Education


DIY brought into the classroom with room makeover

DIY brought into the classroom with room makeover

11:38am Wednesday 8th February 2012

Room makeovers are not just the preserve of television designers as education reporter Haydn Lewis found out when he visited a York secondary school.

University blaze cause still unknown

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9:34am Wednesday 8th February 2012

WORK to determine what started the fire which caused significant damage to the chemistry department at the University of York could begin today.

University of York scientists in hard drive breakthrough

8:24am Wednesday 8th February 2012

SCIENTISTS from the University of York have helped develop a new way of recording information, using only heat.

Teachers learn textile design

Teachers learn textile design

7:54am Wednesday 8th February 2012

TEACHERS from around North Yorkshire returned to the classroom to learn the art of textile design to take their skills back to share with their pupils.

Panel confident of better GCSE exam results

9:52am Tuesday 7th February 2012

A PANEL set up to look into why East Yorkshire schools delivered “disappointing” GCSE results in 2011 said it believes their performance will be better this year.

Students aim to beat RAG week target

9:03am Tuesday 7th February 2012

STUDENTS at the University of York launched their RAG week with a balloon launch and lots of fun and games.

Former headmaster dies at the age of 87

Flashback to March 1986, when pupils at Haxby Road Primary School gathered to say goodbye to James Corney when he retired after 13 years as headmaster

7:59am Tuesday 7th February 2012

A FORMER headmaster of Haxby Road Primary School, James Corney, has died at the age of 87.

Murder-mystery event at Millthorpe School

Millthorpe School’s deputy head teacher, Gareth Davies, plays dead for pupils during their murder-mystery event

8:26am Tuesday 7th February 2012

BUDDING sleuths at Millthorpe School in York took part in a murder-mystery event as part of an extended learning day.

Head teacher steps down to care for father

Carey Chidwick

8:21am Monday 6th February 2012

THE head teacher at a North Yorkshire secondary school is stepping down after more than 11 years at the helm.

Entrepreneurs fight it out at Young Enterprise event

Reef Mellors, of the Selby College team Treat Yourself, with a shamballa bracelet for sale during the Young Enterprise event at York Designer Outlet

8:08am Monday 6th February 2012

ENTREPRENEURIAL pupils held an Apprentice-style competition at York’s Designer Outlet at the weekend.

Ukulele workshop at Boroughbridge High School

Children who took part in the ukulele workshop at Boroughbridge High School

8:50am Monday 6th February 2012

IT was a case of “uke can make a great sound” when pupils from schools across North Yorkshire took part in a concert designed to help them with their transition to secondary school.

Oxbridge success for York College students

From left, York College students George Fletcher, Joe Towse and Ben Middleton

11:43am Saturday 4th February 2012

THREE students from York College are celebrating Oxbridge success.

Holocaust tribute by York school students

Millthorpe School pupils, from left, Alex Rafton, Callum Marshall, Mollie Stone and Abbey Wynne

11:48am Saturday 4th February 2012

STUDENTS at a York secondary school have paid tribute to the victims of the Holocaust.

School counts cost of oil thefts

9:16am Friday 3rd February 2012

THIEVES have stolen more than 1,500 litres of heating oil from a North Yorkshire school in the last three months.

University sees big rise in applications

9:01am Friday 3rd February 2012

A YORK university has seen the highest number of applications in the north of England.

University scientists in malaria drug breakthrough

Professor Ian Graham with some of the trial plants

8:12am Friday 3rd February 2012

A MAJOR victory in the worldwide fight against malaria has been won by plant scientists at the University of York.

School axes jobs in major restructure

8:05am Friday 3rd February 2012

AN East Yorkshire secondary school is set to undergo a major restructure to secure its future.

York school pupils get in Olympic mood

St Aelred’s pupils Hannah Popely, Elizabeth Fountain and Louie Cawood get their T-shirts painted by Bentley Wiley

8:45am Thursday 2nd February 2012

PUPILS at a school in York donned celebratory shirts in anticipation of the biggest sporting event of the year.

York College principal defends vocational qualifications

Dr Alison Birkinshaw

8:47am Thursday 2nd February 2012

THE head of York College has criticised the Government’s decision to devalue some vocational courses in future education league tables.

Bid to bring learning to fore in York 800 festivities

York 800

8:01am Thursday 2nd February 2012

ADULT learners are being urged to get involved in the York 800 celebrations.



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