The former head of a Birmingham council-run outdoor education centre in North Wales is locked in a battle for compensation five years after he nearly died in a 40ft fall from the top of a cliff.Read
A leading Birmingham college has had the threat of closure or forced merger removed after turning around a previous budget deficit of more than £1 million.Read
The head teacher of a leading independent school in Birmingham has hit back at criticisms by Government that appears to lay the blame for the gap between rich and poor on private education.Read
The humble fruit fly is to help researchers at the University of Warwick test drugs used to treat patients with Alzheimer’s disease after they were awarded part of a £4.5 million fund.Read
The Conservatives have accused the Government of playing politics with the college funding crisis by approving major schemes only in Labour constituencies.Read
More than 1,200 Muslims are to attend a mass camp at the University of Warwick in a bid to tackle claims of radicalisation among British Muslim youth.Read
Six colleges and training providers are to receive extra Government funding to help people in the West Midlands who have lost their jobs or are facing redundancy in the current recession.Read
Birmingham education chiefs have been accused of “failing to present the full picture” after figures revealed a huge increase in the number of pupils suspended from city schools.Read
Ministers are facing renewed pressure to scrap Sats tests as new figures showed the number of pupils reaching the required standard in English has fallen for the first time in the history of the exams.Read
The number of pupils being expelled from Birmingham schools has almost halved in the last two years, according to new figures released by the city council.Read
Council budgets in Birmingham are being put under severe strain as more hard-up parents qualify for free school meals due to the recession and rising unemployment.Read
The Government has been accused of failing to keep its election pledge not to sell off school playing fields after a survey revealed that more than 200 have disappeared since Labour came to power.Read
Colleges may have taken on more debt than they can afford in the wake of the reckless behaviour of a Government agency charged with a massive further education rebuilding programme.Read
