http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=12&catid=292News Feed for - UK-educationhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96593054&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2922009-11-26T20:31:00BBC News education correspondent The political row over two small Muslim schools has thrown the spotlight on how independent schools are registered and checked. Are there loopholes? Schools Secretary BBChttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96582936&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2922009-11-26T20:50:00BBC News education correspondent The political row over two small Muslim schools has thrown the spotlight on how independent schools are registered and checked. Are there loopholes? Schools Secretary BBChttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96585871&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2922009-11-26T19:07:00Tuberculosis has infected 12 more sixth-formers at a school in Northamptonshire school taking the total number of cases to 15. Three students at Kingswood School in Corby were confirmed with TB at the BBChttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96579293&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2922009-11-26T16:27:00Richie Woodhall says boxing helps build determination gives children benefits A former world champion boxer from Shropshire has been giving boxercise lessons to pupils as part of a motivation course. BBChttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96531937&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2922009-11-26T15:25:00In pictures: Guardian Student Media Awards 2009 winners (14 pictures)Guardian.co.ukhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96557915&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2922009-11-26T09:16:00Why it's simplistic to blame government cuts on students turning to prostitution, says Deborah Orr We all know that prostitution is a fairly old profession. But the unveiling of Belle de Jour (as Dr Brooke Guardian.co.ukhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96554397&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2922009-11-26T09:10:00Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Ed Balls: 'If you are going to make the allegations, you need to get your facts right' Gordon Brown has denied Tory claims that money from BBChttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96553168&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2922009-11-26T08:23:00A bad teacher can cost pupils up to half a grade at GCSE, according to new research. Being taught by the worst staff can be the difference between gaining an A or a B in end-of-school exams, it is disclosed. Telegraphhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96543557&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2922009-11-26T06:06:00Ed Balls, the Schools Secretary, is creating a thick screen of purest smoke after David Cameron's statement that the Government has paid money to schools run by leading members or activists of the anti-Western, Telegraphhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96516189&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2922009-11-26T00:46:00Pomp and pronunciation from the PM. Pearls and a paeon of praise from Lord Sugar Sir Patrick Cormack rose in his pomp at prime minister's questions today. "When," he demanded, "did the prime minister Guardian.co.ukhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96588047&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2922009-11-26T19:35:00KOCHI: From clearing their doubts on how to get visas, to understanding the difficulties of living abroad, the Education U.K. exhibition held here provided a platform for aspiring students to know more The Hinduhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96583534&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2922009-11-26T17:19:00ityThe(Opportunity Mechanism) Awards are now open for bids from SMEs looking for funding to help them transfer technology from Scotlands universities. The aim of the scheme is to support projects in sectors Science Businesshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96573030&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2922009-11-26T15:31:00Nearly half of academies inspected in 2008/9 need to improve standards, Ofsted has warned. Of the 30 academies the regulator inspected, 17 (57 per cent) were rated as 'outstanding' or 'good'. However, EducationInvestor Magazinehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96542893&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2922009-11-26T05:57:00Multicultural London University takes ForeScout network access control ForeScout Technologies (published 25/11/2009) The London South Bank University has chosen to use ForeScout's CounterACT network access Pro Security Zonehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96523671&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2922009-11-26T02:10:00Pomp and pronunciation from the PM. Pearls and a paeon of praise from Lord Sugar Sir Patrick Cormack rose in his pomp at prime minister's questions today. 'When,' he demanded, 'did the prime minister Observerhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96519599&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2922009-11-26T01:27:00The UK government has been accused by Tory leader David Cameron of allowing the funding of extremism. Prime Minister Gordon Brown played down the claims on Wednesday after Mr Cameron said that public Big News Networkhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96517562&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2922009-11-26T01:07:00Steve Redgrave: 'When I left, the school gave me the Best Potential Citizen award which normally goes to the head boy or girl. That really shocked me. They saw something in me that I didn't' Sir Steve The Independenthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96515012&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2922009-11-26T00:35:00A break from the classroom gives a welcome chance to refresh skills Close ALAMY Taking in a few courses is important to keep teachers updated on developments, and for morale For primary school teacher The Independenthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96514744&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2922009-11-26T00:32:00daughter's sixth form art trip to Paris has been badly controlled in the past. I don't want her to go - , - The Independent adlSite adlZone adlKv '[icle ID/Keyvalue adlPro 'https:' ? 'https:' : 'text/javascript' The Independenthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96599946&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2922009-11-26T21:41:00Numbers of young people in England receiving a reprimand, warning or conviction for the first time has dropped by 21.6 per cent in the space of a year. Black pupils are being held back at school because Children & Young People Nowhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96599945&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2922009-11-26T21:41:00Numbers of young people in England receiving a reprimand, warning or conviction for the first time has dropped by 21.6 per cent in the space of a year. Black pupils are being held back at school because Children & Young People Nowhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96596078&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2922009-11-26T21:04:00sensor for body-clock synchronizationAdvertisement Marketing/PR s Today's Medical & Research News , A heat sensor for body-clock synchronization November 26th, 2009 New research on the fruit-fly brain NewsRXhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96594837&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2922009-11-26T20:52:00The children's secretary Ed Balls has refuted claims two independent Muslim schools were not properly inspected and used local government funding to 'further radical Islamist aims'. The accusations from Localgov.co.ukhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96472863&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2922009-11-26T20:47:00A religious education teacher who admitted 10 charges of engaging a 15-year-old pupil in sexual activity has been jailed. Madeleine Martin, 39, of Knutsford, Cheshire, admitted beginning a week-long relationship Deccan Heraldhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96587787&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2922009-11-26T19:31:0019,950 Indian 'students' have poured into Britain in just two months since Labour's much-vaunted 'points-based immigration crackdown' - triple the number last year and boosting Britain's total student Shout 99