EDUCATION - FURTHER EDUCATION
Three new partners for the quango tango
The Guardian
25/03/2008
It's farewell to the giant LSC as its powers are dispersed. Will there be conflicts and a 'bureaucratic nightmare'?
EDUCATION - HIGHER EDUCATION
Academe is key to competitive economy
Times Higher Education
20/03/2008
White Paper charges universities with an even bigger role in sparking and developing innovation for the good of the wider economy.
Fears over foreign student cuts
BBC Education News
20/03/2008
Funding cuts to two scholarship schemes for foreign students will hugely impact on British universities, say critics.
Free and frank discussions
The Guardian
25/03/2008
With no more endowments and a disappointing budget settlement, universities in Scotland face funding fears.
Universities face big drop in school-leavers in next decade
The Guardian
20/03/2008
The number of school-leavers is expected to plummet over the next 10 years leaving 70,000 university places unfilled - the equivalent of nearly six universities.
EDUCATION - SCHOOLS
Accused staff risk being removed from teachers' register
The Times Educational Supplement
20/03/2008
England's General Teaching Council (GTC) is seeking new powers to suspend teachers from the profession's register while they are under investigation for alleged inappropriate behaviour.
Payouts for wrong grades
The Times Educational Supplement
21/03/2008
Exam boards fear new regulator could demand millions in compensation for incorrect marks.
Union calls for end to single-faith schools
The Guardian
25/03/2008
Schools would offer faith-based instruction, prayer facilities and a choice of religious holidays under a plan developed by the NUT.
