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Fatty Foods lower kids IQ's - 08 Feb 2011
"Our research suggests that any cognitive/behavioural effects relating to eating habits in early childhood may well persist into later childhood, despite any subsequent changes (including improvements) to dietary intake,” says Dr Kate Northstone, Research Fellow in the School of Social and Community Medicine.
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71% of state schools affeced by striking teachers | 30th Nov 2011
The Department of Education said that more than half of state schools were shut today with another chunk partly closed as teachers strike over changes to thier old-age pensions.
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Elite universities teach the minority - 04 Feb 2011
"The idea that A-level grades achieved at 18 are the last word in intellectual prowess is a myth perpetuated by those who choose to focus on a very narrow range of universities." says thinktank Chief executive Pam Tatlow
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It's 2012 College Week | 11th to 18th Nov
Colleges Week 2012 is from 11th 18th November and this year it’s all about how university can get you ready for work.
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Comprehensives should recruit more elite graduates says Adonis - 03 Feb 2011
"Far too many schools, a good proportion in the bottom half of comprehensives, and still quite a few academies have no Oxbridge teachers and very few from leading universities," says Lord Adonis, former schools minister.
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Con-dem coalition make teachers easier to sack | 25 May 2011
From September this year school heads will be able to sack bad teachers after one term.
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UK students shun university | 27th Nov 2011
The number of UK-born students applying for a university place rose last year, but with most universities charging £27,000 for a three year degree university applications are 15% down
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Should higher education be about more than getting job skills? | 25th Nov 2011
Is there more to higher education than acquiring the skills to pay the bills? This old chestnut has long troubled higher education professionals, but with well over a million young people neither working, training or in education the debate is more important than ever.
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World top 3 online newspaper launches masters degree in digital journalism
Guardian News and Media are launching a new masters degree with Cardiff University
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2012 University Lerague Table | 24th May 2011

All UK universities ranked by the Guardian according to teaching excellence
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Curbing student visas will reduce 'unpleasant' abuses, says Green - 01 Feb 2011
Damian Green the immigration minister says reducing the numbers students coming to Britain from outside the EU will prevent students using bogus courses to into the UK
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University fee waiver system won't help poorest students - 31 Jan 11
The Milton+ thinktank, chaired by Les Ebdon claims that the fee waivers scheme proposed by the coalition is unlikely to help Britain's poorest students...
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Record numbers of 16 to 24 year olds jobless | 24th November 2011
1 in 5 of young people are neither in education, training or employment. That's up 137,000 on this time last year.
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GCSE row splits Coalition
Lone Liberal Democrat education committee member David Ward MP joins Labour in supporting an investigation into the GCSE fiasco.
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Could England's public schools buy university places? | 11 May 2011
As David Willets backs down on extra university places paid for by the rich, the fear is that, by allowing Charities, as well as big business, to buy university places, the Conservatives are giving the green light to Public Schools with charitable status to buy universities places.
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Sex education failing | 14 Nov 1011
Teenagers say they only know about sex from the television; sex education at school was the biological basics...
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Breeding, money, or brains - which matters more to universities? | 10 May 2011
Conservative Minister, David Willetts wants to allow the rich students pay premium fees to get places at top universities
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GCSE A* to Cs drop a 'whopping' 1.5% | 24th Aug 2012
The numbers passing GCSE's with an A* to C fell slightly this year, but has the change been engineered from the centre by Education Secretary Michael Gove?
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Universities set up London bases to attract foreign students - 02 Feb 2011
Foreign students buying a place at British universities is proving to be a lucrative source of income. Glasgow Caledonian's vice-chancellor Pamela Gillies said that it would allow the university to deliver a range of postgraduate courses to "a predominantly international market".
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A farewell to the Arts and a plea to Michael Gove | 190213
Commended by: Paul Lashmar 'The chair of the English Arts Council for the last four years was removed by the Coalition. In her valedictory speech she sets out her case for the arts over the millenia and makes a moving appeal to the Secretary of State for Education.' Source: Liz Forgan,

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