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Why schools are obsessed with uniforms?

"Tuck your shirt in . do your tie up properly . top button please . Adidas jackets are not part of the uniform .why are you wearing trainers? . pull your trousers up . don't put makeup on in class . sort your skirt out ."

"If I have 50 sheep for six months with housing, it costs me £85,000 and that's without staff. Research is not cheap. In Singapore not only can you do the research but you get paid a salary too. Being able to eat is quite useful."

Careers adviser emac writes:

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. This is great: the NUS (@Nusuk) has been collecting tweeted recipes for students:

The Guardian has an online student cookbook with slightly more sophisticated recipes - but still on a tight budget.

. Too few young people with learning difficulties and disabilities progress from school programs that help them to live independently, will undertake further study or a job completed, says an Ofsted report.

. Salford City College is going to pay students £20 a week to attend classes after the age of 16, to make up for the scrapping of the EMA. It's a good story from the Mail Online, but they can't resist reporting it as a case of "giving away £1million of taxpayers' money".

. The clever Martin Lewis (lewis martin @), has a calculator on its Whizzy Money Saving Expert Blog, that works out, how quickly they pay '\ ll get your credit after your win. @ Ucu Tweets:

"So basically the faster growing and higher salaries, back pay less."

. A very interesting blog by Mark Leach (@ markmleach) on wonkhe.com warns of a new threat, campus can inflame tensions and lead to a realignment of the relationship between student union and university management.

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