Last updated 24/09/2007
EDUCATION - FURTHER EDUCATION
Cross-border cash tangle looms - colleges with wide catchment areas stand to suffer bureaucracy nightmares under proposed funding changes
The Times Educational Supplement
14/09/2007
Colleges are attracting students from so far away that they could find themselves dealing with up to 70 different local authorities, under proposed changes to funding.
Moves to accredit firms' training
BBC Education News
12/09/2007
Training schemes run by major firms could lead to generally recognised qualifications under plans launched by the government. Vodafone and Sainsbury's are among companies working towards having their in-house programmes accredited.
EDUCATION - HIGHER EDUCATION
Behaviour survey exposes high levels of staff abuse
The Times Higher Education Supplement
14/09/2007
The first survey of students' behaviour towards university staff has revealed the extent to which the latter are subject to harassment, verbal abuse and assault. The survey's author believes the issue of student disrespect is being 'swept under the carpet'.
Costs deter foreign students
The Observer
16/09/2007
Growing numbers say British university courses do not provide value for money and look to US for education, study finds.
Drive for more mature students
BBC Education News
13/09/2007
Universities are being urged to design more courses to allow people of working age to get a degree.
Earning 'harms students' futures'
BBC Education News
15/09/2007
Students who work to help pay their way through university are missing out on extra curricular activities that might tempt future employers, the University and College Union claims.
Education worth more to British exports than banking
The Guardian
18/09/2007
Education is worth more to UK exports than financial services or the automotive industry, according to a report published by the British Council today.
Lecturers 'must block extremism'
BBC Education News
17/09/2007
Lecturers should back the government's efforts to prevent Islamic extremism in universities. The Universities and College Union had rejected government calls for universities to monitor campus extremism as creating a "quasi secret service". Mr Denham believes the opposition is "misplaced".
Universities need more freedom to compete, urges UUK President
Universities UK Press Release
13/09/2007
In his keynote speech at Universities UK's annual conference Professor Rick Trainor, President of Universities UK, called for universities to be given more autonomy if they are to be competitive at home and abroad.
University-school link-ups urged
BBC Education News
14/09/2007
John Denham believes that although steps to widen participation had been taken, more needed to be done to boost the numbers of disadvantaged youngsters studying degrees. He has pointed out that universities cannot offer places to students who do not apply so partnerships between universities and schools may have a key role.
Warnings over future supply of PhD graduates
The Guardian
14/09/2007
British PhD graduates are more employable than those with first or masters degrees, but there is a danger the supply of doctoral students may dry up, a new study has warned.
EDUCATION - SCHOOLS
Faith schools 'cherry picking'
The Observer
16/09/2007
Report reveals that London schools are selecting proportionately more white, middle-class pupils.
First Hindu state school to open
BBC Education News
11/09/2007
The first Hindu state school in Britain is set to open next year in west London. Hindu group, the I-Foundation, plans to open a new £1m primary school for pupils in Edgware next September. The group also wants to build a Hindu school in Leicester.
Questions asked over benefits of having police in schools
The Birmingham Post
17/09/2007
Police officers are increasingly setting up bases within West Midlands schools in a bid to crackdown on youth crime. Police say the mover, which is being encouraged by central Government, helps steer youngsters away from criminal activity and anti-social behaviour. However, critics last night questioned the growing trend.
The £6.5m guinea pig
The Times Educational Supplement
14/09/2007
A small town in Essex is one of the testing grounds for a £7 billion scheme, which will change the look of primary education in England. Under the scheme, which begins in April 2009, 8,000 primary schools in England will be rebuilt or revamped.
