Tag: Damian Hinds

• Tuesday, July 31st 2018 - 14:20 UTC

  “Some children in UK start school unable to speak in full sentences or read simple words”, claims Education Secretary

  

  Britain's Education Secretary Damian Hinds says it is a “scandal” that some children still start school unable to speak in full sentences or read simple words. Children who start school behind their peers rarely catch up - “the gap just widens”, Hinds will say in a speech pledging halve the number of pupils starting school behind in early talking and reading skills by 2028.

• Monday, July 2nd 2018 - 07:03 UTC

  EU university students in UK will have same treatment as home students in post Brexit

  

  European Union students at universities in England will continue to be treated the same as home students in the first intake after Brexit. UK Education Secretary Damian Hinds says EU students starting in autumn 2019 will pay the same tuition fees as English ones and their access to support will be unchanged.

• Monday, August 24th 2015 - 11:05 UTC

  UK reopens embassy in Teheran and Iran in London; initially at chargé d'affairs level

  

  The British embassy in Iran has reopened, nearly four years after it was closed. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond attended a ceremony on Sunday in Teheran with Iranian diplomats to mark the reopening while Iran has also reopened its embassy in London.