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The article offers insight to policy papers published from 15-18 September, 2020 in Great Britain. Topics include "Government Response to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse's Westminster Investigation Report" by Cabinet Office; "Financial Sustainability of Colleges in England, Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General" by the National Audit Office; and "Update on the Sale of Student Loans" by House of Commons Library.

The article presents a list of policy papers published in Great Britain in last week which includes "Education Bill" by Heather Evennett, "Careers Guidance in Schools, Colleges and Universities" by Philip Loft and colleagues; "School Funding for England." It is noted that the report "School Funding for England" revealed that a new national funding formula has contributed to a shift in the balance of funding from more deprived schools to less deprived schools.

The article offers information on policy papers published in Great Britain in November 2019. "Port Facility Security Officer Training: List of Approved Training Providers," which indicates the need for all British ports to have a certified Port Facility Security Officer who will implement security measures. "School Funding in England," by Nerys Roberts focuses on issues regarding school funding. "Level 4 and 5 Education," by David Foster gives an overview of both levels.

Presents news on education and schools in Great Britain, published newspapers in March 2005. Information on the opening of a bilingual state primary school, from "The Times" newspaper; Software glitch that is striking school computer systems in England in Wales, according to "The Guardian" newspaper; Ruling of the European Court of Justice concerning educational loans and grants, from "The Times" newspaper.

Presents news on education in Great Britain as of April 2, 2004. Art project of artist Tracey Emin; Issuance of eleventh-hour appeals by Ministers Charles Clarke and Tony Blair to Labor Members of Parliament not to scupper university tuition fees; Cause of truancy penalized when a local youth-training provider offered a trial period.

Discusses newspaper reports on several issues concerning the education system and policies in Great Britain. Percentage of students who reached the expected literacy level in mathematics and English in 2004; Criticisms against ministers who are proposing to impose top-up fees to meet the target of sending youths to universities; Educational performance of the selective system in Kent, England.

Looks at issues and topics related to education featured in British newspapers. Success of grammar schools; Funding crisis experienced by the education sector.

Discusses issues on British government policy on tuition fees as covered in several newspapers. Two alternatives to address the funding crisis in higher education; Stand of a professor from Medieval Theology at Cambridge concerning the need for top-up fees; Plan of local education authorities to end free school transport and charge pupils according to their parent's income.

Provides information on published reports about the status of the education system in Great Britain. Identification of the scale of the problems in education by Seonag Mackinnon, education editor of the "Scotsman"; Concern on local school reorganization proposals reported by the "Edinburgh Evening News"; Fee-fixing in independent schools tackled by "The Independent."

Offers a look at major education stories in the British press during the week of April 18, 2003. Negative reaction received by School Standards Minister David Miliband at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers' conference about the school funding issue; Argument advanced by public finance specialist Tony Travers in an article in The Times newspaper against claims that the Local Education Authority were keeping £500 back from schools; Question raised by Richard Garner in the Independent's education section on teacher militancy.

Presents education-related issues featured in several British newspapers in December 2002. Implication of high tuition fees for the decision of working class students to attend college, by Tony Halpin of "Times"; on the rate of university dropout students in the country; Report on the curriculum vitae of Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith in "Newsnight."

Presents an update on issues concerning education in Great Britain for the year 2004. Issues regarding the Higher Education Bill; Explanation on tuition fees.

Presents issues on tuition fees in Great Britain which were featured in several newspapers after the First Reading of the Higher Education Bill in January 2004. Prediction on the tuition fee debt; Survey on fee policies by universities; Campaign against the Higher Education Bill.

Focuses on the story about leading British public schools allegedly combining to fix school fees, featured in the newspaper "The Times." Assessment of the value of the issue; Doubts on the intention of the publication for featuring the issue.

Focuses on some reports concerning issues on education in Great Britain that was published by newspapers in the country. Coverage on the 2003 annual conference of the National Association of Head Teachers at the "Daily Telegraph"; Editorial on the school funding crisis in the country at the "Education Journal"; Account on the experiences of a student named Ryan Bell on the "Independent."

Focuses on some reports concerning issues on education in Great Britain that was published by newspapers in the country. Account on the A-level league tables by Richard Garner of "Independent"; Coverage on the Secondary Heads Association 2003 conference by Tony Halpin in "The Times"; Views of Liz Lightfoot of the "Daily Telegraph" on the education funding crisis in the country.

Focuses on some reports concerning issues on education in Great Britain that was published by newspapers in the country. Observation on the issue on tuition fees in "The Times"; Position taken by Prime Minister Tony Blair on the issue on tuition fees featured in "Independent"; Views on the report of Mike Tomlinson on A-level examinations.

The article offers information on the link between deprivation and the scale of Government cuts to school funding in Great Britain. It further discusses concern of the education unions regarding the cuts after the release of the national funding formulae allocations for 2020/2021; schools in deprived areas had been struggling to "paper over the cracks" caused by wider austerity measure; and views of Kevin Courtney, joint general secretary, National Education Union, on unfair school funding.

The article reflects on the statement of Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond on school budgets and the future of education colleges or local authority children's services in Great Britain. Topics include school funding crisis in the country; government policy of providing free sanitary products in schools and colleges; and offering of technical and vocational skills in the country.

This section presents the consultation papers published by British agencies and departments in the first week of November 2015. Topics covered include the Green Paper titled "Higher education: Teaching excellence, social mobility and student choice," the proposed change to section 6.2 of the Scheme for financing schools guidance, and the proposed changes to the Fees and Frequency of Inspection Regulations for the 2016-17 financial year.

The article lists several summaries of consultation papers and review deadlines related to education policy in Great Britain, including one about the funding of 16-19 year old learners, one related to the removal of a statutory duty for work related learning, and one about the roles of children's services posts. The consultation papers were published by Great Britain's Department for Education and Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills.

The article offers the author's views on the need to create children's services and a child protection system. The author stresses the aim which was also included within the Every Child Matters, a term idealized by the Directors of Children's Services which focus on bringing children's trusts and wraparound care and workforce in schools. Moreover, several concerns on child welfare had led to the need to outline a new education White Paper and SEN Green Paper for further planning.

The article offers information on the Educational Excellence Everywhere White Paper released by Great Britain's Chancellor George Osborne in which he has discussed about education budget. Various topics discussed include parental choice in selecting schools for education, academization of underperforming schools and country's education policy.

The article focuses on the education White Paper in Great Britain as the most talked-about and leaked public document in history. As noted by the author, different educational stories had been realized about the real intent of the White Paper, wherein the old practice of funding schools through local authorities had been criticized. Several educational publications are divided on their stand in support and opposition to the White Paper as proposed by Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove.

The article comments on the Green Paper on higher education reforms issued by the government of Great Britain. Topics covered include the creation of the Office for Students, promotion of student interest, raising the standards of teaching and research at universities, and opening of the sector to new high-quality colleges and universities. It also mentions the treatment of part-time and full-time students, higher education funding, further education (FE), and teaching excellence framework.

The article reports on the announcement of the British government about its intention to abolish the Learning Skills Council (LSC) by 2010. The government has announced in a white paper that £7 billion would be transferred from the LSC to local authorities, who will have main role in offering young people choices of study up to 18.