News archive for 2nd November 2016

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Lawyer rebuked for gloating at 'win' over parents seeking special needs support - Guardian Degree Apprenticeships and the new pathway into Higher Education - FE News University probed over 'favours' for president's friend - University World News The cost of cancelled free schools - BBC Spike in reports of anxiety among young people - SecEd Funding pressure creating ‘part-time’ sixth forms - SecEd Poor NQT retention figures spark further workload warnings - SecEd Demystifying the Oxford interview - SecEd Critics welcome end to DfE’s 100 per cent academy ambitions - SecEd Improve retention but limit pay rise to 1%, STRB told - SecEd Mental health toolkit launched - SecEd New education authority to review Northern Ireland’s schools - SecEd Wales to get advice from the OECD - SecEd Boys are choosing books that are too easy for them - SecEd Why sex ed really is power - Huffington Post Ofsted head praises England's schools for immigrant integration - Guardian Complaints against teachers down in Scotland - SecEd Comprehensives can have ‘grammar school ethos’, claims Wilshaw - Schools Week Primary experts call for reception year review - Schools Week Why parents are so valuable in supporting students' mental health - Huffington Post Government must improve careers provision to combat skills gap - Training Journal Deans contribute to sector consultation on TEF3 at HEA Deans' TEF Summit - HEA Student focus for Sir Vince Cable's FE comeback - FE Week Spanish parents urged to put children on weekend homework strike - Guardian Higher Education Academy launches new Teaching Excellence Programme for 2016/17 - HEA Schools engines of social cohesion, says Ofsted boss - BBC New learning gain project - HEFCE Review reveals lack of transparency on SEN funding - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Indonesian minister's doorless dormitories proposal sparks outrage - Guardian New eNote will give reps the skills to promote ESOL in workplaces - Unionlearn Minister 'pretty sure' assessments will be in place by the time apprentices finish - FE Week Bomb disposal squads detonate chemical stocks in English schools - Guardian Parents in the UK and abroad: do your children get set too much homework? - Guardian Singapore-style maths mastery methods boost pupils' progress, study says - Times Educational Supplement | TES Primary experts say Reception year needs overhaul to improve pupils' learning - Times Educational Supplement | TES Wilshaw: England's schools system is like its football team – 'not top-notch' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ukip activists should train to be teachers to influence 'young minds', says leadership contender - Times Educational Supplement | TES We need 'rocket boosters' to close skills gap, says Robert Halfon - Times Educational Supplement | TES Mergers 'not the best solution' for colleges, warns Sir Vince Cable - Times Educational Supplement | TES Most colleges doing 'pretty well' financially, says FE commissioner - Times Educational Supplement | TES We need an early years’ education revolution - Huffington Post British economy ‘will turn nasty next year’, says former Business Secretary Sir Vince Cable - Independent Why do German students choose to study in the UK? - Times Higher Education | THE The role freedom and autonomy has played in school improvement - DfE Sir Michael Wilshaw's speech at the FASNA Autumn Conference - Ofsted Forcing universities to set up, or sponsor schools, in return for fee rises is nonsense on stilts - Montrose42 Blog SFA growth request - SFA Advanced learner loans funding rules - SFA SFA update: November 2016 - SFA Minister to discuss apprenticeship changes - UK Parliament Should children learn about porn from as young as five? Report sparks fierce debate over sex lessons - Mirror Lords debates university and science funding - UK Parliament Three-quarters of public and most religious people opposed to religious selection in schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Top 20 unusual apprenticeships you’ve never heard of - Studential Schools as escalators of opportunity - ASCL LRS service news - SFA DfE publishes high needs funding operational guide for 2017 to 2018 - NAHT Five reasons to back UK Research & Innovation - Wonkhe College chief dismisses call for £100m in reserve cash to be used for pay deal - Herald Scotland Swinney pressed to make test-case decision on school - Times