Education
FE students: ‘EMA axe is holding back recruitment’
Lecturers and teachers in more than two-thirds of sixth-form and further education colleges say that changes to EMA are 'adversely affecting recruitment to the college' - despite claims from Education minister Michael Gove, going back to at least 2008, that the scheme was a 'flop'.
OECD calls on Gove to save EMA
James Mills reports on the OECD's calls for the coalition government to bring back EMA to help reduce its huge debt, and return growth to the UK economy.
EMA replacement doesn’t make the grade
James Mills of the Save EMA campaign reports on the inadequacy of the replacement of the Education Maintenance Allowance.
Cautious optimism over the Special Educational Needs green paper
Parts of the Special Educational Needs green paper have been hailed by the right wing press - but some of the measures proposed today should be greeted with cautious optimism by progressives.
Flexibility between vocational and academic routes essential
Today’s publication of the Wolf Review of vocational education has invited the inevitable lazy headlines about too many ‘dead-end’ courses, writes Sally Hunt.
The crazy economics of reducing foreign student visas
A major cut in non-EU student visas is going to hurt universities but it’s going to hurt the UK economy even more, writes Stephen Henderson, a researcher at the UCL Cancer Institute.