Distrusted, distressed and denigrated: the plight of the modern teacher

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The challenges facing teachers in the UK are discussed. They include excessive bureaucracy, low pay and lack of respect from children and parents. It is now time to address this problem by employing more classroom assistants and giving teachers guaranteed time off for marking and preparation.

Teachers, Job stress

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The Basil Fawlty solution to the university placings nightmare

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The admissions procedure used by UK colleges and universities is unnecessarily complicated. It would be better to consider a system in which students take their A-level examinations earlier, thus allowing universities and colleges to make offers of places based on firm information.

Colleges & Universities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Colleges and universities, Universities and colleges, College admissions

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The head teacher

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New UK Secretary of State for Education and Skills Estelle Morris was involved with politics from an early age. However, she was a teacher for 18 years before becoming an MP in 1992.

Biography, Women politicians, Morris, Estelle

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