Archive

Academy results above UK average

31 August 2007

Exam results for 14-year-olds at city academies have improved by twice the national average in English, maths and science, according to the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).

Liverpool Culture Company set to be disbanded

31 August 2007

Liverpool Culture Company, which was set up to coordinate the city's European capital of culture programme for 2008, is set to be disbanded, according to a newspaper report.

Urban Cultural Programme

31 August 2007

Provides money for cultural projects, fostering collaboration between cities.

Bank closures 'are harming renewal'

31 August 2007

The rapid increase in local bank branch closures is hampering social and physical regeneration in hundreds of deprived communities, it was claimed last week.

London LAAs 'exclude child poverty'

31 August 2007

Only five out of 32 London boroughs have included child poverty targets in their funding deals with central government, a study says.

Census fiasco

By Karen Buck

31 August 2007

We must learn from past mistakes.

Freqout

17 August 2007

Scheme lets youth use mobiles to make art.

The social heap

By Sir Peter Hall

17 August 2007

Black boys are in the news again - and the news isn't good.

School fund 'being used to push city academies'

17 August 2007

A £45 billion school building improvement fund is being used to promote controversial city academies, campaigners have warned.

Farewell, Tony

By Tim Williams

17 August 2007

Tony Wilson was the soul of Manchester's recovery.