The OECD’s PISA IN FOCUS 2011/5 (June) publication offers yet more evidence that there is no evidence that poverty has the impact on education achievement that some would have us believe. We normally take what the OECD has to say about education with a pinch of salt given its overriding aim to ‘liberalise’ economies around [...]
The recent publication of OFSTED data on those schools causing concern in April 2011 has given us another chance to assess Teach First’s claim that they are addressing educational disadvantage. In England and Wales there are 322 Schools in Special Measures and 252 Teach First participating schools, of which only 5 (2%) are on OFSTED’s [...]
The latest update from the Institute for Leaving (IfL) on fees has been published. It seems that the IfL is not giving up without a fight and rather than smell the coffee they’ve brokered a deal that will see it retain union support in return for halving its annual tax from £68 to £38 (for [...]
The approaching PR trainwreck that is TFA ridiculed on a popular American TV show. Four years at Radcliffe, that’s all you know A desire to do good and a four point oh You’re here to save us from our plight You got the answer ’cause you’re rich and white On a two-year sojourn here to [...]
The news that a group of well-known academics have set up their own private university in London that will charge £18k pa has met with a mixed reaction. The idea of the philosopher and its first master A.C. Grayling, the New College of the Humanities will offer courses in law, economics, philosophy, history, and English [...]
The latest UCAS application figures revealed that 361,510 women have applied for a place at University this year, compared to 276,263 men. The statistics also revealed that 57,920 prospective students have applied to study Computer Science with 12,095 seeking to take Technology courses. But according to the e-skills 2011 report ‘Technology Insights’ only 9% of [...]
One year on from the Academies Act – Fighting Academy conversions & Free Schools Saturday 11th June, 10.30am – 4pm Congress House, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS A major one day conference for governors, parents and staff who want help to organise to stop primary, secondary and special schools converting to academy status. Speakers [...]
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