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Oxbridge Should 'Move' Towards How US Universities Are Funded
Oxbridge Should "Move" Towards How US Universities Are Funded
Education
The country's most prestigious universities should become more like US colleges in how they are funded, candidate for next Oxford chancellor Dominic Grieve has said. 
Ofsted 'Culpable' For Poor Children Falling Further Behind, Says Body's Former Head
Education
Ofsted "Culpable" For Poor Children Falling Further Behind, Says Body's Former Head
Criminal Exploitation Of Children Rises By 55 Per Cent In Two Years, Data Suggests
Education
Criminal Exploitation Of Children Rises By 55 Per Cent In Two Years, Data Suggests
Labour MP Warns Homeless Families Are Using Schools As 'Support Hubs'
Education
Labour MP Warns Homeless Families Are Using Schools As "Support Hubs"
Early Years Sector Writes To Chancellor Over Post-Budget Concerns
Education
Early Years Sector Writes To Chancellor Over Post-Budget Concerns
What Next For The University Crisis?
Education
What Next For The University Crisis?
University Tuition Fees To Rise Next Year, Education Secretary Confirms
Education
University Tuition Fees To Rise Next Year, Education Secretary Confirms
The House Live
Beyond the pay rise: bold steps to make teaching a profession of choice Partner content
Education
By University of Birmingham
Beyond the pay rise: bold steps to make teaching a profession of choice
Breakfast clubs do more than just provide a meal: they're the reason some kids go to school
Education
By Andrew Ranger MP
Breakfast clubs do more than just provide a meal: they're the reason some kids go to school
It has been a year since the Online Safety Act became law – yet we’re still waiting for action
Education
By Sir Peter Wanless
It has been a year since the Online Safety Act became law – yet we’re still waiting for action
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Labour MPs Push For 'Healthier' Parliament By Tightening Alcohol Sales And Creating More Natural Light
Labour MPs Push For "Healthier" Parliament By Tightening Alcohol Sales And Creating More Natural Light
Parliament
Labour MP Calls For Electoral Reform After 'Most Disproportionate' General Election Result Ever
Labour MP Calls For Electoral Reform After "Most Disproportionate" General Election Result Ever
Political parties
Ex-Security Advisor Warns Whitehall Lacks Expertise To Deal With China
Ex-Security Advisor Warns Whitehall Lacks Expertise To Deal With China
Defence
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Growth, Railways And Energy Focus Of Labour Government's First King's Speech
Environment
Growth, Railways And Energy Focus Of Labour Government's First King's Speech
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has set out 40 pieces of legislation the Labour Government will aim to deliver in his first King's Speech.
Supply teacher: How schools became the last outpost of the welfare state
Education
By Sophie Church
Supply teacher: How schools became the last outpost of the welfare state
Britain’s welfare state is in retreat – but should schools plug the gap? Sophie Church visits one outpost to see if the model is sustainable
'The Home Office shouldn’t have anything to do with children': The Children's Commissioner interview
Education
By Sophie Church
'The Home Office shouldn’t have anything to do with children': The Children's Commissioner interview
Children’s commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza tells Sophie Church why Elon Musk needs to take his fatherhood more seriously and why she thinks the Home Office ‘shouldn’t have anything to do with children’
Education news
Partner content
Education
By Universities UK
Universities UK response to Hepi report on part-time higher education
Universities UK responded to a report today by the Higher Education Policy Institute looking at the decline in part-time higher education.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on fund to help young people’s careers prospects
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said: We welcome the work the Careers Enterprise Company has done with its research to identify the cold spots across England where young people are missing out on the support they need.
'Reasonable flexibility' should be given to parents to choose on term-time leave
Education
By Steve Double MP
'Reasonable flexibility' should be given to parents to choose on term-time leave
St Austell and Newquay MP Steve Double writes ahead of the Westminster Hall Debate on an e-petition relating to term-time leave from school for holiday.
Partner content
Education
By Universities UK
Universities UK response to Which? report on consumer law
Universities UK responded to the Which? report today looking at universities compliance with consumer law.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on Ofsted report on apprenticeships
Commenting on the publication of Ofsteds report Apprenticeships: developing skills for future prosperity, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on the role of Regional Schools Commissioners
Commenting on the role of Regional Schools Commissioners, as debated by the Education Select Committee this morning, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
The case for statutory PSHE education Partner content
Education
By PSHE Association
The case for statutory PSHE education
The PSHE Association Chief Executive launches a new report setting out the latest compelling evidence for making PSHE education a statutory part of the curriculum.
Partner content
Education
By PSHE Association
Parents and pupils call on schools to provide a 'curriculum for life'
New poll shows 90% of parents agree that all schools should teach Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education.
Education and Adoption Bill 'fails to address the real problems in the education system' - ATL Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
Education and Adoption Bill 'fails to address the real problems in the education system' - ATL
The union for education professionals, Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), which represents 160,000 members in the UK, calls for positive changes to the Education and Adoption Bill as it goes through the House of Lords.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on latest pupil absence figures
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
Partner content
Education
By Universities UK
Universities UK response to Policy Exchange report on university funding
Universities UK responded today to the Policy Exchange report which recommends redirecting up to 500m from universities grant funding into Further Education to boost higher level professional and technical education.
'Robbing HE to prop up FE is not the way forward' - University Vice-Chancellor Partner content
Education
By Universities UK
'Robbing HE to prop up FE is not the way forward' - University Vice-Chancellor
Former Minister Bill Rammell, now a University Vice Chancellor, responds to a Policy Exchange report calling for £500 million of cuts to higher education spending in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on provisional GCSE, AS and A-level results
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on reports that Nicky Morgan has approved a new grammar school in Kent
Commenting on reports that the Secretary of State for Education, Nicky Morgan has approved a grammar school in Kent, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on the work of Ofqual
Commenting following the Education Select Committee meeting to look at the work of Ofqual, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on EYFS Profile results 2014-2015
Commenting on the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Profile results for 2014-2015, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
Partner content
Education
By London Metropolitan University
London Met to invest £125m in new Holloway campus
London Metropolitan University is to invest 125m to create a new, single campus in north London bringing all of its faculties together on one site for the first time in its 170-year history.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on Glenys Stacey’s speech on England’s exam system
Commenting on CEO and Chief Regulator of Ofqual, Glenys Staceys, speech today, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
Partner content
Education
By Universities UK
Universities UK Vice-President joins national in campaign board ahead of EU referendum
The national in campaign, to be called Britain Stronger in Europe, announced its board today. Professor Janet Beer, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool and Vice-President of Universities UK joined the board alongside leading figures from business, the arts, media, defence, education and politics to campaign to keep Britain in Europe.
Partner content
Education
By Universities UK
University leaders to speak out on benefits of European Union membership
Speaking ahead of Monday'slaunch of the nationalIN campaign, the President of Universities UK has said that university leaders will speak out to highlight the positive impact that European Union (EU) membership has on our universities.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on PAC report on funding for disadvantaged pupils
Commenting on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report on funding for disadvantaged pupils, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) said:
We are winning the argument on aid spending, George Osborne says Partner content
Education
By Save the Children
We are winning the argument on aid spending, George Osborne says
The Syrian refugee crisis has bolstered public opinion on the importance of the 0.7% GDP target for international aid spending, George Osborne has said. 
World-leading British universities under threat 'without sustained funding'
Education
By Lord Bilimoria
World-leading British universities under threat 'without sustained funding'
Lord Karan Bilimoria, founder and Chairman of Cobra Beer, Chancellor of the University of Birmingham and former Chancellor of Thames Valley University, offers his thoughts on the position of UK universities in the world and the funding challenges they face in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
Education Minister pledges to clamp down on excessive school costs Partner content
Education
By NASUWT
Education Minister pledges to clamp down on excessive school costs
Schools are breaking the rules by imposing excessive charges on parents for activities and resources, the Education Minister has said.
EventsAll
Ethnic Minorities into Leadership
2024
De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms
Ethnic Minorities into Leadership
Ethnic Minorities into Leadership Awards
2024
The De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms
Ethnic Minorities into Leadership Awards
A civil servant’s guide to getting AI projects off the ground
2024
Online
A civil servant’s guide to getting AI projects off the ground
PT Cyber Security Conference
2024
The Minster Building, Central London
PT Cyber Security Conference