News archive for 16th November 2016

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Parents aim insults and libellous comments at school staff on social media - SecEd Nissan’s engineers challenge year 7 - SecEd Sexting is now a ‘major issue’ in schools - SecEd Hate speech on rise since Brexit vote - SecEd Leadership crisis set to hit one in four schools by 2022 - SecEd The EBacc effect – teachers’ anger at narrowing curriculum - SecEd CERN offer for science teachers - SecEd Top 100 universities for employability: Which British universities make the world rankings? - Telegraph Government’s skills agenda is a case of ‘two steps forward, one step back’ - FE News Academy trust finance warnings more than treble in a year - Schools Week Jeremy Corbyn lodges motion to stop pupil nationality data collection - Schools Week Catherine Sezen chats about 14-19, Sainsbury and the Skills plan - FE News Canada makes permanent residency easier for overseas students - Times Higher Education | THE Funding threshold will be extended, EFA director announces - FE Week More colleges expected to run at an operating loss, EFA reveals - Times Educational Supplement | TES EUA board member is first rector replaced under decree - University World News Research round-up 16 November 2016 - NAHT Look at libraries over league tables when choosing a school - Telegraph Mary Curnock Cook to stand down as Ucas chief - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nottingham academic on casual contract: 'I had more rights as a binman' - Guardian Part-time lecturers on precarious work: 'I don't make enough for rent' - Guardian Universities accused of 'importing Sports Direct model' for lecturers' pay - Guardian 'Tolerance' for GCSE English and maths resits funding to be extended - Times Educational Supplement | TES Trump University law ‘a threat’ to Scots higher education - Scotsman AoC President Ian Ashman discusses Mental Health in Colleges - FE News How Cuba came of age on early childhood development – podcast - Guardian GCSE resits placing 'stress' on learners, says AoC president - Times Educational Supplement | TES What do universities spend their money on? - Huffington Post Unions highlight top 100 areas 'most likely' to be hit by school funding cuts - Times Educational Supplement | TES Glasgow University offers Homer Simpson philosophy class - BBC Mary Curnock Cook to step down as Ucas head - Times Higher Education | THE Call for EYPP to be doubled to improve social mobility - Nursery World What schools in the town named the 'worst place to be a girl in Wales' are doing to change things - Wales Online Selective schools and the quality of teaching - Montrose42 Blog Colleges not 'in a mess', insists FE commissioner - Times Educational Supplement | TES Achievable ambitions? - BBC When are the school Christmas holidays and term dates 2016/2017? - Telegraph UCAS Chief Executive, Mary Curnock Cook, to stand down in 2017 - UCAS UK's social mobility problem holding back Thatcher generation, says report - Guardian Want your students to love learning? Get them to the library - Guardian UK Parliament opens its doors to major academic fellowship schemes - UK Parliament Higher Education and Research Bill - DfE National pupil database: user guide and supporting information - DfE Lords debate policy on overseas students - UK Parliament Ofqual's symposium presentations - Ofqual SFA update: November 2016 - SFA Social mobility commission: Force schools in worst local authorities into improvement programmes - Schools Week Grammars will make social mobility problem 'worse', report says - Times Educational Supplement | TES Apprenticeships in spotlight at skills show - SFA Universities and colleges “a key piece in the social mobility puzzle” - OFFA Social Mobility Commission calls for school sixth form extension - FE Week More clarity required if apprenticeship reforms are to be delivered on time, say providers - NFER 'Treadmill families' going nowhere, says social mobility report - BBC Colleges are heading towards a ‘crisis point’ in student mental health, AoC president warns - FE Week More clarity required if apprenticeship reforms are to be delivered on time, say providers - NFER NUT/ATL: The Top 100 MPs Worst Hit By School Cuts - ATL Who are Jo Johnson’s Numskulls? - HEPI ATL comment on The Social Mobility Commission’s State of the Nation Report 2016 - ATL Social Mobility Commission - State of the Nation 2016 - Russell Group Independent schools and social mobility: no easy answers - IOE London Blog To boost exam grades, we need the right investment at the right time, says NAHT - NAHT Supporting pupils with medical conditions - NAHT To boost exam grades, we need the right investment at the right time, says NAHT - NAHT Empowering School Leaders to Manage and Lead I.T. - Independent Head NAHT and NASBM survey on school business management in Multi Academy Trusts - NAHT All children must receive lessons in PSHE and religious education, says NAHT - NAHT NUT/ATL: The Top 100 MPs Worst Hit By School Cuts - NUT Russell Group universities worst offenders when it comes to insecure contracts - UCU Independent schools and social mobility: no easy answers - IOE London Blog Student loans: the government sold millions a lie - Financial Times Nearly half of Britons 'see background as key to success' - BBC Indian pupils invent their own lessons - BBC Teach yourself - BBC Oxford University to offer online education courses free of charge to everyone - Express Scottish colleges fear funding decline after Brexit - Herald Scotland