Search Results

1. 41. Is a mobile phone the weapon to beat teen smoking?

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 01 March 2004 PARENTAL& disapproval, tellings-off from teachers and decades of health education messages have all failed to eradicate adolescent smoking. But a Salford academic believes he has proved how smoking among the young may be reduced... by the mobile phone.

2. 42. Chill-out zone feels the stress

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 15 May 2004 THE opening of a chill-out room for pupils at a Stockport school has been condemned by education campaigners. Children at St Paul's Primary, Brinnington, are being taught "de-stressing" in the room where soothing music is played.

3. 43. Extra cash for maths teachers

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 28 June 2004 EDUCATION Secretary Charles Clarke is to offer maths graduates a host of incentives in a bid to increase teacher numbers and head off a recruitment crisis in the subject.

4. 44. Furniture courses shelved by college

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 11 October 2004 STUDENTS at a Manchester college claim they have been dumped by education bosses after being told two degree courses are being scrapped just a few weeks into term.

5. 45. Clarke backs campaign to teach Islam in schools

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 12 October 2004 A NEW drive to teach Islam in schools is being launched today. Education Secretary Charles Clarke has backed the move, organised by the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB).

6. 46. Citizenship class teachers need more support

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 07 September 2004 TEACHERS need more support and training to implement effective citizenship education, a survey showed today.

7. 47. Virtalis adds new dimension to university projection plans

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 09 March 2004 COMPUTING and technology students are taking their designs to the third dimension with the help of a Sale firm. An £800,000 grant from the Higher Education Funding Council of England has allowed Nottingham Trent University to develop a state-of-the-art facility which features a stereoscopic projection system using Virtalis's StereoWorks software.

8. 48. Your chance to tell Blair what's wrong with schools

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 05 March 2004 M.E.N. readers still have time to win a head-to-head debate with Tony Blair about education. We are looking for 10 parents of secondary school pupils to tell the Prime Minister what they think is wrong in Britain's classrooms - and what should be done.

9. 49. No hiding place for truants

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 16 November 2004 POLICE and education officers are joining forces in the latest round of truancy sweeps across the country.

10. 50. Nord Anglia leaps to the top of the class

    Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 20 July 2004 LEAPFROG helped Cheadle-based education and training group Nord Anglia to jump into the top spot as the UK's biggest nursery chain.

Filters