Education & healthcare News – Page 74
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NewsIt was meant to be a £4bn refuge from recession
So how did a government programme to renew further education colleges blow its budget by 150%, putting 144 schemes and 40,000 jobs at risk?
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NewsStalled college programme could cost £16bn to finish
Independent review condemns Learning and Skills Council for ‘delay and confusion’
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NewsI like the cover: Library of Birmingham
Designs for £193m library by Dutch architect Mecanoo are revealed
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NewsUKCG calls for cabinet-level action on stalled colleges
Letters confirm no prospect of imminent unblocking of £2.5bn-worth of projects
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NewsLearning and Skills Council head quits
Mark Haysom resigns over continuing problems with £2.3bn college rebuilding programme
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NewsGalliford Try wins £43m school and homes project in Rutland
Contractor named on development of 900-student school and 120 homes at Big Build in Oakham
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NewsSchools quango to wield £50bn building spend
More than £50bn of capital investment is to be put in the hands of the organisation running the government’s £45bn secondary school programme
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NewsFrozen college projects cost £2m each per month
Contractor BAM says its 11 projects on hold cost £22m a month
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NewsGreen light for Broadway Malyan's £84m college at Longbridge
Planning granted to new premises for Bournville College at St Modwen's redevelopment of MG Rover factory site
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NewsInterserve wins £280m Sandwell BSF contract
Consortium led by contractor will build and improve 20 schools over the next 10 years
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NewsContractors told to cut bids 10% or lose college jobs
Pressure mounts as government admits it only has funds for half of proposed schemes
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NewsSchool spending brought forward a year
Over 100 local authorities will share nearly half of government's £919m boost to construction
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Former education minister calls for more spending on schools
Former education secretary Estelle Morris has urged the government to plough more money into school building during the recession
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NewsVideo: How Bouygues got high on concrete at Pimlico Academy
Watch how one of Britain’s highest concrete pours meant 10.4m-high walls were completed in double-quick time
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NewsBarr, Kier and Rok join £20m Scots schools framework
Four-year appointment covers new-build and refurbishment work for Scottish LEAs
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NewsBouygues wins £10m of London school and housing work
Contractor is appointed to extend a primary school in Leyton and design and build new homes in Brent
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NewsTim Byles video interview
Partnerships for Schools chief executive Tim Byles spoke about the state of education sector at last week's BSEC event
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News£10bn of PFI schemes put on ice amid funding freeze
Council pension funds may plug school funding gap as bank lending to government schemes dries up
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NewsJim Knight at BSEC - video
The schools minister offered his thoughts on the education sector at the BSEC event on 12 February
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NewsBSEC 2010 moving to the Capital
The Building Schools for the Future Programme, City Academies and the Primary Capital Programme have had a huge impact on education spending in the UK with an estimated £100 billion being spent from now until 2020