News archive for 22nd December 2016

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Some of Britain's top universities are becoming no-go zones for Jews, Baroness Deech claims - Telegraph Government sneaks out £250 tuition fee rise for existing students - Independent Education is for life, not just Christmas retirement speeches - Guardian Tuition fee rise 'sneaked out' on website - BBC Firing underperforming veteran teachers is 'far harder' than it should be, study claims - Times Educational Supplement | TES MAT set up by former Cameron adviser to remain independent after £400k funding boost - Times Educational Supplement | TES School closed for deep clean after 53 hit by vomiting bug - Scotsman Marsden ‘very disappointed’ as assurances on IfA announcements fail to deliver - FE Week Video: 'Do you feel lucky, punk?' – Sir Michael Wilshaw becomes Dirty Harry on his last day in charge - Times Educational Supplement | TES Three things to look out for in education policy in 2017 - Huffington Post School closed for deep clean after 53 staff and pupils hit by vomiting bug - Herald Scotland Why teaching gives me goosebumps - Huffington Post Sir Michael Wilshaw gives himself a 'done my best' grade on his last day at Ofsted - Times Educational Supplement | TES The higher education quiz of 2016 - Guardian Revised data on Key Stage 2 National Curriculum Assessments and performance tables now live - NAHT Looking ahead: SEND in 2017 - NAHT Reflections of the year - AoC | Association of Colleges The future of teachers’ pay in Wales - ATL Apprenticeship standards - SFA Apprenticeship standards approved for delivery - SFA Apprenticeship training agencies - SFA DfE: annual reports - DfE Teach well: embedding mental wellbeing in the curriculum - HEA EU lets Switzerland stay in Horizon 2020 - Times Higher Education | THE Universities host pre-Trump archiving events to save US climate data - Times Higher Education | THE Nigerian government to investigate Goodluck Jonathan’s universities - Times Higher Education | THE Tomintoul Primary closed for sickness 'deep clean' - BBC Anti-gay campaign drives out Russian teacher in Krasnoyarsk - BBC A cause for concern: What does Brexit actually mean for boarding schools?  - Telegraph 2017 is the year to correct the historic mistakes in our approach to skills policy - Telegraph More than 100 free schools take lessons in temporary sites - Guardian John Swinney highlights £2.5 billion university reserves to play down funding crisis fears - Herald Scotland Swinney: teachers praise my reforms - Times Smog-bound pupils taught at home via smartphones - Times Swinney highlights £2.5bn university reserves as he rejects funding crisis fears - Herald Scotland