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Children will suffer, Unicef warns as UK funding cut by 60%

01-05-2021 16:43 via bbc.co.uk

The government says the "tough decision" to reduce its contributions by 60% was due to the pandemic.

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Academic who backed ‘decolonising’ curriculum dropped from museum board

01-05-2021 15:15 via theguardian.com

Chair resigns from Royal Museums Greenwich after minister’s refusal to reappoint Dr Aminul HoqueThe chair of an influential museum group has resigned after an academic whose work calls for “decolonising” the curriculum was dropped from the board, amid reports of a government-sanctioned culture war. Sir Charles Dunstone, the founder of Carphone Warehouse, reportedly resigned from the Royal Museums Greenwich board after the culture secretary, Oliver Dowden, refused to reappoint t

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Salman Rushdie and Bernardine Evaristo on shortlist for more diverse UK exam texts

01-05-2021 10:55 via theguardian.com

OCR board asks teachers to vote on books to make A-level and GCSE English courses more inclusiveSalman Rushdie will go head to head with Jean Rhys and Daphne du Maurier as teachers vote on new works to be included in A-level and GCSE courses, as part of an effort to diversify the range of authors studied in English lessons.The OCR examination board is considering five works to be added to its A-level English literature course next year, as well as new drama for its GCSE English literature course

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Studying history should not be only for the elite, say academics

01-05-2021 09:30 via theguardian.com

As two UK universities cut their courses, historians fear others could followSome of Britain’s biggest names in the education field of history are warning that the subject could be at risk of becoming a degree for the elite, after two modern universities announced plans to close down their history courses.Aston University in Birmingham and London South Bank University informed staff last month that they would be cutting history degrees. Aston is consulting on plans to close its entire depa

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All for an anonymous blog: are teachers being unfairly banned?

01-05-2021 09:15 via theguardian.com

Unions say teachers are losing their livelihoods because of a backlog of relatively minor misconduct cases It was enrichment day at a Cheshire secondary school, and on the playing fields an assistant headteacher joked with a student. He chased her, squirted her with water and touched her on the back. He thought he was being playful but another teacher found his behaviour inappropriate. He was accused of failing to maintain professional boundaries and felt forced to resign in September 2019.In Ma

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