It's a downward spiral of decline

Article Abstract:

A number of subjects taught at secondary schools in the United Kingdom are facing a decline in the number of qualified teachers as not enough students are taking the subjects at university. This situation is creating a vicious circle as the lack of qualified teachers means that secondary school students are not able to take the courses, meaning that fewer people are then going on to university to gain the necessary qualifications.

Personnel administration, Teachers, Recruiting, Training, Industry hiring

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When utopia beckons

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Dylan Evans, senior lecturer in intelligent autonomous systems at Bath University, is leaving academe to establish a learning community, loosely based on Plato's Academy, in the Scottish Highlands. From March 2007 volunteers will be invited to join the experimental utopia where they will live, work and learn from each other for up to three months.

Strategy & planning, College teachers, College faculty, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Aims and objectives, Evans, Dylan

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When the enemy is at the gate

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Amir Keshmiri was top of his year in mechanical engineering at Manchester University but due his Iranian nationality has faced restrictions throughout his higher education in Britain, Amir Keshmiri's undergraduate interest in aerodynamics was quashed because he is exluded from studying certain areas due to his nationality.

Case studies, Education, Students, Foreign, Foreign students, Civil rights

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