From 2012 eligible part-time students will be able to borrow the full cost of their tuition fees for the first time. Changes announced today will see students becoming eligible to start making repayments over four years after commencing study, up from three years as previously planned

A simple checklist of what schools can do to instil good behaviour in the classroom has been developed and published today by Charlie Taylor - the headteacher of a special school with some of the toughest behaviour issues and the Government’s Expert Adviser on behaviour

Millions of people in England and Wales who work or volunteer with children and vulnerable adults will no longer need criminal record checks, ministers say

Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, has announced that the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency will be closing

Commenting on early UCAS 2012 applications data, Universities and Science Minister David Willetts said:

Responsibility for the funding and improvement of academies should sit with councils in areas where they form the majority of schools, council leaders said today

Professor Munro signals a new approach in her interim report on child protection, which focuses on helping children rather than on the regulations, inspections and procedures that have thrown the system out of balance

The Education Secretary Michael Gove has set out radical new measures to help tackle entrenched underperformance in England’s schools

New figures released today show that 450,330 children – 7.2 per cent – were absent from school for 15 per cent or more of the autumn 2010 and spring 2011 terms. This is the equivalent of missing a month’s worth of lessons in a year

The UK is a world-leader in science and research, according to a new report being launched today by Universities and Science Minister David Willetts at a Science Council lecture on research impact