HIGHER EDUCATION
'Climategate' review clears scientists of dishonesty over data
The Guardian - 07/07/2010
The climate scientists at the centre of a media storm were today cleared of accusations that they fudged their results and silenced critics to bolster the case for man-made global warming.
Halls of pain
Property Week - 02/07/2010
The boom is over for student accommodation developers as the recession and budget cuts hit universities.
HEFCE redrafts memorandum as sector protests
THES - 08/07/2010
Proposals that it was feared would give funding chiefs the power to oust vice-chancellors from office have been redrafted following strong opposition from the academy. The Higher Education Funding Council for England has made a "substantive change" to its controversial plans for the financial memorandum - its funding agreement with universities.
Pension cuts proposed for university staff
BBC News - 07/07/2010
A quarter of a million workers at 400 universities, higher education colleges and associated institutions face cuts in their pensions.
Revolving Green Fund cuts universities' carbon emissions by 2 per cent each year
HEFCE - 05/07/2010
HEFCE's Revolving Green Fund is actively supporting projects in the higher education sector that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A recent evaluation of the fund shows current projects are saving over 2 per cent of carbon emissions each year, and if projects continue at current levels and frequency the fund could lead to 8.6 per cent carbon emissions savings at universities each year by 2020.
Students and academics increasingly using 'smart drugs' to boost performance
Daily Telegraph - 06/07/2010
A growing number of students and academics are using “smart drugs” bought over the internet to improve their performance in exams, a senior drug adviser has warned.
UK immigration cap objection
THES - 08/07/2010
India has protested against moves by the UK to limit immigration from non-European Union countries, with critics warning that students could be hit.
University jobs 'on the line', says union
BBC News - 07/07/2010
Thousands of people working for universities in England could lose their jobs if ministers press ahead with 25% funding cuts, a union warns.
FURTHER EDUCATION
Further Education Minister welcomes completion of fees review
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills - 08/07/2010
Further Education Minister, John Hayes, has today welcomed the publication of an independent report on the co-investment system in Further Education.
SCHOOLS
Department for Education addresses £1bn of unrealistic inherited spending commitments
Department for Education - 05/07/2010
The Department has produced a document regarding the Secretary of State’s announcement concerning End Year Flexibility. The document covers how £1 billion in reductions will be made, why this is being done and what programmes are affected.
Head teachers' search power to be toughened
BBC News - 07/07/2010
Head teachers in England are to be given greater powers to search pupils and clearer guidance on when they can restrain disruptive children.
Michael Gove apology over school building list errors
BBC News - 07/07/2010
The education secretary has said he will apologise in person to schools led to believe they could go ahead with building projects which were axed. They include nine schools in Sandwell, West Midlands, and one in Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
PfS welcomes review of school building and capital programmes
Partnership for Schools - 05/07/2010
Partnerships for Schools (PfS) - the organisation responsible for management and delivery of the full suite of schools capital programmes, including Building Schools for the Future, Academies and the Primary Capital Programme - has welcomed the review announced today by the Secretary of State, the Rt Hon Michael Gove.
Private schools want legal ruling on charity status
BBC News - 07/07/2010
The Independent Schools Council says it wants a legal ruling to clarify the guidelines on charitable status for private schools.
Private schools win tax break reprieve over assisted places
The Guardian - 08/07/2010
A private school that faced being stripped of its charitable status has won a reprieve in a crucial ruling which could allow hundreds of independent schools to continue claiming millions of pounds in tax breaks.
School buildings scheme scrapped
BBC News - 05/07/2010
Hundreds of school building projects are being scrapped as England's national school redevelopment scheme is axed by the government.
