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BBC News | Education | UK Edition
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Universities feel funding squeeze
Three quarters of England's universities are facing real term budget cuts - for the first time since Labour came to power.
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'One in seven' students attacked
One in seven female students has been the victim of a serious sexual or physical assault, a survey suggests.
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Straight As at A-level 'doubled'
The proportion of pupils getting three A grades at A-level has almost doubled since the 1990s, says exam board.
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Extra £23m pledge for social work
£23m is to be put into frontline social work and serious case reviews will be made clearer, says the children's secretary.
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Schools urge action on legal drug
Head teachers say a ban on the legal drug mephedrone should be considered following the deaths of two teenagers.
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Oxford chief calls for fees rise
The "preposterous" limit on tuition fees should be scrapped, says Oxford University chancellor Lord Patten.
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Low-quality nursery food warning
Nursery food is poor and could be subjected to new nutritional guidelines, a government-commissioned report says.
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'Stop guilt' over private schools
Parents should not be made to feel guilty for paying for education, say private school leaders.
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Lonely children calling helpline
The number of children calling the national helpline Childline because they are feeling lonely has risen, a study has found.
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Her Majesty invented the telephone, say schoolchildren
Children's strange misconceptions about science are revealed in a science knowledge quiz.
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Say what? A guide to teen slang
School Reporters up and down the country have been asked about teenage slang in their school.
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Taboo subject
Hidden problem of children sexually abusing children
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Up
Education spending has been rising for half a century
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Five things
Lib Dem David Laws on what he has learned in life
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Exploitation?
Internships for graduates 'may breach wage laws'
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University targets
Is it a bad idea to send more children to university?
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Call for children's fitness tests
Fitness tests should be introduced for children in secondary schools to help make people more active, the chief medical officer for England says.
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Universities heads' 'wages soar'
The pay of university heads has soared with some now earning more than the prime minister, a report says.
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