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Shahid Naqvi

Shahid Naqvi

Closure threat to Birmingham City College

One of Birmingham's biggest colleges may be forced to close after being labelled as "failing" in a damning Ofsted report. Read

Free laptop plan for 1 in 9 Birmingham pupils

Personal laptops will have been given to more than one in ten secondary school pupils in Birmingham by the end of this academic year. Read

Tata right for Jaguar and Land Rover - Lord Jones

Trade Minister Lord Digby Jones yesterday threw his support behind Tata's move to take over Land Rover and Jaguar. Read

Report backs Birmingham Opera Company

Birmingham Opera Company is doing exactly what a new Government-backed report into the future of the arts in Britain recommends, supporters said last night. Read

Closure threat hangs over West Midland schools

The threat of closure was hanging over 17 schools in the West Midlands last night following poor performances in last year's GCSEs. Read

Cat people need to get a life

All Shahid Naqvi wanted was to give an abandoned cat a loving home. But the cat police had other ideas... Read

NUT slams selection for pupils

League tables showing how schools performed in GCSEs highlight the "stark inequality" of the British education system, a teachers' union claimed. Read

The race for Birmingham's fourth university

The race to create Birmingham's fourth university hotted up yesterday after another of the city's colleges gained degree-awarding powers. Read

Take-off of the new 'helicopter parents'

We've all heard of the desperate pushy parent that will do anything to make sure their offspring gets ahead at school. Read

Role of universities is key to city's future success

Birmingham's role as one of the country's leading university cities is crucial to its future prosperity and status as a manufacturing centre, the West Midlands Minister has warned. Read

Police snub Jacqui Smith's Christmas message

At least two Chief Constables have refused to publish a Christmas message sent to all forces from Home Secretary Jacqui Smith in protest against a dispute over pay. Read

College head resigns over sixth form approval

A Solihull college boss has quit her job in protest after a nearby school was granted permission for a sixth-form. Read

Keele haul of new planets hailed as a top discovery

The detection of three planets by a team of boffins at a Midland university has been named one of the world's Top Ten scientific discoveries of 2007. Read

Sheldon to join King Edward VI Foundation

A blurring of the line between state and independent education was ushered in yesterday with plans to bring a Birmingham community school into the fee-paying King Edward VI Foundation. Read

Universities face £80m shortfall in science funding

A top Birmingham scientist has called on the Prime Minister to intervene in a funding crisis which is threatening to close university physics departments across the country. Read

New Midland home 'every 30 minutes'

A new home will be built, on average, every half-an-hour in the West Midlands by the end of the decade, with the majority focused on urban areas. Read

Birmingham aiming to be a student city

A campaign to rebrand Birmingham as a university city to rival the great academic centres of the world is to be launched in the New Year. Read

Council disputes Birmingham truancy statistics

League tables showing that three of the country's worst primary schools for truancy are in Birmingham have been disputed by council chiefs. Read

School stripped of results after exam malpractice claims

A Birmingham primary school has been stripped of its English exam results for 11-year-olds as cheating allegations marred this year's national SAT tests. Read

Head teacher hits out at reality TV shows

Talent and reality TV shows such as the X Factor and Big Brother were slated by a top Midland headteacher for giving children false aspirations. Read

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Shahid Naqvi has been working as a journalist in the West Midlands since 1995 and has been The Birmingham Posts Education Correspondent since 2002. Before that he spent two years on The Posts business desk. He also writes a regular blog on education issues and a monthly column.

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