Not many people grow up wanting to become a fundraiser for universities – a profession traditionally associated with cold calling and high staff turnover. It has had little prestige. But as public sources of funding dry up, university fundraising offices are being taken much more seriously, opening up respected, high-powered and competitive careers.
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An open invitation to liberate our schools
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Telegraph View: Mr Gove is offering state-funded schools a golden
opportunity to take control of their own affairs: they should seize it.
Parents and teachers bid to run new schools
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Hundreds of parents disillusioned with standards of state education are
bidding to open their own schools, it has emerged.
Going straight: The ex-convict signing up other prisoners for degrees
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Sven is a softly-spoken man of 34 with a friendly, open face and winning manners, the sort of person you would trust with your darkest secrets. So it's a surprise to discover that he is in Springhill Prison serving a 10-year sentence for conspiracy to supply drugs.
Read more »First Montessori state school planned in UK
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The Montessori Schools Association, which advocates letting young children
learn at their own pace, plans to open its first state primary in the UK.
Private schools attack 'politically-motivated' charity rules
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Private schools are preparing court action in an attempt to block
"politically-motivated" rules forcing them to open up to more poor pupils,
it has been disclosed.
Snow cleared for exam schools
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Schools where pupils are taking exams have been given priority treatment in clearing away snow - with most staying open.
Read more »Sponsor pulls out of academies
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The biggest sponsor of the Government’s flagship academies programme was
forced to pull out of plans to open two more after inspectors said one of
its schools was making “inadequate” progress.
Dance into new future
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AN OPEN morning for people interested in studying dance as a career takes place at Telford College on 22 January.
Read more »Scots schools to open amid freeze
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Thousands of pupils return to schools across Scotland as temperatures rise, despite more bad weather forecast.
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