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Region's first two-year honours degrees
Plymouth University has been selected as one of just a few higher education institutions in England to pilot new two-year honours degrees.
Falklands veteran opens primary school
Falklands veteran Simon Weston has officially launched the first new school in Plymouth for nearly 20 years.
Eggbuckland school scoops Inclusion Award
Austin Farm Primary School has been recognised by Plymouth City Council for its efforts to involve children in school activities.
College to close in summer
A Devonport community college will shut in the summer after city councillors voted unanimously to close it because of falling pupil numbers.
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 State-of-the-art £100m college for North DevonNorth Devon College is moving to a new state-of-the-art £100m campus, it has been confirmed. |
 South West offers students attractive prospectsThe University of Exeter has been ranked 17th in this year's Times Good University Guide out of more than 100 higher education institutions in the UK. |
 Twins notch up psychology firstIdentical twins Kat and Julie Ashby are celebrating a remarkable achievement. |
 First zoology degree for CornwallBudding zoologists will have the chance to study to degree level in Cornwall for the first time, thanks to the launch of a new University of Exeter course. |
 South West universities face funding cutsUniversities across the South West are facing huge funding cuts after the Government announced plans to slash £100m from the money available for second degrees. |
 Region's first two-year honours degreesPlymouth University has been selected as one of just a few higher education institutions in England to pilot new two-year honours degrees. |
 Cash boost for region's schoolsSchools across the Westcountry are to be given a welcome funding boost over the next three years, it has been announced. |
 University partnership pioneer honouredDr Ian Tunbridge, director of Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC), has been awarded an OBE in the New Year's Honours List for his services to higher education. |
 Schools get ready for a FEAST invasionSchool meals are set to be given a radical overhaul as part of a £220 million training scheme aimed at school cooks, teachers and teaching assistants. |
 Twins' first-class degree doubleIdentical twins have graduated with the same first-class degrees from Britain's University of Bath. |
 Council hits out over school fundingDevon County Council is calling on the new minister for the South West, Ben Bradshaw, to press for "fair funding" for local schools. |
 Devon primaries continue record of achievementPupils in Devon's primary schools are continuing to achieve higher than average exam results, according to the latest set of provisional performance tables. |
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England has dramatically fallen down an international league table for children's reading skills, a major new survey has found.
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Stereotypes discourage girls from studying science
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Teachers' job satisfaction rises
Job satisfaction amongst teachers has increased dramatically since 1999, with the profession rising from 54th to 11th in a league table of job satisfaction.
Private school fees surge 41%
Private school fees in the UK have increased by 41 per cent in the last five years, more than twice the rate of inflation, figures show.
Oxford tops university survey
Oxford has been named as the top university in the UK for the sixth consecutive year.
School drop-outs regret leaving, poll finds
More than half of those who left school aged 16 regret their decision later in life, a survey has discovered.
Identical twins graduate with identical degrees
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Graduates 'to earn record salaries'
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It seems that the government are adamant on introducing the new diplomas to replace GCSEs and A-levels, but will they be the most effective way to better our education system?
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It has become a common misconception, amongst a large population of the UK at least, that everybody understands the English language, and thus we need not bother learning any foreign tongues.
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