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Loan system overhaul to benefit millions of students and graduates

Loan system overhaul to benefit millions of students and graduates

Monday, 30 December 2019

A new online service will enable graduates to easily keep track of their student loan accounts as part of improvements to the repayment system. ...

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New Year’s Honours 2020: education, children's services and social mobility

New Year’s Honours 2020: education, children's services and social mobility

Friday, 27 December 2019

The New Year Honours list recognises a total of 84 people for their outstanding contributions to education, children’s services and improving social m...

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Read your child a book this Christmas, says Children’s Minister

Read your child a book this Christmas, says Children’s Minister

Tuesday, 24 December 2019

Children's Minister Michelle Donelan has called on families to give children the gift of reading this Christmas...

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More funding to boost adoption support

More funding to boost adoption support

Sunday, 22 December 2019

£45 million boost to help adoptive families adjust to their new lives together...

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Local areas get breakdown in first stage of £14bn funding boost

Local areas get breakdown in first stage of £14bn funding boost

Thursday, 19 December 2019

Government delivers on its promise to level up school funding across the country...

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Young people to benefit from £155 million funding boost

Young people to benefit from £155 million funding boost

Monday, 04 November 2019

Funding will help colleges and sixth forms to deliver expensive but crucial subjects like engineering, construction and hospitality. ...

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£18m extension to Opportunity Area programme

£18m extension to Opportunity Area programme

Monday, 04 November 2019

£18 million announced to extend the Opportunity Area programme to support social mobility in some of the most disadvantaged areas. ...

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Funding boost to support childcare and early education

Funding boost to support childcare and early education

Thursday, 31 October 2019

Councils to see an increase in funding to deliver free childcare places to support children and parents ...

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Multi million investment in school and college buildings

Multi million investment in school and college buildings

Monday, 28 October 2019

Applications open for academies and sixth form colleges to access more than £400 million for school improvements ...

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Vital new support for young people leaving care

Vital new support for young people leaving care

Tuesday, 22 October 2019

Programmes totalling £19 million to improve support for care leavers announced ahead of National Care Leavers Week ...

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Education Secretary announces new support for adoptive families

Education Secretary announces new support for adoptive families

Friday, 18 October 2019

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson spoke at Coram's National Adoption Week reception announcing further funding to support new adoptive families...

Adult retraining scheme rolled out to new regions

Adult retraining scheme rolled out to new regions

Tuesday, 15 October 2019

Get Help to Retrain service continues its phased rollout and is now available in six major cities and regions across England....

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New government support for adoptive families

New government support for adoptive families

Tuesday, 15 October 2019

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson announces further funding to support adopted children and their families...

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Schools to learn funding allocations following £14 billion pledge

Schools to learn funding allocations following £14 billion pledge

Thursday, 10 October 2019

New figures to show how much schools will benefit from Government's multi-billion pound investment in pupils' education...

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Teacher workload cut by five hours a week over past three years

Teacher workload cut by five hours a week over past three years

Thursday, 10 October 2019

Teachers’ working hours fall by 5 hours compared to 2016, with the reduction driven by decrease in time spent on marking, planning and non-teaching ta...

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Lord Agnew Schools North East speech

Lord Agnew Schools North East speech

Thursday, 10 October 2019

Schools Minister, Lord Agnew, spoke at the Schools North East summit about the Opportunity North East programme on Thursday 10 October. ...

Government loans to build new schools alongside new homes

Government loans to build new schools alongside new homes

Wednesday, 09 October 2019

Department for Education offering loans to housing developers to boost new house and school building momentum...

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First 'State of the Nation' report marks World Mental Health Day

First 'State of the Nation' report marks World Mental Health Day

Wednesday, 09 October 2019

More than 4 in 5 children and young people report being happy with their lives, as landmark new report on children’s wellbeing is published...

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T Level campaign launches to help accelerate young people to ‘NexT Level’

T Level campaign launches to help accelerate young people to ‘NexT Level’

Monday, 07 October 2019

The NexT Level campaign will ensure young people have the information they need to apply for the first of the pioneering T Levels starting September 2...

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Up to £35k bursary and early career payments for new teachers

Up to £35k bursary and early career payments for new teachers

Friday, 04 October 2019

Financial package worth up to £35,000 to be introduced for new Maths, Chemistry, Physics and Modern Foreign Language teachers...

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Campaign launched to celebrate World Teachers’ Day

Campaign launched to celebrate World Teachers’ Day

Thursday, 03 October 2019

Education Secretary calls for teachers and heads to post videos with reasons they are #ProudToTeach to celebrate UNESCO World Teachers’ Day...

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New support for foster families to overcome trauma

New support for foster families to overcome trauma

Thursday, 03 October 2019

Practical and emotional support from communities of foster carers to boost their resilience...

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New measures announced to help boost the nation’s skills

New measures announced to help boost the nation’s skills

Tuesday, 01 October 2019

Measures will support ongoing work to transform technical education including providing up to £120 million to establish up to 8 more Institutes of Tec...

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Free schools leading the way with top primary school results

Free schools leading the way with top primary school results

Thursday, 26 September 2019

Free schools achieve highest results for six and seven-year-old pupils for the fifth year in a row...

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Education Secretary: Do more for disadvantaged students

Education Secretary: Do more for disadvantaged students

Wednesday, 25 September 2019

Gavin Williamson wants universities to do everything they can to ensure students complete their courses and reduce dropout rates....

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DfE surpasses apprenticeship target two years in a row

DfE surpasses apprenticeship target two years in a row

Wednesday, 18 September 2019

Public relations, accountancy and cyber security are just some of the apprenticeship opportunities on offer....

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Education Secretary backs review of university admissions

Education Secretary backs review of university admissions

Sunday, 15 September 2019

The Education Secretary has backed a review which will consider whether students should apply to university after getting their A level results....

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Education Secretary visits the West Midlands

Education Secretary visits the West Midlands

Thursday, 12 September 2019

Gavin Williamson meets staff and students at Dudley College of Technology and Walsall Studio School....

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Universities Minister gives speech at Universities UK conference

Universities Minister gives speech at Universities UK conference

Thursday, 12 September 2019

Universities Minister Chris Skidmore sets out his ambitions for building on UK universities international reputation for cutting edge research. ...

Education Secretary addresses Universities UK conference

Education Secretary addresses Universities UK conference

Thursday, 12 September 2019

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson sets a challenge to the higher education sector to ensure wider access to universities to students from all backg...

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