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Shahid Naqvi

Short and Begg to give their views on Blair’s legacy

A conference examining the legacy of the Blair years will be held in Birmingham next week. Read

Birmingham City University gets top marks for teacher training

Birmingham City University has been awarded the highest ‘A’ grade status for the quality of the training it provides for new secondary school teachers. Read

Buddhist faith school first for Birmingham

Britain’s first Buddhist faith state school looks set to be launched in Birmingham. Read

Faith and education, a potent mix

Coming in the wake of the launch of the country’s first Hindu school, plans to set up a Buddhist one in Birmingham have re-ignited the debate over faith in education. Education Correspondent Shahid Naqvi takes a look at the thorny subject. Read

Air Ambulance’s extra £130,000 to keep flying

The region’s life-saving Air Ambulance service has warned it needs to raise an extra £130,000 to keep airborne in the face of rapidly rising fuel prices. Read

Pub bombings survivor says she wants to meet attackers

Birmingham pub bombing survivor Maureen Mitchell has asked those responsible for the 1974 atrocity to come forward so she can forgive them Read

Climate change plans mean move to suburbs for office workers

Birmingham commuters will work from shared offices located in the city’s suburbs in the future under plans being drawn up to tackle climate change. Read

Sandwell College lecturers in strike threat

Lecturers at Sandwell College have threatened to strike over what they claim will be up to 40 job loses as a result of a decision to axe GCSE and A-level courses. Read

Threatening under-performing schools is nothing new

The spectre of closure once again hangs over a hundreds of under-performing schools. Education Correspondent Shahid Naqvi examines the background to the latest Government tactic. Read

Birmingham pupils recruited for wind turbine campaign

Letters written by Birmingham pupils in support of wind turbines as part of a “persuasive writing” exercise are to be used by a firm in lobbying local authorities to use them. Read

Calves of cloned cow born in Midlands

Calves born of a cloned cow have been created on a Shropshire farm, it was has been revealed. Read

Tributes to headteacher who died in M5 crash

Daniel Slinn, the Birmingham headteacher killed in a horrific crash on the M5 last Friday, was an “inspirational and dedicated leader” his school has said. Read

NUS tries to put the activist back into student life

Once a force to be reckoned with and breeding ground for tomorrow’s leaders, the influence of student unions has in recent years waned. Read

University employees' records stolen from security van

Details of more than 3,000 current and former employees of Birmingham City University were among 35,000 private health customer records stolen from a security van. Read

Birmingham High Street lacking in class, say shoppers

Birmingham’s city centre High Street is for many visitors their first impression of the city. So what do shoppers think about it? Shahid Naqvi went in search of the word on the street. Read

Call goes out to save the Birmingham small traders

Birmingham has been urged to do more to help smaller retailers as an increasing number of bargain stores spring up in the city centre’s High Street. Read

Bishop claims environment abusers 'as bad as sex beast Fritzl'

The Bishop of Stafford has compared people who ignore the effects of climate change to the Austrian child sex monster Josef Fritzl. Read

Topless vegetarian protester in Birmingham told to cover up

A woman who staged a protest against animal cruelty in Birmingham which involved stripping down to just her knickers and lying on a barbecue was threatened with arrest. Read

Student sues Birmingham University for £10m after failing Phd

Birmingham University is being sued for £10 million by an overseas student who failed his PhD. Read

Shahid Naqvi: Behind every great man there is a great . . .Cherie

I was going to devote this column to raging against people who write autobiographies. Particularly political autobiographies and dairies. 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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