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News Archive March 2009

Growing awareness of responsible volunteering

Young people are increasingly looking for responsible volunteering projects on their travels.

Category: General Travel
Posted 31 Mar 2009

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Insurance warning for travellers

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has warned youngsters heading abroad to take out comprehensive travel insurance first.

Category: General Travel
Posted 30 Mar 2009

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Gap years favoured by the indecisive

Taking time out to travel is a good way for youngsters to assess their next move, a gap year company maintains.

Category: General Travel
Posted 30 Mar 2009

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Volunteers told ‘leave knowledge behind’

Volunteers should not head abroad with pre-conceived ideas of how they can help local communities, an expert has warned.

Category: General Travel
Posted 30 Mar 2009

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Generation Y ‘keen to travel’

Youngsters are venturing further afield than previous generations, according to an expert.

Category: General Travel
Posted 30 Mar 2009

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Irish government spells out English language policy

The Irish government has imposed a limit on the number of assistants helping to teach English to immigrants in schools.

Category: Teaching and Learning
Posted 27 Mar 2009

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French business school goes English

One of France's top business schools has announced all lessons will now be taught in English.

Category: Teaching and Learning
Posted 27 Mar 2009

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Graduates told ‘get work experience’

Work experience is key to finding a job in the recession, the head of the CBI has said.

Category: Teaching and Learning
Posted 27 Mar 2009

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Petition to keep Congolese pupil in UK

A school in Manchester is fighting to keep a nine-year-old pupil from deportation to Africa.

Category: Teaching and Learning
Posted 27 Mar 2009

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Education expert welcomes online learning report

A leaked document revealing plans for an overhaul of the primary school curriculum has been welcomed by the chairman of National Primary Headteachers.

Category: Teaching and Learning
Posted 27 Mar 2009

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