Ben Turner

Liverpool universities see record demand for places in 2011 - plus take our tuition fee survey

DEMAND for places at Liverpool’s three universities has smashed the number of applications received last year, a Daily Post investigation has found.Read

Childwall College facing teachers’ strike threat over academy vision

TEACHERS are set to walk out of a Liverpool school after it confirmed it is considering becoming an academy.Read

Liverpool John Moores University ends validation of North West college honours degrees

LIVERPOOL John Moores University came under fire last night after announcing it is no longer prepared to authorise degrees taken by hundreds of college students.Read

!2 point blueprint to revitalise North Liverpool unveiled

CITY regeneration officials have unveiled a 12-point plan designed to breath new life and stop “the continued decline” of north Liverpool.Read

Six winning Capture Liverpool photographs unveiled

FROM the city’s Anglican Cathedral on a misty morning to a dazzling collection of high heel shoes – these stunning images are the winning entries said to capture the spirit of Liverpool.Read

Merseyside schools’ rising absence rates blamed on term-time holidays and teachers' crackdown

DEFIANT parents and a crackdown by headteachers on term-time holidays were last night blamed for rising absence across Merseyside schools.Read

Yoko Ono backs students’ bid to unearth facts about late husband John Lennon’s childhood garden

YOKO ONO has given her backing to a student project to make husband John Lennon’s childhood garden more authentic.Read

Sacked West Derby School teacher bidding to clear his name over scratched pupil waits to learn fate

A TRIBUNAL of a Liverpool teacher sacked for allegedly sinking his nails into a disruptive pupil has drawn to a close.Read

A pupil who claims his teacher left nail marks on his arm caused the injuries himself – classmate tells tribunal

A PUPIL who claims his teacher sunk his nails into his arm inflicted the injuries himself, a classmate told a tribunal yesterday.Read

£600m University of Liverpool masterplan unveiled

The University of Liverpool today unwraps a £600m masterplan to give students a ‘world-class’ experience, as education reporter Ben Turner revealsRead

University of Liverpool has ‘no plans’ to sell off Carnatic halls of residence in shake-up

THE University of Liverpool insisted its Carnatic halls of residence, in Mossley Hill, are not earmarked for closure – despite confirming there were no plans to refurbish it.Read

West Derby School teacher seeking unfair dismissal denies sinking nails into pupil

A LIVERPOOL pupil threatened to stab his teacher in the eye when he attempted to retrieve a piece of coursework, a tribunal was told.Read

Liverpool Innovation Park schools plan may be revived to create business neighbourhood

A DOOMED plan to base pupils in the heart of Liverpool’s Innovation Park could be revived as part of a Government bid to create “business neighbourhoods”.Read

Vice Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores Professor Michael Brown delivers 100th Roscoe Lecture

LIVERPOOL John Moores University’s Vice Chancellor Professor Michael Brown was today due to deliver the 100th Roscoe Lecture.Read

Liverpool’s Contemporary Urban Centre goes Japanese to help Tsunami and earthquake victims

LIVERPOOL’S Contemporary Urban Centre was given a distinctly oriental feel to help victims of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan.Read

Liverpool Hope University to charge £8,250 fees from 2012

LIVERPOOL Hope University has become the first in the city not to charge the full £9,000 tuition fees – but only by a few hundred pounds.Read

West Derby secondary St Edward’s College completes academy conversion

ONE of Liverpool’s oldest schools has completed its conversion to a centrally funded Academy, in a move it believes will rid itself from “excessive regulation” and generate extra funds.Read