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Cuts will force 250 Sure Start centres to close, say charities
60,000 families could lose local centre despite 'family-friendly' coalition agendaHundreds of Sure Start centres face closure this year and thousands of others are cutting services and have warned of...
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Catholic church backs academy schools
Church changes view and says it will back schools that want to opt out of local authority controlThe Catholic church announced today that it had changed its mind over academy schools and would now back...
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Cribsheet 28.01.11
University bonuses and graduates out of workJessica Shepherd, education correspondent, has seen this on the front page of one of Cambridge University's student papers, The Cambridge Student. The paper...
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Gove urges councils to support free schools
US experts to address conference to bolster Tories' free schools movementEducation secretary Michael Gove today urged councils to support free school proposals wherever a new school is needed, as the...
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It's time for parents to stand with their children at the student protests |...
My son was badly hurt in a Met kettle. Tomorrow we must protect students from police violenceMajor student protests are planned tomorrow in Manchester and London and already police are warning that...
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Jill Jones obituary
My friend Jill Jones, who has died of cancer aged 63, took on a succession of roles at the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (Natfhe), which became the University and...
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Slade film school: the department that was nearly a movement
Fifty years ago, Thorold Dickinson kickstarted the first British film studies course at UCL. It didn't last long – but its influence didIt's 50 years since film first became a university subject in...
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Library campaigners plan court action over closures
Culture ministers accused of flouting legal duty to promote library serviceCampaign groups are drawing up plans to take the culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, and his minister Ed Vaizey to court over the...
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Gustavo Dudamel electrifies young London musicians
Venezuelan conductor holds inspiring rehearsal with children from east London community music projectsYou can tell it is not an ordinary rehearsal. In the converted church of St Luke's, the London...
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Weekend of protests planned over cuts
Thousands expected at protests over tuition fees, abolition of Education Maintenance Allowance and tax avoidanceThousands of students, union activists and tax avoidance protesters are expected to take...
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Banned scholar Zakir Naik to address Oxford Union by satellite
Muslim scholar to take part in discussion with debating society despite exclusion order imposed by Theresa May in JuneAn Indian Muslim scholar who is banned from entering Britain is to address the...
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Treasury retreats over public sector pensions reforms
TUC leader says workers face a 'volatile cocktail' of job cuts and attacks on pay and pensions that could spark actionThe government has retreated over reforms to public sector pensions, saying it will...
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TV reviews: Embarrassing Bodies and Head Over Heels in Rats
Why do people with really embarrassing medical problems want to share them with the world?"There's no shame, we're all the same," says Ashley Jensen, the narrator in Embarrassing Bodies. Well, we're...
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Graduate employers change tack to lure top talent in tough times
With starting pay at a standstill, businesses are using other means to attract and keep high-quality recruitsIn wealthier times employers used money to tempt the best graduates. When university fees...
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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua – review
Amy Chua reckons tough love is good for children. Terri Apter can't wait to read their memoirsThe frenetic interest in Amy Chua's unexceptional memoir about her dedication to raising children who excel...
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Eight free schools to open
Projects backed by education secretary Michael Gove include four with religious ethosEight proposals to set up free schools, ranging from a Hindu school in Leicester to a Montessori primary in Sussex,...
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How many would-be teachers are put off before they even start? | Lucy Rouse
My partner wanted to teach – until he encountered a mountain of paperwork and a lack of support from colleaguesIt should have been a sign of things to come. In a gauche attempt to persuade my partner...
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Student protesters target NUS president
Police escort Aaron Porter away from crowds in Manchester on day of protests against cuts and rise in tuition feesAs thousands of people joined student rallies in Manchester and London today to protest...
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Government gives go-ahead to first eight 'free schools'
David Cameron rejects concerns of teaching unions, as education secretary says school could be set up at his HQThe government today gave the green light for the first eight "free schools" to open in...
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Don't let them plunder our forests
The government insists that the big Forestry Commission sell-off will protect our national heritage. One woodland lover is not so sure…On a spectre-grey, wintry morning this week, the car park at...
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