The General Teaching Council lists links to third-party websites, but does not endorse them or guarantee their authenticity or accuracy.
BBC News - Education
Reviewed
September 2004
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/default.stm
Description:
The education section of the BBC's news website.
Review:
BBC news covers all the education sectors in the UK - readers need to browse the UK and not the world edition of the website in order to access this section. As well as headlines there's opinion and analysis from the BBC’s education correspondent Mike Baker. Useful subsections cover education issues including behaviour, truancy, the 14-19 system, and league tables.
Navigation:
Simply organised.
Target Audience:
Teachers, headteachers, members of the public, parents.
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Department for Education and Skills – Press Releases
Reviewed
September 2004
www.dfes.gov.uk/pns/newslist.cgi
Description:
Official communications from the DfES.
Review:
Keep track of the workings of education ministers with these DfES press releases. Published in date order with the most recent at the top, it's easy to find the latest news. There's also a search facility going back to 1998.
Navigation:
Basic, with a keyword search facility.
Target Audience:
Teachers, headteachers, lecturers, journalists.
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Education Guardian
Reviewed
September 2004
education.guardian.co.uk/
Description:
Web version of the newspaper's education supplement.
Review:
Education news from The Guardian newspaper. Stories are divided into sections including higher education, schools, FE, comment and analysis. A solid round-up of what's happening in the education sector, although the adverts can be a little distracting.
Navigation:
Slightly confusing, involving a long scroll down the page.
Target Audience:
Teachers, headteachers, members of the public.
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Times Educational Supplement – Breaking News
Reviewed
September 2004
www.tes.co.uk/breaking_news/
Description:
News updated every weekday from the Times Education Supplement.
Review:
Aimed at teaching professionals, the TES provides a round-up of news from the day's papers. Elsewhere on the website there's a list of short trailers for the news stories and features from that week's edition of the TES.
Navigation:
Stories are listed in date order with the most recent at the top of the page.
Target Audience:
Teachers, headteachers, prospective teachers, teaching assistants.
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The Independent – Education News
Reviewed
September 2004
education.independent.co.uk/news/
Description:
Education news from The Independent newspaper.
Review:
Whilst The Independent follows major education news stories, its focus is more for members of the public rather than for the teaching profession. Subsections include features on gap years, advice for graduates and an A-Z of both universities, colleges and degrees.
Navigation:
Functional and simple.
Target Audience:
Members of the public.
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