News archive for 17th November 2016

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Schools that work for everyone - DfE Subject reputation key to postgrad institution choice - University World News Robert Halfon: Association of Colleges Conference 2016 - DfE Famed ‘turnaround’ Perry Beeches academy rated inadequate, Ofsted leak reveals - Schools Week Economics teaching is still neglecting critical thought - Guardian Students relying on payday loans to fund university, research finds - Telegraph Sir Michael Barber to leave Pearson in 2017 - Schools Week Exeter College is the best college in the country, according to FE Week’s new league table - FE Week Additional funding needed for FE, sector organisations urge in joint letter - Times Educational Supplement | TES Rise in Jewish children attending faith schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Skills Show is the 'future' of Britain, Halfon says - FE Week MSPs accuse college leaders of passing the buck over 'financial mess' - Herald Scotland Strong indication of English and maths post-16 requirement change - FE Week Universities are using casual contracts to put profit before people | Kehinde Andrews - Guardian Research quality still lagging despite huge expansion - University World News Government scraps plans for controversial nationality census for 2-5 year-olds in humiliating U-turn - Independent Time to celebrate many achievements of colleges, Halfon tells conference - FE Week Funding update from Beej - FE News Ofsted praises council with worst results for ‘resolute’ turnaround - Schools Week Justine Greening: Don't let young people 'hit a brick wall' in English and maths - Times Educational Supplement | TES Charity calls for £111m to boost early years quality - Nursery World Make free childcare universal, says UK business organisation - Nursery World Teachers may be adding to student anxiety - Huffington Post West College Scotland becomes latest Collab Group member - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland releases details of 30-hour pilots - Nursery World Government’s focus on numbers puts skills reform at risk - Training Journal Action-plan for quality leap in childcare revealed - Coram Family & Childcare Highly educated immigrants boost economy - Analysis - University World News Academic success doesn’t guarantee top earnings for fortysomethings, study finds - IOE London Blog Apprenticeships should be on equal level to academic options - AoC | Association of Colleges Professor Alison Wolf challenges the current tertiary education system at the EPI’s inaugural annual lecture - EPI Greening appeals for reforms support from across ‘technical education family’ - FE Week Telling Spanish students 'you are still welcome in the UK' - Universities UK The effects of recent Key Stage 4 curriculum reform - NAHT NAHT’s annual recruitment survey shows growing problem with teachers leaving the profession - NAHT NFER research on apprenticeship reforms confirms quality worries - FE News Revolution stalled? Open Access, Scholarship and the State - Wonkhe Branching out: new international campus developments - Wonkhe 'Old school' teacher Steve White has celebrated 40 years at the village primary he calls home - Wales Online A guide to apprenticeships - SFA Higher and degree apprenticeships - SFA Apprenticeship frameworks: live list - SFA Early recruitment of higher and degree apprenticeship vacancies for 2017 - SFA FE data library: other statistics and research - DfE Higher Education and Research Bill: Commons remaining stages - UK Parliament Times Higher Education survey reveals top UK universities for graduate employability - Huffington Post Durham teaching assistants to strike for second time over pay cuts - Guardian Sign language degree opens opportunities - Scotsman Search for the apprentice team of the year begins - FE News Nicky Morgan 'worries' about claim that UTCs are a 'good option' for non-grammar students - Times Educational Supplement | TES I think I've chosen the wrong degree - what are my options? - Telegraph School libraries change lives. Cutting them would be disastrous | Lucy Ivison - Guardian Testing times as South Korean students sit for college exam - Mail Mobility of African students - Europe losing ground - University World News International African students in France - A profile - University World News South Korea grounds all planes so students can focus on college exam - Guardian Cheers of support for South Korea's exam students - BBC LGBT bullying at 'high rate' in Scotland's schools - BBC Scottish universities fear Brexit will spark 'brain drain' of young talent - Herald Scotland Challenges facing Scottish universities after Brexit - BBC 'Racist' school census that 'targets two-year-olds' to go ahead despite growing pressure from opposition groups - Independent Nicola Sturgeon backs plan to hand new powers to headteachers - Scotsman SNP minister fears Westminster visa plan will create two-tier university system - Herald Scotland Inconsistency in policy making jeopardises FE reforms, report suggests - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sturgeon vows to give more power to schools - Times Scots children rank worst for exercise - Times