Higher education - 20,000 new university places pledged (BBC, 24 March 2010)
Chancellor Alistair Darling has pledged to create 20,000 new university places to cope with the surge in demand.
Higher education - Universities look into the future (BBC, 20 March 2010)
The current funding crisis will transform Britain's universities by 2020.
Further education - Further education colleges plea for Budget leniency (BBC, 22 March 2010)
Further education colleges in England are calling on Chancellor Alistair Darling to protect adult students from cuts in his budget on Wednesday.
Higher education - Higher education institutions need to tackle their skills shortages(LLUK, 19 March 2010)
Lifelong Learning UK is calling on higher education institutions to continue tackling their skills shortages, despite recent figures showing an overall fall in the UK unemployment rate.
Higher education - Universities facing 'first budget cuts in years' (BBC, 18 March 2010)
Three quarters of England's universities are facing real-term budget cuts this year - for the first time since Labour came to power.
Higher education - University budgets to be slashed by up to 14% (The Guardian, 18 March 2010)
Budget cuts trigger warnings of larger class sizes, further job losses and deterioration in quality of courses
Apprenticeships - New £5.93 minimum wage rate and new rate for apprentices announced (BIS, 25 March 2010)
The Government has today confirmed that it has accepted the recommendations from the Low Pay Commission (LPC) on the new rates for the National Minimum Wage, as referred to in yesterday’s Budget.
Graduate internships - Success for Graduates Yorkshire's paid internship scheme (ICG, 19 March 2010)
Graduates Yorkshire's graduate Internship Programme has achieved the target it set itself of filling 60 paid for placements just six months after the initiative launched.
Economic recovery - Recession reduces skills shortages, but no room for complacency(ICG, 19 March 2010)
Research just published reveals that most employers are happy with the calibre of their employees, with some 93% of the UK workforce thought to be proficient at their jobs.
Economic recovery - £50 million to help councils with economic recovery (Department for Communities and Local Government, 15 March 2010)
An extra £50m is being given to councils to help them make big strides toward economic recovery in their local area, announced Communities Secretary John Denham today.
Economic recovery - Mandelson: New wave of private investment will renew economy (BIS, 17 March 2010)
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson today marked the first year of the government's strategy to put Britain at the cutting edge of new industrial development.
Sectors: Engineering - Defra celebrates National Science and Engineering Week (Defra, 12 March 2010)
It's part of the Government’s ‘Science: So what? So everything’ campaign which aims to show people how science benefits our everyday lives, is crucial in strengthening the UK economy.
Sectors: Early Years - 3500 Sure Start Children's Centres now open - reaching families in every community (DCSF, 16 March 2010)
Every expectant parent will now get a personal introduction to their local Sure Start centre and their own Sure Start contact to give them advice throughout pregnancy and early years, the Government announced today.
Sectors: Public Wellbeing - 3000 new jobs in sports and culture for young people (DCMS, 18 March 2010)
Three thousand new jobs for young unemployed people are to be created in culture and sports taking DCMS beyond its target of 10,000 jobs.
Sectors: Health and Social Care - Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) has welcomed the government's social work implementation plan (Wired-gov, 18 March 2010)
Jane Haywood, Chief Executive at the Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) has welcomed the government's social work implementation plan as a "strong and comprehensive blueprint for the future of the profession'.
