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Provides information on published reports about the status of the education system in Great Britain. Identification of the scale of the problems in education by Seonag Mackinnon, education editor of the "Scotsman"; Concern on local school reorganization proposals reported by the "Edinburgh Evening News"; Fee-fixing in independent schools tackled by "The Independent."

Presents education-related issues featured in several British newspapers in December 2002. Implication of high tuition fees for the decision of working class students to attend college, by Tony Halpin of "Times"; on the rate of university dropout students in the country; Report on the curriculum vitae of Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith in "Newsnight."

Presents various news and issues concerning education reported by some periodicals and newspapers in Great Britain as of June 2005. Plan of Prince Charles of Wales to establish his own teacher training institute to fill the gap in education, featured in the "Daily Telegraph"; Front cover of the "Guardian" in its education supplement featuring Prince Charles; Research by the children's charity National Children's Homes concerning the growing trend of bullying by camera phones featured by the "Guardian."

Presents several headlines related to education featured by newspapers in Great Britain in 2005. "The Times"; "Newsnight"; "Daily Mail."

Presents news briefs on education gathered from several newspapers in Great Britain as of March 4, 2005. Citation of a report released by the Office of Standards in Education regarding the concern of headteachers for gang culture in schools; Judgment on the case of a 16-year-old Muslim school girl who was excluded from a high school for wearing a jilbab; Possibility of pinning the tuition fees of European students attending English universities to British taxpayers.

Presents news briefs on education gathered from several newspapers in Great Britain as of February 4, 2005. Implementation of zero tolerance in classroom disruption; Nicotine patches to be offered free to children as young as 14 in a drive to reduce underage smoking; Update on the financial challenges being experienced by Cambridge University.

Presents news briefs on education gathered from several newspapers in Great Britain as of January 28, 2005. Plans of Oxford Universities to cut British student places; Membership of Education Secretary Ruth Kelly in the Roman Catholic sect Opus Dei; Failings in sex education in a number of schools.

Discusses reports published in two newspapers in Great Britain regarding the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) survey conducted by the Organization for Education Cooperation and Development. Score of Great Britain in the survey; Countries which experienced shortage of qualified and experienced teachers.

Presents information on the education supplements published by several British newspapers as of November 5, 2004. "Times Higher Education Supplement"; "The Times"; "Guardian's."

Presents several newspapers and periodicals in Great Britain which featured articles on education as of March 26, 2004. "The Daily Telegraph"; "Guardian Education Supplement"; "Independent Education Supplement."

Presents information on several issues on education reported in various periodicals in Great Britain. Efforts of independent schools to fix fees; Change in name of Ofsted Ltd.; Suggestion of former Downing Street press officer Fiona Miller regarding the abolishment of grammar schools.

Looks at various issues and events related to the British educational system published in several periodicals as of February 21, 2003. School branded as the worst in Great Britain; Performance of the General Teaching Council (GTC) in England and how it dealt with disciplining teachers; Role of GTC.

Presents education-related issues published in several British publications in December 2002. Comment of Education Secretary Charles Clarke to the House of Commons education select committee, published in "Independent"; Attack on grammar schools, published in "The Times"; Difficulties some parents had in getting local education authorities to provide the service their children needed, published in "Private Eye."

The article focuses on issues which have been raised in the latest issues of the journals "The Development Education Journal," and "Gender and Education." Articles in "The Development Education Journal" cover such issues as using the experience of refugees in development education and the impact of September 11 terrorist attacks on British Muslims. "Gender and Education" has published papers on women in academics in Great Britain and explorations into primary school teachers' professional sense of identity.