Last updated 28/03/2006
SCHOOLS
Brown hails 'Budget for schools'
BBC News - 22/03/2006
A large increase in funding for schools in England was the centre-piece of Chancellor Gordon Brown's 10th Budget.
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Education crippled by strike action
Birmingham Post - 28/03/2006
Thousands of pupils will remain at home today as more than 300 schools across the Midlands close in a massive public sector walkout over pensions.
Exams cut by third as stress on pupils soars
The Observer - 26/03/2006
The true level of pressure facing children was laid bare last night as Britain's most senior exams official admitted pupils faced a huge and excessive exam load that had distorted the balance of what was taught in schools.
Expelled pupil gets £1,500 for education
Birmingham Post - 24/03/2006
A schoolboy expelled for selling cannabis on campus is set to receive £1,500 towards his further education after the Local Government Ombudsman found a council guilty of maladministration.
Mobiles fuel exam cheating rise
BBC News - 27/03/2006
Cases of malpractice detected by exam boards in England rose by more than a quarter last summer, new figures show.
School wins fire exclusion appeal
BBC News - 22/03/2006
A school has won its appeal to the House of Lords over its exclusion of a boy allegedly involved in starting a fire.
School wins Muslim dress appeal
BBC News - 22/03/2006
A school which was told it unlawfully excluded a Muslim pupil for wearing a traditional gown has won its appeal at the House of Lords.
Teacher wins legal fight over police DNA record
Daily Telegraph - 24/03/2006
A teacher who was arrested but not prosecuted after being accused of hitting a child twice with a ruler yesterday won a legal battle against police to have her fingerprints, DNA sample and photograph destroyed.
FURTHER EDUCATION
Failing colleges may face private takeover
Financial Times - 27/03/2006
Plans to allow private companies to take over under-performing further education colleges are to be announced by the Government today.
FE reforms target skills training
BBC News - 28/03/2006
Vocational training is to be free up to the age of 25 under plans announced by the Government in an attempt to bridge England's skills shortage.
'Government must try harder on FE reforms'
The Guardian - 27/03/2006
Britain's worsening skills shortage will remain a chronic problem despite today's release of the Government's long-awaited white paper on further education, the Association of Colleges has warned.
The myths of ageing
FE Now - Spring 2006
Age discrimination regulations are the biggest piece of legislation to hit the UK this decade. This article explores how the FE sector has prepared.
HIGHER EDUCATION
Award for new university
24/03/2006
The East of England Development Agency is to award a £12m grant for the development of a new university on Ipswich Waterfront by September 2007, under the name of University Campus Suffolk.
Deadlock as bosses issue talks ultimatum
THES - 24/03/2006
Higher education faced a long and increasingly bitter battle over pay this week as unions and employers hit deadlock over negotiations.
Ellis case first test of race act
THES - 24/03/2006
Leeds is likely to become the first university in the UK to sack a lecturer under new race laws - in a case that could have major implications for academic freedom.
Partnerships aim to attract non-EU students
Financial Times - 23/03/2006
Russia, India and South Africa are being encouraged to send more students to British universities. After warnings from vice-chancellors that the number of foreign students coming from outside the European Union is falling, the Chancellor used his budget speech yesterday to announce measures to prop up the lucrative trade in degrees.
University towns 'pay higher council tax'
The Guardian - 24/03/2006
Residents in university towns are paying millions of pounds in extra council tax because of a loophole in the way the Government assesses students, a Conservative MP said yesterday.
University vice-chancellors response to Budget
Universities UK - 23/03/2006
Reacting to the Budget announcement, Diana Warwick, Chief Executive of Universities UK, said: "There is much to welcome in the Budget, particularly the Government's moves to strengthen the supply of scientists and the changes to the R&D tax credits to support growth and innovation"
