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The Guardian: Ban on overnight school trips threatens 15,000 UK jobs, ministers warned
The Guardian: Ban on overnight school trips threatens 15,000 UK jobs, ministers warned

Generation of children missing out on life-changing benefits, say parents, schools and industry.

A ban on residential school trips risks an “economic, social and cultural disaster” and the loss of 15,000 UK jobs unless it is lifted by spring, ministers are being warned.

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The Guardian: Schools in England told not to use material from anti-capitalist groups
The Guardian: Schools in England told not to use material from anti-capitalist groups

Idea categorised as ‘extreme political stance’ equivalent to endorsing illegal activity.

The government has ordered schools in England not to use resources from organisations which have expressed a desire to end capitalism.

Department for Education (DfE) guidance issued on Thursday for school leaders and teachers involved in setting the relationship, sex and health curriculum categorised anti-capitalism as an “extreme political stance” and equated it with opposition to freedom of speech, antisemitism and endorsement of illegal activity.

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The Times: School funding ‘unfair to poor white pupils’
The Times: School funding ‘unfair to poor white pupils’

Poor white children do significantly worse at school in part because education funding is targeted at larger cities with more ethnically diverse populations, academics have argued.

They accused the Department for Education of making it difficult for experts to analyse underachievement by white pupils because this “did not align” with the government’s focus.

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The Times: Postgrad degrees are not the path to a bigger salary
The Times: Postgrad degrees are not the path to a bigger salary

Taking a postgraduate qualification may earn extra letters after your name, but it won’t bring you more money in the long run, research suggests.

Those paying to continue their studies in some subjects can end up with lower salaries as a result, suggesting that extra years of study should be done for love of learning, not lucre.

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