The Local Government Association has hit out at the decision by the university admissions service to end information sharing with councils, warning this will make it harder for authorities to help...
Public sector cuts have contributed to a massive drop off in the number of part-time students at English universities, according to the Higher Education Funding Council for England.
The coalition’s controversial decision to increase university tuition fees to £9,000 is unlikely to substantially reduce the total taxpayer contribution to the sector, according to an analysis by the...
Nearly nine out of ten people believe that government restrictions on councils opening new schools should be lifted, according to a poll carried out for the Local Government Association
The government has got its sums badly wrong on student loans. Fifty-somethings could still be paying off their debts, and 45 per cent of students are likely to default. What can be done?
Higher education teaching grants have been cut by a further 6% in cash terms it was revealed today as details of the funding settlement for England’s universities and colleges were confirmed.
Once Sir Michael Wilshaw was hailed as ‘a real hero’ by Education Secretary Michael Gove. So what left him ‘spitting blood’ in a battle with the Department for Education? The...
A £130m City Deal signed between the government, Leicester and Leicestershire councils will create 1,400 new jobs and 4,000 apprenticeships to tackle youth unemployment in the region, Deputy Prime...
The number of people employed in the public sector fell by 159,000 to 5.5 million in the last three months of 2013 following the reclassification of the Royal Mail after privatisation, the Office for...
Many of the school inspectors used by education watchdog Ofsted lack the skills and experience to do the job effectively now the government has given greater independence to schools, a think-tank has...
Public sector employers will need to increase the amount they pay into occupational pension schemes, as current levels are insufficient to meet the future costs, the Treasury has announced.
Creating a system of fair school admissions is never easy. But it is important that opportunities to attend more successful schools aren’t limited to those with the deepest pockets
Academy schools face a £200m funding black hole as a result of changes to National Insurance contributions that form part of the government’s introduction of a single-tier state pension, an...
The number of people employed in some public services will fall by as much as 40% as a result of the government’s deficit reduction plan, an Institute for Fiscal Studies analysis has revealed.
Ed Miliband will tonight set out plans to reform public services if Labour wins the next election, including giving parents a right to demand action to improve standards at failing schools.
The National Union of Teachers has announced it will hold a national strike in England and Wales on March 26, in an escalation of its dispute with Education Secretary Michael Gove.
Planned public spending cuts are less than half complete and government pledges made for the next parliament imply that even greater reductions will be needed beyond 2015, the Institute for Fiscal...
The funding and international reputation of Scotland’s universities is being damaged by the UK coalition government’s ‘nasty’ and ‘xenophobic’ immigration policies, Scottish Education Secretary...
Increasing demands are being made of the fledgling Education Funding Agency, but there are questions over its capacity to absorb new responsibilities and how its performance will be monitored,...
People will only be able to be appointed as school governors if they have appropriate abilities and experience, such as financial skills, under proposed amendments to the school governance...
Plans by the Chancellor to finance 30,000 new university places by selling off the student loan book are worse than economic nonsense. They are based on flawed thinking and flawed accounting
Local authorities in England are to share in an additional £2.35bn in capital funding over three years to help them create the extra school places that will be needed by 2017, Education Secretary...