uk education

Oxford Union Forcibly Removing A Blind Student Is As Much About Ableism As Race

What happened to Ebenezer Azamati is the effect of racist and ableist exclusion at its most violent, journalist Micha Frazer-Carroll writes.
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Education Gave Me A Vital Second Chance That Too Many People Still Don't Get

We can no longer afford to ignore the education and skills gaps that exist in our country, Labour candidate Angela Rayner writes.
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Italy Makes School Lessons On Climate Change Compulsory

Italy has become the first country in the world to make lessons on climate change compulsory in schools, in a move announced by the country’s education minister, Lorenzo Fioramonti. The news comes as students around the world continue to strike from school to protest a lack of action on climate change, while leading scientists have declared a “climate emergency”.
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Italy Is Making Climate Change Lessons Compulsory In Schools

All public school students will have 33 hours of mandatory climate change education.
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Principal, Teacher Suspended After Student Dresses As Hitler In Halloween Parade

The boy, a student at Creekside Elementary School in Utah, reportedly threw up a Nazi salute during the event.
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This Halloween, Spare A Thought For Teachers Who Are Often The Targets Of Intimidation

As the son of teachers, I grew up in an environment where the annual October festivities didn't just represent harmless fun, says writer Harry Harris.
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Who Are We Kidding, Racism Is An Open Secret At Universities

I was often the only black woman in the entire lecture theatre and only one of the classes I took was taught by a woman of colour, Claire Heuchan writes.
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'I Go Home Crying': How Funding Cuts And Rising Poverty Are Pushing Schools To Breaking Point

One week at a west Yorkshire primary school holds up a mirror to the crisis being felt by teachers and children in classrooms across the UK.
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'Stormzy Effect' Sees Increase In Black Students Being Admitted To Cambridge, As Rapper Covers Time Magazine

The grime artist introduced the Stormzy Scholarship in 2018.
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We Need To Teach Our Children How To Break Down Gender Stereotypes

Just as girls need to see that they can grow up to fight fires, build things, and fight crime, boys need to see that they can grow up to be teachers, full-time parents, or even just occasionally vulnerable.
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