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Lucy Sherriff

Proactive Or Patronising?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 19.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education

Poorer students who achieve top marks in their GCSE exams will receive a "well done" letter from ministers, it has been revealed, prompting accusation...

New 'Name And Shame' Supermarket Watchdog Appointed

Charlie Thomas | Posted 21.01.2013 | UK

Supermarkets will be named and shamed if they don't treat their suppliers fairly, thanks to a new watchdog position created by the government. Chri...

'30,000 Students Put Off University Due To Tuition Fee Hike'

PA | Posted 07.12.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Up to 30,000 fewer students may have started university courses this year following the tuition fee hike, the government's fair access tsar has sugges...

Students Ditching University In Their Thousands

PA | Posted 29.11.2012 | UK Universities & Education

The number of students in England applying to university has slumped by almost 10%, official figures show. The latest Ucas statistics reveal that a...

'There Should Be As Many Apprenticeships As There Are University Places'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 06.11.2012 | UK Universities & Education

There should be as many apprenticeships on offer to school leavers as there are university places, a former Labour schools minister has said. Lord ...

Graduate Rejected For Tony Blair Intern Role As He Couldn't Afford To Work For Free

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 26.10.2012 | UK Universities & Education

A graduate has reportedly been rejected after applying for an unpaid internship at Tony Blair's private office because he cannot afford to work for fr...

Charlie Thomas

Could Recycling Cash Flows Negate The Need For Business Loans?

HuffingtonPost.com | Charlie Thomas | Posted 17.10.2012 | UK

CashFlows has become the latest player to enter the UK business bank account arena, with pledges to save businesses £1bn before the government's Busi...

Green Investment Bank Must Engage With Existing Eco-Investors

Charlie Thomas | Posted 27.09.2012 | UK

The government's Green Investment Bank must now engage with existing environmentally ethical investors to truly understand the limitations facing the ...

Charlie Thomas

Cable Agreeing With Fallon Shocker (Well, At Least About Credit Unions)

HuffingtonPost.com | Charlie Thomas | Posted 11.09.2012 | UK

Business secretary Vince Cable would "love to liberalise credit unions" as a means to filling some of the finance gap faced by growing businesses. ...

Chris Wimpress

Norman Lamb: Beecroft Is Talking Nonsense

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Wimpress | Posted 25.05.2012 | UK Politics

One of Nick Clegg's closest advisers has dismissed Adrian Beecroft's attacks on business secretary Vince Cable as "nonsense" and "not very helpful". ...

Cable Not Backing Down Over RBS 'Business Bank' Idea

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 07.03.2012 | UK Politics

Business secretary Vince Cable is sticking by his idea to break up RBS and make part of it a "business bank" which would focus more heavily on lending...

'Emerging Crisis' Of Neglected Postgraduates

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.04.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Postgraduate education is facing an "emerging crisis" after being neglected by politicians for years, a report found on Thursday. It calls on the g...

Bitter Row Over University Tsar Rages On

PA | Posted 20.04.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Conservative MPs warned David Cameron on Monday that the government's new university access tsar will lead admissions in the "wrong direction" and be ...

Cameron Powerless To Block Ebdon's Accession

Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 14.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education

David Cameron has admitted he does not possess the power to block the appointment of Les Ebdon as the new university access tsar, despite a snub by se...

NUS Plans Mass Student Walkout

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 14.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education

The National Union of Students (NUS) is urging its members to stage a mass walkout in protest against the government "selling off" education. An em...

Cable Suffers Tory Snub Over University Tsar

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 08.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Conservative MPs have snubbed Liberal Democrat Vince Cable's choice for the new university access regulator. The Commons business, innovation and s...

Impact Of Tuition Fee Hike To Be Monitored

PA | Posted 27.01.2012 | UK Universities & Education

An independent commission has been established to monitor the impact of increased university fees in England over the next three years, it was announc...

Bill To Privatise Universities Dropped, According To Claims

Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 24.01.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Speculation the controversial Higher Education Bill proposing private universities has been dropped is mounting after the government refused to deny t...

Turning Back The Clock To Victorian Times

Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 05.01.2012 | UK Universities & Education

It is a return to the dark ages for students as their contribution to university funding will reach the highest level since the 1890s, a report has wa...

Student Cuts Would Be History If Government 'Got Its Act Together', Says NAO

PA | Posted 16.12.2011 | UK Universities & Education

Up to £70 million a year could be slashed from further education (FE) red tape to protect students from cuts if the Government got its act together, ...

University Tuition Fees May Change, Just Weeks Before Application Deadline

BBC | Posted 07.01.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Thousands of students could discover the fees at the universities to which they have applied are to change, just weeks before the application deadline...

Apprenticeships Rise By 'More Than Half'

Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 27.12.2011 | UK Universities & Education

The number of people starting apprenticeships this year has risen by more than half compared to 2010, figures show. Of the 442,700 new apprenticesh...

Government Accused Of 'Alarming' Change To Education Bill

Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 26.12.2011 | UK Universities & Education

An "alarming" last-minute amendment has been made by the government to the education bill, which would see staff and student representatives taken off...

Vince Cable: 'Cautiously Optimistic' For The Future Of Students

PA | Posted 07.11.2011 | UK Universities & Education

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- There is "inevitable uncertainty" about university applications next year in the face of rising tuition fees, Vince Cable is expe...

Higher Tuition Fees Will Endanger Universities, Predicts Report

Lucy Sherriff | Posted 07.11.2011 | UK Universities & Education

Universities will see a drop in entrance rates when higher tuition fees are imposed in 2012, potentially threatening less well-established institution...