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1 week ago | 
daviddidau.substack.com | David Didau |Martin Robinson
This week, we take a brisk stroll through the minefield of school assessment in the UK. Politicians are murmuring about reform, the Guardian is foaming at the mouth, and students… well, they’re apparently either panicked or bored. So, where are we really? Assessment, like death taxes and school shoes, feels inevitable. No one seems especially fond of it, but everyone insists we need it.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
mayonews.ie | Martin Robinson
Irish businesses facing skills shortages and other hurdles can benefit, writes InterTradeIreland's director of strategy, Martin Robinson From the bridge of the ship surveying the all-island economy, we are currently sailing in fair weather and the outlook is positive. InterTradeIreland’s latest All-Island Business Monitor reveals that most businesses across the island are stable or growing. A third are in growth mode, while over half, at 56 percent, are stable. The survey, which commenced in...
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Jan 26, 2024 | 
newsfeeds.media | Martin Robinson |Will Potter |Neirin Gray Desai
Pupils at a free school that was set up to help disadvantaged students get into some of the top universities have received more Oxbridge offers than Eton. Teenagers at Harris Westminster Sixth Form got 57 offers from Cambridge and Oxford, whereas pupils at Eton received 51 this year. The school, which was founded a decade ago, runs classes on Saturdays and is open from 9.30am to 6.30pm during the week.
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
247newsaroundtheworld.com | Martin Robinson
Almost ten per cent of pensioners are not claiming enough – with some claiming nothing at all Post source: In The Know
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Jan 8, 2024 | 
newsfeeds.media | Martin Robinson
Supermarkets’ loyalty programmes are booming, but watchdogs are increasingly concerned that consumers may be losing out. Both Tesco and Sainsbury’s, Britain’s two largest supermarkets, together have loyalty programmes with a combined membership of almost 40m. Tesco, which pioneered the model with its ‘Clubcard’, has revitalised supermarket loyalty schemes again by altering their attractiveness to consumers.
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Jan 4, 2024 | 
newsfeeds.media | Martin Robinson
Teen superstar Luke Littler is returning home a hero after captivating the nation with his record-breaking run to the final of the World Darts Championship in Alexandra Palace. Despite losing the final to rival Luke Humphries 7-4, Luke The Nuke’s fairtytale journey saw him beat some of the best in the world and become the youngest player to ever compete in the annual event’s final, securing him a £200,000 prize pot.
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Jan 4, 2024 | 
newsfeeds.media | Martin Robinson
Lital Shemesh was pictured with a gun tucked into the waistband of her trousers An Israeli news anchor has carried a gun live on air while presenting from the studio amid fear of another Hamas attack. Lital Shemesh, a presenter for right-wing Israeli broadcaster Channel 14, was pictured on Tuesday sitting behind her anchor desk with a gun tucked into the waistband of her trousers. Shemesh’s gun is right next to her microphone receivers while she is sitting on the edge of her presenter chair.
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Dec 7, 2023 | 
newsfeeds.media | Martin Robinson
The TV Licence fee is set to increase by £10.50 next year to £169.50 in a blow to the BBC as Rishi Sunak puts a stop on the broadcaster’s bosses’ demands for a £15 rise. BBC Chiefs had hoped for the bigger hike but ministers pushed for them to settle for an increase in line with September’s 6.7 per cent inflation rate instead of the longer-term nine per cent inflation rate.
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Dec 7, 2023 | 
newsfeeds.media | Martin Robinson
Rightmove says Richmond-upon-Thames in London is happiest place in UKWinchester, Monmouth, Wokingham and Cirencester are also highly ratedEvery corner of Britain was today ranked in a new happiness index showing the happiest places to live – with Richmond-upon-Thames in London coming out on top. Winchester in Hampshire, Monmouth in South Wales, Wokingham in Berkshire and Cirencester in Gloucestershire are also in the top five of the study by Rightmove.
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Dec 7, 2023 | 
newsfeeds.media | Martin Robinson
A female pupil has shot dead another student and wounded five others at a Russian school, before turning the gun on herself. Officials said the 14-year-old opened fire with a pump-action shotgun, with reports saying the attack was carried out today inside a classroom at the school. She killed one pupil and injured at least five others, officials said, before killing herself at the school in the Russian city of Bryansk, police said on Thursday.
