Last updated 14/02/2007
EDUCATION - HIGHER EDUCATION
Applications to university up 7%
BBC Education News
14/02/2007
The number of students applying to UK universities has gone up by 6.4% and the number of students applying to English universities has risen by 7.2%.
Blair endowment plan 'favours elite universities'
The Guardian
12/02/2007
Tony Blair's endowment plans could see cash-strapped universities slipping further into the red while elite institutions prosper, academics warned today.
Colleges and universities reap £4mln green windfall
Evening News (Edinburgh)
06/02/2007
Scotland's colleges and universities are to share in a £4 million fund from the Central Energy Efficiency Fund to help make them cut carbon emissions.
Developing the UK's e-infrastructure: major report published
JISC Press Release
08/02/2007
Maintaining the Uk's world leadership in research and innovation requires a national e-infrastructure capable of meeting the needs of researchers in the digital age. Furthermore, there is a serious danger that without such an e-infrastructure, the development of the UK's science and research base and the growth of its knowledge-based economy will be seriously impaired.
New students should speak second language
The Guardian
07/02/2007
Students should be able to speak a foreign language as a requirement for university entry, the British Academy has said in a submission on the decline of modern languages.
Students failing to bite at bursaries bait, figures show
The Guardian
14/02/2007
Top-up fees have sparked a boom in bursaries as universities compete for students, but the generosity of scholarships does not always lure potential students, a report commissioned by UUK reveals.
Students 'pay more but receive less'
The Observer
11/02/2007
Report condemns 'compromised' academic standards and reduction of access to lecturers.
Students' unions stay independent
BBC Education News
08/02/2007
Students' unions are separate from their universities and should not be integrated with them, lawyers have told the National Union of Students (NUS).
Universities back US-style funds
BBC Education News
12/02/2007
Plans to boost the funds of England's universities with an American-style scheme have been welcomed by academics and students.
EDUCATION - SCHOOLS
Calls for more teacher regulation
BBC Education News
09/02/2007
Ministers are being urged to subject more teaching staff and those who work with children to regulatory checks.
First aid resource for UK schools
BBC Education News
13/02/2007
The British Red Cross has produced a first aid education kit for schools, in an attempt to encourage teenagers to learn about life-saving techniques.
More partnerships between independent and state schools - Adonis
DfES Press Release
12/02/2007
Schools Minister Andrew Adonis today announced the successful applicants from the ninth round of the Independent/ State School Partnerships grant scheme.
State pupils to get private help
BBC Education News
13/02/2007
State school pupils are to get extra help with science, maths and language lessons from private school teachers, education ministers have announced.
