http://www.walesonline.co.uk/ icWales is now WalesOnline. Great new name, same great content. Visit WalesOnline for Wales news, business news, sport, whats on, jobs in Wales and more. en-gb WalesOnline http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/education-news/2008/07/24/healthy-food-passes-pupils-test-91466-21393526/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/education-news/2008/07/24/healthy-food-passes-pupils-test-91466-21393526/ HEALTHY eating is on the up at a school in a former mining community, after some of the pupils were enlisted to choose new foods for the canteen. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/education-news/2008/07/18/learning-scheme-shrouded-in-a-funding-fog-91466-21362606/ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/education-news/2008/07/18/learning-scheme-shrouded-in-a-funding-fog-91466-21362606/ FRESH concerns about funding for the Welsh Assembly Government’s flagship foundation phase education scheme were raised today. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/07/09/drain-of-welsh-teachers-to-english-colleges-feared-91466-21308067/ Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/07/09/drain-of-welsh-teachers-to-english-colleges-feared-91466-21308067/ A BRAIN-DRAIN of key teaching staff could see staff tempted to move to “state-of-the-art” colleges across the border unless the Assembly Government spends more on further education, MPs were warned yesterday. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/06/25/student-housing-hit-by-university-funding-gap-91466-21145349/ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/06/25/student-housing-hit-by-university-funding-gap-91466-21145349/ WELSH universities are cutting back spending on student accommodation and building maintenance as the funding gap with England starts to bite, MPs were warned yesterday. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/06/19/drive-to-expand-nurses-roles-91466-21101980/ Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/06/19/drive-to-expand-nurses-roles-91466-21101980/ NURSES’ roles in Wales are set to be expanded and redesigned as part of a move to provide more care in the community instead of in hospitals. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/education-news/2008/06/18/line-on-a-map-limits-education-chances-91466-21092196/ Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/education-news/2008/06/18/line-on-a-map-limits-education-chances-91466-21092196/ SOME Welsh students are missing out on taking the right courses because of a “line on a map”, the head of a large college in England suggested yesterday. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/06/18/binge-culture-pushes-our-teens-to-top-of-europe-s-booze-league-91466-21092476/ Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/06/18/binge-culture-pushes-our-teens-to-top-of-europe-s-booze-league-91466-21092476/ SHOCKING figures last night revealed that Wales has the highest levels of teenage drinking in Europe. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/education-news/2008/05/16/report-s-call-for-early-action-on-bad-behaviour-welcomed-91466-20919232/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/education-news/2008/05/16/report-s-call-for-early-action-on-bad-behaviour-welcomed-91466-20919232/ THE Children’s Commissioner for Wales last night gave an enthusiastic welcome to a major report which calls for early intervention to combat truancy and misbehaviour in the classroom. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/education-news/2007/12/05/pupils-fall-behind-in-key-subjects-91466-20204107/ Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/education-news/2007/12/05/pupils-fall-behind-in-key-subjects-91466-20204107/ WELSH teenagers are performing worse than their counterparts in every other part of Britain at core subjects, according to league tables published for the first time yesterday.