HEFCE Research on Standards in HE

The Higher Education Funding Council for England publishes research by Professor Colin Riordan, vice chancellor of the University of Essex, on public concerns about quality and standards in higher education. http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/hefce/2009/tqse.htm

In his speech to the Labour conference, Ed Balls reveals that he has ordered an inquiry into racism in schools. Members of the British National party could be banned from the teaching profession.