UK News 21-01-2005 who: Chief Inspector of Schools David Bell what: Says Islamic schools are threat to Britain`s sense of national identity when: Monday snippet: "We must not allow our recognition of diversity to become apathy in the face of any challenge to our coherence as a nation," says Mr Bell, the Ofsted chief, quoted in The Times. Muslim leaders accused him of Islamophobia. In other education news, The Independent says "young people living in the poorest parts of the country continue to face massive social barriers that stop them going to university," according to a five-year study by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. [... more]

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