Common spelling mistakes should be accepted into everyday use, not corrected, a lecturer has said. Ken Smith of Bucks New University says the most common mistakes should be accepted as "variant spellings".
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Oxford seeks £1.25bn in donations
Oxford University is launching a £1.25bn fundraising drive to put it "on a level playing field" with the leading universities in the United States.
The campaign is being touted as the biggest money-raising project in European university history.
The university, appealing to alumni and philanthropists, will also announce existing pledges worth £575m.
CIMA expands operations to the Maldives
CIMA announced yesterday the accreditation of the first CIMA Learning Partner in the Maldives. This is a landmark achievement for CIMA in the region and a turning point in their expansion outside the primary market of Colombo.
The naming of Villa College as a CIMA Learning Listed College is a significant achievement for the institute and brings with it opportunities for CIMA to contribute to the growing skills requirement in the Maldives.
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The naming of Villa College as a CIMA Learning Listed College is a significant achievement for the institute and brings with it opportunities for CIMA to contribute to the growing skills requirement in the Maldives.
UK private schools' Beijing link
The Chinese government is to fund the teaching of Mandarin and Chinese culture in 10 UK independent schools.
It will pay for teachers to come from China and for software in a scheme that will involve school twinning and pupil trips to China.
In July, similar links were announced between China and five schools in England selected by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust.
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It will pay for teachers to come from China and for software in a scheme that will involve school twinning and pupil trips to China.
In July, similar links were announced between China and five schools in England selected by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust.
UK slips back in graduate numbers
The UK is being overtaken by international competitors in the drive for more graduates, an annual report on education systems shows.
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development says the UK has slipped from the third highest proportion of graduates to 10th.
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