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The BFAWU have reacted furiously at the beyond disappointing announcement today that Morrisons are to close their Rathbones site in Wakefield and make redundant 400 loyal workers, with many more in the supply chain and agency workers also impacted. Many of the workers losing their jobs have worked at the site throughout the 20 years it has… Read more »
The excellence of the Medical Defence Union’s (MDU’s) learning and development team has been recognised once more with an award for exceptional tutors and trainers. The MDU’s James Godber, senior learning and development officer, is one of the first people in the country to receive a membership award from City & Guilds. The award recognises the contribution… Read more »
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Around 20,000 trainee teachers have had to retake numeracy tests, according to figures released in a parliamentary answer. The figures also reveal the average number of attempts made to pass the exam has shot up by 16 per cent since 2001. “As the number of applicants being accepted on to teaching courses rises, we need… Read more »
The government is scrapping national tests for 14-year-olds following this summer’s Sats fiasco. Ed Balls, schools secretary, made the announcement to the Commons this afternoon. He plans for internal teacher assessments to be used from 2009 onwards. “Over the last seven years we have fallen behind as a country in every external measurement of educational… Read more »
