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			<title>E-mail leak of 'degree inflation'</title>
			<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/education/7483330.stm</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 2 Jul 2008 14:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A leaked e-mail shows how university staff are being urged to increase the number of top degree grades. (BBC News)]]></description>
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			<title>Official: some A-level subjects are harder than others</title>
			<link>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/official-some-alevel-subjects-are-harder-than-others-857643.html</link>
			<guid>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/official-some-alevel-subjects-are-harder-than-others-857643.html</guid>
			<pubDate>Tue, 1 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A-levels in maths and science are far harder than in subjects like media studies, large-scale research commissioned by the Institute of Physics and the Royal Society has found. The findings put a question mark both over the value of A-level grades and the Ucas points system, which determines university places for thousands of students every year. Ucas gives the same point score for every subject. (The Independent)]]></description>
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			<title>Physics teacher shortage warning</title>
			<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/education/7478302.stm</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[One in four secondary schools in England does not have any specialist physics teachers, says a survey. (BBC News)]]></description>
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			<title>Mike Baker</title>
			<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/education/7478055.stm</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Can Diplomas really be academic and vocational? (BBC News)]]></description>
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			<title>More primaries teaching languages</title>
			<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/education/7475422.stm</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[There has been an increase in the number of primary schools in England teaching foreign languages. (BBC News)]]></description>
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			<title>MPs asked to probe degree 'fraud'</title>
			<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/education/7466438.stm</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[An influential committee of MPs is to be asked to investigate allegations about degree standards in the UK. (BBC News)]]></description>
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			<title>Rich-poor university gap remains</title>
			<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/education/7473469.stm</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Few people from poor homes in England go to university despite a £392m recruitment drive. (BBC News)]]></description>
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			<title>Watchdog: Degree grades 'arbitrary and unreliable'</title>
			<link>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/watchdog-degree-grades-arbitrary-and-unreliable-853039.html</link>
			<guid>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/watchdog-degree-grades-arbitrary-and-unreliable-853039.html</guid>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Degree classifications in the UK are "arbitrary and unreliable", the 
 leader of a watchdog claimed today. (The Independent)]]></description>
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			<title>Martin Stephen on gaps in the knowledge of some teachers</title>
			<link>http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/comment/story/0,,2287071,00.html?gusrc=rss&amp;feed=8</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Martin Stephen on gaps in the knowledge of some teachers (The Guardian)]]></description>
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			<title>Scrap diplomas and go back to the drawing board, urges CBI</title>
			<link>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/scrap-diplomas-and-go-back-to-the-drawing-board-urges-cbi-852332.html</link>
			<guid>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/scrap-diplomas-and-go-back-to-the-drawing-board-urges-cbi-852332.html</guid>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Britain's employers have withdrawn their support for the Government's new diplomas, urging ministers to go back to the drawing board and concentrate on improving GCSEs and A-levels instead. The CBI's move comes just months before the new qualifications were to be introduced in schools this autumn. (The Independent)]]></description>
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			<title>Mike Baker</title>
			<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/education/7466279.stm</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Universities' silence is storing up problems (BBC News)]]></description>
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			<title>'Outstanding' schools on hit list</title>
			<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/education/7464842.stm</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Inspectors have praised many of the schools under threat for not meeting a government target on GCSE results. (BBC News)]]></description>
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			<title>Call for action on degree 'fraud'</title>
			<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/education/7461513.stm</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A leading MP says the government must take seriously claims about degree standards and "fraud". (BBC News)]]></description>
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			<title>Minister attacks school selection</title>
			<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/education/7464262.stm</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[England's School's Secretary criticises the grammar system and offers secondary moderns money. (BBC News)]]></description>
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			<title>Head teacher shortage 'looming'</title>
			<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/education/7463433.stm</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Some 55% of England's school heads could retire in the next four years, raising fears of a shortage. (BBC News)]]></description>
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			<title>First state school  drops GCSE for new 'O-level' exam</title>
			<link>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/first-state-school--drops-gcse-for-new-olevel-exam-850005.html</link>
			<guid>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/first-state-school--drops-gcse-for-new-olevel-exam-850005.html</guid>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[One of the country's leading grammar schools has become the first state school in the country to ditch the GCSE in favour of an exam modelled on the traditional O-level. (The Independent)]]></description>
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			<title>College renamed after £30m gift</title>
			<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/7460741.stm</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Oxford and Cambridge University colleges receive generous gifts - leading to the renaming of one college. (BBC News)]]></description>
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			<title>Mike Baker: University must not be about privilege</title>
			<link>http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/comment/story/0,,2285867,00.html?gusrc=rss&amp;feed=8</link>
			<guid>http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/comment/story/0,,2285867,00.html?gusrc=rss&amp;feed=8</guid>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Mike Baker argues that entrance examinations could lead to unfairness (The Guardian)]]></description>
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			<title>State schools consider return to 'O-levels'</title>
			<link>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/state-schools-consider-return-to-olevels-846942.html</link>
			<guid>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/state-schools-consider-return-to-olevels-846942.html</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A new rival to the GCSE exam designed along the lines of the traditional O-level may soon win backing from exam watchdogs and be taken up by hundreds of state schools. (The Independent)]]></description>
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			<title>Tenth of brightest pupils opt out of higher education</title>
			<link>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/tenth-of-brightest-pupils-opt-out-of-higher-education-846241.html</link>
			<guid>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/tenth-of-brightest-pupils-opt-out-of-higher-education-846241.html</guid>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[One in 10 state school pupils will drop out of education before university 
  despite having once been among the brightest in their class, according to 
  new research. (The Independent)]]></description>
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