Posts on ‘January 11th, 2010’

Exclusive Top colleges warn order to save £2.5bn will wreck ‘jewel in crown’
Top universities accuse Gordon Brown of jeopardising 800 years of higher education, warning that they could quickly be “brought to their knees” by the government’s spending cuts of up to £2.5bn, thereby damaging Britain’s ability to recover from recession.
In a withering attack, the [...]

We implore ministers to think again about budget cuts that can only devastate a sector vital to our national prosperity
It has taken more than 800 years to create one of the world’s greatest education systems and it looks like it will take just six months to bring it to its knees. Britain’s higher education system [...]

The teaching of entrepreneurial journalism is taking off in the United States, as Jeff Jarvis points out. Plenty of j-school tutors are building courses, so we at City University better get our skates on too. Good to see that City’s journalism department supremo George Brock took part in Friday’s phone conference - hosted by the [...]

Schools where pupils are taking exams have been given priority treatment in clearing away snow - with most staying open.
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Education bill criticised as bureaucratic and pointless
The schools secretary Ed Balls was today accused of wasting more than £1bn on red tape for parents and teachers – a month after he told schools to turn off lights to save money.
An education bill, which will have its second reading in the Commons today, would cost the [...]

Prime minister unveils plan to give 270,000 low income families the technology to help them follow their children’s progress at school
Gordon Brown today promised free laptops and broadband access for 270,000 low income families so that they could better follow their children’s progress at school.
In what aides described as a sign of his commitment to [...]

Councils in areas badly hit by snow say most schools will be open again as thaw begins

Thousands of schools around Britain are open again today as temperatures above zero bring some respite from the snow and ice, although road, rail and air travel continue to be affected.
With forecasters predicting a definite, if very gradual, thaw [...]

A scheme to give free laptops to pupils from poor backgrounds is being rolled out to 270,000 families in England.
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Thousands of pupils return to schools across Scotland as temperatures rise, despite more bad weather forecast.
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Ofqual says plans are in place to help students who cannot make it in, or are at schools that are still closed

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