Forum Brief: Exam report response
Policy Consultation 3 December 2002
In the ePolitix forum teachers and examiners respond to the Tomlinson report.
Forum Brief: University funding
Policy Consultation 2 December 2002
The government should not end elitism but widen access to the best services, the education secretary has insisted.
Forum Brief: Pre-Budget Report - Education
Policy Consultation 28 November 2002
As part of his drive to bring business skills into schools and universities, Gordon Brown announced £60 million a year for enterprise learning that he hopes will ensure that by
Forum Brief: Queen's Speech - Education
Policy Consultation 13 November 2002
Education ministers are set to renew their drive to crack down on truant pupils, the Queen told parliament this morning.
Forum Brief: Top-up fees
Policy Consultation 31 October 2002
Iain Duncan Smith has challenged the prime minister to say whether the government intends to introduce top-up fees for students attending elite universities.
Forum Brief: Top-up fees
Policy Consultation 30 October 2002
There have been reports that top universities have threatened to leave the state funded higher education system unless allowed to charge top-up fees.
Forum Brief: Clarke appointment
Policy Consultation 24 October 2002
Charles Clarke has been appointed as the new education secretary.
Forum Brief: Morris resignation
Policy Consultation 24 October 2002
Estelle Morris has resigned as education secretary.
Forum Brief: A and AS Levels
Policy Consultation 17 October 2002
Tony Blair has defended the system of A Levels after the Conservative leader claimed they "were not worth the paper they are written on".
Forum Brief: A Levels
Policy Consultation 15 October 2002
Estelle Morris has been accused of over-reacting to the A Level "grade fixing" row.
Forum Brief: Exams re-grade
Policy Consultation 2 October 2002
A massive review of A-level papers will go ahead in the latest twist of the exams row.
Forum Brief: A-Level row
Policy Consultation 26 September 2002
Education secretary Estelle Morris has rejected claims that she has sought to pre-judge the Tomlinson inquiry into exam fixing.
Forum Brief: Universities
Policy Consultation 24 September 2002
The Liberal Democrats yesterday pressed the government to help ensure that universities are fit for the future.
Forum Brief: Replacing A Levels
Policy Consultation 23 September 2002
The future of the A Level system is in doubt after education secretary Estelle Morris said she would embark on a no-holds barred review of the exams system.
Forum Brief: A Level grades
Policy Consultation 18 September 2002
An exam board accused of downgrading this year's A level results has admitted to artificially lowering the grades of brighter pupils.
