News archive for 21st December 2016

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John Swinney defends cuts to education reform fund - Scotsman Heston Blumenthal criticises 'Victorian' school system which stigmatises 'special needs' ADHD children - Telegraph Term-time holidays: Government launches last ditch attempt to defend ban - Telegraph Term-time holiday case heading to Supreme Court - BBC Later school start times could significantly boost student outcomes, research finds - Times Educational Supplement | TES EFA announces no change to 16-18 funding rates - FE Week Scottish exams watchdog has funding stream halved - Times Educational Supplement | TES Term-time holiday ruling: council granted a final appeal - Times Educational Supplement | TES MasterChef finalist: 'Being a college lecturer is my dream job' - Times Educational Supplement | TES The top 10 most expensive schools in the world revealed - Independent Free-school pioneer appointed health minister - Times Educational Supplement | TES Curriculum for Excellence budget cuts justified, insists John Swinney - Herald Scotland SNP accused of education pledge ‘con’ as student support falls - Scotsman School holidays row: supreme court grants council right to appeal - Guardian SNP accused of education pledge 'con' as figures show fall in student support - Herald Scotland Heston Blumenthal: 'I have ADHD. But I wouldn't change it for the world' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Graduates fast-tracked into prison service - BBC Teachers and tech: 'they're worlds apart - we can bring them together' - Guardian Council given green light to appeal over father who won term-time holiday case - Express 10 key findings from the DfE’s accounts: Pay-offs, write-offs and failed UTCs - Schools Week Failing prisons to recruit top university graduates as prison officers to tackle violence behind bars - Huffington Post HEFCE welcomes the government response to the Dowling Review - HEFCE NAO on DfE Financial Statements - NUT Funding announcement for special educational needs and disabilities - NAHT Plan approved to give baptised Catholics priority in queue for top schools - Herald Scotland Special Schools, Specialist and Alternative Provision Conference 2017 - NAHT Early recruitment of higher and degree apprenticeship vacancies for 2017 - SFA Apprenticeships: resources for teachers and advisers - SFA SFA update: December 2016 - SFA Schools in England - DfE Looking back: Review of Registrarism 2016 - Wonkhe Can porn be a positive for sex education? | Pauline Oosterhoff - Guardian Brexit and higher education: evidence session at Oxford University - UK Parliament 2016 was bad but we need to brace for an even worse 2017 - Wonkhe Why the NUS is proud to elect a full-time trans officer - Huffington Post Preparing for school entrance exams – celebrate your child's efforts, as much as the outcome - Telegraph Choosing universities: the ultimate checklist - Telegraph Prison service seeks top graduates with ‘SAS-style mindset’ - Financial Times Free school wants ‘rogue’ Ofsted grade quashed after 10-week ‘turnaround’ - Schools Week More universities relax rules on grades to fill places - Mail Argentina's tough truths for improving schools - BBC 'No evidence’ giving power to heads boosts standards - Herald Scotland ‘Stealth’ cuts harm education reform, Swinney is warned - Times Alumnus gives university £4m to fund open-minded debate - Times