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“Marmitey” Civil Service Learning programme is not a finished product, say officials 

“I pushed through the tuition fees reforms”

New chief executive of the civil service John Manzoni named “clarity, accountability and delegation” as “opportunities for improvement” in public sector management.

The UK’s system of training and skills provision is growing increasingly out of step with the needs of the modern economy and that change is needed if the UK workforce is to remain competitively skilled, according to new research.

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has become a sponsor for TechHub Swansea. Mike Bracken (pictured), head of the Government Digital Service, launched the initiative in Swansea today. 

The first national UK shale college was announced by Business, Enterprise & Energy minister Matthew Hancock today. 

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) is calling on businesses of all sizes and in all sectors in the UK to invest in workforce training as a key driver for economic success and improved productivity performance.

The National Audit Office (NAO) today reported that only 62 out of 129 underperforming maintained schools improved their rating following formal intervention.

The Department for Education (DfE) has failed to consistently tackle underperforming maintained schools and academies despite investing at least £382m annually, said a National Audit Office (NAO) report today. 

Peter Lauener has today been announced as the new permanent chief executive of the Skills Funding Agency (SFA).

Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People wants to speed things up

Social mobility commission says inequality will rise

Leaders across the civil service are wrestling with change management. Here’s how to rise to the challenge

An MBA has long opened doors in the business world – but the qualification is just as valuable to civil servants

When university fees tripled in the coalition’s early days, there were dire warnings of the effect on social mobility and student numbers. But as Suzannah Brecknell reports, the real dangers lay elsewhere.

John Pullinger has this month started his new job as the UK’s new national statistician. He tells Winnie Agbonlahor about his priorities in the role.

Cornerstone provide advice on effective approaches for learning management.

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The Education Funding Agency is responsible for handing out £54bn of taxpayers’ money every year, funding every state school place in the country. Winnie Agbonlahor meets its chief executive, Peter Lauener

The Education Funding Agency (EFA) needs to get “to grips with effective oversight to improve public confidence in the system,” the Public Accounts Committee warned in a report.

Education can help improve social equality, says Alison Wride – but only if the universities radically change their approach to recruiting and teaching students

This head teacher has pulled their school up from the bottom, but argues that education policy is now pushing it back down

Audit and governance arrangements for free schools are “not yet effective,” according to a Public Accounts Committee report published last week.

A teacher whose school has become an academy enjoys new freedoms – but not from central reforms