Some colleges face serious financial difficulties because a national rebuilding scheme went £2.7bn over budget, MPs say.
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Posts on ‘July 27th, 2009’
College rebuilding £2.7bn in red
How to be a green school
Teachers and students want to do good things for the environment, but sometimes they can’t see the wood for the trees. Zac Goldsmith sets out five things all schools can do
It’s a worrying fact that around 400,000 British children are on behavioural drugs such as Ritalin. Some, no doubt, need the treatment, but the sheer [...]
‘Reckless’ agency threatens college rebuilding scheme
The future of a government scheme to rebuild England’s colleges has been left hanging in the balance by the “reckless” behaviour of the agency in charge, according to MPs.
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Mandelson delivers warning on university funding
Lord Mandelson today warned the UK needs to “face up” to paying for excellence at its universities.
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University cuts may hit equality
The lecturers’ union accuses universities of making cuts which disproportionately affect women and black staff.
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Fee rise ‘must aid poor students’
Lord Mandelson sets out his vision for the future of university education, with a promise on access for poorer students.
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Mandelson hints tuition fees could rise
Paying for excellence must not come at price of barring poorer students, says business secretary ahead of independent review
The government today gave its strongest indication yet that it wants university tuition fees in England to increase.
The business secretary Lord Mandelson told university leaders he would not preempt a review this autumn into whether fees, [...]