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Author Archives: joeashby
Testing times for our children
Some new research and a couple of policy announcements have caught my eye just recently and it’s about time had my tuppence worth on the important issues raised. First off, a new report has found that one in five young … Continue reading
Posted in Academic
Tagged Advice, Children, coping with exam failure, education, education students, exam, exam failure, exam stress, exams, failed exam, failed my exam, failing exams, Government, grades, high school, Kids, Learning, Michael Gove, Parents, Policy, School, student, students, teacher, Teachers, Teaching, Tests, Worries
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Counting the cost of graduation day
Over the past few nervy weeks students the length and breadth of the UK have come to the end of an anxious wait as GCSE and A-level results are revealed. Those A-level students achieving the results they needed will, in … Continue reading
Posted in University
Tagged Advice, cost, education, education students, family, graduating, graduating from university, graduation, graduation ball, graduation day, grandparents, Learning, money, Parents, party, student, students, tickets, UCAS, Uni, university
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Should we be worried about advertising in secondary schools?
A few weeks ago I blogged about the NUS’s call to arms as it looks to recruit UK Universities into backing its new campaign to ban advertising from payday loan companies on campuses across the UK. A ongoing wider debate on the … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Parenting, School, Teachers
Tagged Advertising in Schools, Adverts, Advice, education, education students, Government, high school, Kids, Learning, Leave Our Kids Alone, Oasis Academy Salford, Parents, School, Starbucks, student, students, Suspended Coffee Movement, teacher, Teachers, Teaching, Uni, Worries
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Why are so many good teachers giving up on teaching?
The BBC reported on a worrying upward trend in teachers quitting their jobs, the figure rising by up to a fifth in just a year. Responding to a question posed by Labour, Schools Minister David Laws said 47,700 teachers left their … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, School, Teachers
Tagged clueless, education system, leaving profession, mess, Michael Gove, schools, teachers leaving, unhappy teachers, why
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Excellent apps and techy tools to aid exams and revision – part 2
Following on from part 1 in my list of top tools and excellent apps to see you through exams I welcome you to part 2, where I’ll be focusing on the things you can do to get your mind settled … Continue reading
Posted in Edtech, Homeschooling, Revision
Tagged Advice, anxiety, Apps, cope, coping, coping with exam failure, edtech iPhon, education, education students, exam, exam failure, exam stress, exams, excuses, help passing exams, high school, iPad, Learning, passing exams, student, students, Technology, Tools, Top Ten, Top Tips, university
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Excellent apps and techy tools to aid exams and revision – part 1
When exams loom heavy on the horizon students do what they can to prepare themselves for the mental strain ahead: revising, re-revising, chewing at fingernails and pulling at hair. Happily, for screenagers everywhere the abundance of digital help on offer … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Edtech, Revision
Tagged Advice, anxiety, Apps, best exam apps, best revision apps, coping with exam failure, EdTech, education, education students, exam, exam failure, Exam Help, exam stress, exams, failed my exam, failing an exam, free download, high school, iPad, iPhone, iStore, iTunes, Learning, revising, revision, revision help, School, screenagers, student, students, Technology, Tools, Top Ten, Top Tips
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Top Ten: Bizarre games exam invigilators play
Ask most students to describe in one word the experience of sitting exams and ‘boring’ would be the response a fair wedge of the time. There’s not much fun to be had sitting in silence for and hour or two … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Exams, School, Teachers
Tagged bizarre exam games, coping with exam failure, education, education students, exam, exam failure, exam hall, exam invigilating, exam stress, exams, failed exam, funny, Games, grades, high school, invigilating, Learning, School, student, students, teacher, Teachers, Teaching, Top Ten
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Top Ten: Excuses for getting out of school games
Several recent reports in the media have bemoaned the dwindling amount of time set aside for school sports and games, with education inspectors saying there’s not enough strenuous physical activity in many of England’s school PE lessons. For some students … Continue reading
Posted in School
Tagged bunking off, excuses, Games, getting out of games, pe, physical activity, School, top 10 excuses
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Should payday loan companies be banned from advertising at all UK universities?
The National Union of Students (NUS) has called on more UK universities to get behind its campaign aimed at protecting students from marketing by payday loan companies. Payday loan adverts are already banned from campus at the University of East … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, University
Tagged anxiety, cope, debt, education, education students, Learning, living expenses, loans, making money at university, Money worries, NUS, Parents, payday loans, Stress, student debt, student loans, Teachers, Teaching, university fees, university student, Wonga, worried about money, Worries
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Should pornography be included in sex education lessons?
A report published last week by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner (pithily entitled ‘Basically… porn is everywhere’) found that a significant number of children access pornography. The study reveals that the level of pornography children are exposed to is … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting, School, Teachers, Tuition
Tagged Advice, Basically... porn is everywhere, Children, education, education students, findings, good teaching, Government, high school, Kids, Learning, Parenting, Parents, porn, pornography, research, School, sex ed, sex education, sex education in primary schools, sex education in secondary schools, student, students, study, teacher, Teachers, Teaching, what do they teach in sex education?, what is sex education?, Worries
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