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Last updated 08/11/2007
EDUCATION - FURTHER EDUCATION
Extending the Learning Age Announcements
AOC Briefing Note
05/11/2007
Since the announcement of the legislation in July the AoC have discussed the Government's plans with a number of college principals and they have concluded that there are five major issues which need to be considered and which are detailed in the Briefing Note.
Fines for truants in plan to raise school-leaving age
The Guardian
06/11/2007
Teenagers will face fines of up to £200 for failing to turn up to school or a training course under legislation to raise the school leaving age to be unveiled in the Queen's speech today.
Plan to tap apprenticeship demand
BBC Education News
31/10/2007
The government wants to expand the number of apprenticeships in England and to make it easier to match up would-be trainees and employers. It might not be widely known, but some apprenticeship schemes are harder to get onto than courses at Oxbridge.
EDUCATION - HIGHER EDUCATION
£1,000 gap between men and women's pay after graduation
The Guardian
06/11/2007
The discrepancy apparent soon after ending their studies. Inequality begins even before effect of childbirth. The findings are contained in the largest ever study of graduates' experiences by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (Hesa) which for the first time tracked 25,000 students three years after they graduated.
Diplomas finally get a thumbs up
The Times Higher Education Supplement
02/11/2007
Universities lay down provisos for approval of potential A-level replacement. Universities across the sector have signalled their intention to accept the Government's new 14-19 diplomas as a pathway to their degree courses from 2010.
Generosity to researchers could be a profitable move
The Times Higher Education Supplement
02/11/2007
A study suggests that scientists given higher royalties earn more in licensing income for universities. Universities that give a greater share of royalties to researchers whose inventions have a commercial application generate more licensing income than institutions that are less generous to their staff.
National pay bargaining for lecturers 'in danger of collapse'
The Guardian
01/11/2007
National pay bargaining for university staff - from lecturers to cleaners - could collapse unless an agreement can be worked out soon, lecturers have been warned.
'Not a propaganda tool'
The Guardian
06/11/2007
China's Confucius Institutes are proliferating at UK universities, but are they cultural or political bodies?
Quangos in firing line - LSC one of many bodies to face scrutiny over future after £7 billion is cut from its budget
The Times Educational Supplement - FE Focus
26/10/2007
The Learning and Skills Council is one of the quangos whose future is up for debate in a rethink of the institutions overseeing further education.
Tories: Students need greater transparency
The Times Higher Education Supplement
02/11/2007
A Conservative government would hold universities to account by publishing student dropout rates, staff contact hours and class sizes instead of relying on "clumsy monitoring institutions" such as the QAA.
Ucea issues guidance for v-cs seeking to quit national pay
The Times Higher Education Supplement
02/11/2007
The university employers' body is to issue formal guidance to support vice-chancellors if they decide to pull out of national pay bargaining.
UK opens research bureau in Beijing
The Times Higher Education Supplement
02/11/2007
The UK's seven research councils this week opened a bureau in China, signalling a growing desire to collaborate with the emerging economy.
EDUCATION - SCHOOLS
Brown threatens failing schools
BBC Education News
31/10/2007
Gordon Brown has pledged to eradicate failure from England's schools, saying those which let children down will be taken over or closed.
Carbon cuts cost too much
The Times Educational Supplement
26/10/2007
The Government stepped back from a pledge to make all new secondary schools carbon neutral because it proved too expensive.
Charity opt-out not easy
The Times Educational Supplement
02/11/2007
The country's biggest for-profit group of private schools was reported to be poised to take over a number of new schools upset by increasing regulation. Cognita was said to be talking to independent schools that are unhappy about changes to the law that mean they will have to prove their charitable status.
Don't sign up to Micorsoft, watchdog urges schools
The Times Educational Supplement
26/10/2007
Schools should not sign up to a licensing agreement with Microsoft, the Government's education technology agency has advised, until an official complaint to the Office of Fair Trading has been investigated.
Review ordered into school appeal panels
The Guardian
05/11/2007
The government has ordered a review of school appeal panels amid concerns that middle-class families are dominating the best state schools.
School leaving age to rise to 18
BBC Education News
04/11/2007
A law raising the school leaving age to 18 in England will be included in the Queen's Speech on Tuesday.
Schools told to tease out talent
BBC Education News
02/11/2007
A new champion for gifted and talented children is urging schools to identify England's brightest one million pupils.
U-turn on school surplus clawback
BBC Education News
30/10/2007
The government has dropped plans to have councils claw back budget surpluses from schools in England.
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