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The article offers information on the policy paper, "Social mobility and elite university," by Lee Elliot Major and Pallavi Amitava Banerjee, published by the Higher Education Policy Institute. Topics discussed include the policy report focusing on access to higher education and its conclusion that it will take almost a century to achieve the Office for Students' goals to provide access to highly-selective universities.

The article offers information on policy papers published by government departments in Great Britain in November 2019. "Adult Education and Lifelong Learning for 21st Century Britain," argues that adult education and lifelong learning should be a permanent national necessity. "Independent Commission on the College of the Future: Progress Report," focuses on the progress of the commission.

The article highlights the issues raised by "Fulfilling Our Potenial: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice," the higher education Green Paper published by the British government on November 6, 2015. Topics covered include graduate employability, teaching standards, wider participation in higher education, the role of universities in increasing the productivity of the British economy, Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), and Research Excellence Framework.

The article focuses on Great Britain Government's white paper entitled Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice, regarding access to higher education and higher education participation. It informs that the Government's aim is to go ahead with proposals to make it easier for "challenger institutions" to award their own degrees and it plans to give students more information about teaching standards and job prospects.

The article reports on Great Britain Government's white paper, Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice, on access to higher education and higher education participation. It informs that the Government's aim is to go ahead with proposals to make it easier for "challenger institutions" to award their own degrees and it plans to give students more information about teaching standards and job prospects.

The article reports on the Association of School and College Leaders' (ASCL) proposals for grading general certificate of secondary education and A-levels amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as of February 2021. Topics covered include ASCL's warning that plans for assessing grades must not become exams by another name, the idea of exam boards providing a range of papers or banks of questions that teachers could use to assess their students and how schools and colleges should submit grades.

The article informs on a paper "Isaac Newton Institute: COVIDdiseases--tra-19 and universities" by the Higher Education Working Group at the Isaac Newton Institute on the imapct of COVID-19 pandemic on Great Britain universities. It mentions that transmission importations into the student population from the community AND to the community from student populations do occur.

The article offers the author's views on the 2017 education consultation paper in Great Britain which expressed the government's belief on the greater and more direct role of universities in improving school quality and student attainment. The government has required higher education institutions to establish a new school and sponsor an academy as conditions in charging higher fees.

The article comments on Great Britain government's White Paper on higher education. It discussed the Government's priorities across the whole of education one year into this Conservative government. It is opined that in this age of globalisation, national policies have to exist in the context of global competition and with both schools and higher education the country has also seen announcements that illuminate this.

The article reports on the decline in part-time higher education in Great Britain in March 2016. It highlights the comments of Margaret Sharp regarding the benefits of Green Paper for higher education for high-quality teaching and prospect of a good graduate job. It also mentions views of Bryan Davies, member of the Great Britain's House of Lords, for the same.

The article lists documents published by the British Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the British Department for Education, on topics including the growth of British universities, the costs to individuals in British higher apprenticeship programs, and fairer school funding.

The article offers information on the publication of a robust defence of free speech in universities, Free Speech and Censorship on Campus by Corey Stoughton. Topics discussed include restrict free speech as a way of protecting others, but concludes that restrictions on free speech usually end up being counter-productive; rhetoric supporting free speech in universities; and imposition of restrictions on free expression.

The article discusses the urge of the University and College Union for universities to address the race pay gap as a priority after the British Broadcasting Corp. report which showed that black and minority ethnic staff at universities of Russell Group faced a pay gap with their white colleagues.

The article focuses on a report issued by Universities UK, which reveals that research from British universities is bringing in billions of pounds to the economy. Topics include world-class research at British universities, role of international research collaboration, how university income from knowledge-exchange activities have increased above gross domestic growth (GDP) growth, and need of development of a post-Brexit immigration system.

The article informs that the Britain Government welcomes independent review led by British public servant, Dame Mary Ney on financial oversight of colleges. Topics include a review of governance guidance to improve transparency; and a new College Collaboration Fund round.

The article focuses on the warning from Great Britain Office for Students (OfS) for universities and other higher education providers on the use of unconditional offers. Topics mentioned include the claim of the agency that the indiscriminate use of unconditional offers is similar to pressure selling which puts providers in breach of consumer law, rise in unconditional offer-making as shown in the OfS research, and the impact of such practice on students' decision making and education access.

The article discusses a Member of Parliament, Stephen Kinnock, asking the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities about the potential impact of the United Kingdom Shared Prosperity Fund on replacing European Union funding for universities, as well as the impact on research, innovation, and skills in universities. It mentions that supporting local business and people and skills investment priorities.

The article focuses on research by the Office for Students (OfS), which revealed that young people from more advantaged neighbourhoods are still nearly six times more likely to attend the most selective universities in England despite a significant growth in the use of contextual offers. Topics discussed include findings of the research, and remarks from Chris Millward, director for Fair Access and Participation at the OfS.

The article provides answers to questions including access to the Erasmus programme, study trips of British universities to foreign countries and the area covered by the National Careers Service.

The article presents several written questions that were answered in the British parliament as of November 13, 2018. Topics discussed include a question for the Secretary of State for Education about the plans to improve secondary school students' understanding of organ, blood and stem cell donation; the plans for improving the access to university for children who have been in care; and the appointment of the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Student Loans Co.

The author emphasizes the need for the government of Great Britain to address mental health problems among young people. Topics covered include the statements issued by Prime Minister Theresa May about her government's policy on mental health, adverse impact of funding pressures on mental health provision in schools and colleges, and the number of young people turned away from mental health support in a single year.

The article talks about research grants from the European Union offered to British Universities and the need for British government to develop education related policies and funding that would enhance research collaboration following the Brexit referendum.

The article focuses on an inquiry of the Great Britain's Women and Equalities Select Committee, concerning the sexual harassment and violence in schools. Information regarding the European Union's (EU) regulation on life sciences, experiences of young adults about sexual harassment and violence at school, and the ability of the British Department of Education (DfE) to manage its programme on educational reform, are discussed.

The article discusses efforts by Randa Wahbe, advocacy officer for the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, to encourage British universities to terminate their contracts with security company G4S. Topics addressed include Wahbe's allegations that G4S provided equipment to Israeli prisons that illegally detain Palestinians, as well as Wahbe's planned tour of universities in Great Britain.

The article offers insight to a report "Further Consideration: Creating a new role, purpose and direction for the FE sector" by Tom Richmond and Andrew Bailey published on 17 September 2020. It mentions that Education and Skills has argued that the only way the Further Education sector from schools up to universities could become a respected and ambitious choice for young people and adults would be by ensuring complete clarity about what it could offer learners.

The article discusses the comments by British Higher Education (HE) Minister David Willetts on the need to provide colleges with freedom to make their own degrees. At the Association of Colleges Annual HE in Further Education (FE) Conference in 2011, Willetts said that the government also desires to see an expansion of new external degrees made by industry and FE. He added that the mix of a local FE college, an awarding body, and regional employers could be a Big Society's vital representation.

The article discusses the successful functioning of universities in Great Britain. It is stated that institutional autonomy and public accountability has lead to the universities achieving a higher level in all terms. However, it is stated that the ministers showing interest in the higher education sector, it is believed that they expect to exercise more control over the universities.

Describes the impact of the National College for School Leadership on education in Great Britain. Development of national programs for college education; Emphasis on the school leadership.

Discusses issues concerning the implementation of top-up fees in the education system in Great Britain. Purpose of top-up fees; Amount needed by universities in Great Britain; Information on the graduate tax.

The article reports that students in the Great Britain may be more satisfied with their courses, as per the National Student Survey, but many universities and colleges still have plenty of room to improve, according to the Great Britain's Office for Students (OfS). Topics include overall 84 percent of the 330,000 students in the Great Britain told the OfS that they were satisfied with the quality of their course, which was slightly higher at 83 percent than 2018.

The article informs that the Britain' Office for Students (OfS) is consulting on a new targeted condition of registration that would allow it to intervene more quickly in cases where universities or colleges are at material risk of closure. It mentions the OfS pointed out that the challenging circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic meant that some providers would experience particular financial difficulties.

The article reports that the Association of Britain Colleges has released a follow up survey to the one it had published in early May, 2020 on the profound impact of COVID-19 on colleges, staff and students. Topics include most of the colleges had report that teaching staff had been confident in delivering remote learning; and high-quality digital resources had mostly been available for Maths, Computing and IT.

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The article discusses the findings of the Child Welfare Inequalities Project which is a study funded by the Nuffield Foundation and conducted by academics from British universities including Cardiff University, University of Sheffield, and Coventry University. Topics covered include the reported inequalities in child welfare in Great Britain, the allocation of children's services in different areas in Great Britain, and government policy relating to child welfare system.

The article presents a speech, delivered at House of Commons in Great Britain on May 25, 2016. Topics of the speech included a detailed debate on education, skills and training in Great Britain, government proposal to increase in tuition fees and curriculum planning for college education. Also emphasized is the Education for All Bill in the country with access and participation in higher education.

The article discusses the Centre for Global Higher Education research which examined the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) designed to teach learners at scale. Topics discussed include online learning to expand access to higher education in Great Britain and researchers Diana Laurillard and Eileen Kennedy's suggestion for universities to take advantage of new revenue streams by providing high quality interactive learning supported by professional roles.

The article discusses the British Advertising Standards Authority will warn universities about proof of their claims and not to use misleading language in adverts that are aimed at student; and removal of the University of Reading's claim to be the top 1percent of the world's universities.

The article focuses on the efforts of British members of parliament for further education. Topics discussed include providing extra funding to schools to avoid the cuts; need for addressing severe underfunding of post-16 education which has put sixth forms and colleges under financial pressure; and efforts of Conservative Education Secretary, Lord Baker of Dorking for vocational education.

The article reports that British Universities Minister Jo Johnson has met with university and student bodies to discusses strategies to deal with the websites which provide custom written essays for students to submit as part of their degree to prevent plagiarism, as of February 2017.

The article reports on amendments to the Technical and Further Education Bill of Great Britain proposed by politician Lord Baker, which is supposed to provide education colleges and other training providers access to inform young people about the careers options, as of February 2017. It states that the legislative move has come following the government's decision to introduce a new legislation requiring schools to allow other providers to talk about career opportunities.

The article focuses on the the second trial year of the Teaching Excellence Framework in Great Britain and how it will operate in 2017. Topics include the detailed information on how British universities will be rated based on the quality of teaching they offer, the ranking of schools that can be used by students applying for university, and the positive response to the framework.

The article focuses on the interim report of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) which shows that students accepted in British universities have increased in 2016. Topics included in the report are the types of qualifications for college students, the decline in students taking vocational qualifications, and the number of students with higher grades at A-level. Comment from UCAS chief executive Mary Curnock Cook is also presented.

The article focuses on the 2013 annual report on schools and colleges by the British Office for Standards in Education. It comments on factors impeding educational progress including weak leadership and mediocre teaching, underachievement of poor children, and inattention and disruptions in the classroom. It mentions that standards in many of England's weakest schools have been raised by the growth in the number of academies over the last few years.

The article focuses on several people who made great contributions to the improvement of education in Great Britain. Artist Ernest Arthur Binstead's sketchbooks were exhibited at University of Glasgow's Web site. British Politician Clare Short launched a new course known as "Politics, media war: 9/11 and its impacts for the Open University." Open University co-produced three Charles Darwin-related series for television and as one-off program with the British Broadcasting Corp.

The article discusses several documents released by British government organizations regarding education as of July 2014. Documents discussed include and updated "Youth Engagement Fund: Prospectus," by the Cabinet Office; "Performance Indicators in Higher Education in the UK 2012 to 2013," by The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; and "Training Programme," by The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory.