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Jon Ashworth has called on Theresa May to sack Toby Young from his role with the new universities watchdog over his "disgusting, offensive and sexist" tweets.
Theresa May has reportedly voiced concerns about "distasteful" tweets sent by Toby Young, as she came under pressure from Tory MPs to axe him from a role with the new universities regulator.
Councils are powerless to stop pupils from being educated in rogue faith schools with 1000 boys attending unregistered schools in one London borough alone, according to a report from Hackney Council.
Labour have written to Theresa May demanding she strips Toby Young of his new role on the board of the new universities regulator.
Theresa May is facing a fresh rebellion after six senior Tory MPs said they will back moves to remove foreign students from immigration figures.
A right-wing commentator who landed a plum job with a new universities watchdog was today forced to delete thousands of his tweets after some of his past comments sparked anger.
Boris Johnson has defended Toby Young’s appointment to the board of the new universities regulator, accusing critics of a "ridiculous outcry".
Labour has called on Theresa May to sack Toby Young from his new post with the universities regulator over past comments the party said amounted to “homophobia” and “misogyny”.
Universities who fail to protect freedom of speech could be hit with a fine as a result, Jo Johnson will warn today.
The Government is to launch a new service giving more vulnerable children the chance to attend some of the country’s top independent and state boarding schools.
The PSHE Association has welcomed the launch of a Government ‘call for evidence’ on personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education and relationships and sex education (RSE).
A Tory ex-minister who oversaw the hike in tuition fees to £9,000 a year has called on the Government overhaul its student loans repayments system.
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) launched the Government’s Year of Engineering alongside its Skills & Demand in Industry 2017 Survey at a parliamentary event with speeches from Transport Minister John Hayes and the Government’s Envoy for the Year of Engineering Stephen Metcalfe.
New report reveals lack of diversity in engineering and technical workforce could be fuelling recruitment shortage
Chief Executive of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Nigel Fine calls on industry, educators and the Government to come together with the IET to boost engineering skills and productivity in the UK.
Universities will be able to offer two-year degrees in a bid to save students some £5,500 on tuition fees, the Government has announced.
Grammar schools are “contrary to the notion of the common good”, the Archbishop of Canterbury said yesterday.
A new evidence review by Pro Bono Economics highlights ‘very strong evidence’ that high quality PSHE learning ‘has a positive impact on academic attainment’. This latest evidence has prompted campaigners to reiterate their call for statutory status to raise quality in all schools, for all pupils.
All four board members of the Government's own Social Mobility Commission have dramatically quit in a serious blow to Theresa May's fragile government.
Low levels of development in the early years doesn’t just have an adverse impact on progress at school. It also damages children’s future life chances, says Stephen Timms MP.
The UK is in a “self-reinforcing spiral of ever-growing division”, according to a key study of social mobility published today.
The state should pay for school leavers to work on aid projects during gap years, Conservative MP George Freeman has said.
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has responded to the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget, which includes investment in digital technologies and a plan to bring driverless cars to our roads.
Teachers in some of the country's failing schools are to be given millions of pounds of taxpayers' money to improve their classroom skills, Philip Hammond will announce in the Budget.