schools must enthuse the coders of tomorrow

      Gadgets make up global businesses yet schools barely teach practical skills, says Kenneth Baker

      A participant looks at lines of code on a laptop on the first day of the 28th Chaos Communication Congress (28C3) - Behind Enemy Lines computer hacker conference on December 27 2011 in Berlin, Germany
    • Tuesday, 11 December, 2012
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    • Tuesday, 29 May, 2012
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