Regional news
This section contains news from around the Africa, Europe and Middle East region.
2013 - Press Coverage
- Dubai's GEMS to open new Wellington school (Arabian business 22 May)
- IB– preparing future global leaders? (Re:locate 21 May)
- Switch to IB has broadened horizons (Yorkshire Post 3 May)
- IB welcomes King's College London's review (Wall Street Journal April)
- IB Diploma or Career-related Certificate? (Relocate magazine April)
- Every school should be an IB School (Primary Schools Magazine March)
- Work on Arabic and Islamic studies (The National 5 March)
- IB schools meet in Dubai to develop strategies (Gulf News 5 March)
- MYP students at an advantage, say study (Re:locate 1 March)
- IB develops the students top universities want (The Independent Feb 19)
- IB - it teaches you not to give up (The Independent 14th Feb)
- Parents rush to enrol children at IB schools across Dubai (The National 3 Feb)
2013 Press releases
- IB announces partnership with Bolton Wanderers and Fronesis Learning to offer top international education to aspiring young athletes (2 May)
- IB welcomes King’s College London’s review of Diploma Programme (21 March)
- New study explores what it means to be an IB teacher (19 March)
- Study says IB MYP students stand out from the crowd (21 Feb)
- IB poised for greater 2013 success following strong global growth (23 Jan)
2012 - Press releases
- IB graduates exhibit signs of more successful university experience (Nov 2012)
- IB joins in celebrating International Education Week (Nov 2012)
- IB and CIS to streamline onsite school visits worldwide (Oct 2012)
- IB and Dubai's Knowledge and Human Development Authority announce strategic partnership (9 Sept 2012)
- Elite athletes get access to an IB education (5 Sept 2012)
- UK Diploma Programme results 2012 (9 July 2012)
- Diploma Programme results 2012 (5 July 2012)
- Ofqual finds that Diploma Programme prepares students well for university study (11 May 2012)
2012 - Press coverage
- College gets top marks (Cornwall 27 Nov 2012)
- National day marks year of achievement in UAE (Gulf News 15 Nov)
- Students flock to sign up for new course (Essex 13 Nov)
- Bridging the global skills gap (The Guardian 8 Nov)
- Why global awareness matters to schools (The Guardian 5 Nov 2012)
- Curriculum to be extended at academies (Gazette 29 Oct 2012)
- International alternative backed (This Cornwall 25 Oct 2012)
- When creating alternatives to an academic education, tread carefully (TES 26 Oct 2012)
- The IB may prove the saviour of english education (The Times 18 Oct 2012)
- Will A levels adopt features of the IB Diploma Programme? (BBC 17 Oct 2012)
- Interview with the Director General, Jeff Beard (El Mundo 7 Oct 2012)
- Ready for the toughest exam in the world? (Independent 27 Sept 2012)
- A-level alternatives (Telegraph 24 Sept 2012)
- IB filling vocational void (TES 21 Sept 2012)
- Headteacher would like to dump GCSEs (Cambridge News 13 Sept 2012)
- Enrolment surge in IB curriculum schools (Gulf News 11 Sept 2012)
- Building an educational legacy (CNBC 6 Sept 2012)
- London 2012 legacy of better education for global athletes (ITV 6 Sept 2012)
- Exams for top athletes to help after sporting careers (BBC 6 Sept 2012)
- School switches to DP and IBCC (This is Kent Aug 2012)
- BBC radio on why IB DP is gaining in popularity (BBC York Aug 2012)
- Keen on IB at Oxford College (Huffington Post 15 August 2012)
- 'Big Bang' pays off at King Edward's School (Telegraph 15 August 2012)
- State School leads the way (Independent 14 August 2012)
- Gold for school's first MYP cohort (Independent Education 3 Aug 2012)
- 'Big Bang' switch from A Levels pays off (The Times 31 July 2012)
- Can the IB improve English education? (Telegraph 9 July 2012)
- IB: Back in the spotlight (re:locate July 2012)
- IB: International qualification with holistic approach (Independent 5 July 2012)
- School scraps A-levels (ITV News 31 May 2012)
- How IB transformed inner-city sixth form (Independent 31 May 2012)
- Gresham's to scrap A Levels (May 10 2012)
- IB - Bridging the gap? (Re:locate April 2012)
- Riding high (Re:locate April 2012)
- A new game in town - IBCC (Independent Schools Magazine April 2012)
- Viable alternative to A Levels (Evening Post 23 April 2012)
- Learning to be the best (Sunday Express 16 April 2012)
- Hop on the spingboard for success (TES 13 April 2012)
- IB better than A-levels say head teacher (East London 12 April 2012)
- If we're looking to improve A-levels (Huffington Post 5 April 2012)
- Huntington School head in exams plea (The Press 5 April 2012)
- IB sets pupils on a voyage of discovery (TES 30 March 2012)
- IB highly regraded by universities (6 March 2012)
- The IBCC: a new 'vocational' IB (Telegraph 10 February 2012)
- In Holland bias towards IB (The Independent 9 March 2012)
- School rises to top of the league table (Westmoreland Gazette 15 Feb 2012)
- Alice Roberts hits out at science geeks (Telegraph 27 Jan 2012)
- University of Birmingham unveils plans for a secondary school - IB Diploma Programme (Birmingham Post 27 Jan 2012)
- Bath students win offers from Oxbridge (28 Jan 2012)
2011 - Press releases
- IB Career-related Certifcate accredited in UK (12 Oct 2011)
- 2011 Diploma Programme results again show no grade inflation (8 July 2011)
- New study show that IB students perform better than A Level students at UK universities (May 2011)
2011 - Press coverage
- IB School of the year (Sunday Times 14 Nov)
- State school School of Year 2011 - Sunday Times (Re:Locate 14 Nov 2011)
- Fresh warning over A-Level grade inflation (Telegraph 4 Nov 2011)
- Teaching for a smarter, brighter future? (The Independent 22 Sept 2011)
- Sidcot celebrates record IB results (2 Sept 2011)
- Head 'delighted' over IB top rating (26 August 2011)
- Students celebrate highest ever pass rate (2 Aug 2011)
- Sixth formers celebrating big success in IB exams (25 July 2011)
- School celebrates exam success (23 July 2011)
- Reasons to be cheerful for Bridgwater College (22 July 2011)
- Dartford and Cobham schools A-level switch give headstart (22 July 2011)
- 'I'm so glad I had the chance to take the IB' (The Independent 21 July 2011)
- Schools to trial groundbreaking new qualification (20 July 2011)
- International exam success (17 July 2011)
- Natalie is world class (15 July 2011)
- IB results Joy (14 July 2011)
- Students celebrate (14 July 2011)
- College students top of class (14 July 2011)
- Girls school thrilled with results (July 13 2011)
- Kent school gets top International Baccalaureate results (BBC 12 July 2011)
- Groundbreaking students celebrate success (July 11 2011)
- First students to study diploma shine (9 July 2011)
- Students celebrate IB exam success (Oxford Mail 8 July 2011)
- 2011 Diploma Programme results - no grade inflation (8 July 2011)
- First IB Diploma class graduates from Tallinn English College (Estonian Public Broadcasting 8 July 2011)
- Windermere school celebrates 'astonishing' IB grades (Westmoreland Gazette 8 July 2011)
- World class results for IB students (This is Bath 7 July 2011)
- IB comes out on top for university entry across the globe (Re:locate July 2011)
- Who's backing the International Bac? (BBC 3 June 2011)
- International Baccalaureate - bridging the gap? (Re:locate May 2011)
- New study show that IB students perform better than A Level students at UK universities (Press release May 2011)
- Sixth sense for nurturing talent (Cambridge Education & training April 19 2011)
- Should A-levels be replaced by the IB? (The Independent 4 March 2011)
- IB - Riding high (Re:locate, spring 2011)
- Parents to found new free school for Poole and Bournemouth (Daily Echo 28 Feb 2011)
- Royal Society calls for European Baccalaureates (Mail Online 15 Feb 2011)
- Sutton Coldfield school goes global with new IB Diploma (Birmingham Post 8 Feb 2011)
- Ignored just because we're not 'outstanding' (TES 4 Feb 2011)
- Could this be the end of GCSEs and A-levels? (The Independent 3 Feb 2011)
- IB: Out with the old and in with the new exams (The Independent 3 Feb 2011)
2010 - Press release
- IB sets up new global centre in The Hague, The Netherlands (22 Nov 2010)
- Global Centre in The Hague (in Dutch, Dec 2010)
2010 - Press coverage
- Three reasons why school lessons are so dull (Evening Standard 25 nov 2010)
- Watson's Edinburgh to offer global qualification (The Scotsman 19 nov 2010)
- IB or not IB? That is the question (Telegraph 12 November 2010)
- There is another way (Independent, Ireland 6 October 2010)
- 'The sky's the limit': IB allows British teenagers to broaden their horizons (The Independent 23 September 2010)
- College goes international (Northwich Guardian 21 Sept 2010)
- Bac to the future for schools (The Guardian 8 Sept 2010)
- IB gaining ground in state schools (The Guardian 7 Sept 2010)
- International course opens doors (The Scotsman 3 Sept 2010)
- Have A Levels had their day? (The Independent 2 Sept 2010)
- Academy to move to International Baccalaureate (The Guardian 20 August 2010)
- "Leading grammar says IB is the future(The Independent 20 August 2010
- Head of leading girls school opts for IB (Telegraph 19 August 2010)
- More schools shunning 'easy' A Levels(Telegraph 17 August 2010)
- A Levels fail to open hearts and minds of our young adults (Telegraph 16 Aug 2010)
- Universities struggling to compare prospective students (The Independent 13 August 2010)
- International Schools (Financial Times Germany 30 July 2010)
- UK ready to learn from IB Americas? (20 July 2010)
- Greenwich: French teachers plan to open 3 programme IB school (19 July 2010)
- Dane Court Grammar School "Pupils' new exam success" (23 July 2010)
- Our education system is collapsing into a form of mass indoctrination (The Independent 17 July 2010)
- BBC Radio "IB or A levels, which is better for students?" (15 July 2010)
- More schools abandon tarnished 'A' levels (The Times 12 July 2010)
- IB success at Royal High School, Bath (8 July 2010)
- Regional Council member Nieves Segovia has been appointed President of Institución Educativa SEK (Spanish article 24 June 2010)
- UK Schools Minister Nick Gibb wants students to be able to choose qualification that is right for them (BBC 24 June 2010)
- State secondary school becomes the first state school in Derbyshire to be authorized to offer the IB Diploma Programme (6 May 2010)
- Spain - Secretaría General de Universidades has extended the deadline for the application process (March 2010)
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2009 - Press coverage
- A-levels should be replaced with a system that has integrity (The Independent)
- Why schools love the International Baccalaureate (The Independent)
Interview with Jeffrey Beard, Director General, IB
Of the students I saw applying to medical school, the ones that had done the IB seemed to be more rounded individuals.
Dr Alice Roberts, Birmingham University Professor of Public Engagement in Science
22 January 2012
Results 2012
Birmingham Mail - King Edward's
The Argus - Varndean College
Newshopper - Bexley College
Birmingham Mail - King Edwards
Oxford Mail - Headington Girls
Grimsby - Tollbar Academy
The Packet - Truro College
Nottingham - Bilborough College
Driffield Times - Scarborough College
In-Cumbria - Windermere School
IOM Today - King William's
Herts Observer - Hockerill Anglo-European College
This is Exeter - Exeter College
Wiltshire Times - Warminster School
Shoreham Herald -
Steyning Grammar School
Reading Chronicle - The Abbey School
Gazette - Anglo European
Westcountry - Bridgewater College
Penarth Times - Westbourne School
I think we need to look at introducing a true Baccalaureate, like the International Baccalaureate: a broad programme of learning that lets all young people choose the path that suits them best but gives all the solid, prestigious qualification age 14-19 that is valued by employers and universities..."
Andy Burnham MP
Labour Shadow Education Secretary, 12 July 2011, speech at Demos
The Government recognises the quality and rigour of the International Baccalaureate"
Nick Gibb MP
Minister of State for Schools
Hansard, House of Commons,
10 Jan 2011
"I am a great admirer of the already existing International Baccalaureate and am determined to support a wider take up of that qualification".
Rt Hon Michael Gove
Secretary of State for Education Speech to Westminster Academy, 6 September 2010
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