News archive for 9th December 2016

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OECD: research funding cuts threaten global innovation - University World News Primary Assessment impact on teaching, learning and pupil wellbeing examined - UK Parliament WorldSkills: extra funding needed to keep Team UK on top of the world - Times Educational Supplement | TES Political meddling causes Nalanda University turmoil - University World News Chronicle of Higher Education: will higher education be 'Trumped' by state lawmakers? - University World News Universities announce maximum fee hikes for 2017 - University World News Policy Watch: from PISA to poverty indicators - Pearson PISA Beyond the Rankings: Pupils’ Experience of Learning Science in the Classroom - IOE London Blog Does a free place at an independent school really trump going to a state school? - The Conversation PISA beyond the rankings: pupils’ experience of learning science in the classroom - IOE London Blog Fighting the politics of access to higher education - University World News South Korean institutes join skills development partnership - University World News Universities tackle graduate employability challenge - University World News Private schools offer 10,000 low-income places - Financial Times Bill casts doubt over universities' foreign campuses - University World News Despite Trump, US will still welcome foreign students - University World News How to be happy: a guide for teachers (and everyone else) - Guardian Leading universities' response to rising nationalism - University World News French institutions push into China, boost business - University World News University criticised after telling students to avoid 'short skirts and cleavage' on graduation day - Independent Current grants you could apply for - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Don't dress like Kim Kardashian' says Queen's University Belfast - BBC In today's TES Further: Why WorldSkills is at the 'tipping point' - Times Educational Supplement | TES The state has helped poor pupils into private schools before – did it work? - The Conversation Week left to register for Brathay apprenticeship challenge - FE Week Revealed at last: Government sets aside £726m for area review restructuring - FE Week Scots pupils are ‘first line of defence’ against cybercrime - Scotsman Cambridge predicts two-thirds drop in EU students - University World News UK schools lead the way in creating future scientists - Times Educational Supplement | TES White working class pupils least likely to attend grammars, new Sutton Trust research find jams also underrepresented - Sutton Trust Mind your grammars - Sutton Trust 'Jams' benefit least from grammar schools, report finds - PoliticsHome Chartered Institution for Further Education appoints new chief executive - FE Week Funding axe for provider following FE Week investigation - FE Week If the Government is serious about 'schools that work for everyone' then they will jump at this proposal - Telegraph English language classes funding is not a luxury - FE Week Pisa: 'Five years left' to save Scottish curriculum after shocking result - Times Educational Supplement | TES Private schools want £55m funding to offer 10,000 places for low-income pupils - Schools Week Independent schools ask taxpayer to help them fund 10,000 free places for 'lower income' families - Times Educational Supplement | TES Survey shows school budget concerns have reached crisis levels - ASCL ‘Incredibly unfair’ funding quirk riles colleges - FE Week Joint funding could see 10,000 free new independent school places every year - Independent Schools Council | ISC Survey shows school budget concerns have reached crisis levels - ASCL School leaders reject plans to extend selection in England - NAHT Private school places - NUT In the news: 9 December 2016 - UCU One week to go to enter Brathay Apprentice Challenge 2017 - FE News Schools that work for everyone: consultation update - DfE Funding awarded to Education and Training Foundation - DfE Briefing note on the EYNFF for maintained nursery schools - Early Education Private schools in England propose 10,000 free places - Guardian Policy Watch on the latest week in education - Pearson Private schools plan to offer 10,000 free places to children from low-income backgrounds - Telegraph The focus on maths and science doesn’t add up. The arts must be in the equation | Kester Brewin - Guardian Children's mental health services are struggling. Can teachers help? - Guardian Private schools plan 10,000 free places for low-income pupils - BBC Investigation: Who should we believe on data? - Schools Week Ministers warned they have 'no powers' to deal with repeat of Trojan Horse scandal - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children of 'just managing families left out by grammars' - BBC Deprivation study deals blow to May’s grammars plan - Financial Times Boys three times more likely to have science toys than girls - Scotsman Did Theresa May mislead parliament on grammars? - Schools Week ‘Just about managing’ pupils significantly under-represented in grammar schools, claims Sutton Trust - Schools Week Theresa May's 'just about managing families' 'significantly under-represented' in grammar schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘We want the nightmare of parents’ evenings to end’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES