University offers hit record numbers despite falling grades
A record number of students have been offered university places despite A-level results falling for the fifth successive year
Universities have offered a record number...
An education for every child
The Ministry for Education in Ontario answers AG’s questions on the importance of every child in Canada benefiting from world class education
Education in any...
MPs to fight May’s plans for grammar schools
Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs have warned they will stand against government plans to launch new grammar schools across England
Plans to allow new grammar...
Poor children losing out on outstanding school places
New analysis of official figures shows that outstanding school places in England are not being offered to poor children who live nearby
A blog by...
Teacher job adverts cost secondary schools £56m
According to new figures from Labour secondary schools spent a whopping £56m on advertising for teaching positions last year
The recruitment crisis in teaching is...
Female graduates less likely to apply for top jobs
New research has revealed women are less likely to apply for top graduate jobs despite being more likely to get them
A new survey from...
Oxfordshire schools sitting on £9m central government funding
Oxfordshire schools have come under fire for hoarding almost £9m funding from central government, rather than spending it on teaching
Only a third of students think university is “good value for money”
According to a survey the number of students who think that university is good “value for money” has fallen
The Student Academic Experience Survey of 15,000...
Ofsted issues warning about low education standards in East Midlands
Education standards in the East Midlands are distinctly second division, warns Ofsted chief inspector
Sir Michael Wilshaw highlighted figures showing the East Midlands as the...
UK university raises female wages to close pay gap
The University of Essex is to give its female professors a one-off salary hike to close the gender pay gap with their male colleagues
The university...
Kent CC to improve social mobility through grammar school access
Recommendations have been put forward to help improve social mobility across Kent by ensuring children from all backgrounds have access to grammar school education
A...
Schools to receive funding boost to help develop pupils character
A £6 million funding boost aimed at improving pupils character traits such as resilience and respect is now welcoming applications
Children and Families Minister Edward...
University fees to increase through new Government plans
Minister Jo Johnson has unveiled new plans increase university fee with an aim to increase teaching standards in institutes across England
Families pay double for vacations during school holidays
The cost of family vacations abroad doubles during the school holidays, according to a new survey
A new survey has revealed the cost of taking...
Council works with schools to attract teachers
Essex County Council is working alongside local schools in a bid to increase teacher recruitment in the region
A new strategic group has been formed...
Academies underperform compared to state-run schools
New analysis from the Local Government Association has revealed that state-run schools outperform academies by a marginal difference
Schools could teach mandatory classes about the EU
Mandatory classes to teach children about the EU could be implemented across Europe in a bid to overcome Euroscepticism
Criticism has been levelled at the...
The ESRC HIVE-PED delivers expert research seminars
The ESRC-funded Higher Vocational Education and Pedagogy (HIVE-PED) research seminar series has organised and delivered nine expert seminars and two conferences during 2013-16, with a focus on research findings on parity, progression and social mobility in England.
Internationalisation through the Linnaeus-Palme programme
The Swedish Council for Higher Education outlines the benefits of exchange programmes such as Linnaeus-Palme…
Linnaeus-Palme is an international exchange programme that supports long-term, bilateral...
Stoical leadership in a ‘bear market’ in higher and further education
Professor Jill Jameson, Professor of Education and Director, Centre for Leadership and Enterprise at the University of Greenwich discusses stoical leadership...
In 2016, in a difficult global environment,...