Sentences with phrase «where academic attainment»

It is a learning institution where academic attainment has the highest priority within a learning environment that is supportive and encouraging.

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And perhaps we can also start to be more aware of the persistence of social class in this country, where political leaders are drawn from a narrow social elite and where birth cohort evidence shows that parental background has a huge influence on academic attainment, health and labour - market opportunities.

It is true the Fair Access to University Group (FAUG) of Tory MPs made the headlines with their report predicting «Armageddon» upon Ebdon's appointment, but very few Tory politicians with ministerial seats would be in favour of fetishising students» academic attainment independently of the context where it was achieved.

Positive education represents a paradigm shift away from viewing education merely as a route to academic attainment and towards viewing it as a place where students can cultivate their intellectual minds while developing a broad set of character strengths, virtues, and well - being.