Last updated 20/11/2007
EDUCATION - FURTHER EDUCATION
Initiative to create 30,000 training placements for adults
The Guardian
16/11/2007
The first apprenticeship programme for older adults will be unveiled today as John Denham, the Skills Secretary, announces a massive expansion of training schemes.
Leitch philosophy under attack - Link between education and economic performance is based on a false premise, says former UCU president
The Times Educational Supplement
16/11/2007
Whitehall's head of FE has been forced to defend the Government against claims that there is no proven connection between skills and economic success.
This town ain't big enough...
The Guardian
13/11/2007
The government's policy of allowing schools to acquire sixth forms does nothing to foster harmony with colleges.
EDUCATION - HIGHER EDUCATION
China's bid for world domination
BBC Education News
17/11/2007
While the US is still the global higher education "superpower", China will soon be knocking it off the top spot if current trends continue.
Further expansion on the cards
The Guardian
20/11/2007
Universities continue to voice objections as FE colleges prepare to seek degree-awarding powers.
Match funding sparks furore
The Times Higher Education Supplement
16/11/2007
Universities are at loggerheads over how £200 million promised to the sector to encourage private philanthropic giving should be carved up by the Government. Campaigning for Mainstream Universities, rebranded as "Million+" this week, believes the biggest beneficiaries will be top fundraising universities under the proposed system.
Ministers accused of burying news on university funding changes
The guardian
16/11/2007
The government was accused of 'sneaking out' £100m a year cuts in higher education funding earlier this year by conservative MP Rob Wilson.
Post-92 group heralds latest rebranding
The Times Higher Education Supplement
16/11/2007
Campaigning for Mainstream Universities has repositioned itself as a "think-tank" called "Million+".
Private firm wins state funding to widen Oxbridge intake
The Guardian
19/11/2007
Government funding earmarked to help most disadvantaged pupils get to university is being used to send them on to Oxbridge interview technique courses run by a controversial private company. Oxbridge Applications charges up to £3000 for extensive tutoring sessions.
Scots reply to England's university challenge
The Guardian
16/11/2007
Scottish universities will be allowed to increase their foreign students, build more overseas campuses and forge closer alliances with multinational companies to ensure they can compete with elite English universities, the Guardian has learned.
UCU agrees to joint pay talks
The Times Higher Education Supplement
16/11/2007
The University and College Union has abandoned its long-held opposition to negotiating academics' pay around the same table as porters, cleaners and other university support staff.
Universities 'should shift to summer to be greener'
The Guardian
13/11/2007
The University and College Union (UCU) is raising the fact that academics need to do more than just study the problem of climate change. The recruitment of increasing numbers of international students could be questioned in view of their carbon footprint.
Universities swamp skills
The Guardian
20/11/2007
Having further and higher education in the same department highlights serious funding inequalities. Ministers bestow a relatively small amount of money on those aged 19 and over in further education compared with what they allocate to those in higher education.
Universities vow to protect campus freedoms
The Guardian
14/11/2007
Universities said today that they will continue to protect academic freedom in response to moves announced in a statement on national security by the prime minister. The government intends to consult with schools and universities about their role in tackling extremism, and the Prime Minister has said that guidance sent out to universities would be updated.
EDUCATION - SCHOOLS
Academy education is under scrutiny
The Birmingham Post
14/11/2007
Ministers have ordered an urgent review of academy schools amid questions over whether the flagship policy is delivering improved education for the most disadvantaged pupils.
All children must read at six, says Cameron
The Observer
18/11/2007
David Cameron will put his party on a collision course with the teaching profession this week when he announces that virtually every child in the country will be expected to read by the age of six under a Conservative government.
No big drama as arts school plans unveiled
The Birmingham Post
19/11/2007
Minister for the West Midlands Liam Byrne has unveiled plans for a major new Birmingham acting school, while negotiations for the project are said to be ongoing.
Parents 'forced to send children miles away' in hunt for schools
The Times
19/11/2007
Almost half of parents in some areas educate their children outside their local authority because they believe that the standards of nearby schools are not good enough, according to a new report by Policy Exchange.
Private school links extended
BBC Education News
15/11/2007
More money is being put into a scheme in which smart state pupils from deprived areas receive extra tuition from private schools.
Schools may get business managers
BBC Education News
15/11/2007
Head teachers' time could be freed up with the appointment of highly trained business managers in England's schools, if a pilot scheme is a success.
Tories plan more academy places
BBC Education News
20/11/2007
The Conservatives say they will expand the number of academies in England to create at least 220,000 "good school places" over the next nine years.
YouTube tackles bullying online
BBC Education News
19/11/2007
The first online anti-bullying channel has been launched to encourage young people to denounce the intimidation.
