Education Zone
Fake Facebook page threats over primary school jam buttie row
5:00am Wednesday 28th June 2017
PARENTS have been targeted by a fake Facebook page which threatened to remove pupils from a primary school after complaints about jam sandwiches.
Education charity heads north to offer disadvantaged children chance to reach potential
5:00am Wednesday 28th June 2017
AN EDUCATION charity aimed at tackling inequality is heading to the North of England.
Teaching assistants call for union ballot to be suspended the day after council approves deal
5:00am Friday 23rd June 2017
TEACHING assistants have called for their union to suspend a ballot on a new pay deal and has asked for talks to reopen.
Four North-East Universities ranked for their teaching quality
5:00am Friday 23rd June 2017
FOUR universities in the region scored silver in new assessments of higher education teaching, with one getting gold.
North-East researchers map global hotspots for alien plants and animals
5:22pm Monday 12th June 2017
NORTH-East researchers have mapped the world’s hotspots for alien plant and animal species in the first global analysis of the subject.
Row over claims Tories and Lib Dems would slash school budgets
5:08am Thursday 1st June 2017
A ROW broke out last night over education funding after unions claimed that school budgets would be slashed by hundreds of thousands of pounds under Tory or Lib Dem governments - figures which both parties immediately rejected as inaccurate.
Unions campaign against 'experimental' school
3:18pm Wednesday 24th May 2017
A TEACHERS’ union has launched a campaign against an “experimental” new school saying it would offer a poor quality of education to pupils.
Up to three hours TV a day will not harm children, study finds
4:38pm Monday 15th May 2017
YOUNG children can watch up to three hours television a day with little effect on their communication skills.
Sunderland University forces special relationship with Berry College in Georgia
7:25pm Tuesday 2nd May 2017
THE University of Sunderland has forged a special relationship with America’s largest college to further global research and exchange opportunities in sport and exercise science.
Newcastle graduate wins Royal award for innovative care business
4:56pm Friday 28th April 2017
A GRADUATE businesswoman had a royal appointment to collect her young entrepreneurs award.
Middlesbrough FC's anit-truancy programme backed by community group
8:03pm Thursday 27th April 2017
A FOOTBALL club’s programme to tackle truancy among primary school children in the North-East has received further support in a bid to boost attendance figures.
North-East universities rise in league tables
12:02am Wednesday 26th April 2017
DURHAM University has retained its top spot in the region in a national league table.
Approved: Teesside’s first special needs free school
3:03pm Monday 17th April 2017
THE first free school for children with special educational needs in Teesside has been approved by the Government.
Government announces four new free schools for region
6:12pm Tuesday 11th April 2017
FOUR new free schools in the region have been given the go-ahead by the Government.
£68m given to North-East schools - but Hurworth head isn't happy, despite roof repairs boost
7:01am Wednesday 5th April 2017
THE Government has attempted to appease growing concerns among headteachers over funding by providing a £68m cash injection for North-East schools.
Newcastle University named centre for excellence in fight against cyber attack
2:53pm Monday 3rd April 2017
A UNIVERSITY is to lead research to defend the UK against cyber attack.
Science students get careers off to a Big Bang in national competition
12:04pm Monday 27th March 2017
Pictures: Darlington paralympian student among those honoured at annual Northern Echo Education Awards
10:30am Tuesday 14th March 2017
A PARALYMPIAN student battling a life-limiting illness has been honoured as an inspiration in this year’s Education Awards.
Funding cuts could see loss of 3,200 teachers across the region
5:07am Monday 6th March 2017
THOUSANDS of teachers across the North-East could be lost unless a £120m funding cut for schools is addressed, a head has warned.
