Sentences with phrase «academic rigour»

It is a great win of academic rigour over spin.

The awards, introduced by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan in 2015, celebrate excellence and diversity in character education, recognising that character is already being encouraged, nurtured and developed alongside academic rigour through a variety of programmes inside and outside schools across the country.

It's important to us that we provide academic rigour within a supportive and inviting environment where pupils enjoy learning, feel safe and make a positive contribution.

Yet some of our oldest vocations — doctors, lawyers, teachers — have always had a foothold in academic rigour and in some of the oldest universities in the country.

However, a spokeswoman for the Department for Education and Skills said the new science GCSE would «maintain a clear focus on academic rigour» while engaging young people so more of them continued the subject after GCSE.

And over the years our hard earned reputation for academic rigour and a straightforward approach to business has not faltered.

For almost 60 years, Ryerson has combined academic rigour and relevant practical experience with accessibility and diversity to produce so many graduates who have contributed to the fabric of this country.

«Progress 8 delivers the right balance between academic rigour and breadth, which the EBacc does not, and the constant changes to assessment and accountability distract schools from the calm focus needed for academic success.

First introduced in 2015 by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan, the awards celebrate excellence and diversity in this field, recognising that character is already being encouraged, nurtured and developed alongside academic rigour through a variety of programmes inside and outside schools across the country.

«Later tunings are on the detailed plan and are used to interrogate practicalities, iron out concerns, and ensure academic rigour.»

It promises academic rigour, and those entering the degree courses are required to have «O» and «A» levels.

«We still need good theology... so we do need good theological colleges with well - trained, committed faculty members, able to publish and supervise higher research; where academic rigour is maintained and we continue to discern how God's word in the Bible speaks today.

That skill, she says, combined with the planning and report - writing skills she honed at Loughborough, have proved very useful — «practically applying academic rigour,» as she puts it, to solve real - world problems.

Gary Bryant, from ITSI, a blended learning solution that combines the traditional academic rigour of digital textbooks with the flexibility of technology, discusses why the textbook has a prejudiced repute and explains why an effective teaching resource should support teachers, rather than replace them.

I understand many of the common reservations around losing academic rigour and control over the subject matter and can point to a number of examples where these worries can be relieved.

The harsh reality is that this new emphasis on increased academic rigour and memorising ever increasing amounts of information has been targeted at the most distracted generation.

The bishops have, however, long recognised the need for greater academic rigour in the RE GCSE curriculum, which is why they are welcoming the new GCSE and the opportunity to study a second religion.

We wanted to ensure students left the middle years / KS3 with the necessary academic rigour and transferable skills to prepare them well for GCSE or iGCSE, A levels, IB Diploma and beyond.

It is despicable for a university to trash free speech and academic rigour so thoughtlessly.

But the term «graduate school» also suggests academic rigour, extensive scholarship, and detailed research into a subject's fundamental nature, usually with a major thesis or dissertation requirement.

The Report Cards are designed to appeal to a wide audience while maintaining academic rigour.

Half a century later, MBA programmes were attacked for alleged lack of academic rigour and poor relevance to business issues.

Bill Quinn, Managing Director of Future Cert, says: «The best IT training should combine academic rigour, commercial application and Open Source technologies.

The awards were first introduced in 2015 and support the government's initiative to ensure that character is encouraged, nurtured and developed alongside academic rigour.

Hobby praised Progress 8 as delivering «the right balance between academic rigour and breadth» and expressed fears that it will be superseded by EBacc results and entries.

They will continue to be maintained by subject experts, be rooted in academic rigour and reflect the latest educational research.

Whilst the school will focus on academic rigour it will also provide the opportunity to follow a more vocational route.

This degree is known for its market relevance, academic rigour and a schedule that fits the needs of busy professionals.

Newman wanted his new Catholic university to incorporate the strengths of Oxford, with its academic rigour and emphasis on the cultivation of the intellect and its historic religious (albeit by now Protestant) life.

The thing was with the college was more of the academic rigour and making an argument for an approach being consistent with the Christian faith more than whatever choice was made about that.

We welcome submissions from academics and students in and outside the University of Oxford, from all disciplines and persuasions, as long as they offer evidence - based argumentation and academic rigour.

«Most of my teachers were quite left wing and I got quite frustrated with the political correctness and lack of academic rigour.

«Plans to get rid of AS Levels and bring in a curriculum in which «academic rigour» is all, and where creative and vocational education has very little place, have been roundly condemned.

Well over a third of these students are not studying at universities but at colleges which have what I might politely call varying levels of academic rigour.

Šulík naturally grasps the heavy baggage without the academic rigour within the framework of a universal story meandering between the themes of identity and understanding, and keeping humanistic contours despite the WWII monstrosities that are in no way avoided.

Alongside academic rigour, communication, collaboration, adaptability, resilience, and critical thinking are just some of the skills that students need to flourish in society.

All our qualifications and modules are based on a set of key principles which take account of the needs of leaders and the education system; draw on the very best international research and evaluation evidence; ensure both academic rigour and leadership practice; involve leaders in the creation of materials; and provide opportunities for modules to be adapted to reflect different contexts.

Balancing academic rigour with children's need to play is never easy.

«For us, when we introduced the programme, it was about getting a balance between a vocational practical qualification and the academic rigour and still equipping students with the academic qualification to go on to higher education, if they wanted to.»

Our long history as an international exam board, familiar with local market conditions and diverse cultures, and our ethos of academic rigour and creativity mean that we can work with you to deliver solutions that work.

His answers are crystal clear (obvious with a lot of academic rigour).

Powered by his academic rigour, out of the box approach, productive investment paranoia and focus on historical patterns, Turr has been publicly commenting since 2008 on macro-economic trends.