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Find out what's been happening in the Manchester Institute of Education (MIE) at The University of Manchester.
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University's PGCE courses recognised as Ofsted 'Outstanding'
9 Nov 2018
The University of Manchester’s Primary and Secondary PGCE programmes have been recognised as ‘Outstanding’ across all assessed elements – the...
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Primary school children should ‘embrace failure’ to become next generation of engineers
9 Oct 2018
Primary school teachers should encourage children to tinker, play, and experiment more in the classroom and even “embrace failure” to help ...
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First major Carbon Landscape restoration project is officially opened
18 Jul 2018
The first major restoration project of the Carbon Landscape - a £3.2 million programme to restore former industrial landscapes in the North West - ...
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Manchester researchers tackling extremism and promoting social unity
14 Jun 2018
The University of Manchester has launched a collection of essays from researchers which looks closely at extremism and social cohesion in the UK.
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SEED finds success in Making a Difference 2018 awards
4 May 2018
The Making a Difference Awards for 2018 were announced at a ceremony in the Whitworth Hall on Tuesday, 1 May, with six School of Environment, ...
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Expert calls for accents to be addressed in teachers’ guidance
5 Apr 2018
An expert from The University of Manchester has called for current linguistic guidance issued to teachers in England and Wales to address accents in ...
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Public invited to take part in national loneliness survey
14 Feb 2018
The British public are being invited to share their experiences of loneliness, as part of a national survey led by the BBC and The University of ...
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Mental health provision in schools at crisis point, research finds
12 Feb 2018
Experts have called for a significant and urgent increase in resources to support the mental health of young people in schools, after a study ...
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Oarsome Chris is UK’s million metre rower
2 Feb 2018
A PhD student from The University of Manchester has travelled a million metres, just a few weeks before his sixtieth birthday in a global indoor ...
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Teachers with Northern accents are being told to ‘posh up’
19 Jan 2018
The way we talk can reveal a lot about us and our origins – in terms of region, class and ethnicity. The UK has a wide variety of accents but not ...
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School pupils work with university experts to promote mental health
11 Jan 2018
Students from a girls’ grammar school have worked with educational psychologists from The University of Manchester to develop an accessible and ...
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New board to improve education in Greater Manchester appoints chair
18 Dec 2017
A new board which aims to ensure that Greater Manchester’s children and young people have the best start in life has appointed Mel Ainscow CBE, ...
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Academies too tied up by exams and inspections to adopt best practices
13 Dec 2017
The government has been criticised for a lack of accountability for academies. shutterstock Mel Ainscow, University of Manchester and Maija ...
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