HIGHER EDUCATION
Academy can tackle wage gap
THES - 6 May 2010
Higher education institutions have more power to tackle gender pay inequality than they think, according to the Equality Challenge Unit. The ECU, higher education's equality body, has launched a step-by-step resource for institutions on conducting equal pay reviews, titled Promoting equality in pay.
BarCap plans UPP asset sale
Property Week - 10.05.10
University Partnerships Programme (UPP), the UK’s largest private university campus developer, is to be split and partially sold by Barclays Capital in a process expected to raise about £800m, which will help fund future developments, the Financial Times reported today.
Bogus students facing global crackdown
BBC News - 13/05/2010
"Unscrupulous" recruitment agents who bring bogus overseas students into the UK are being targeted in an international initiative.
Deadlock over pension reform
THES - 6 May 2010
Employers want to scrap final-salary pensions for new entrants to the Universities Superannuation Scheme and to raise the pension age to 68 - but have failed to reach a deal with members' representatives.
Coalition deal: what it means for the public sector
The Guardian - 12/05/2010
Dissects the seven-page agreement to reveal the coalition's plans for the public sector
Lib Dems free to abstain on fees vote
THES - 12/05/2010
Liberal Democrat MPs will be allowed to abstain from any vote on tuition fees under the terms of the agreement struck by the new coalition government.
Top universities in Russell Group fees review protest
BBC News - 10/05/2010
Students from 20 leading universities are to protest against what they say are "underhand" tactics in the review of tuition fees in England.
Tuition fees 'could rise to £14,000'
Telegraph - 2 May 2010
Student tuition fees could rise as high as £14,000 a year under plans to allow universities to charge the full cost of a degree.
UCU calls pension ballot
THES - 11/05/2010
Union members are being asked to vote on proposed changes to the main higher education pension scheme, with the possibility of industrial action mooted.
Universities fear extra cuts are in the offing
The Guardian - 12/05/2010
Steve Smith says further cuts in the emergency budget would play havoc with higher education budgets
Universities say students may face earlier loan payback
BBC News - 14/05/2010
Graduates should pay higher interest rates on their student loans to help avert a university funding crisis, a report says.
FURTHER EDUCATION
David Willetts becomes Universities, Science and Skills Minister
Skills Funding Agency - 13/05/2010
Thumbs up for Cable, but reform confusion reigns
TES - 14/05/2010
Coalition’s new Business Secretary may have to scrap Skills Funding Agency and raid Train to Gain
SCHOOLS
Conservative MP Nick Gibb appointed schools minister
The Guardian - 14/05/2010
Conservative MP Nick Gibb is the new schools minister, it was announced today. Joining him in the new Department for Education are Liberal Democrat Sarah Teather and Conservative Tim Loughton.
Education Bill within weeks as Tories dig in
TES - 14/05/2010
Conservative plans for a radical overhaul of the country’s schools within months were forced through in policy negotiations during the run-up to the formation of the coalition government.
Goodbye Department for Curtains and Soft Furnishings
The Guardian - 13/05/2010
The new education secretary Michael Gove has speedily renamed his department the Department for Education.
Gove spells out education priorities for 'a new era'
BBC News - 13/05/2010
Michael Gove has set out his priorities for education, saying they will mark a new era. The new Education Secretary confirmed that Conservative plans for "free" schools and more academies would be the focus for change.
