Last updated 06/04/2006
SCHOOLS
Schools get asbestos warning
Independent - 03/04/2006
Schools are to get new guidance on dealing with asbestos today as figures reveal more than 100 teachers have died from contact with it over the past 20 years.
FURTHER EDUCATION
College set to become first to sponsor academies
The Guardian - 03/04/2006
A further education college is set to become the first to sign up to the Government's controversial academies programme when it takes charge of two underperforming schools. Barnfield College in Luton plans to establish a £120m programme to replace Halyard high school and South Luton comprehensive with academies, run as part of a federation with the college.
Colleges to gain more autonomy
THES - 31/03/2006
More higher education is to be provided by further education colleges with greater independence from universities, the Government signalled this week.
FE reforms target skills training
BBC News - 28/03/2006
Vocational training is to be free up to the age of 25 under plans announced by the Government in an attempt to bridge England's skills shortage.
Strike set to close colleges for a week
The Guardian - 03/04/2006
Further education colleges could be closed for a week next month when lecturers strike over an "insulting" 1.5 per cent pay offer.
Supporting young people to achieve: delivering the review of financial support for 16-19 year olds
DfES - 29/03/2006
A package of measures to encourage 16 to 19 year olds to participate in education and training was launched today.
HIGHER EDUCATION
Adding their voice to the debate
The Guardian - 04/04/2006
Has better organisation or extremism made Islamic groups the biggest faction in student politics?
'Derisory' 6% offer on table
THES - 31/03/2006
Lecturers' unions this week rejected as "derisory" a pay offer of 6 per cent over two years, telling employers the dispute would continue until they come up with a credible deal.
Don't rely on foreign student fees, universities warned
The Times - 30/03/2006
Some of the country's leading universities will face serious financial problems if the downturn in the number of foreign students coming to study in the UK continues, according to research published today.
Equality law could pave way to scrapping of retirement age
THES - 31/03/2006
A number of universities could do away with a set retirement age as a result of new legislation on age discrimination, a conference heard last week.
Poorest students hit hardest by fees
The Times - 31/03/2006
Students from poor backgrounds have suffered the greatest financial hardship since Labour introduced university tuition fees, according to Government research. Levels of graduate debt soared by 74 per cent between 1998-99, when the Government introduced annual fees of £1,000, and 2004-05.
Sussex urged to reopen its race row case
THES - 31/03/2006
Leeds University's decision to begin disciplinary proceedings against Frank Ellis after he stated that black people were on average less intelligent than white people could prompt a new investigation into a Sussex University academic who expressed similar views.
