Education Minister Leighton Andrews has today outlined Wales’ response to the decision by the UK Government to increase tuition fees in higher education institutions in England. Press release
Coordinated by Professor John Furlong of Oxford University, teams of researchers from across Wales have reviewed the findings in relation to four key areas of Welsh policy: the Foundation Phase; improving teaching for the 7–14 age range; social Inclusion and improving learning by taking account of learners’ perspectives.
64 per cent of 15 year olds achieved the Level 2 threshold, 3 percentage points higher than in 2008/09.
In 2009/10, 290 15-year-olds left full time education without a recognised qualification. This is lower than the 2008/09 total of 333.
It should be made it clear exactly how much money it would cost to make all schools in Wales ‘fit for purpose’, according to a new report from the National Assembly for Wales’s Public Accounts Committee.
The Assembly Government has commissioned the development of new units to replace the existing five core modules. More
This circular invites Higher Education Institutions to submit strategies for learning and teaching and for widening access. More
This memorandum outlines the main and supplementary loan and grant rates, the contribution scales and the tuition fee rates for the 2011/12 academic year.
The percentage of full-time equivalent (FTE) pupils in independent schools in Wales has remained unchanged since 2002/03, at 2.0 per cent.
This small-scale study identifies the strategies used in 24 successful schools, designated National Support Schools, to develop effective leadership skills and build capacity to sustain excellence. The schools gave their staff a wealth of opportunities to take on leadership roles and provided them with high-quality support and training.
What can teachers and schools do about the effects of deprivation on children’s learning? Numerous studies have shown that the relationship between deprivation and education is crucial for understanding the significant impact deprivation has on later outcomes in adulthood.
A new strategy to meet the Government’s target of abolishing child poverty is detailed in the report, The Foundation Years: Preventing Poor Children Becoming Poor Adults. Commissioned by the Prime Minister the report is published by the Independent Review on Poverty and Life Chances, conducted by Frank Field.
The 2010 Teachers’ Workload Diary Survey provides independently collected data on hours and working patterns in maintained schools in England and Wales.
In 2005, the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) was commissioned to evaluate the potential value of using an aptitude test (the SAT Reasoning Test) as an additional tool in the selection of candidates for admission to higher education (HE).
UCAS has released the Provisional End of Cycle Report 2009/2010, a new publication that gives a range of statistical analyses of the 2010 higher education admissions cycle. This includes admissions by domicile, institution country, age group, gender and ethnicity.
