Last updated 22/03/2007
EDUCATION - FURTHER EDUCATION
Call to offer more cheap loans to adult learners
The Guardian
16/03/2007
Interest-free student loans should be made available to the 400,000 adults who are studying A-level or equivalent courses at further education colleges.
Job training 'should count as qualifications'
The Guardian
21/03/2007
Staff training offered by high street companies like Marks & Spencer and Boots should be given formal accreditation and recognised as national qualifications in their own right, the qualifications watchdog has suggested.
EDUCATION - HIGHER EDUCATION
Brown set to sell off student debt
The Guardian
15/03/2007
Student loans worth an estimated £16bn are to be privatised by the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, in a move that will give him extra funds for education in next week's budget.
Probe into student bullying of staff
The Guardian
19/03/2007
An academic has launched a new survey to find out how many university staff have been at the receiving end of student bad behaviour.
Would-be students quizzed on parents
The Guardian
16/03/2007
Students applying to go to university will be asked whether their parents have a degree under controversial moves to check the social backgrounds of potential undergraduates.
EDUCATION - SCHOOLS
Brown to expand school academies scheme
The Guardian
19/03/2007
The Chancellor, Gordon Brown has pledged to expand the school academies programme.
Getting pupils dressed for success: New government guidelines clarify school uniform policy
DfES Press Release
20/03/2007
Schools have been told to limit the cost of uniforms as part of new guidelines issued by the DfES today.
Minister gives schools right to ban Muslim veil
The Guardian
20/03/2007
The education secretary Alan Johnson will court controversy today by announcing that he expects head teachers to ban schoolchildren from wearing the full Muslim veil on "safety, security and teaching" grounds. The consultation, leaked in advance to the Sun by Mr Johnson, states that it will be for headteachers to consult widely among parents before introducing the policy.
Muslim leaders divided over veil guidance
The Guardian
20/03/2007
Muslim leaders gave a mixed reaction today to new government proposals that allow schools to ban pupils wearing the full veil or niqab on the grounds of security, health and safety or if they believe it impedes their learning.
Schools asked to ban gang colours
The Guardian
20/03/2007
Proposed guidelines on school uniform policy published by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) suggests that schools should introduce rules banning pupils from wearing street gang colours when they draw up their uniform policy
