UK education productivity 'flat'
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Productivity in the education system has increased slightly but not as much as it might have, a watchdog says.
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International aviation not included in UK figures while mild winter means country used less fuel
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Off-shoring continues to take its toll This month has seen the UK's aspiring Prime Minister recycling his views in his Budget Report on the requirements and funding for enhancing the training opportunities and skills to compete globally as a prelude to announcing greater investment in higher education. Some people and organisations, âspeaking on behalf of the UK IT Industryâ, have hitched themselves to this bandwagon in the anticipation that some of the UK Government's proposed increase in its skills and education funding will find its way to the IT industry both in funding terms and in delivering more highly trained and motivated IT professionals.â¦
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A report says increased school choice does little to enhance the educational opportunities of black pupils.
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Standards in basic maths and reading among seven-year olds in England show no improvement, while fewer attain expected writing skills.
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A report suggests maths A-levels have become easier and no longer stretch the brightest pupils.
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Schools will still face a teaching shortfall when new figures are announced, a teachers' group says.
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Schools are warned they will have to make efficiency savings just to keep pace with current funding levels.
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Business & money: UK spends like there's no tomorrow with frenzied activity at the sales despite gloomy economic forecasts
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Â· Maths and English hit by decline in trainees  Â· Shortfall will hit schools in summer of 2009
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Disadvantaged children lagging a full year behind before they start school.
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Flat prices in most parts of England and Wales are not keeping up with houses, Land Registry figures show.
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American eighth-graders improved their math and science scores on an international test last year, but fourth-graders&#39; scores were flat and all students
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Graduates in the UK still command significantly higher salaries than those without degrees, despite the recent expansion in higher education, international education experts said yesterday.
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Children make more progress in England's grammar schools than in comprehensives, figures show.
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A charity says UK children have less chance of improving their social standing than those in any other country.
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U.S. industrial production was flat in January as warm weather dampened demand for heating, but manufacturing output remained healthy, a government report showed on Wednesday.