Education in Britain
Britain: The Cambridge review
A damning refutation of Labour’s education lies
By Tania Kent, November 16, 2009
A recently published study, the “Cambridge Primary Review: Children, their World, their Education”, is a damning critique of the destructive impact of Labour’s policies on an entire generation o...
Britain: Thousands of jobs threatened in higher and further education
By Robert Stevens, October 21, 2009
Thousands of job cuts are being implemented at higher and further education institutions throughout the UK.
Britain’s bosses call for university tuition hike
By Joseph Mount, October 13, 2009
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has released a report demanding that the government raise university tuition fees from £3,225 to at least £5,000 a year.
Britain: Businesses to control more state schools as government-backed academies fail
By Harvey Thompson, September 26, 2009
The start of the new school term has seen a welter of government activity in support of the expansion of its privately run academies programme, even as the educational value of these institutions is d...
OECD report cites higher education crisis in Britain
By Robert Stevens, September 16, 2009
The annual report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance, points to a developing crisis in the higher education sector in Britain.
Britain to continue privately run school academies
By Harvey Thompson, August 31, 2009
As the new academic year approaches, the Brown Labour government plans to push ahead with its flagship privately run school academies.
Britain: Protests continue against closure of Abbeydale Grange secondary school
By Robert Stevens, July 21, 2009
Parents, pupils and staff protested outside the Town Hall in Sheffield, South Yorkshire on July 17 to oppose the closure of Abbeydale Grange School.
Britain: Sheffield City Council votes to close Abbeydale Grange School
By Robert Stevens, July 10, 2009
On July 8, Liberal Party-led Sheffield City Council voted to close Abbeydale Grange secondary school in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
Glasgow school closures campaign at an impasse
By Steve James, July 7, 2009
An occupation and picket to prevent the closure of Wyndford Primary school in Maryhill, Glasgow, by the city's Labour Party council comes at the end of several months of campaigns and protests by pare...
London and Manchester: Striking college workers speak out
By our reporters, July 6, 2009
Striking college workers in London and Manchester spoke to the World Socialist Web Site about the cutbacks in education.
Britain: Thousands of education jobs cut with trade union complicity
By Robert Stevens, July 6, 2009
A massive retrenchment in further and higher education is being implemented by the Labour government, with the active collaboration of the trade union bureaucracy.
Britain: Glasgow primary schools blockaded and occupied by parents
By Steve James, July 2, 2009
Parents, children, their friends and supporters have blockaded two Glasgow primary schools scheduled for closure.
