Students need a ‘fairer deal’ for studying after school, says Lords
The system of post-school education in England is unbalanced and requires immediate reform, according to a new House of Lords report into Higher Education. Specifically, the report says 2012 reforms to university financing have failed to create an effective market allowing undergraduate degrees to dominate when this might not be in the student or the […]
G7 summit leaders commit $3bn to girls’ education
Canada has used the G7 Summit to confirm it will lead efforts to provide $2.9bn to help educate the world’s poorest girls and women in partnership with other members. Contributors to the fund include Germany, Japan, the UK, the EU and the World Bank, with the money helping to ‘fund equal access to education and learning opportunities […]
Education Secretary issues ‘call to arms’ for school governors
Damian Hinds has called on leading employers to lend their business expertise to support schools to improve education for ‘every child’. The Education Secretary has joined with the Institute of Directors to call on more than 30,000 leading British businesses to encourage their employees to lend their expertise and commitment in the running of schools […]
Education Forum – All your facilities & IT needs in one place
The Education Forum is a highly focused event that brings education facilities & IT procurement professionals together for one-to-one business meetings, interactive seminars and valuable networking opportunities. It all takes place on November 12th & 13th 2018 and is completely free for you to attend – register today. Throughout two working days delegates will meet […]
BESA courts Vietnam with new event
The British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) has launched BESS Vietnam – the British Educational Suppliers Show Vietnam – to give British suppliers the chance to enter the local education market. BESA has partnered with Giaoducso to run the event, which will take place between March 5th & 6th 2019 in Ho Chi Minh City. The […]
London Mayor backs plan to retain teachers in the capital
London has the best-performing schools and is a great place to learn to teach and develop a teaching career – but more needs to be done to retain teachers, according to research jointly commissioned by the Mayor and the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER). NFER research reveals that teachers in the capital are leaving […]
77% of secondary school children believe there are ‘maths people’
Despite there being no scientific research to support the idea of a ‘maths person’, more than three quarters of children at secondary school believe that some people are naturally able to do maths better than others. That’s one of the findings of a survey by Learning by Questions, which polled 222 secondary pupils and 459 […]
OFSTED struggles to meet inspection targets
Ofsted has faced significant financial and staffing challenges in recent years and has struggled to meet its inspection targets, according to a report by the National Audit Office (NAO). Ofsted’s remit has expanded significantly since 2000 but its spending has fallen in real terms since 2005-06. Spending on inspecting the schools sector was 52% less […]
UK school funding crisis set to worsen – ASCL
The impact of the school funding crisis on the level of individual support that schools are able to offer students is set to worsen over the next 12 months, according to a survey by the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL). More than half (56%) of school business leaders say cost savings have resulted […]
Do you provide Catering Services to Education? We want to hear from you!
Each month on Education Briefing we’ll be shining the spotlight on a different part of the education procurement market – and in June we’re focusing on Catering Services. It’s all part of our ‘Recommended’ editorial feature, designed to help education buyers find the best products and services available today. So, if you’re a supplier of […]