EDUCATION - FURTHER EDUCATION
Cabinet backs public sector apprenticeships
DIUS Press Release
23/02/2009
21,000 new apprenticeships in the NHS, education and local government.
Colleges set themselves apprenticeship target
AoC News Release
23/02/2009
Colleges have set themselves a tough challenge to mark Apprenticeship Week (23 to 27 February) - to employ 1500 apprentices by 2010.
New centre proposed to fund strategic research
The Times Educational Supplement
23/02/2009
LSIS fellows, if scheme approved, will undertake projects of practical value to further education.
New guidance launched to help colleges play their part in helping to prevent violent extremism
DIUS Press Release
19/02/2009
Further Education colleges are at the heart of communities and have a key role to play in isolating and challenging the minority who promote violent extremism, Skills Secretary John Denham said today.
Warning on extremism to Muslim students
The Times Educational Supplement
20/02/2009
Teenagers are a prime target for terrorist recruitment and colleges are among their hunting grounds, the Government claimed as it published a report aimed at countering violent extremism.
Winners of schools contracts made to offer apprenticeships
Financial Times
23/02/2009
Construction companies winning government contracts to build and refurbish schools will be required to provide apprenticeships, as part of a new training programme.
EDUCATION - HIGHER EDUCATION
Education and health prepare for squeeze on public spending
The Guardian
24/02/2009
Schools, universities and hospitals are preparing for cuts to public spending on a scale not seen since the 1980s, amid warnings that the governments bail-out of the banks will severely compromise the financing of health and education services for years to come.
Lord Dearing
The Guardian
23/02/2009
It was in 1996 that Ron Dearing, who has died aged 78, and his National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education began work on what became the report Higher Education in the Learning Society.
News in brief - University finances - No bankruptcies ahead, says DIUS
Times Higher Education
19/02/2009
The Government has issued reassurances that no university is at risk of going bankrupt.
EDUCATION - SCHOOLS
Academies losing independence
BBC Education News
23/02/2009
Academies are facing a serious erosion of their independence, says a letter of protest from an organisation of these flagship state schools.
Independents resist early years profile
The Times Educational Supplement
20/02/2009
Independent schools have condemned plans to require them to hand over data on five-year olds achievements.
Lofty ambitions for new builds are left dangling
The Times Educational Supplement
20/02/2009
The agency running the schools renewal programme says it can deliver 300 buildings a year by 2011. But with a National Audit Office report challenging this bullish view, hopes that Building Schools for the Future can act as a catalyst for economic regeneration in recession-hit Britain may be forlorn.
Minister urges headteachers to tackle special needs bullying and exclusions
The Times Educational Supplement
20/02/2009
Experts welcome the move but warn that government guidance alone is not enough to stop widespread ignorance.
NUT demands 10% pay hike plus cash bonus
The Times Educational Supplement
20/02/2009
In spite of plummeting inflation, union leader warns Government not to use economic downturn as an excuse for a low salary offer.
Rebuilding programme seeks more EU money
The Times Educational Supplement
20/02/2009
Last years £300m cash injection insufficient; talks on further emergency funds ongoing.
