University tuition fees could be slashed to £6,500 a year under plans being considered by Theresa May.

Ending tuition fees would disproportionately benefit students from the wealthiest families over the least well-off, a major study has found.

Parents and pupils who bully teachers through social media could face a tougher approach from the law under plans hinted at by Theresa May today.

Nearly 300 project professionals to receive new accreditation (ChPP) designed to raise standards, increase employability and address the growing demand for the project profession.

Philip Hammond has hit back at critics of his £400m Budget boost for schools by insisting it was a "nice gesture" which could pay for new white boards and laptops.

Teaching unions and MPs have lashed out at Philip Hammond’s "deeply insulting" £400m Budget cash boost for schools.

Commenting on the Budget, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union, said: 

Opposition from Tory backbenchers has forced Chancellor Philip Hammond to scrap plans to charge VAT on private school fees, it has been reported.

Education Secretary Damian Hinds has been rapped by the Government's own statistics watchdog over a string of claims about England's schools.

Minister of State for Apprenticeships and Skills Anne Milton MP was joined by Chair of the Education Select Committee Robert Halfon MP at a fringe meeting hosted by the Apprenticeships Forum at the Conservative party conference.

Monday evening at the Conservative Party Conference the Chancellor addressed the audience at the Enterprise Forum.

Support for degree apprenticeships to boost social mobility, an emphasis on quality over quantity, and a more employer-friendly approach to how the levy is run will also help make the policy more impactful and effective, says Ann Francke, CEO, CMI.

The Chancellor is right to make the Apprenticeship Levy more flexible, so that it works for strategic industries such as the construction sector, but his reforms have not gone far enough, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

At a Labour conference fringe event, Lucy Powell MP joined a panel of experts to discuss why social mobility seems to have stalled, and what we can do about it.

Lifelong learning will become a critical factor in how the UK adapts to future change, a Shadow Education minister has said at an Apprenticeships Forum reception at the Labour party conference.

A Labour government will halt the creation of new free schools and academies, the Shadow Education Secretary will pledge today.

Responding to the Public Accounts Committee’s report on Ofsted, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT – The Teachers Union said:

Cuts to the education watchdog Ofsted are leaving parents guessing on school standards, MPs have warned.

A survey of parents of 11-18 year olds commissioned by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), the professional body for management and leadership, reveals that with only two years until the first T-Levels are rolled out, two thirds of parents (62%) have not heard of them - and only 7% of parents feel they know a lot about them. 

Up to 130,000 children could be at risk of missing out on a place at secondary school over the next five years, ministers have been warned.

Within less than a week, more than 152 employers* including leading advocates for apprenticeships, and over 285 management apprentices have signed the Trailblazer Group’s appeal to present to Ministers at the Department for Education to reject the latest proposals by the Institute of Apprenticeships to introduce huge cuts to the funding bands of the most popular management apprenticeships. 

The uptake of students studying science and maths is welcome progress, but studying engineering is creative and should not be limited to only those who have taken these subjects at A-Level, says the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

Labour has blasted the Government after it emerged students in the poorest areas of England were nine times more likely to be in struggling schools than those in the richest areas.

Downing Street today refused to back itself on an apprenticeship promise renewed by Theresa May last year.