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Rachael Pells

Education Correspondent@rachaelpells

Rachael Pells is the Education Correspondent and Student Editor for The Independent.

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Americas

The Madman and The Lion: Argentina’s new far-right leader Javier Milei

Ipswich: come for the history, stay for the replica woolly mammoth
England

Why Ipswich is indeed an ‘emerging destination’

The Wilderness Reserve Garden Cottage is an ideal retreat
Hotels

This is the perfect country escape for city-weary Londoners

Education News

UK teaching vacancies 'up nearly a quarter since 2015'

Michael Palin university honour recognises work in geography
Education News

Tuition fees have gone 'too far', says former education minister

Education News

Top 100 universities in the world revealed

Cambridge University jumps to second place in this year's rankings thanks to a perceived improvement in research quality
Education News

UK universities top global rankings for first time

Education News

Third of girls find personal appearance one of their biggest worries

Experts said thousands more families can expect difficulties in securing secondary places in the coming years
Education News

School to face 'crisis' in pupil places as demand rises

Young people with a low sense of belonging are nearly seven times more likely to self-harm
Education News

Make PSHE lessons compulsory to reduce self harm, government urged

A new study has revealed that women from more conservative countries perform worse on memory tests than those from more egalitarian countries
Education News

St Olaves Grammar school 'unlawfully threw out' students

A number of exam papers featured mistakes this year, including one OCR A-level biology paper, which asked students to calculate a standard deviation but failed to provide the formula
Education News

A-Level students left 'under prepared' and 'disadvantaged'

Education News

95% of UCL's senior EU researchers headhunted by European universities

Education News

95% of UCL's senior EU researchers headhunted by European universities

Mo Tanweer, deputy headmaster of Eton College (pictured) has reportedly left the £37,000 per year boarding school following claims he circulated exam questions
Education News

Third top private school under investigation for exams 'cheating'

Education News

Record numbers of women going on to university this year

New linear-style GCSE exams are said to be the most difficult seen in schools since O-levels
Education News

Tough new GCSE exams risk pupils' mental health, warn school leaders

Thousands of GCSE candidates await their results on Thursday
Education News

Tough new GCSE grades will cause success rates in England to 'plunge'

Thousands of GCSE candidates await their results on Thursday
Education News

Tough new GCSE grades will cause success rates in England to 'plunge'

Education News

New GCSE exams 'toughest since O-levels'

Thousands of teenagers prepare to celebrate their GCSE results on Thursday
Education News

What are the new GCSEs and what do the changes mean?

Health & Families

Single mothers as likely to be in work as women without children

At one point Forsyth was Britain's highest-paid TV star after hosting a series of popular game shows including Play Your Cards Right and The Price is Right
People

Bruce Forsyth 'leaves £17 million' to his wife

While girls assume more risk than women, boys assume less risk than men – suggesting that male confidence increases with age, while female confidence decreases
Education News

Girls 'lose risk-taking confidence by the time they reach adulthood'

Research undertaken by Ofqual last year suggested the vast majority of students, parents and professionals felt confused about the new grading system
Education News

Thousands of pupils to receive 'incorrect' grades on GCSE results day

Thousands of students celebrated A-level results day this week
Education News

A-level results day: Record number of students score university places

The philosopher leaves his post as Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to become a teacher and speaker at the University of Arizona
Education News

Noam Chomsky to start new professorship at University of Arizona

Research undertaken by Ofqual last year suggested the vast majority of students, parents and professionals felt confused about the new grading system
Education News

Thousands of pupils to receive 'incorrect' grades on GCSE results day

Thousands of students celebrated A-level results day this week
Education News

A-level results day: Record number of students score university places

The philosopher leaves his post as Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to become a teacher and speaker at the University of Arizona
Education News

Noam Chomsky to start new professorship at University of Arizona

Exam bosses said they are working to address the growing need to reflect societal change
Education News

Transgender pupils to be recognised in future A-level results

Education News

Transgender pupils to be recognised in future A-level results

Exam bosses said they are working to address the growing need to reflect societal change
Twin Students James (left) and Toby Houston collect their A-level results at Peter Symonds college in Winchester, Hampshire
Education News

Boys overtake girls in top A-level subjects for first time in years

Students will receive their A-level results in August
Education News

Fall in number of students taking up university places

Thousands of teenagers across the country receive their A level results on Thursday
Education News

A-level pass grades fall for first time in three years

Some universities awarded top class degrees to more than a third of graduates
Education News

Government vows crackdown on universities giving out too many firsts

Some universities awarded top class degrees to more than a third of graduates
Education News

Government vows crackdown on universities giving out too many firsts

Grade boundaries will be issued to schools and colleges in advance to aid with preparation
Education

Exam boards decline to publish grade boundaries ahead of results day

Thousands of students from across the country wait to receive their A level results this week
Education News

Greater numbers of teenagers are seeking help due exam results stress

Those who commit online abuse are 20 per cent more likely to have suicidal thoughts, study shows
Education News

School cyberbullies 'more likely to be suicidal'

Prestigious courses such as Certain subjects such as medicine, dentistry and veterinary sciences, require much greater diversity among students, the report suggests
Education News

Top UK universities still too ethnically segregated, report warns

Oxford University, which has the lowest proportion of state educated students in the country, said it saw a fall in applicants from state schools last year
Education News

State school pupils have 'reduced chance' of winning Oxbridge places

Use banana bread for your French toast to really set it apart
Food and Drink

Brunching and punting on the river

Education News

Middle-class parents damaging children by not being able to say 'no'

Holly, 18, now lives in her own home in Preston, Lancashire
Home News

Teenage mother given House by millionaire who used to be homeless

Of those who said they were likely to study for a degree, around half said they were worried about the cost of higher education
Education News

Number of young people planning to go to university plummets

The University of Georgia Terry College of Business
News

Professor says students should choose own grades to help reduce stress

Oxford University was one of several top institutions to take part in a national boycott of the NSS this year
News

Student satisfaction levels fall amid protest against rising fees

News

Student satisfaction levels fall amid protest against rising fees

Oxford University was one of several top institutions to take part in a national boycott of the NSS this year
Data released by local authorities in England shows there were 18 incidents involving boys for every one incident involving a girl
Education News

Children as young as five being excluded for 'sexual misconduct'

Italian and British police continue their investigations into the alleged kidnapping of Chloe Ayling
Crime

Italian police hunt for accomplices in alleged model kidnapping

Interpol said they had alerted authorities after discovering the illegal files in Canada being sent from an email address in Spain
Home News

British teacher arrested for alleged sharing of sexual child images

Amanda Spielman said that seeing children in hi-vis jackets on school trips made her feel ‘uncomfortable and a little sad’
Education News

School health and safety culture 'harms pupils', Ofsted chief warns

Amanda Spielman said that seeing children in hi-vis jackets on school trips made her feel ‘uncomfortable and a little sad’
Education News

School health and safety culture 'harms pupils', Ofsted chief warns

Experts at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health have expressed concern over the negative public attitudes towards breastfeeding in public
Home News

V&A Museum apologises after telling breastfeeding mother to 'cover up'

Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust admitted around 1,000 private healthcare leaflets had been sent out to NHS patients
Health

NHS sends terminally ill cancer patients adverts for private care

Images taken by NASA's Aqua satellite reveal the extent of smoke pollution in western Canada as a result of the fires
Americas

Canadian wildfires are so bad you can see them from space

The PM has been urged to provide clarity on Brexit by the Russell Group
UK Politics

UK's top universities demand Theresa May rethink plans for EU citizens

Withington Girls' School pupils react as they open their GCSE exam results
Education News

The ultimate guide to GCSE results day 2017

Despite its omission in the Queen’s Speech, Downing Street said it remained 'absolutely committed' to the lowering net migration figures, which includes international students
Education News

Government data on student migration 'misleading', says watchdog

Route 39 Academy opened in 2013 and aims eventually to have 700 students
Education News

Free school fails inspection after failing to enter pupils for GCSEs

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the Philippine House of Representatives
Education News

Philippines president claims Oxford University is 'for stupid people'

as of January this year there were 503,591 state primary school pupil in classes of 31 to 35 children, up from 498,152 the year before
Education News

Half a million primary school children ‘taught in super-sized classes’

Research undertaken by Ofqual last year suggested the vast majority of students, parents and professionals felt confused about the new grading system
Education News

More than half a million pounds being spent on explaining GCSE reforms

Th job advertisement for London waiters was removed from the recruitment website following complaints
Home News

Bar's advert for 'extremely attractive' staff prompts anger

Home News

Bar's advert for 'extremely attractive' staff prompts anger

Th job advertisement for London waiters was removed from the recruitment website following complaints
The teacher shortage has been described as a ‘crisis’ by the Education Committee
Education News

More than 600,000 pupils being taught lessons by unqualified teachers

Over 41,000 courses had vacancies listed last year on A level results day
News

How to get into university through Clearing

The University of Birmingham is just one of a handful of universities to cite the specific clause within its mitigation policy
News

Student denied university loan because someone else has same name

Parents face a fine of £60 increasing to £120 if they take their child out of school without permission
Home News

Butlins helped parents’ group lobby against term-time holiday ban

Parents face a fine of £60 increasing to £120 if they take their child out of school without permission
Home News

Butlins helped parents’ group lobby against term-time holiday ban

Rising tuition fees and academic pressures have been blamed for a rise in mental health problems in young people studying at university
Education News

Rise in students claiming exam help for mental health problems

Major Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah moved to the UK with his parents from Ghana in 1982
People

Queen Elizabeth hires first ever black assistant

Education News

More than a third of physics teachers teaching without a degree

Education

Has the Government failed on its university policy?

Workload pressures and stagnant salaries have been blamed for a drain in qualified teachers in the UK
Education News

Primary school teachers' average pay down by £12.70 per week

Teachers were encouraged to ask their pupils open questions, encouraging them to become familiar with the idea of exploring a topic rather than simply stating a yes or no answer
Education News

Argumentative children do better in maths and science, study finds

Nearly two thirds of BME teachers said they had experienced verbal abuse from pupils
Education News

Black and minority teachers face 'inherent racism' in UK schools

Boys make their way to classes across the historic cobbled School Yard of Eton College. File photo
Education News

State schools outshine Eton in science A-levels

'Senior leaders preclude the teaching of certain protected characteristics of people defined in the Equality Act 2010' Ofsted inspectors said
Education News

Private faith school fails inspection for putting pupils 'at risk'

As many as 700,000 children are living in ‘high risk’ families
Home News

Millions of children living in potential danger in England

Katie Rough, described as a kind and thoughtful child, died in hospital late last year
Home News

16-year-old pleads guilty to killing seven-year-old

The number of EU students applying to UK universities has fallen by 7 per cent since the Brexit vote
Education News

Use aid budget to bring students to UK post-Brexit, says academic

Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone owns the £70m house his daughter and son-in-law live in
People

Son-in-law James Stunt ‘calls Bernie Ecclestone a c**t' in court

More than a third of 15-year-olds in the UK can be classed as ‘extreme internet users’, spending more than six hours online a day
Education News

Moderate use of social media 'builds resilience' in young people

Campaigners have argued no-platforming and safe space policies are increasingly impacting on the right to free speech
Education News

Safe space policies 'leave academics in fear of losing jobs'

Researchers found that, on average, academy chains do better for their disadvantaged pupils with low prior attainment
Education News

Bright, poor students are being 'let down' in academy chain schools

More than a third of 15-year-olds in the UK can be classed as ‘extreme internet users’, spending more than six hours online a day
Education News

Moderate use of social media 'builds resilience' in young people

Campaigners have argued no-platforming and safe space policies are increasingly impacting on the right to free speech
Education News

Safe space policies 'leave academics in fear of losing jobs'

Researchers found that, on average, academy chains do better for their disadvantaged pupils with low prior attainment
Education News

Bright, poor students are being 'let down' in academy chain schools

Johnson made the comments at the Festival of Higher Education at the University of Buckingham
Education News

Universities warned over paying big salaries to vice-chancellors

Education News

Rising number of poor students dropping out of university,figures show

Last year just 3.3 per cent of the students accepted into Cambridge were from the fifth of areas with the lowest participation.
Education News

Oxbridge 'must do more to recognise potential in poorer applicants'

Generally, children are more likely to be taught about LGBT issues in the classroom than they were a decade ago
Education News

Homophobic bullying in schools down a third in a decade, study finds

Pupils were “shielded from learning about certain differences between people, such as sexual orientation," Ofsted reported
Education News

Private faith school fails inspections for not teaching LGBT issues

Theresa May says the DUP and Conservative Party 'share many values'
UK Politics

£100m per vote: How Theresa May's deal with the DUP breaks down

Fears premature babies might lag behind their peers in terms of academia are largely unfounded, scientists said
Education News

Children born prematurely 'able to perform equally as well at school'

Teachers said they feared 'high-stakes' testing was leading children to be 'viewed as data' by schools
Education News

SATs having 'damaging consequences' for both children and schools

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