Students

The Education Committee has endorsed the Government's preferred candidate, Professor Edward Peck, as the new Chair of the Office for Students (OfS).

The Education Committee has told the Government it should use its Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to remove the requirement to apply for free school meals for eligible children from low-income families. 

Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill has final stages in the Lords. Catch up

Members discuss positive impact of ongoing education on social, economic and personal wellbeing. Catch up

Further scrutiny of apprenticeships bill concludes at report stage. Catch up

Members of the House debate merits of free schools. Catch up

House of Lords discusses the increasing interest in mandating that schools ban mobile phones. Catch up

Members consider changes on public body engagement and employer approval on final day of committee stage. Catch up

Members discuss recommendations outlined in 'Opportunity, growth and partnership: a blueprint for change', published on 30 September. Catch up

Members discuss draft law on abolition of IfATE as part of government plans to establish Skills England. Catch up

Members discuss financial difficulties faced by universities. Catch up

Stronger guidance and controls needed to protect children from screen time, Education Committee finds

The Education Committee has proposed a range of measures to reverse the worrying trend of children’s absence from school