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Businesspeople who are too sure of their abilities are less savvy entrepreneurs: new study

Apprentice-style ‘overconfidence’ is cause of too many business start-ups and why many ventures fail...

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National Skills Academy for Financial Services celebrates successful first year

Employers, training providers and learners have gathered today to celebrate the 1st anniversary of the National...

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£6 million boost for childcare in Somerset

Childcare in Somerset has been given a boost by the Department of Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) Sure Start...

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Face-to-face or Facebook?

Can online networking sites help new students settle into university? Can online networking sites, such as Facebook...

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Schools to take a stand against bullying with new campaign

Leading bullying prevention charity, Beatbullying, launches a new campaign to encourage everyone in the UK to stand...

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George Alagiah takes Fairtrade message to North East

BBC journalist George Alagiah is visiting a Sunderland school this week as patron of the Fairtrade Foundation, to...

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War, ethics and justice in a post 9/11 world

Conference at University of Leicester on 9 June One of the first conferences to explore in an integrated way...

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£2.3 million education boost for London's disadvantaged children

Projects aimed at giving London's disadvantaged children a better chance of leaving school with good grades have been...

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Government gives green light to National Sports Skills Academy

The Government has made a significant commitment to improving skills by giving the go ahead to a National Skills...

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New truancy figures reveal millions of missed school days

Children skipped nearly 4.2 million days of school during the autumn term last year as the truancy rate rose,...

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Barnet Council chooses partner for new school construction

Salford University professor to help make Chinese cities more sustainable

Two media giants from opposite ends of the political spectrum are set to make Charity Communications ’08 a must-attend event

Children find prehistoric bear bones in Bristol school playground

Autism charity takes governors back to school

Urgent action required over 24,000 'incompetent' teachers

FA Cup comes to Cardiff two weeks early

Thirty Birmingham school pupils test positive for TB

Six-year-old's choking death highlights 'haphazard' first-aid training at schools

Glasgow primary school first in city to win Buddy Fit Award

Innovative Young People In Line For National Recognition

In-built cameras to combat 'lollipop rage'

Council bosses move to sever shamed Tory peer's links to Newcastle academy

Number of children in 'unlawfully large' class sizes up by 50%

Government pledges new help for children who stammer

Teachers return to work after strike

Teachers 'justified' over national strike action

Widespread disruption as 400,000 strike over pay

Mencap puts children at the centre of its work

£150 million transformation of St Helens schools moves forward