EDUCATION - FURTHER EDUCATION
35,000 additional apprentices to help beat downturn and take advantage of the upturn
DIUS Press Release
07/01/2009
The Government will fund an additional 35,000 apprentices next year to strengthen the countrys competitiveness and help beat the downturn.
Cash freeze could scupper college building plans
The Guardian
09/01/2009
The governments multi-billion pound programme to rebuild further education colleges has been thrown into turmoil because the funding body for the sector has suspended all payment decisions on new projects for three months in the economic downturn.
Mummy bonds to coax parents back to work
The Guardian
10/01/2009
Parents who take long career breaks to look after their children are to be rewarded with £500 in training grants to coax them back into work.
EDUCATION - HIGHER EDUCATION
Academics well placed to ride out downturn
The Guardian
10/01/2009
Academics are well placed to ride out the current economic downturn, new figures on pay and retention of staff in universities and colleges suggest.
EDUCATION - SCHOOLS
Cuts to cause austere future for schools
The Guardian
07/01/2009
£45bn school rebuilding programme under threat as finance diverted to beat economic gloom.
Incompetent teachers face new crackdown
The Times Educational Supplement
09/01/2009
GTC launches investigation into why just 10 underperformers have been struck off since 2001.
Ministers offer tough schools pay
BBC Education News
13/01/2009
Good teachers are to be offered £10,000 in loyalty payments to attract them to Englands toughest schools, under government plans.
Private school exodus expected
BBC Education News
09/01/2009
Government action to prepare schools for a predicted influx of pupils from the private sector is being demanded.
Too frightened to declare a disability
The Times Educational Supplement
09/01/2009
Just 2 in 5 teachers with handicaps would feel confident about telling a new employer and 1 in 5 conceal their conditions at job interviews.
