All of which suggests a need to question the status quo in education, but that is the last thing the Liberal Democrats have been inclined to do.
A ticking off from the UK statistics chief, Sir Andrew Dilnot, for an egregious misreading of the OECD education league tables also suggested a self-serving approach to evidence.
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I am highly sceptical about this: Nicky Morgan as education secretary, in my view, has shown no commitment to protect education spending, or allow for inflation or increased pupil numbers.
"No single market should drive the growth and composition of a country's incoming postgraduate body," said Zainab Malik, director of research for British Council education intelligence.
Demographic changes mean India's appetite for higher education is expanding quickly and providing a source of international postgrad students that the US is exploiting.
The Australian Education Union's national president, Angelo Gavrielatos, called on the government to rethink the future of the program in light of the second successful high court challenge against funding arrangements.
In September 2012, as part of my PhD studies, I made a routine request under the Freedom of Information Act asking the Department for Education to release the application forms submitted by groups who had applied to open free schools, and the letters sent to inform them about the government's decision to either grant or deny their application.
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That is why the UK and Australia are committed to scaling up financing - not just after 2012, but now, and why we are supporting the establishment of new funds administered by the World Bank for clean technologies, sustainable forestry, and for adaptation to climate change.
A 45-year-old senior lecturer at Chelsea college of art and design, who did not wish to be named, said: "There was a free teach-in at 5 o'clock and various speakers came and talked about the consequences of the cuts on the arts and education.
