The Universities Minister suggests an increased role for private universities as he signals graduates will have to pay more for their degrees.
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Door ajar on private universities
Science Minister David Willetts says the research-teaching balance in universities has ‘gone wrong’, after defending cuts to science research.
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University research focus ‘wrong’
The BBC and the British Council are launching a competition that will see children around the world link up to share their excitement and their aspirations for the 2012 Olympics.
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Schools’ share their olympic dreams
Education Secretary Michael Gove is to announce an independent review of vocational qualifications for students aged 14 to 19 in England.
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Vocational courses to face review
The mother of Henry Webster, the boy who was attacked by a group of Asian youths explains how the review has shown how the school was at fault.
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School hammer attack ‘preventable’
A school where a boy was attacked with a hammer failed to recognise a series of racist incidents prior to the assault, a serious case review finds.
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‘Racism missed’ at attack school
Asian families battle to retain mother tongue in schools
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Cambridge University has come top of an international university rankings table, knocking Harvard of the top spot for the first time since 2004.
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Cambridge tops university table
Teachers in Scotland spend 60% of their time in the classroom which is higher than their counterparts anywhere in the western world, says a survey.
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Scots teachers ’spend more time in class’
Business Secretary Vince Cable says “the bar will have to be raised” on science funding
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Cable: Setting the bar on science research