News archive for 14th November 2016

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Markers disagree with 'correct' grades on half of English literature exam papers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Justine Greening: technical education has 'failed to offer a high-quality pathway into work' - Times Educational Supplement | TES History teacher suspended after comparing Trump to Hitler - Times Educational Supplement | TES Geoff Barton wins backing to stand against Chris Kirk for ASCL leadership - Times Educational Supplement | TES Key national funding formula consultation may run over Christmas - Schools Week What Britain can learn from Scandinavia when it comes to childcare - The Conversation 3 million Apprenticeships: Hitting the target, but missing the point? - FE News Half of English Literature exam papers not given ‘correct’ grade, Ofqual finds - Schools Week Restoration of Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building gathers pace - Scotsman War of words continues as AoC boss accused of putting ‘institutional self-interest before learners’ interest’ - FE Week Teaching assistant sacked for objecting to 9/11 footage rejects compensation - Guardian Live with Linford at AoC Conference 2016 - FE Week Remaking tertiary education: can we create a system that is fair and fit for purpose? - EPI Education Policy Institute report on tertiary education - AoC | Association of Colleges Top authors call for school libraries to be protected - BBC Swindon pupils 'failed at every level' - BBC MillionPlus responds to the EPI’s Remaking Tertiary Education report - MillionPlus Teachers raise concerns over lack of engagement from Welsh Government on curriculum reforms - NASUWT Provisional data on coasting schools - NAHT NUT and King’s College London research into Key Stage 4 - NUT English teacher shares message of love with her students after Donald Trump win - Huffington Post Swindon’s children failed by schools at every key stage - Ofsted Rigging the game: imagining a two-tier visa system - Wonkhe Hard truths as American higher education mourns - Wonkhe Response to BCC's survey on childcare - Coram Family & Childcare The future of school leadership and the role of non teachers – what does the NHS teach us? - Policy Exchange Reception practice report ‘flawed’ - Nursery World USA sees largest year-on-year increase in British students for over 30 years - Fulbright Commission Ofqual opens discussion of new evidence on consistency of marking - Ofqual School workforce census 2016: notepad entries for COLLECT queries - DfE Schools in England - DfE UK government agrees apprenticeship levy funding deal with devolved administrations - GOV.UK Technical and Further Education Bill - Second Reading - UK Parliament Further progress on university links are a key part of UK-China golden age - CBI Bullying blights the lives of children and adults - NASUWT PSHE crucial to allow discussions around online bullying, says NAHT - NAHT Technical education must look at provision in schools, says NAHT - NAHT Professor Wolf: Remaking Tertiary Education could save £Billions - FE News Ofsted: Swindon's pupils being 'failed at every level' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Two lives changed forever by bullying - BBC Tube map for A-level maths aims to drive smart thinking - Guardian Children's laureates demand UK government investigate school library closures - Guardian Teachers underrate girls in maths - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers say their lives are blighted by excessive workloads - Wales Online England’s higher education system ‘in tatters’ - Financial Times International students top one million for first time - University World News College's careers advice service opens city centre 'Job Zone' - FE Week Technical and Further Education Bill second reading in Commons - FE Week Online bullying counselling on increase, says Childline - BBC First pictures of Cardiff University's hi-tech £300m planned innovation campus - Wales Online More business managers need to train for future senior roles - Schools Week English baccalaureate 'creates problems for motivation and behaviour' - Guardian Reverse decline in higher level technical qualifications, demands Professor Wolf - FE Week The Schools Leadership Challenge report - UCET Baroness Wolf: more level 4 and 5 qualifications needed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nine in 10 teachers say Progress 8 has increased workload, study shows - Times Educational Supplement | TES Publication of performance statistics for Scottish primary schools branded 'misleading' and 'unwelcome' - Herald Scotland Hundreds of Scots children seeking help over cyber-bullying - Scotsman EBacc leads to job insecurity for creative arts teachers, report warns - Schools Week