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1. 1. Graduate Kelly gets job opportunities

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 18 November 2005 JUST four days after her plight was featured here, things are looking up for Kelly McGrath, the first-class honours graduate who couldn't get a job. Deborah Haile reports.

2. 2. City fails to make the grade

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 21 October 2005

   GCSE marks in Manchester are among the poorest in the UK, according to government data just released.

3. 3. Truant shock on pupil prize day

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 06 March 2004 PUPILS at six primary schools were given the chance of winning Manchester's first "Be There" lottery prize as a truancy sweep found record numbers of youngster staying away from school.

4. 4. Weight of evidence against inspection

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 19 July 2004 THIS is the massive stack of paperwork - weighing more than a pupil - that headteacher David Blackburn had to send to inspectors to help them prepare for a visit to his school.

5. 5. Mosque hit in vandal attack

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 25 October 2004 VANDALS attacked a mosque in Salford - smashing windows, destroying religious artworks and throwing the Koran to the ground.

6. 6. Academy of excellence

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 30 March 2004 A MOSS Side secondary school slammed by inspectors has now won praise from watchdog body Ofsted, months after becoming Manchester's first city academy. Inspectors catalogued a series of shortcomings but all that has now changed.

7. 7. Children miss class for a year

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 28 June 2002 TWO sisters and their brother haven't been in class for a year - because their local school is full.

8. 8. Only 1,945 students get A-level regrades

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 15 October 2002 ONLY 1,945 A-level students are to have their grades improved after the massive independent inquiry into allegations of grade fixing.

9. 9. M.E.N/UNICEF Schools in Iraq Appeal

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 07 May 2003 THE Manchester Evening News has joined forces with UNICEF to launch a massive fund-raising campaign to help rebuild the education system in war-torn Iraq.

10. 10. Standards rise in citys schools

    Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 06 February 2001 OFSTED chief Mike Tomlinson has painted a bright picture of improving standards of teaching in schools being matched by higher pupil attainment in his annual report published today.

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