More children are going to school in developing countries thanks to UK aid, but the government could achieve better value for money from its investment, Whitehall’s spending watchdog has said
The coalition government has set out its legislative programme for the next 18 months, with 23 Bills ‘based upon the principles of freedom, fairness, and responsibility’
Young people from poor backgrounds are still failing to get places at top universities despite millions of pounds spent on efforts to widen participation, according to a report out today
Ministers have agreed to lead the public sector into its coming period of austerity by taking a 5% cut in salary, followed by a pay freeze for the rest of the parliamentary term
Teaching unions are calling on the new government to scrap Standard Assessment Tests for 10 and 11 year-olds following a boycott of the tests this week
The newly elected House of Commons has seen an increase in the number of privately educated MPs, leading to a profile that ‘does not reflect society at large’, according to research published today
All the main parties support independently run schools in some form. But there is no guarantee that they produce results for the pupils themselves, reports Lucy Phillips
The Student Loan Company did ‘not enjoy value for money in 2009’ and was beset by problems with processing applications, a damning report by the National Audit Office has shown
The financial hurdles facing English universities came under the spotlight again this week after provisional public funding allocations for 2010/11 were released.
Modest investment in education could improve social mobility and help raise gross domestic product by up to £140bn a year over the next 40 years, think-tank research has shown
