[ad_1] PA MediaThe University of Dundee is fighting against a £35m deficitStaff at the University of Dundee are to be balloted on strike action following reports the institution could cut up to 700 jobs.The financially-stricken university is battling to overcome a £35m deficit and previously announced that 632 positions would be cut.However, interim principal and vice-chancellor, Prof Shane O'Neill, told the Scottish government's education, children and young people committee that
[ad_1] Cardiff Metropolitan University has said it expects to make between 30 and 50 staff redundant, as it tries to cut costs.It is the latest Welsh institution to move to compulsory job losses to address financial pressures facing the sector.Cardiff Met, which employs around 1800 staff according to the latest data, said it had already implemented a range of measures to minimise the need for compulsory redundancies, but further reductions
[ad_1] Getty ImagesMatthew Whale previously taught PE at the Bracknell school (stock picture)A former teacher who had a sexual relationship with a pupil has been banned from the profession 17 years after his school said it raised concerns.Matthew Whale, now 50, taught PE at the then Easthampstead Park Community School in Bracknell, Berkshire, between 2001 and 2008, when he resigned after being suspended.The school said it referred his case to
[ad_1] Patrick BarlowBBC News, South EastGetty ImagesSchool headteachers have expressed concerns about children as young as seven having smartphonesChildren as young as seven are being given smartphones, with some primary school pupils consuming harmful misogynistic content, a headteacher has said.Sophia Dover, headteacher at Cheriton Primary School near Folkestone in Kent, says the school is to support campaigners by implementing a smartphone ban in September after problems with pupil WhatsApp groups
[ad_1] The government has defended its policy of adding VAT to private school fees, telling the High Court it enhances "the fairness of the tax system overall".Barristers representing Chancellor Rachel Reeves, as well as HMRC and the Department for Education, said they wanted to raise standards for the 94% of children who attend state schools by making private school parents pay "their fair share".A judicial review of the policy has
[ad_1] Lecturers at Robert Gordon University (RGU) in Aberdeen are to strike in a dispute over staff cuts and redundancies.The EIS union said that after a staff vote an initial day of strike action was now set for 15 April.It will be followed by further strikes on 1 May and 7 May, with additional action planned for the week of 8-12 September.RGU announced in November that 135 further redundancies could
[ad_1] Neve Gordon-Farleigh & Luke DealBBC News, SuffolkLuke Deal/BBCCurator Katherine Bridges says the exhibition came about after public feedbackThe organisers of a new exhibition are hoping to transport people as far back as the 1940s with memories of school dinners.The Food Museum in Stowmarket, Suffolk, will feature a tasting kitchen where visitors can sample the delights of semolina, sponge pudding and turkey twizzlers.Now open, the exhibition will run until February
[ad_1] BBCSimone Collins is sitting in her 18th century cottage in Pennsylvania, dressed in a black pilgrim pinafore with a wide collar, bouncing one of her four children on her lap. It is 8.30am and she looks a little tired – she runs several businesses, a foundation and is currently pregnant with her fifth child, though she and her husband Malcolm plan to have more."At least seven," she declares, "and
[ad_1] Staff at the University of Sheffield have voted to go on strike over "drastic" restructuring plans which aim to save £23m over two years.The University and College Union (UCU) said up to 1,000 jobs would be put at risk by the plans, which have seen the number of academic departments cut by more than half.The university said it would not be making that many staff redundant, with a "significantly
[ad_1] Alex BishBBC South East Investigations TeamPA MediaThe latest government figures suggest a rise in pupil suspensions for assaults on adultsCouncils in the South East have paid out tens of thousands of pounds in compensation to staff who have been injured during school violence, a BBC investigation can reveal.Between 2019/20 and 2023/24, local authorities paid damages of £64,555 for cases linked to assaults on teachers or teaching assistants.It comes as
