EDUCATION - FURTHER EDUCATION
Bill creates apprenticeship tsar
The Guardian
12/02/2009
Every suitable young person will be entitled to an apprenticeship by 2013.
Polytechnic revival is planned
The Times Educational Supplement
06/02/2009
Colleges intend to create their own degrees, giving freedom from university control by 2012.
EDUCATION - HIGHER EDUCATION
New action plan for a more sustainable sector
HEFCE Press Release
03/02/2009
A new plan to put higher education (HE) at the forefront of societies efforts to achieve sustainability has been published today by HEFCE.
Tuition fee problem shelved until after election
The Guardian
03/02/2009
Higher education minister David Lammy says review of cap on tuition fees will not be finished until June 2010.
EDUCATION - SCHOOLS
15 of 50 school builds finish late
The Times Educational Supplement
06/02/2009
Nearly a third of the new schools so far completed under the Building Schools for the Future programme were finished late, with many not opening for up to a year after the projected completion date.
Behaviour tsar puts special needs under microscope
The Times Educational Supplement
06/02/2009
Identifying childrens special needs as early as possible could be a key weapon in cutting bad behaviour in schools.
Private school staff pushed to register
The Times Educational Supplement
06/02/2009
Private school teachers will come under the same strict code of conduct as their state colleagues under plans put forward by the General Teaching Council for England.
Quango to control all academies
The Times Educational Supplement
06/02/2009
Semi-independent schools to be placed in the hands of a national local authority from 2010.
Schools are told to switch off CCTV that spies on pupils
The Mail on Sunday
08/02/2009
The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) have advised schools using CCTV cameras and microphones in classrooms to monitor pupils as young as four that they should be switched off.
Schools minister still believes in academies
The Guardian
05/02/2009
The government will not back out of its controversial programme of privately sponsored academies despite the high-profile failure of one of its newest schools, the schools minister Jim Knight said today.
Schools warned on parental costs
BBC Education News
03/02/2009
Schools in England are being told to limit what parents have to pay for things like uniforms and trips.
