Ban Vice Chancellors from sitting on their own pay boards, say public
Nearly four in five believe university bosses should not be allowed on the remuneration committees which keep bumping up their pay.
Education
It’s official: Free schools have failed to deliver
Academies – one of the coalition’s flagship policies in 2010 – have not lived up to any of Michael Gove’s big promises, a new report has found.
Thousands of parents will descend on Parliament tomorrow to demand emergency school funding
Schools have faced a £2.8bn real terms cut to budgets since 2008 and our educational institutions are close to breaking point.
HALF of schools face a real-terms funding cut this year
The Tories claim education budgets are being protected — new analysis suggests they’re lying through their teeth.
Poor children missing out on chance to develop life skills, report finds
Participation in after school activities like volunteering and debating is falling, especially among children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Parents and teachers call for school census boycott amid deportation fears
The Department for Education has been sharing details of school children’s nationality and place of birth with the Home Office.
The Tories’ plans on free childcare will only widen inequality in the UK
Quantity over quality in early years education is damaging to the poorest children.
Students call national demo against tuition fees, after Tories lose bid to raise cap
The Conservative Party was forced to abandon plans to hike tuition fees by £250 each year, after the DUP caused them major embarrassment by backing a Labour motion to block the rise.
Schools need money from parents to stay “afloat” thanks to cuts
Schools need regular payments from parents to stay afloat, co-founder of Fair Funding for All Schools told a protest rally yesterday. Parents, children, teachers and hundreds of other protestors took part in the Fair Funding for All Schools march through … Continued
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