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Thursday, May 9, 2024
Teachers' unions have reacted with dismay after the government published new COVID-19 guidelines for secondary schools last night - just days before millions of pupils in England are due to return to the classroom next week. One leader said there was a sense of "weary inevitability" about the plan, while...
We know what happened we were there. However, as soon as the corporate propagandists got their slimy claws on to it it became something distorted and ugly. Sadly it resembled many of the opinions of those who read their far right nonsense day in, day out. It is tragic but...
The Jewish Chronicle warns that the dismissal of Prof David Miller is ‘just the beginning’ The Israel lobby appears to be readying for a campaign to root out leftwing academics in the UK critical of Israel’s continuing oppression of the Palestinian people – echoing its efforts against the previous leader...
With a plan to significantly alter the new Graduate Visa Route, British Home Office Secretary Suella Braverman, who has made headlines for her numerous immigration campaigns such as Stop the Boats, extended her whip in October 2022 to international students studying in the UK. Under Braverman's proposed review, the duration...
Today is International Women's Day Today at 11.20 am, school students at Thomas Hardye School in Dorchester will be walking out in protest at the genocide in Gaza and in solidarity with Palestinian women.  The students will be marching to Shire Hall, to the memorial of Elizabeth Martha Brown, the last...
"All the balls are up in the air- it’s brave new world and I don’t know whether the new ideas will be a success," Michael Foley, Head Teacher at Thomas Hardye School told the Old Hardyeans’ Annual Reunion Dinner. He was speaking of recently announced Government proposals for all...
Sunak and the Tories want to abolish degrees in social science, arts, and humanities because they think these degrees are useless. The current Tory cabinet contains the following graduates: 6x History 4x Philosophy, Politics & Economics 1x Philosophy 1x Theology 3x English 1x Business Studies 1x Hospitality Management 5x No degree 3x Not specified 1x Chemistry There are a number of...
Old Hardyeans gather in Dorchester next month at the King’s Arms for their Annual Reunion Dinner, to celebrate the 110th. anniversary of their founding in 1905. Alumni from the former Green School and Dorchester Secondary Modern School are being invited to share in the celebrations and make the...
Racial injustice is "baked into our curriculum", a teacher who complained about a history textbook has said. Hannah Wilkinson, who mentors A-level pupils in Durham, objected to a question about Native Americans, which asked if their "treatment" had been "exaggerated". She stated it was "problematic" because the "starting premise" was an...
Leaked letter from Dorset Council to the Secretary of State for Education which clearly states why the takeover of Budmouth College by Aspirations Academy Trust should be halted immediately.