HIGHER EDUCATION
Business leaders urge caution over university cuts
BBC News - 17/06/2010
Business leaders have urged the government to be "cautious" over university funding cuts.
Call for graduates to pay towards cost of education
BBC News - 14/06/2010
Scottish university graduates should have to contribute towards the cost of their education by paying deferred fees, according to a think-tank.
Plagiarism tariff: let the punishment fit the demerit points
THES - 17/06/2010
Academics in the UK have drawn up a national tariff covering penalties for student plagiarism, which could be adopted as a worldwide system for dealing with offenders.
UK universities deliver £2.97 billion in services to business and industry
HEFCE - 14/06/2010
Higher education sector and the wider economy are benefiting from universities' entrepreneurial spirit.
University complaints on the rise
BBC News - 15/06/2010
Student complaints against universities in England and Wales have almost doubled in five years, figures show.
Willetts' critical position on final-salary pensions
THES - 17/06/2010
David Willetts has applied extra pressure to the pension-reform process, saying that students should not be expected to "prop up" the academy's final-salary deals.
FURTHER EDUCATION
Hayes announces new freedoms for colleges
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills - 17/06/2010
The government today set out a series of measures to set colleges free from unnecessary bureaucracy, as the first stage of a new skills strategy that will give them the flexibility they need to respond to the demands of employers and learners.
SCHOOLS
Call for safeguarding review in wake of halt on vetting and barring
TES - 18/06/2010
Heads' leaders have called for a major review of safeguarding rules in schools following the surprise suspension of the controversial vetting and barring scheme earlier this week.
Charities warn against scaling back vetting and barring scheme too far
The Guardian - 15/06/2010
Charities tonight warned ministers not to go too far when scaling back the vetting and barring scheme for those who work with children and vulnerable adults.
Church in warning on academies
Independent - 17/06/2010
More than 2,000 Catholic schools were told by their Church yesterday that it would be "unwise" to seek academy status.
Cross-government savings: Letter to LAs
Department for Education - 16/06/2010
The Secretary of State for Education has written to all local authorities setting out the details of the Department's contribution to the £6.2 billion of cross-government savings, announced on Monday 24 May 2010.
Gove welcomes first 'free school' applicants
TES - 18/06/2010
The government opened its doors today to the first wave of parent groups, charities and teachers who hope to set up their own schools under the controversial "free schools" model.
Two-thirds of top schools want to be academies, says Gove
The Guardian - 17/06/2010
Nearly 70% of secondary schools rated as outstanding have now expressed interest in becoming an academy, the education secretary, Michael Gove, revealed today.
