14-19 Education -Tinkering and confusion driving students from A levels, say Tories (Telegraph, 10 August 2008)
Days before thousands of teenagers receive their exam results, figures published by the Conservatives show that by last summer the numbers studying for the qualification had dropped from 258, 285 to a six-year low of 249, 552 in 12 months.
14-19 Education - Top academics and employers to develop new subject Diplomas (DCSF, 11 August 2008)
Partnerships including Oxford academics, British Airways and other leading educational experts will come together to develop the next three Diplomas.
14-19 Education - IoD warns of 'credibility gap' in education (IoD, 11 August 2008)
In advance of the forthcoming A level and GCSE results, the Institute of Directors (IoD) today publishes its 2008 Education Briefing Book, highlighting a wide disparity between official statistics on education performance and the perceptions of employers.
Apprenticeships - Needless bureaucracy scrapped (DIUS, 7 August 2008)
Red tape will be slashed to make it easier for employers to take on more apprentices, Skills Secretary John Denham announced today.
Further Education - New framework to put Further Education at heart of local communities (DIUS, 11 August 2008)
A new framework document sets out how further education can forge new partnerships to make a stronger contribution to the economic and social health of local communities.
Higher Education - Quality assurance is no obstacle for employer engagement(HEFCE, 6 August 2008)
The higher education (HE) sector does not view quality assurance issues as a barrier to engaging with employers, according to a report published today by HEFCE.
Higher Education - Decision time 'not to be rushed'(BBC, 13 August 2008)
A-level students whose results are not what they hoped for will be weighing up their options on Thursday.
Regional - Yorkshire Businesses invest in future despite confidence being low (Yorkshire Forward, 8 August 2008)
Business confidence across the region's businesses has shown a marked downturn over the past year according to the latest Regional Business Survey conducted by the leading research company Ipsos MORI on behalf of Yorkshire Forward.
Skills - Workplace skills are hard to find at head office (Observer, 10 August 2008)
Opinion piece: One of the fallacies earnestly and unquestioningly maintained by New Labour is that we live in a primarily individual economy. We don't.
