News archive for 11th November 2016

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In this week's TES Further: the FE commissioner and the mafia - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities Minister Jo Johnson keeps parents 'in the dark' over how much money their kids need at uni - Huffington Post Stats watchdog slams DfE for grammar schools tweet - Schools Week John Swinney: New anti-bullying strategy for schools put on hold - Scotsman Trump victory sends shock waves through universities - University World News A school will save £26,000 a year using solar power - Wales Online Planning committee deals another blow to Durand - Times Educational Supplement | TES Now we face the (temporary?) end of American internationalism - University World News Retired teachers called on to help tackle school shortages - Scotsman Government to reform university rector elections - University World News Lack of qualified staff fuels closure of some campuses - University World News Minister moves to deter EU students who do not stay on - University World News Terror groups attract university graduates - Study - University World News Structural reform of higher education is needed - University World News New bill to provide for sustainable research funding - University World News Student visas - Another brick in the wall? - University World News Integrating international students starts at school - University World News Western Balkans HE - Under-researched and overlooked - University World News Students need alternatives to protest action - Experts - University World News Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 11 November 2016 - Pearson Get ‘em early – never too young for outreach? - HEFCE Head defends assembly apologies plan for disruptive pupils - BBC Minister on a monthly mission - FE Week David Hughes: let’s present a confident and ambitious AoC regions front for colleges - FE Week It's all about apprenticeships: what are colleges waiting for? - FE Week MSP asks for inquiry into Scottish exam invigilators' pay - Guardian Government must rethink nursery school funding proposals, say early years stakeholders - Voice The future of the School Teachers' Review Body (STRB) - Voice School leader shortage must be addressed - ASCL Tuition fees to be reintroduced for non-EU students - University World News Government needs to focus on quality in apprenticeships, not quantity, says NAHT - NAHT Employers pass their judgement in satisfaction ratings - FE Week In the news 11 November 2016 - UCU The skills we need, and why we don’t have them - Policy Exchange Apprenticeships programme needs stronger focus on quality, says Policy Exchange - Policy Exchange Apprenticeships share spotlight in Lord Mayor’s Show - SFA Local authority interactive tool (LAIT) - DfE Memorandum of understanding signed between Ofqual and CCEA - Ofqual New destination data for unemployed learners - FE Week Policy Exchange publishes report on apprenticeships - AoC | Association of Colleges William Wragg MP: The Prime Minister is right, white working class boys are falling behind – so what can we do about it? - PoliticsHome Coca-Cola European Partners to double intake of field sales apprentices in 2017 - PoliticsHome Apprenticeships programme needs stronger focus on quality, says report - PoliticsHome Thousands of school leaders missing from the system by 2022, unless we act now - Telegraph AoC and AELP bosses battle over independent provider quality - FE Week Brexit ‘fuelling rise in racist language’ in Scottish schools - Scotsman Nicola Sturgeon's SNP government funds sex education for two-year-olds - Express English schools 'may face shortage of 19,000 heads by 2022' - Guardian Too flirty? Too fertile? It's tough to be the right kind of woman in academia - Guardian England could face shortage of 19,000 school leaders by 2022 - Mail NI students have loan offers for postgraduate study withdrawn due to 'human error' - BBC Ministers must deal with illegal schools, government adviser warns - Times Educational Supplement | TES Councils cut support for SEND provision – while boosting reserves - Schools Week Ministers told to ‘come clean’ over national teaching service - Schools Week New group to boost status of ethnic minority teachers - Schools Week Schools 'could be 19,000 head teachers short by 2022' - BBC Government meddling blamed for 2 year apprenticeship delays - FE Week Online criticism from parents wearing down teachers - BBC 'Unseemly rush' means third of free schools are on temporary sites - Times Educational Supplement | TES Move away from 3m apprenticeship target to avoid ‘wasting £500 million’ says influential think tank - FE Week Drop the 3m apprenticeship target to avoid ‘wasting £500 million’ says influential think tank - FE Week How to fix the skills system - FE Week Sir Greg Martin: Durand will close if funding is withdrawn from trust - Times Educational Supplement | TES College sector ignoring minister’s cash warning as private providers clean up - FE Week Call for teachers to help with video project showing reality of childhood - Times Educational Supplement | TES Majority of heads say parents have abused their school and staff on social media - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hijabs torn from Muslim women as US protests grow - Times £500m spent every year on substandard apprenticeships, study warns - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Poorest students hit the hardest’ by GCSE resits - Times Educational Supplement | TES Early years: Unions urge Justine Greening to rethink nursery school funding - Times Educational Supplement | TES Non-teachers needed to help solve projected shortage of 19,000 school leaders - Times Educational Supplement | TES Non-teachers should be hired to plug school leader shortage, says report - Schools Week