Web users looking for education news and information now have an even more valuable local starting point here on This is Oxfordshire.

Our education section has recently been expanded to offer access to a range of data and services. Visitors there can now find:

**daily education news from Oxfordshire and the UK

**a directory of Oxfordshire websites useful for students and parents

**on-line guides to every school in the county, provided by schoolsnet

**the Fish4it! directory, a searchable database which includes educational establishments and services throughout the country. Site editor Andy Chatfield said: "The Web is fast becoming an essential resource at all levels of education.

Our enhanced service in this area reflects the importance we attribute to it - and is the first of a number of changes we plan to make This is Oxfordshire a key bookmark not only for the county's pupils and parents, but also those who run our educational services."