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Last updated 13/08/2007
EDUCATION - FURTHER EDUCATION
MPs call for overhaul of skills training scheme
The Guardian
02/08/2007
MPs are urging the government to rethink its flagship Train to Gain scheme to boost skills in the workforce - just one year after it was launched.
EDUCATION - HIGHER EDUCATION
Attempts to increase entrepreneurs 'in vain'
The Guardian
06/08/2007
Britain is no more entrepreneurial now than it was ten years ago despite numerous government initiatives to boost business innovation, researchers at the University of Sheffield have found.
Cap off: it is time to reconsider profile
The Times Higher Education Supplement
03/08/2007
The scramble to adjust market status has already begun ahead of 2009 review of tuition fees.
Swansea: 'Science park concept' for campus
Edge Hill: More students and more research
Cumbria: distributed model makes a comeback
Huddersfield: Ready to pay for expertise
Coalition courses
The Guardian
07/08/2007
A UK university, Cranfield University, is setting up shop on Australian soil to share anti-terrorism expertise.
Government must woo more Chinese students, say MPs
The Independent
05/08/2007
The Government is urged today to offer scholarships to Chinese youngsters to study in the UK in an attempt to bolster the nation's worldwide reputation as a centre for international students.
HE staff pay rises 'outpacing public sector'
The Guardian
01/08/2007
The salaries of university staff are rising faster than those of other public sector workers, the University and College Employers Association claimed today.
MPs demand equal treatment for part-time students
The Guardian
05/08/2007
An urgent review of financial support for part-time university students in England has been demanded by MPs who said the way they were treated differently from full-time students was "no longer sustainable".
MPs urge foreign university links
BBC Education News
04/08/2007
MPs are telling universities in the UK they need to collaborate more with others overseas if they are to continue to attract foreign students.
Students told it's cheaper to study abroad
The Times Higher Education Supplement
03/08/2007
A British private company is encouraging students to shun their home universities and study abroad instead. The new company says UK institutions have become too complacent and expensive.
We may all pay for Scottish largesse
The Times Higher Education Supplement
03/08/2007
Emerging differences in approach to higher education funding could undermine the 'UK brand' at just the wrong time.
Where the grass is greener
The Guardian
31/07/2007
How do you stop young people deserting a deprived area? Opening a university could be the first step.
EDUCATION - SCHOOLS
Academies push for more state boarders
The Times Educational Supplement
27/07/2007
Academies are planning to lead the first expansion in state boarding schools for more than a decade. Three schools plan to offer boarding places to 200 pupils, with the possibility of more.
Academy special schools requested
BBC Education News
06/08/2007
Schools for children with special educational needs in England should be able to gain academy status, says Autism Awareness Campaign UK. At present the government says special schools cannot be academies because academies are not allowed to select which pupils they will admit.
Cameron attacks discipline units
BBC Education News
31/07/2007
Conservative leader David Cameron has attacked "pupil referral units" as expensive and ineffective and has repeated calls to stop appeals over exclusions.
Cyber bullying - don't blame the web
BBC Education News
03/08/2007
Social networking websites are seen by some teachers as the latest weapon of the school bully - prompting unions to call for them to be banned. But one bullying charity argues that the very technology that is blamed for bullying misery has a key role to play in the battle against it.
Elite independents bid to be academies
The Times Educational Supplement
03/08/2007
More than 30 independent schools, including six among the top-ranking Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference could join the state sector as academies.
More private schools consider state links
The Guardian
04/08/2007
Dozens of independent schools are investigating a move into the state sector by becoming part of the academies programme or acting as sponsors of new schools.
Parents need not be kept in touch on fingerprints
The Times Educational Supplement
27/07/2007
Headteachers do not need to obtain the consent of parents before using children's fingerprints, government guidance has confirmed.
Private schools seek academy cash
BBC Education News
03/08/2007
It is claimed that struggling independent schools could seek academy status as a way of shoring up their finances.
We're moving stateside - Fight for fee-paying pupils in the North pushes independent schools to become academies
The Times Educational Supplement
03/08/2007
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