Michael Gove says government’s children’s department made catastrophic mistake on number of pupils

David Willetts has already slammed the government over the college funding shortfall.  
 Now Michael Gove, the Shadow Children’s Secretary, has joined in, demanding immediate clarification, and saying that schools are extremely concerned as this will affect their Sixth Forms’ budgets.   He said that Ed Balls’s department had made “a catastrophic mistake” on the numbers of pupils staying [...]

David Willetts slams the government over college funding crisis

David Willetts has criticised the Government for not taking responsibility for the college funding crisis, following the resignation of the Chief Executive of the Learning and Skills Council (LSC).
Mark Haysom has stepped down following problems with the LSC’s further education capital programme.
David, the Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, highlighted that ministers [...]

Conservative Conference Fringe Meetings

The Conservative National Education Society will have two Fringe Meetings at Blackpool, thanks to the sponsorship of Cambridge Assessment and the National Institute for Adult Continuing Education.
The first meeting will be on Monday 1st October
5.45 to 7.00 pm    in Arena 2 at the Winter Gardens.
(The Arena is the refreshment area alongside and on the same floor [...]