EDUCATION - FURTHER EDUCATION
FE at high risk of plagiarism
The Times Educational Supplement
13/03/2009
The higher education funding body has warned that FE colleges may be most at risk from students plagiarising work to gain degrees.
Only third of mergers improve results
The Times Educational Supplement
13/03/2009
But colleges were more successful at combining than businesses, which had a failure rate of 91%.
EDUCATION - HIGHER EDUCATION
Barriers rising between business and universities
The Guardian
12/03/2009
Business leaders are increasingly frustrated with university red tape and unrealistic expectations of how much research discoveries are worth, says a report from Imperial College Business School today.
Minister denies student loan scandal
The Guardian
12/03/2009
Tories claim 70% of European students are failing to pay back their loans.
MPs call for toothless watchdog to be put down
Times Higher Education
12/03/2009
QAA defends its reputation as select committee openly doubts its influence.
Next steps to new university challenge
DIUS Press Release
09/03/2009
Universities Minister David Lammy welcomed the next step of the new university challenge with the publication of guidance on submitting proposals for new local university centres by the Higher Education Funding for England (HEFCE).
Universities to sponsor new 14 - 19 vocational academies
The Times Educational Supplement
13/03/2009
A new breed of academies is to be created in a radical shake-up of vocational education and school provision for 14 to 19 year olds.
Wanted: £1bn to save economy
The Guardian
10/03/2009
Ministers consider call by elite universities for them to create a £1bn fund to finance the early stages of university spin-outs.
EDUCATION - SCHOOLS
Balls orders Ofsted survey of faith schools moral values
The Guardian
09/03/2009
The schools secretary, Ed Balls, has asked the education watchdog Ofsted to carry out a survey of the moral values of independent faith schools after concerns were raised about Muslim schools.
Ed Balls pledges child protection overhaul
The Guardian
12/03/2009
Childrens secretary to authorise immediate response to Lord Lamings report.
Schools losing out in shake up
BBC Education News
12/03/2009
Schools are suffering as a result of the merger of education and childrens services departments within local authorities, school leaders say.
