EDUCATION - FURTHER EDUCATION
Three levels of terror risk
The Guardian
12/02/2008
All colleges are going to have to assess what risk they face from violent extremism and terrorism, according to guidance issued by the Department for Innovation Universities and Skills (Dius) yesterday.
You'd be hired, Sir Alan - Lifelong Learning UK to recruit entrepreneurs and dynamic bosses as a catalyst for change in colleges and training services
The Times Educational Supplement
08/02/2008
Further education bosses are searching for 75 leading entrepreneurs, such as Sir Alan Sugar or Sir Richard Branson, to take over as college principals and heads of training providers.
EDUCATION - HIGHER EDUCATION
Foreign exchange - Competition for Chinese students is stiff, and Britain is in danger of losing its early advantage.
Times Higher Education
07/02/2008
China is hastily building universities in a bid to meet demand, but there is little chance it will be able to keep pace. By 2020 some 20 million university places will be required, according to a 2003 report prepared for the Observatory on Borderless Education.
Hefce chief: VAT hampers savings plan - Big efficiency savings through shared services will be 'difficult' without tax change
Times Higher Education
07/02/2008
Under current rules, universities are classed as VAT-exempt but can not reclaim the VAT paid on services they buy in. For example, if two or three institutions were to share payroll services, they would all have to pay VAT to the provider - even if one university was providing the service to the others.
UK Universities face 'radical' changes
The Guardian
11/02/2008
UK universities face "radical" and "risky" changes in the way they are funded and managed, and in the types of student they attract over the next 12 years, a conference in London heard today.
Universities urged to back more academies to reduce class bias
The Guardian
11/02/2008
The government will today increase pressure on universities to sponsor an academy as a way of helping to reduce class bias in higher education. Oxford and Cambridge are singled out for having the worst records on widening participation, with only one in 10 of their students coming from the lowest income backgrounds.
EDUCATION - SCHOOLS
Just tell us the truth about academies
The Guardian
12/02/2008
The government's claim that standards are rising faster in academies than in other secondary schools in similar circumstances is flawed because the only schools in similar circumstances are other academies.
Mobile phone operators join forces to block child sexual abuse websites
The Times
11/02/2008
Europe's mobile phone operators are joining forces to obstruct access to child sexual abuse websites. Vodafone, Orange and 3 will announce plans to install technology in their networks that will bar access to thousands of blacklisted sites.
Plan to detect rogue exam results
BBC Education News
08/02/2008
The Qualification and Curriculum Authority (QCA) is investigating the possibility of having an automatic alert system to detect anomalies in schools' exam results. The QCA is acting on concerns about apparently rogue results raised by a number of schools in recent years.
School modernisation slips again
BBC Education News
06/02/2008
A £45bn government scheme to modernise England's secondary schools has fallen further behind target, MPs have been told. Originally work on 100 schools under the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme was due to be completed by now, but only nine are open.
Who should decide what children are taught?
The Guardian
12/02/2008
The national curriculum is 20 years old. Do we still need it? A new inquiry plans to investigate.
