Education Secretary Michael Gove has come under fire for his proposals to give councils a ‘critical new role’ in local education provision, outlined in yesterday’s white paper on education.
Pupils should take GCSEs at 14 and be given a choice of education routes that reflect their interests and abilities, a leading social mobility charity said today.
Should the public sector start drowning its sorrows as the cuts kick in? Doom merchants certainly seem to think so. But perhaps in reality the glass is half full and not half empty. Tony Travers...
Concern is mounting over the government's pupil premium policy after independent research suggested it is likely to leave the most deprived communities worse off.
The new arrangements for student tuition fees in England amount to a 'quick win' for the Treasury and are less fair and progressive than a graduate tax, Public Finance has been told
The government’s proposed pupil premium, designed to direct money towards children from disadvantaged backgrounds, is likely to leave the most deprived communities worse off, Public Finance has...
Government plans to raise the cap on student tuition fees came under fire again today for being geared towards elite universities and the best-paid graduates
Student tuition fees will be capped at £6,000 a year unless universities use a special provision to charge up to £9,000, universities and science minister David Willetts has confirmed today.
Norfolk and Norwich Millennium library is the country's most visited, according to CIPFA's latest annual survey of library use. It had 1.5m visitors in 2009/10, issuing 1.15m books and other items.
Public sector graduate recruitment has remained buoyant in the recession, but spending cuts could trigger a crisis in the next few years, a careers service study has shown.
University leaders have reiterated their call for part-time students to receive the same financial support as full-timers, a proposal backed by Lord Browne'’s review of higher education
Real-terms spending on school pupils will decrease by 2.25% over the next four years, despite the chancellor’s pledge to protect funding, Public Finance has been told.
The £7bn earmarked by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to help disadvantaged children and young people from the age of 2 to 20 will not come out of the schools budget, the Cabinet Office has confirmed
The Liberal Democrats will back Lord Browne’s recommendations on higher education funding but might push for employers contribute more, a leading LibDem peer has told Public Finance.
Unregulated tuition fees and a restriction on home student numbers at universities would harm social mobility, a leading educational charity warned today