-
4 Sep 13
School head teachers are now able to link teachers’ pay to performance after education secretary Michael Gove confirmed the extension of this flexibility from academies to maintained schools in...
-
3 Sep 13
No further free schools should be created in areas where there is a surplus of school places so that funding can be focused on parts of the country that face a squeeze on capacity, the Local...
-
29 Aug 13
Rob Whiteman likes to pump up the volume, whether it’s belting out operatic arias or singing the praises of accountants. CIPFA’s new chief executive tells PF he intends to be a vocal presence in the...
-
29 Aug 13
Scotland’s colleges should think hard before seeking easy savings by sacking teaching staff, Audit Scotland has warned.
-
16 Aug 13
Universities in Scotland are poised to benefit financially in the coming year from a record influx of students from the rest of the UK, paying fees of up to £9,000 a year and from non-European...
-
15 Aug 13
Around one-fifth of the UK’s economic growth in recent decades resulted from a rise in the number of university graduates, researchers have found.
-
8 Aug 13
More than 12,000 additional graduates are needed for work in nurseries and childcare, a think tank has said.
-
23 Jul 13
Local government finance settlements are ‘deeply unfair’ to rural communities, according to MPs.
-
23 Jul 13
Young people from the most disadvantaged backgrounds are now more likely than ever to apply to university, despite the controversy two years ago over tuition fees.
-
4 Jul 13
Too few schools are taking advantage of new freedoms to recruit governors for their skills, MPs said today.
-
1 Jul 13
Pressure on public sector budgets has led to a rise in zero-hours contracts, particularly in the care sector. The biggest losers are vulnerable service-users and staff on poor pay and insecure hours...
-
26 Jun 13
Education and health emerged as relative winners from today's Spending Review, with the chancellor pledging an overhaul of the school funding system and reaffirming the government’s commitment to the...
-
20 Jun 13
Schools in many rural, semi-rural and coastal English local authorities are failing their poorest children, Ofsted said today.
-
19 Jun 13
Planned increases in the pupil premium should be focused on primary schools to ensure resources are targeted where they are most needed, the Institute for Public Policy Research said today.
-
14 Jun 13
England’s top universities have become less socially representative over the past decade, an examination of admissions by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission has revealed today.
-
13 Jun 13
The Treasury has launched an initiative to cut costs in projects built using the controversial Private Finance Initiative by urging private operators of hospitals and schools to agree to a code of...
-
12 Jun 13
Public sector employment in the UK continues to decline, falling by 22,000 to 5.7 million over the first three months of the year, official figures show.
-
10 Jun 13
Colleges have welcomed calls for ‘fee-only’ vocational degrees that would cost £5,000 and be targeted at students living locally.
-
7 Jun 13
Norfolk and the Isle of Wight are the first two local authorities to be visited by Ofsted inspectors under the watchdog’s new school improvement programme.
-
5 Jun 13
Universities increased their spending on projects to widen participation in higher education by 5% in 2011/12, an analysis by the Higher Education Funding Council for England and the Office for Fair...
-
5 Jun 13
English councils are to be given a £94m education refund for 2012/13 after Whitehall took too much from local authority grants to pay for services at academy schools.
-
3 Jun 13
England’s top comprehensives are significantly more socially selective than the average state school, Sutton Trust research has revealed.
-
29 May 13
Two-thirds of schoolchildren are worried about the cost of going to university, with concerns most marked among children from poorer families, a survey has revealed.
-
28 May 13
The government has confirmed that Whitehall cuts agreed yesterday will not affect council funding, which is still being negotiated by the various departments.
-
24 May 13
Higher education funding should be reformed to protect universities from an ‘avalanche’ of government cuts, the Institute for Public Policy Research said today.
4 Sep 13School head teachers are now able to link teachers’ pay to performance after education secretary Michael Gove confirmed the extension of this flexibility from academies to maintained schools in...
3 Sep 13No further free schools should be created in areas where there is a surplus of school places so that funding can be focused on parts of the country that face a squeeze on capacity, the Local...
29 Aug 13Rob Whiteman likes to pump up the volume, whether it’s belting out operatic arias or singing the praises of accountants. CIPFA’s new chief executive tells PF he intends to be a vocal presence in the...
29 Aug 13Scotland’s colleges should think hard before seeking easy savings by sacking teaching staff, Audit Scotland has warned.
23 Jul 13Local government finance settlements are ‘deeply unfair’ to rural communities, according to MPs.
1 Jul 13Pressure on public sector budgets has led to a rise in zero-hours contracts, particularly in the care sector. The biggest losers are vulnerable service-users and staff on poor pay and insecure hours...
20 Jun 13Schools in many rural, semi-rural and coastal English local authorities are failing their poorest children, Ofsted said today.
14 Jun 13England’s top universities have become less socially representative over the past decade, an examination of admissions by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission has revealed today.
23 Apr 20
9 Jul 19 to 10 Jul 19
