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Parental support 'is key for black pupils'
Black children who do well at school have strong support from parents and community churches, research shows.
The research is published today in a new book, Eagles Who Soar: How Black learners find paths to success, was written by Dr Jasmine Rhamie, School of Education, University of Southampton.
Black Caribbean pupils under-perform at GCSE relative to other ethnic groups. Dr Rhamie said teachers may not be aware of their negative attitudes to black pupils and called for "diversity training" to be extended, so every school had at least one member of staff trained to help all staff better understand where misunderstandings can occur.
'Played in Britain' honoured at House of Commons
New research project forming part of English Heritage's contribution to the 2012 Cultural Olympiad
Played in Britain's contribution to sporting heritage was yesterday marked by a House of Commons reception, hosted by English Heritage's Chief Executive Simon Thurley and sponsored by Telford MP David Wright.
A large gathering of Members of both Houses, together with English Heritage representatives, sponsors and invited guests also heard details of two new research projects forming part of English Heritage's contribution to the 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
Work on Played in London, the sixth city study in the series, it was announced, is about to start under the auspices of English Heritage's London Region. Research has also begun into a second Olympic-related publication, to be written by Dr Martin Polley of the School of Education. The British Olympics - Britain's Olympic Heritage 1612-2012, will tell the story of how this nation has nurtured the Olympic ideal over the last four hundred years, from its earliest revival in early 17th century Gloucestershire up the modern day Olympics.
Simply the (second) best
Southampton University’s postgraduate research students are shown to have the second highest qualification rates of all the English higher education institutions.
Southampton’s thriving business community and the University have both recently achieved top rankings in national surveys aimed at monitoring business and postgraduate success.
In a recent report from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), Southampton University’s postgraduate research students are shown to have the second highest qualification rates of all the English higher education institutions.
Southampton also achieved second place for the postgraduate success of its overseas students, and was the only English university to be in the top two for both tables.
The University already has an established reputation for its pioneering research and scholarship, and is consistently recognised as one of the UK’s top ten universities for research. Yet these recent results from the HEFCE suggest that the future of the University, and its students, is looking even more promising.
Southampton excelled as one of the best Cities in terms of its ‘availability and cost of car parking facilities’, ‘freedom from pollution’ and ‘the quality of life for employees’.
