The Latest Breaking News from Education Committee

Further education sector left to run on fumes, MPs say

The Education Committee has said the Government must retain applied general qualifications as an option alongside T levels and A levels

Evening Standard · Sep 22, 2025

Ex-finance chief at crisis-hit university says he ‘could have done a lot better’

Peter Fotheringham, the former director of finance at Dundee University, was giving evidence to MSPs on Holyrood’s Education Committee.

Evening Standard · Jun 25, 2025

‘It took all of my strength and courage to walk back through the doors’: the impact of Ofsted on teachers, in their own words

Ofsted – the schools inspectorate – no longer gives single-word, headline grades to schools in England. It plans to make more changes, accepting many of the recommendations made in a 2024 independent review carried out by former Ofsted head Dame Christine Gilbert.

The Conversation · Oct 10, 2024

Top Tory tells Liz Truss to apologise to Brits after public left 'frightened'

Education Committee chairman Robert Halfon accused the Tories of acting like "libertarian jihadists" and treating the country like "laboratory mice" for their hard line policies

Daily Mirror · Oct 16, 2022

City Council urged to declare its independence from Lightfoot by choosing its own committee chairs

The Better Government Association published a policy statement Friday renewing its call for the City Council to shed its reputation as a rubber stamp for Chicago mayors.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 23, 2022

One of Lightfoot’s closest City Council allies abruptly resigns

The surprise departure of Ald. Michael Scott Jr., Education Committee chairman, gives Mayor Lori Lightfoot the ability to appoint her second alderperson. The first was 11th Ward Ald. Nicole Lee, who replaced Patrick Daley Thompson.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 24, 2022

Douglas Ross reveals changes to Scottish Conservative team

SCOTTISH Conservative leader Douglas Ross has announced changes to his team at Holyrood.

The National (Scotland) · May 20, 2022

Give prisoners laptops so they can continue education inside, say MPs

A report from the education committee found that prison education is ‘chaotic’ with a lack of special educational needs support.

The Independent UK · May 17, 2022

Children should be taught patriotism and not be ashamed to be British, MP says

Britain is not ‘some sort of racist hell hole’ the education committee hears

Evening Standard · Apr 20, 2022

Schools to receive all tutoring funding directly as Randstad loses contract

Critics of the company’s handling of the national tutoring programme have welcomed the move.

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2022