Gazette | Education

I felt student fees protest was good...until I saw the riot

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:50:00 +0000

I’VE been a bit of a Conservative supporter all my life – but I’m a lot less so since I came to university.

Tendring Skills Centre aims to get apprentices hired

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:50:00 +0000

THERE are just two magic words young apprentices at the county’s newest training centre hope to hear when they leave – “You’re hired.”

Ecole sees Le boom

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:40:00 +0000

WITH the support of the French Embassy in London, Colchester’s Les Alouettes French-speaking school is booming.

Academy’s head who makes the headlines

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:00:00 +0100

BEFORE Barry Hersom even started his new post as principal of Colchester’s first academy, he was making headlines.

Two into one does go at Clacton Coastal Academy

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:00:00 +0100

The Clacton Coastal Academy was established last September, by merging the under-achieving Colbayns High School with the struggling Bishops Park College, which had come out of special measures just weeks earlier.

Uni boffins’ house of the future

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:00:00 +0100

ESSEX University researchers have joined forces with academics and companies in Germany, France and Greece to find a way of making technology work more efficiently with our everyday lives.

Neat way for teens to get vital training

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:00:00 +0100

A COUPLE of years ago another annoying bit of Government jargon sneaked into the English language and became a buzzword among politicians.

Why institute is still a draw for arts masters

Tue, 25 May 2010 21:30:00 +0100

WHEN most students graduate from their courses they move on to pastures new.

Masterclasses for musical prodigies

Tue, 25 May 2010 21:10:00 +0100

IT’S the school of rock, pop, jazz and pretty much any other musical genre you might care to study.

It’s never too late to get back into learning

Tue, 25 May 2010 21:00:00 +0100

RECEPTION, infant, junior and secondary school, college and then maybe even university. That is the educational journey is set in motion for many from the age of just four.