English in the News
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- The other half of the literary canon - The Guardian, Saturday October 16, 2010
In Gove's list of nine writers only Austen (I'm assuming he means Percy Bysshe, not Mary) flies the flag for the other 50-plus percent of the population...Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Sense, sensibility ... and the truth about an author named Jane - The Guardian, Thursday November 4, 2010
No Austen scholar is of the opinion that 'everything came finished from her pen'Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Class blogs: a better way to teach? - The Guardian, Thursday November 4, 2010
We look at one teacher who's using blogging as a creative way of showcasing pupils' workLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Michael Gove orders Sats inquiry - The Guardian, Friday November 5, 2010
Ministers want to find out whether primary schools are drilling rather than teaching pupils. Tests for 11-year-olds could be scrapped as a result.... It emerged yesterday that schools made almost 23,500 appeals against this year's English and maths Sats results.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - School visits by authors boost children's writing confidence - The Guardian, Tuesday November 9, 2010
An author visit to a school may seem an extravagance, but it can do wonders for children's writing confidence
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Nick Hornby opens Ministry of Stories to get Britain's kids writing again - The Guardian, Thursday November 18, 2010
Children will be lured in by 'monster supply shop' – and volunteer teachers including Zadie Smith and Roddy DoyleLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Michael Gove sets tough new targets for secondary schools - The Guardian, Wednesday November 24, 2010
Schools will be set tough new targets, with secondary schools considered failing if less than 35% of their pupils achieve five good GCSEs, including English and maths. Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Robert Burns museum opens at his former home in Ayrshire - The Guardian, Wednesday December 1, 2010
National Trust opens Robert Burns museum after two-year delay, hoping people won't be tim'rous about comingLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - English degrees for £27k - who's buying? - The Guardian, Tuesday November 30, 2010
As protests continue over tuition fees, John Sutherland wonders what's to become of arts courses. Will they be seen as worth the money?Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - UK schools slip down world rankings - The Guardian, Tuesday December 7, 2010
The UK is slipping down world education rankings in maths, reading and science, and has been overtaken by Poland and Norway, a major study of 65 countries reveals today.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - David Crystal: champion of the English language - The Guardian, Monday December 13, 2010
For more than 30 years the linguist has been offering us rich gems of information about how we speak and writeLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Sure Start 'has failed to boost children's literacy and numeracy' - The Guardian, Tuesday December 14, 2010
Researchers claim early years programmes have done little to improve attainment of children from poorest homesLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Google creates a tool to probe 'genome' of English words for cultural trends - The Guardian, Thursday December 16, 2010
Harvard and Google say they have developed a way to identify cultural trends over the past 200 years using a database of 5m digitised booksLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Government withdraws all funding for book-gifting programmes - The Guardian, Tuesday December 21, 2010
Booktrust's schemes to give free books to children in crisis after public subsidy axed. Former children's laureate Michael Rosen said that he was "absolutely appalled and utterly enraged" by the news.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - In praise of ... Booktrust - The Guardian, Thursday December 23, 2010
Through its gift programmes for children the charity distributed around 6m books last year to toddlers and teenagersLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Could university cutbacks be the saviour of English? - The Guardian, Wednesday December 29, 2010
The end of subsidies and a focus on 'impact'-led research may force literary criticism to reconnect with the public imaginationLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Writers furious at plan to axe free books scheme for children - The Guardian, Saturday December 25, 2010
Philip Pullman, Carol Ann Duffy, Ian McEwan and Sir Andrew Motion round on decision to slash £13m government grant to the Booktrust charityLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Actor Pete Postlethwaite dies - The Guardian, Monday January 3, 2011
Oscar nominee dies peacefully in hospital at age of 64 after long period of cancerLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Dick King-Smith obituary - The Guardian, Wednesday January 5, 2011
Prolific children's author, he wrote The Sheep-Pig, the basis of the film BabeLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - The British Library embodies our civilisation - The Guardian, Monday December 27, 2010
The country needs more, not fewer, public spaces – yet the library service is facing vandalismLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here