Event - Save the date
The Higher Futures Stakeholder Conference will take place on Thursday 15 October 2009 at Magna Science Adventure Centre, Rotherham.
If you haven't already done so, please return a completed booking form to info@higherfutures.org. Click here to download the event flyer (210kb PDF) >
Event - Leap Ahead Annual Conference
Tuesday 24 November 2009, East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham.
Email leapahead@derby.ac.uk for details.
General news
Higher Education - Borrow for a better chance (Guardian, 16 Sept 2009)
The glut of new graduates facing increasingly tough job prospects means many will use this fallow period as an opportunity to brush up on skills.
Higher Education - Mandelson orders university funding review (Guardian, 15 Sept 2009)
Universities enter period of uncertainty as the government considers how money should be raised and spent.
Higher Education - Sector's funding quangos under scrutiny (THE, 14 Sept 2009)
Mandelson announces review to cut 'overlapping bureaucracies and duplicated programmes'.
Diplomas - Diplomas 'could be abolished' by Tories (Telegraph, 11 Sept 2009)
Labour’s diploma qualifications could be overhauled or abolished under a Conservative Government, it has emerged.
Higher Education - Minister warns on university funding (FT, 10 Sept 2009)
Britain's universities need to find more money from the private sector by charging businesses for "bespoke training" and other initiatives, said David Lammy, higher education minister.
Sustainable Communities - Low Carbon Opportunities for Graduates (BIS, 10 Sept 2009)
Low carbon vehicle and marine energy industries are to benefit from a new placement scheme that will see more talented graduates enter this key sector.
Higher Education - UK urged to increase investment in higher education (Times Higher Education, 8 Sept 2009)
The UK has been urged to keep investing in its universities, as new figures show that it spends just 0.9 per cent of its gross domestic product on higher education.
Higher Education - Invest in education to beat recession, boost earnings(OECD, 8 Sept 2009)
Growing advantages for the better educated and likely continuing high levels of unemployment as economies move out of recession will provide more and more young people with strong incentives to stay on in education.
Further Education - Moving Up booklets coming to all secondary schools (DCSF, 8 Sept 2009)
Children transferring to secondary school this September will be the very first who will all need to be in education or training until they are 18.
Further Education - Record number of A-levels to be remarked (Telegraph, 6 Sept 2009)
The three biggest exam boards in the country have reported an increase in the numbers of candidates who are asking for their exam scripts to be reviewed.
Further Education - Bigger UK sixth forms score higher marks (FT, 6 Sept 2009)
Pupils at bigger sixth forms achieve much better results than those in smaller schools, according to research.
Higher Education - Graduate unemployment jumps a third in two years(The Times, 4 Sept 2009)
Graduates with multiple degrees are more likely to get higher-paid and better jobs than those with only one degree, according to figures.
Publication - The proven way to train your workforce - Employer brochure - September 2009
The brochure identifies the business benefits an apprentice brings to an organisation.
