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Schools in England block lessons on Middle East over fears of bias claims

05-11-2023 10:00

Teachers say pupils losing out on learning about history of Israel-Palestine conflict due to worries about ‘bad publicity’A generation of young people are not learning about the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict because schools are afraid of being accused of bias, according to teachers in England.Fewer than 2% of GCSE history students in England studied a module on the Middle East in 2020, and experts estimate that only 27 schools in England currently teach it. The Observer ha

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Newly-qualified teachers quit UK for schools abroad due to abject pay and conditions

05-11-2023 09:00

Growing teacher shortage crisis also caused by threat of Ofsted inspection and lack of respect for professionNewly-qualified teachers are planning to quit the UK to teach abroad because of abject pay and conditions in schools at home, new evidence has revealed.Teacher-training courses across the country are warning of a rise in the number of trainees opting for international posts for their first job, attracted by higher salaries, more respect in and out of the classroom – and an escape fr

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CBeebies' Rebecca Keatley to see other side of screen with baby due

05-11-2023 08:18 via bbc.co.uk

Rebecca Keatley is seeing her work in a new light as she prepares to become a parent this winter.

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‘We need more women,’ says only female winner of Millennium Technology prize

05-11-2023 07:00

Women form just 16% of the nominees for next year’s award, but Nobel laureate Prof Frances Arnold says gender balance will come through girls working in science from a young ageAs a Nobel laureate, Prof Frances Arnold is not short of accolades. Yet being the only woman to so far win the Millennium Technology Prize – the Nobel equivalent for engineers – is one of the least appealing.Nominations for the €1m 2024 prize closed last week, and the organisers have revealed that w

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‘We need more women,’ says only female winner of Millennium engineering prize

05-11-2023 07:00

Women form just 16% of the nominees for next year’s award, but Nobel laureate Prof Frances Arnold says gender balance will come through girls working in science from a young ageAs a Nobel laureate, Prof Frances Arnold is not short of accolades. Yet being the only woman to so far win the Millennium Technology Prize – the Nobel equivalent for engineers – is one of the least appealing.Nominations for the €1m 2024 prize closed last week, and the organisers have revealed that w

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