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Blackstone launches prison initiative
Education minister Tessa Blackstone and prisons minister Paul Boateng launched a prison education partnership at Wormwood Scrubs today. They aim to ensure that prisoners get basic literacy and numeracy skills to help them get jobs on their release.

Science sets goals for government
Science and engineering organisations today produced a charter to guide the next government. The Charter for Science and Engineering calls for policies to attract top scientists and engineers, inform the public on science and engineering issues and create a climate that fosters innovation and technology transfer.

UfI chief resigns
Anne Wright, chief executive of the University for Industry, is to leave her post in September to become an adviser on post-16 e-learning to the Department for Education and Employment.

British Library offers literary love match
The British Library has launched a Valentine adopt-a-book scheme for decaying novels in need of loving care. Works of Victorian romantic fiction are being offered to reading fanatics for sponsorship for as little as £15.