Under the new guidelines, University College Birmingham was granted university status in December.
Cramlington Community High in Northumberland encourages parents to e-mail teachers to discuss children's progress, and the Cardinal Wiseman Catholic Technology College in Birmingham has a website with an "e-portal" for parents.
Scott Upton, vice principal of Sandwell College in Birmingham, said a formal apprenticeship is the "gold standard of vocational training" and rushing candidates through an apprenticeship programme will devalue the entire system.
Newman University College in Birmingham will now be Newman University and the vice chancellor Professor Peter Lutzeier said that the quality of the institution had already been established, but the change in title would clarify its status, particularly for overseas students.
Scientific instruments would be supplied by Imperial College London, Birmingham University and the Mullard Space Science Laboratory.
Baverstock School and Specialist Sports College in Druids Heath, Birmingham, was one of the schools closed on Tuesday.
Sir Michael told the annual conference of the National College for School Leadership in Birmingham that he recognised there had been big improvements in areas such as London, and among some ethnic minority groups, in recent years.
At Shirelands Language College, an inner-city school in Birmingham, England, a portal called the Shirelands Learning Gateway makes it easier for parents to follow their children's progress, and it helps teachers and students keep track of schoolwork and take advantage of individualized instruction.
In the last few months I've seen new hospitals like University College in London, the new Queen Elizabeth Hospital planned in Birmingham or Whiston Hospital in Knowsley, where I laid the foundation stone.
The members of the Russell Group of research-led institutions are: Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Leeds, Liverpool, King's College London, London School of Economics, Newcastle, Nottingham, Oxford, Sheffield, Southampton, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cardiff, Warwick, Imperial College, University College London and Manchester.
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Birmingham now has five universities in the city after the government approved full status for Newman University College.
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