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As the world celebrated the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi last month, teachers – some of them Britons – on the ThaiBurmese border prepared for a fresh influx of refugees to their schools

Teenage cancer patients often find it difficult to share their ordeal with classmates. Meabh Ritchie reports on an attempt to break the taboo – and inform and educate, too

A self-confessed ‘geek’, the TV scientist and writer was enthused by the ancient classics

Michael Gove’s proposal to push teacher training out of universities and into the classroom is driven by a belief that study of education theory won’t help NQTs to deal with a fractious Year 9 on a rainy Thursday afternoon.

The great outdoors is an unknown world for many inner-city children. But as Meabh Ritchie reports, a project on the outskirts of London shows them that the wonders of nature can be enjoyed right on their doorstep.