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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Education News - West Midlands schools, colleges and universities « Express &amp; Star</title><description>Education news about West Midlands schools, colleges and universities, teaching resources, lesson plans, worksheets and teaching jobs from the Express &amp; Star newspaper.</description><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/</link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:00:09 +0100</lastBuildDate><ttl>15</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Wolverhampton College to axe 95 workers in cuts]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/06/17/wolverhampton-college-to-axe-95-workers-in-cuts/</link><description><![CDATA[Ninety-five staff are facing the axe at The City of Wolverhampton College under new cost-cutting plans announced today.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/06/17/wolverhampton-college-to-axe-95-workers-in-cuts/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oldbury headteacher hits back over cash-for-grades row]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/2013/06/14/pupils-cash-for-grades-scheme-sparks-storm/</link><description><![CDATA[A headteacher has hit back after claims underachieving pupils are being offered cash ‘bribes’ in return for passing their exams.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/2013/06/14/pupils-cash-for-grades-scheme-sparks-storm/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:11:51 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oldbury Academy under fire for GCSE cash offer to pupils]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/2013/06/13/oldbury-academy-under-fire-for-gcse-cash-offer-to-pupils/</link><description><![CDATA[A school has been accused of offering financial rewards to struggling pupils in an effort to try to boost their grades.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/2013/06/13/oldbury-academy-under-fire-for-gcse-cash-offer-to-pupils/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:59:59 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poll: Is a radical overhaul of GCSE exams needed?]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/06/11/poll-is-a-radical-overhaul-of-gcse-exams-needed/</link><description><![CDATA[Teenagers will be made to study the likes of Austen, Dickens, Shelley and Wordsworth under a major shake-up of GCSEs.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/06/11/poll-is-a-radical-overhaul-of-gcse-exams-needed/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:59:50 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[News Video]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category><category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[College plan for The Public to cost millions]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/2013/06/08/college-plan-for-the-public-to-cost-millions/</link><description><![CDATA[A multi-million pound sum would need to be pumped into transforming The Public into a sixth-form college, education chiefs admitted today.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/2013/06/08/college-plan-for-the-public-to-cost-millions/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category><category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dudley academy is downgraded by inspectors]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/06/05/dudley-academy-is-downgraded-by-inspectors/</link><description><![CDATA[An academy in the Black Country once rated as good by Ofsted before its school status was changed almost two years ago has been downgraded.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/06/05/dudley-academy-is-downgraded-by-inspectors/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 10:59:47 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Staffordshire parents face bill for school travel]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/2013/06/04/staffordshire-parents-face-bill-for-school-travel/</link><description><![CDATA[Thousands of parents in Staffordshire face forking out £380 a year towards the cost of getting their children to school, under plans revealed today.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/2013/06/04/staffordshire-parents-face-bill-for-school-travel/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:59:50 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Varsity pub is renamed after University of Wolverhampton buyout]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/2013/06/03/varsity-pub-is-renamed-after-university-of-wolverhampton-buyout/</link><description><![CDATA[A landmark former pub in Wolverhampton City Centre which has been taken over by the university will be known as The Gateway@The George when it reopens later this month it has been announced.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/2013/06/03/varsity-pub-is-renamed-after-university-of-wolverhampton-buyout/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 10:59:45 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stafford College told to make further improvements]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/2013/05/30/stafford-college-told-to-make-further-improvements/</link><description><![CDATA[Stafford College has been ordered to improve by inspectors, it emerged today, as bosses revealed A-level courses are being withdrawn.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/2013/05/30/stafford-college-told-to-make-further-improvements/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 10:59:48 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free Walsall school meals scheme scrapped]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/05/28/free-walsall-school-meals-scheme-scrapped/</link><description><![CDATA[Multi-million pound plans to slash school meals charges in Walsall have been scrapped, it emerged today.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/05/28/free-walsall-school-meals-scheme-scrapped/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category><category><![CDATA[Local News]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teachers to lose jobs in Wolverhampton school refit]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/05/24/teachers-to-lose-jobs-in-wolverhampton-school-refit/</link><description><![CDATA[Teachers will be axed from a Wolverhampton high school as 19 staff are set to go, ahead of a multi-million pound revamp of facilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/05/24/teachers-to-lose-jobs-in-wolverhampton-school-refit/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 10:59:51 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michael Gove approves more than 100 free schools]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/2013/05/22/michael-gove-approves-more-than-100-free-schools/</link><description><![CDATA[Education Secretary Michael Gove approved more than 100 free school applications today, which will make up around 50,000 school places.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/2013/05/22/michael-gove-approves-more-than-100-free-schools/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:59:47 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much-loved teacher Lily Wilson dies aged 94]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/05/22/much-loved-teacher-lily-wilson-dies-aged-94/</link><description><![CDATA[Former deputy headmistress Lily Wilson – known to many as ‘Willy’ and a leading light in the girl guides – has died at the age of 94.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/05/22/much-loved-teacher-lily-wilson-dies-aged-94/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:59:47 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Engineering the best career path in West Midlands]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/2013/05/21/engineering-the-best-career-path-in-west-midlands/</link><description><![CDATA[Engineering skills have never been in such high demand in the West Midlands as they are currently.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/2013/05/21/engineering-the-best-career-path-in-west-midlands/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 09:46:23 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Building a future with skills from construction academy]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/2013/05/20/building-a-future-with-skills-from-construction-academy/</link><description><![CDATA[The LATA Construction Academy has spread to Kingswinford and Birmingham and will be offering young people the opportunity to enter the construction sector.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/2013/05/20/building-a-future-with-skills-from-construction-academy/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:47:26 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category></item></channel></rss>
