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Good Stats, Bad Stats

The difficulties start when statistics “go wrong.”


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Education must close society’s gender gap

We’ve just, for the first time, dropped out of the World Economic Forum’s top twenty list of gender equality countries.


ASD

Is a Fast Track course for me?

It will always be essential for you to have prior knowledge of the subject in question.


Opinion

Parliament wants to hear from you…

This latest invitation for a radical rethink is a real pause for thought and seems to have nothing to do with existing government policy.


Young woman thinking

Can failure ever be good for you?

Far from being a damning indictment on your willpower, failure can be the most formidable tool for success.


Black and White print of Sir Walter Raleigh

Sir Walter Raleigh

Queen Elizabeth was so fond of Sir Walter Raleigh that when he made his courtship and subsequent marriage to one of her maids, Bessy Throckmorton, in 1592, she went into a jealous rage and imprisoned them in the Tower of London.


Home Schooling

Famous First Words – A Literary Quiz

How many novels can you identify from these opening lines… ?


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James Joyce

His novel Ulysses, published in 1922, pioneered Joyce’s use of “stream of consciousnesses” as a literary technique, and set the course for a whole new kind of novel.


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The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award

Today over 140 countries and territories participate in the award scheme.


Christmas

How can I study? It’s Christmas!

Unless you want to channel your inner Scrooge, attempting to study on Christmas Day will only make you miserable…


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