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Labour Has Criticised Gavin Williamson For His 'Silence' On The University Covid Crisis
Labour Has Criticised Gavin Williamson For His "Silence" On The University Covid Crisis
Coronavirus
Gavin Williamson must come to the Commons next week to explain what the government is doing to tackle the Covid university crisis, Labour says.
Boris Johnson Says Classes Shouldn't Be Sent Home Unless A Pupil Or School Teacher Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Coronavirus
Boris Johnson Says Classes Shouldn't Be Sent Home Unless A Pupil Or School Teacher Tests Positive For Coronavirus
A Minister Has Suggested Pupils And Parents Will Be A High Priority Group When Testing Is Rationed
Coronavirus
A Minister Has Suggested Pupils And Parents Will Be A High Priority Group When Testing Is Rationed
Local Politicians In University Towns And Cities Are Bracing For Community Rifts As Thousands Of Students Return After Lockdown
Coronavirus
Local Politicians In University Towns And Cities Are Bracing For Community Rifts As Thousands Of Students Return After Lockdown
Ofqual Chairman Says It Was A 'Fundamental Mistake' To Believe Algorithm Grades 'Would Ever Be Acceptable'
Coronavirus
Ofqual Chairman Says It Was A "Fundamental Mistake" To Believe Algorithm Grades "Would Ever Be Acceptable"
Ministers Launch £2bn Drive To Tackle Youth Unemployment As Number Of Under-25s On Benefits Doubles
Education
Ministers Launch £2bn Drive To Tackle Youth Unemployment As Number Of Under-25s On Benefits Doubles
Next year's exams could be pushed back to allow pupils to catch up, says Education Secretary
Coronavirus
Next year's exams could be pushed back to allow pupils to catch up, says Education Secretary
The House Live
Independent schools can play a part in tackling regional inequality in education
Education
By Baroness Bull
Independent schools can play a part in tackling regional inequality in education
Universities are braced for a new wave of coronavirus in the absence of a credible action plan
Coronavirus
By Emma Hardy MP
Universities are braced for a new wave of coronavirus in the absence of a credible action plan
Black people have lived in Britain since before the English came here – it is time our curriculum reflected that
Education
By Theresa Villiers MP
Black people have lived in Britain since before the English came here – it is time our curriculum reflected that
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Labour Has Criticised Gavin Williamson For His 'Silence' On The University Covid Crisis
Labour Has Criticised Gavin Williamson For His "Silence" On The University Covid Crisis
Coronavirus
Helping wild spaces stay open Partner content
Helping wild spaces stay open
By The National Lottery
Environment
We must protect and preserve our community green spaces and ecosystems
We must protect and preserve our community green spaces and ecosystems
By Philip Dunne MP
Environment
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Local Politicians In University Towns And Cities Are Bracing For Community Rifts As Thousands Of Students Return After Lockdown
Coronavirus
Local Politicians In University Towns And Cities Are Bracing For Community Rifts As Thousands Of Students Return After Lockdown
As thousands of students prepare to return to university, the towns and cities that usually welcome them are steeling themselves for potential rifts with local residents after six months of lockdown.
Exclusive: Government urged to end 'mum-shaming' amid warning women face 'tsunami of unemployment' without more help
Coronavirus
Exclusive: Government urged to end 'mum-shaming' amid warning women face 'tsunami of unemployment' without more help
A "tsunami" of working mums could be forced out of the labour market if ministers fail to prioritise parents in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, an MP who recently returned from maternity leave has warned.
Fresh exams ‘chaos’ as BTEC results pulled while pupils get revised GCSE grades
Coronavirus
Fresh exams ‘chaos’ as BTEC results pulled while pupils get revised GCSE grades
Hundreds of thousands of pupils are receiving their GCSE results on Thursday — but BTEC students will have to wait after more last-minute changes to the grading system were announced.
Education news
Partner content
Education
By Coca-Cola European Partners
Coca-Cola Enterprises brings young entrepreneurs to parliament
Real Business Challenge national finalists meet MPs as part of a drive for greater work-related learning in schools
No Budget recognition of the crisis in education says Teaching union Partner content
Education
By NASUWT
No Budget recognition of the crisis in education says Teaching union
General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union in the UK has criticised the Chancellor for failing help the 3.7 million children living in poverty
Partner content
Education
By NASUWT
Desperate electoral window dressing cannot hide the terrible toll Government economic policies have taken
Commenting on the Chancellors Budget statement, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, said:
Partner content
Education
By million+
million+ responds to budget announcement
The university think-tank million+ has responded to the budget statement today from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne MP.
Partner content
Education
By Federation of Master Builders
Apprenticeship vouchers show government has listened
The Governments proposed voucher model for apprenticeship funding is an improvement on what was formerly proposed and shows that Ministers have listened to the construction industry, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).
Partner content
Education
By NASUWT
Teachers' pay award - thousands face the prospect of 0%
Crisis in teacher supply set to deepen, says NASUWT.
Partner content
Education
By University of Hertfordshire
Graduates from Britain’s top research universities could help our food industry become the best in the world, say expert panel
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs today joined industry leaders and academics to give her backing to a cross-sector task force recommending greater cooperation between universities and agri-food companies to accelerate Britain to the top of the global food economy.
Partner content
Education
By PSHE Association
Parliamentarians and child safety experts call on Prime Minister to make PSHE statutory
Todays Times carries a letter signed by a group of prominent Parliamentarians and child protection experts calling on Government to make PSHE education a statutory subject in response to recent child sexual exploitation reports.
Partner content
Education
By million+
million+ launches manifesto for teacher education
The university think-tank million+ has published A Manifesto for Teacher Education today (10 March).
Partner content
Education
By AQA
World-class sports stars to mentor young people in 20 schools across the UK
This week sees the launch of this year's AQA Unlocking Potential, a unique mentoring programme for young people aged 14 to 19 that gives them eight months of dedicated support and one-to-one mentoring from high-achieving athletes.
Attitudes towards vocational pathways must change Partner content
Education
By Chartered Insurance Institute
Attitudes towards vocational pathways must change
With National Apprenticeship Week starting today and parliament’s Education Committee calling for further increases in apprenticeships, the Chartered Insurance Institute’s David Thomson calls for the Government to do more to address the biggest challenge facing the insurance sector – talent.
Lack of action on PSHE “leaves children at risk” Partner content
Education
By PSHE Association
Lack of action on PSHE “leaves children at risk”
Chief Executive of the PSHE Association calls on the Government to make Personal Social Health & Economic education part of the national curriculum in the wake of recent child sexual exploitation scandals.     
Partner content
Education
By NASUWT
Job cuts will devastate education
Responding to comments made by Education Minister John ODowd that 500 teaching jobs and 1,000 non-teaching jobs could be lost as a result of budget cuts, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in Northern Ireland, said:
Partner content
Education
By Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Government and business want more apprenticeships but parents haven’t bought in
New research reveals clear stereotype of apprenticeships.
Constructing change Partner content
Education
By Chartered Institute of Building
Constructing change
MPs across party lines welcome a new report by the Chartered Institute of Building which analyses the effect of migration on the construction industry.  
Partner content
Education
By NASUWT
NASUWT comments on announcement on child safeguarding
Commenting on reports of the announcements the Prime Minister will make at a Downing Street Summit today about action proposed to be taken against certain public service workers, including teachers, who fail to report sexual abuse of children and young people, Chris Keates General Secretary of the NASUWT the largest teachers union in the UK said:
Gov't accused of ignoring education in the fight against child abuse Partner content
Education
By PSHE Association
Gov't accused of ignoring education in the fight against child abuse
Personal, Social, Health and Economic education should play a more prominent role in addressing child sexual exploitation, according to the PSHE Association, other leading bodies and a series of recent reports focused on child safety.    
ATL pre-election debate: What’s the top priority: inspection or improvement? Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL pre-election debate: What’s the top priority: inspection or improvement?
ATL hosted a pre-election debate chaired by Zoe Williams from The Guardian. Speakers were Dr Mary Bousted, ATL General Secretary; Cllr David Simmonds, Chairman of the LGA children & young people board; Jonathan Simons, Head of Education, Policy Exchange and Sean Harford, National Director for Schools, Ofsted & Her Majesty’s Inspector.  
Partner content
Education
By PSHE Association
Calls for urgent action on safety education as PM hosts exploitation summit
As the Prime Minister hosts a summit on child sexual exploitation, his Government has yet to respond to an Education Select Committee report which described the Department for Educations approach to Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education, the subject through which pupils learn to keep themselves safe, as weak.
Partner content
Education
By million+
million+ responds to Labour Party’s announcement on university funding
Professor Michael Gunn, Chair of the university think-tank million+ and Vice-Chancellor of Staffordshire University has welcomed the announcement by the Labour Party that it would reduce fees from 9000 to 6000 and fully fund universities for the lifetime of the next Parliament.
Partner content
Education
By Universities UK
Response to Labour announcement on tuition fees
Universities UK has responded to the Labour party announcement today on university tuition fees in England.
Partner content
Education
By PSHE Association
New KS3/4 resource on employability and aspiration for parents of young women launched
The Government Equalities Office (GEO) has today launched Your Daughters Future, a guide to help parents support their daughters as they make important decisions about their next steps and career choices.
Annette Brooke MP: Driving change on school bus bullying
Education
By PoliticsHome
Annette Brooke MP: Driving change on school bus bullying
Lib Dem MP Annette Brooke calls for new rules to tackle bullying on school buses, following the suicide of an 11 year-old boy whose family live in her constituency, Mid Dorset and North Poole.
Partner content
Education
By million+
million+ manifesto calls for clarity from political parties on future university funding
The university think-tank million+ has launched a manifesto for universitiesto highlight the reasons whyinvestment inuniversities, science and research should be a high priorityfor the next government.
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Planning Policy Reforms Under the New Government
2020
Central London
Planning Policy Reforms Under the New Government
Meeting the Challenge of APP Targets: Boosting Student Access, Participation and Outcomes
2020
Central London
Meeting the Challenge of APP Targets: Boosting Student Access, Participation and Outcomes
The Building Regulations and Fire Safety Conference
2020
Central London
The Building Regulations and Fire Safety Conference
NHS Parliamentary Awards
2021
House of Commons
NHS Parliamentary Awards