For many years, the government has assumed that tinkering with the structure of our education system leads to an almost automatic improvement in standards. Yet schools, colleges and universities are fed up of constant interference and employers tell me that we are simply not equipping our young people with the skills relevant to the modern workplace...

Mark Field MP welcomed early-career researchers from Imperial College to the House of Commons today to compete in the national scientific poster competition, SET for Britain.

SET for Britain is an exhibition of posters by early-stage and early-career research scientists, engineers and technologists. The exhibition gives them the opportunity to present their work to their local MPs and their scientific peers. All posters are entered into a competition and significant cash

On 19 January, the Department for Children, Schools and Families launched an independent review of home education by Graham Badman, former director of children and education services at Kent County Council...

Mr. Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster) (Con): I recognise that the Minister is making her debut here, and that this matter is work in progress for her Department. I contacted her civil servants, and made it clear that the bulke...

"Today's employment opportunities may well be snapped up by eager young men and women from central Europe, and economic growth may continue apace, but soon, perhaps very soon, there will be a reckoning...