HIGHER EDUCATION
£11m distributed to cut emissions
THE - 12/01/2012
Nearly £11 million in interest-free loans has been distributed to fund projects that will reduce universities' carbon emissions.
Branch campuses spread East to meet Asian demand
THE - 12/01/2012
The number of overseas branch campuses set up by universities has reached 200 with another 37 planned, as activity shifts from the Gulf region to Asia.
Make it easier to whistleblow while you work
THE - 19/01/2012
Whistleblowers need more support when reporting falsified or flawed research carried out by university colleagues, leading scientists have claimed.
V-cs, it might be time for us to have a talk about a pay review
THE - 12/01/2012
Russell Group universities spent an average of nearly £318,000 on their vice-chancellors' pay, benefits and pensions last year, with the best paid picking up £424,000.
Welsh funding council unveils radical plan to force down fees
THE - 17/01/2012
Welsh universities risk having their student numbers cut by up to almost 60 per cent if they do not reduce their fees in 2013-14, it has been announced.
FURTHER EDUCATION
Heads of the government's apprentice schemes resign
BBC News - 19/01/2012
The chief executives leading the government's multi-billion pound apprenticeship schemes have both announced they are to step down.
SCHOOLS
Barclays to support new free schools and academies
BBC News - 18/01/2012
Barclays Bank is to lend its support to England's new academies and free schools. The bank will offer £1m to groups that want to set up free schools and invest £15m in money management courses.
Consultation on proposed changes to the School Staffing (England) Regulations
Department for Education - 13/01/2012
This consultation asks for views on proposed changes to the School Staffing (England) Regulations 2009 to introduce new requirements on governing bodies in maintained schools to share information about whether a teacher or head teacher at their school has been in capability procedures, when asked to do so by a prospective school employer.
Occupy protest movement to go into schools
BBC News - 20/01/2012
The Occupy protest movement is turning its attentions to schools through a new educational outreach programme.
Ofsted 'satisfactory' rating to be scrapped
The Guardian - 17/01/2012
Inspectors' grade to be replaced by 'requires improvement' to tackle problem of coasting schools.
Unions furious at Gove's plan to sack bad teachers
The Independent - 16/01/2012
The Education Secretary, Michael Gove, was heading for a showdown with teachers' leaders yesterday over his plans to allow the faster dismissal of incompetent staff.
