Posts on ‘December 12th, 2008’

Prof Steve Smith, vice-chancellor of the University of Exeter and chair of the 1994 group of small research-intensive universities, will be the next president of vice-chancellors’ lobby group, Universities UK.
He will succeed Prof Rick Trainor, principal of King’s College London, on August 1 2009 and will hold the post for the two academic years 2009-10 [...]

Ed Balls has convened a meeting of 29 newspaper agony aunts next Thursday to advise him on how to help troubled children. Is this how it happened?

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The government should hand public money for training over to individuals rather than their employers, and businesses that fail to train their workforces should be taxed more heavily, says a thinktank today.
The report, released by Demos calls for correction of what it labels Labour’s failure to help five million unskilled workers despite investing more than [...]

Secondary schools in England are to pilot a broader maths course, which would be worth two GCSEs.
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A supply teacher who upset primary school pupils by telling them Father Christmas did not exist has been sacked. Did the headteacher do the right thing?

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Huge losses mean university doors will close to all but the children of the elite

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Ten years ago, the government started a campaign to give the status of teachers a higher cachet. Now, says Mike Baker, similar plans are afoot for social workers

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Ed Balls has today directed the appointment of Peter Lewis as Director of Children’s Services at Haringey, with effect from 1 January 2009. (2008/0288)
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Anthea Lipsett on university funding hit by stock market fall

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Many of those faced with redundancy are taking up the option of a ‘ticket to ride’, writes Laura Harrison

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