News archive for 9th November 2016

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GCSE pupils from poor Chinese families are three times more likely to achieve good results than children from white working class backgrounds - Mail Majority of white working class boys fail to get good GCSEs - Independent Private schools 'should receive state cash to educate poor pupils' if grammar schools expand - Times Educational Supplement | TES Bright Tribe investigation reveals chain breached rules – but will not face notice to improve - Schools Week Is your school ready for the apprenticeship levy? - ATL Ofsted closes two 'outstanding' nurseries over fears children will be 'at risk of harm' after staff raise concerns - Mail All academy staff on more than £150k to be named - Times Educational Supplement | TES Islamic school ordered to close for failing to prepare pupils for ‘modern British society’ - Express Babies born late 'struggle at school compared to their full-term peers' - Express American students take to the streets to protest Donald Trump's election win - Huffington Post May fails to placate Modi on UK student visa rules - University World News What's life like for a postgrad student? - Guardian How an academic approach to art led to a dream job - Guardian The 8 most important findings from the government’s new-look academies report - Schools Week Funding a master's - what are the options? - Guardian Taking on pathogens with a PhD - Guardian The criminology course opening the door to education for prisoners - Guardian An MA in the Beatles? Yeah, yeah, yeah … - Guardian Studying abroad: get ready for an overseas adventure - Guardian Looking to change career? It may be time to consider a postgrad - Guardian Business leaders on why they value people with postgrads - Guardian 'I feel genuinely sad' – European postgrads discuss Brexit - Guardian Why an MA in sales could pay for itself - Guardian Sector Annual Report and Accounts for Academy Schools in England for the year ended 31 August 2015 (PDF) - DfE Committee Chair challenges DfE to improve academy accounts transparency - UK Parliament New law set to affect foreign university applications - University World News Cambridge students build a 'lawbot' to advise sexual assault victims - Guardian Primary test agency poor value, says minister - BBC Skills Funding Agency: business update - SFA Letter from Permanent Secretary to Chair re Financial management - 21 Oct 2016 (PDF) - DfE Letter from Chair to the Permanent Secretary regarding DfE finances - 8 November 2016 (PDF) - UK Parliament Financial health of the higher education sector: 2015-16 to 2018-19 forecasts - HEFCE Teachers may meet President Donald Trump – but they won't get to shake hands… - Times Educational Supplement | TES More than 800 schools set to be condemned as 'coasting' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why the teaching of creative writing matters - The Conversation International educators react to shock Trump victory - PIE News One in ten secondary schools set to be labelled as “coasting” - Schools Week Steiner schools have some questionable lessons for today's children - Independent Ministers have ‘their heads in the sand’ on careers advice - SecEd Boys who face mental health problems ‘put on a brave face’ - SecEd Fewer pupils writing outside of their school work - SecEd Scotland’s red tape challenge spawns document 154-pages long - SecEd Neglecting oracy skills ‘hampers job prospects and social mobility’ - SecEd A year on and still no EBacc plan - SecEd Heads renew demands for automatic free school meals registration - SecEd Secondary schools facing £365 per-pupil real-terms funding cut by 2020 - SecEd Careers provision benchmark tool publishes for schools - SecEd Incentives can boost outcomes for underperforming students - SecEd Thousands of new degree apprenticeships to be created through new multi-million pound development fund - HEFCE Sats leak inquiry uncovers 'substantial issues' at Standards and Testing Agency - Times Educational Supplement | TES Primary test leak report warns of future errors - Schools Week Financial health of the higher education sector: An uncertain outlook - HEFCE Welsh Baccalaureate 'puts students at disadvantage', says Wales Space Ambassador - Wales Online University students vote to boycott University Challenge over 'sexist comments' - Telegraph FSM pupils still being failed - Montrose42 Blog