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University funding is actually going up
Steve Smith explains why the university landscape is not apocalypticThis year's Hefce funding announcement was made the day after the summit. Let me be absolutely clear, while UUK supports Hefce...
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Universities optimistic despite cuts
Speakers at Guardian Higher Education summit were surprisingly upbeat about the financial health of the sector, even as their grants were being slashedIf delegates to the Guardian's Higher Education...
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Cuts protests: why we're marching
Saturday 26 March will see Britain's largest single protest since the anti-Iraq war march of 2003. Thousands upon thousands will travel to London to protest against a wide range of government cuts....
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Response: Dream School aims to highlight problems in teaching, not solve them
Jamie Oliver is merely using celebs to explore new ways of inspiring non-academic studentsAs someone who has been a teacher for nearly 20 years, I strongly disagree with Charlie Brooker's comment on...
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Is covert school selection about to mushroom?
Warwick Mansell investigates what lies behind the shock resignation of the chief schools adjudicatorIn the intimate world of education politics, it came as a major shock. Two weeks ago, Ian Craig, the...
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Anti-cuts campaigners plan to turn Trafalgar Square into Tahrir Square
Student activists draw inspiration from Egypt protests and call for 24-hour occupation of London landmarkCampaigners against public service cuts are calling for a 24-hour occupation of Trafalgar Square...
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Easter crafts: How to make thumb print chicks
Make thumb print chicks with Maggy Woodley from Red Ted Art, in the second of our series of simple Easter crafts to make with childrenThese chicks are simple to make, look effective and make fabulous...
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Final details of curbs on overseas students to be announced
Cabinet finalises plans to reform student immigration amid warnings ministers risk 'crippling' an industry worth £40bn a yearThe outcome of a Whitehall struggle over how far the coalition's curb on...
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Cribsheet 22.03.11
What does an air assault teach children?What are schoolchildren learning in Libya today?"We heard the bombing last night and we were scared, of course. They are killing children," 13-year-old Ahmed...
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A sleeping giant awakes in Wisconsin | Laura Flanders
First the protest, now a court ruling is blocking Scott Walker's assault on collective bargaining rights. Whatever it takesRamrod democracy was working so well until it hit Wisconsin. The news from...
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Authors raise doubts over Gove's 50-book challenge
Michael Gove's remark that children should be reading 50 books a year is called into question by authors from Philip Pullman to children's laureate Anthony BrowneEducation secretary Michael Gove has...
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Police appeal for clear instructions for anti-cuts march in London
Met keen to avoid repeat of battles at student protest as 4,500 assigned officers to be monitored by human rights groupFrontline police awaiting deployment to Saturday's demonstration against...
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Somersaults – review
Traverse, EdinburghWhat do you have left when you strip away your home, your personal possessions and your loved ones? For some, it might be a sense of selfhood, spirituality or oneness with the...
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Number of foreign students to be cut by 25%
Government to close fake colleges, bar students with poor English skills and bring in new rules on staying after courses endThe home secretary, Theresa May, has unveiled the coalition's compromise...
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Value for money of 16-18 education questioned
Poor budgeting and performance management could be wasting some of £6bn spent on sixth-form education, says National Audit OfficeWhitehall's spending watchdog has warned that some of the £6bn spent...
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Budget 2011: the five datasets you need to know
Today is Budget 2011. What is the key data to help you understand the issues?George Osborne delivers the 2011 Budget today at 12.30. But what are the statistics that will shape his speech?These are...
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Great British Food Revival | Wolves Of Yellowstone | Meet The Elephant Man |...
Great British Food Revival | Wolves Of Yellowstone | Meet The Elephant Man | Jamie's Dream School | The Model Agency | Republic Of DoyleGreat British Food Revival8pm, BBC2It's James Martin's turn to...
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Easter crafts: How to make a bird egg
Make a bird egg with Maggy Woodley from Red Ted Art, in the first of our series of simple Easter crafts to make with childrenI like these best as blown out eggs – as this means you can hang them up....
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Cribsheet 23.03.11
The only way for Essex UniversityAnother £9ker shows its hand today: Essex (43rd in the Guardian's league table of universities) has announced it's going to charge the maximum in tuition fees. Or, in...
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Which posters once adorned your walls? | Open thread
They may be cheesy but your old posters could soon be deemed a work of art if the Athena 'tennis girl' is anything to go byThe image of a knickerless beauty striding across a tennis court became one of...
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