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Foreign student cap at risk as coalition blocks bill

Uncertainty is swirling around the future of university enrolments after the opposition vowed to stand against a cap on overseas student arrivals.

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What does the Department of Education do?

Founded in 1980, the Department of Education primarily funds student financial aid and K-12 programs.

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Abolish the Department of Education

The federal government furnishes a relatively tiny amount of K-12 funding—but the feds need relatively little money to exert power.

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OPINION - Labour’s attack on private schools is misguided, damaging and cruel

It’s hard to pinpoint the most egregious side effects of Rachel Reeves’s Budget so far, with its blizzard of bizarre policies fraught with unpleasant unintended consequences. Who do they most want to hurt? Business owners, farmers and parents who have the cheek to want the best education for their children…

Evening Standard

Schools must create ‘inclusive’ spaces to tackle absence epidemic – Phillipson

The Education Secretary made her comments in a speech to hundreds of school and academy trust leaders in Birmingham.

The Independent UK

President-Elect Trump's Potential Cabinet Appointees Revealed

President-elect Trump considering Cabinet appointees like Ben Carson, Betsy DeVos, and Mike Pompeo. New contenders Doug Burgum and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. al...

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University tuition fees to rise to £9,535 in England next year

Fees will rise for the first time in eight years to help universities facing ‘severe financial challenges’, the Education Secretary has confirmed.

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University tuition fees: Why are they increasing and what does it mean for students?

University tuition fees will rise for the first time since 2017

The Independent UK

University tuition fees to increase for first time in eight years amid drop in international students visas

Bridget Phillipson said fees would have to rise in line with inflation to ‘secure the future of higher education’

Evening Standard

Labor banking on education plan to give it a clean run

As federal MPs return to Canberra, the Labor government is hoping its education reforms will allow it to end the political year on a high ahead of the election.

AAP

UK politics live: Jenrick gets justice role in Badenoch’s shadow cabinet as Stride and Patel land top jobs

It comes as education secretary Bridget Phillipson announced a rise to university tuition fees

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves borrows George Osborne’s mantra in ‘strivers’ Budget

But Keir Starmer vows no return to austerity as he paves way for tax rises and spending cuts

The Independent UK

Labour MP Mike Amesbury suspended as new CCTV shows him ‘punching man to the ground’

Amesbury, the MP for Runcorn and Helsby, has been voluntarily interviewed under caution by police

Evening Standard

Smacking ban being considered by UK government, education secretary says

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson said she was ‘open-minded’ about calls for a ban

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Education Secretary ‘open-minded’ over smacking ban but no legislation planned

Bridget Phillipson indicated she would like to hear more from experts on how such a policy would work.

The Independent UK

No tax hike on payslips, vows minister amid confusion over ‘working people’

But Bridget Phillipson warned Wednesday’s Budget will include ‘tough choices’.

Evening Standard

No tax hike ‘on payslips’, minister insists amid confusion over ‘working people’

Bridget Phillipson refused to say whether a small business owner earning around £13,000 in net profit would count as a working person.

The Independent UK

Budget 2024: Education secretary gives Labour’s latest definition of ‘working people’

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson has shared the latest definition of “working people” from Labour’s manifesto.

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Evening Standard

Planned free schools in doubt as Government launches review

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said some of the funding could have been ‘put to better use’ to improve deteriorating schools.

Evening Standard

Cabinet ministers angry at Budget cuts being demanded by Rachel Reeves told: We all face tough choices

But Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson insisted there would be no return to austerity

The Independent UK

Ministers vow crackdown on rip-off nursery fees

Exclusive: New Labour education minister Stephen Morgan tells The Independent the problem is an issue ‘up and down the country’

The Conversation

There’s a new school funding bill in parliament. Will this end the funding wars?

On Thursday, federal Education Minister Jason Clare introduced a school funding bill to parliament.

AAP

School funding deal still doesn't add up for big states

State governments and the education union urge greater federal school funding as the minister looks to pave the way for a new deal in parliament.

AAP

Record $8m payout for abuse victim of infamous school

A Victorian public school sexual abuse survivor has reached a record $8 million settlement with the education department, closing the book on a 50-year quest.

Reason

Students Called the Ed Department for FAFSA Help. Most Were Ignored.

The financial aid form's rollout was disastrous, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.

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