- 18/05/12
- Universities stand to lose billions of pounds unless the coalition urgently abandons new rules for overseas students, campuses across the UK have warned.
- Source: The Guardian
- 18/05/12
- A scheme to fund more student places at private universities is under fire after the Universities minister, David Willetts, admitted that no checks are made on whether undergraduates complete their course.
- Source: The Independent
- 18/05/12
- Rising numbers of pupils face failing their GCSE exams under the biggest shake up of the qualifications system in 25 years, it emerged today.
- Source: The Daily Telegraph Daily Mail
- 17/05/12
- Universities have failed to improve the quality of their teaching in the past five years despite tuition fees trebling to £3,000, research suggests.
- Source: The Times The Daily Telegraph Daily Mail
- 17/05/12
- As many as one in five apprenticeships are too short and some teach too little to be worthy of the name, but the rising number of adult apprentices is still a significant public policy success, according to a panel of backbench MPs.
- Source: Financial Times The Independent
- 16/05/12
- Youngsters wanting to start their own businesses rather than go to university are to be offered loans of up to £3,000 under a scheme likely to draw comparisons with Dragons’ Den, the BBC television series.
- Source: Financial Times
- 16/05/12
- A Financial Times editorial says that “whether it is Oxford, Cambridge, or any of its universities, Britain takes great pride in its higher education system. It is right to do so.
- Source: Financial Times
- 16/05/12
- Youth unemployment across the OECD has risen alarmingly with nearly 11m 15-24 year olds out of work, according to latest figures.
- Source: The Guardian
- 15/05/12
- Parents of young people with learning difficulties and disabilities will be given a voucher to spend on care under changes to the funding for children with special educational needs.
- Source: Financial Times The Guardian The Times
