News archive for 18th November 2016

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Are universities failing their students on fossil fuel issues? - Times Higher Education | THE Record foreign student numbers find jobs on graduating - University World News Donald Trump settles US$25m Trump University lawsuits - University World News England's higher education system 'in tatters' - Report - University World News Reflections on the launch of ‘time to deliver’ - EPI Ministers give ‘biggest hints yet’ of GCSEs U-turn - Nursery World Petition calls for nursery schools funding cut rethink - Nursery World Students call for protection of undocumented students - University World News Universities should increase transparency in admissions - University World News Educators council reports rise in fraudulent lecturers - University World News Apprenticeship standards in development - SFA University heads endorse shortening of training periods - University World News How can financial education in schools help tackle financial exclusion? - UK Parliament Oxford University to launch first online MOOC - University World News Primary Assessment: Committee publishes written evidence - UK Parliament Rwanda hunts for professors as Makerere remains closed - University World News Students in bid to take part in chief executive election - University World News PM urges universities to aspire to global top 100 - University World News Universities move to clarify student dress code - University World News President asked to act on public universities stalemate - University World News Postgraduates: to TEF, or not to TEF, that is the question - Wonkhe In the news 18 November 2016 - UCU Staff vote of no confidence in Open University leadership - UCU Investment in music must be matched by changes in accountability, says NAHT - NAHT Music funding is a sticking plaster to cover a gaping wound - NASUWT Response to Science and Technology Committee Brexit report - Universities UK ATL’s Durham teaching assistants’ strike dates over cuts to pay - ATL BTEC: why it’s important to Universities, Employers, Students…and Pearson too - HEPI School leaders fear Autumn Statement will push school budgets beyond breaking point - NAHT Report is vital contribution to tackling languages crisis - ASCL MPs urge government to bat for science in Brexit talks - University World News Expansion of Europe's research universities networks - University World News A flawed formula for our deprived schools | Letters - Guardian 'Seeing is believing': behind the scenes at the Skills Show - Times Educational Supplement | TES Students selected for first Chivas Brothers development bursary - FE News We’re marching to fight for our education system under assault from the Tories - Huffington Post The 11 best school systems in the world - Independent Holism as a key to sustainable higher education - University World News Primary heads condemn use of 'meaningless' test results for judging schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Blog urges minister to order respect for academic year - University World News Minister orders fees freeze after student protests - University World News Varied pathways to university innovation partnerships - University World News New GCSE grading system will increase pressure on pupils, says headmistress - Express Students clash with police at two universities - University World News Islamic seminary's violence-hit dorms reopen amid curbs - University World News Another graduation milestone for Pan African University - University World News Universities as centres for regional innovation - University World News Ministry launches higher education and research strategy - University World News Re-branding 'second class' universities of technology - University World News Guess the FE cartoons! - FE Week Partnerships for bridging the academia-industry divide - University World News Making teaching more conversational could help tackle languages crisis - Times Educational Supplement | TES Public universities paralysed by lecturer strike - University World News Richard Atkins: The FE sector ‘is doing pretty well’ - FE Week Schools cannot find good teachers thanks to shortage and money pressures says report - Express Minister orders loan funds to be released to students - University World News Innovation as culture - The missing link? - University World News Government adviser criticises full-time vocational courses - FE Week President to make 2017 the year FE colleges tackle mental health - FE Week Rectors seek more responsibility for quality assurance - University World News Ministers need to fund technical education, says Lord Sainsbury - FE Week Response to Science and Technology Committee Brexit report - Universities UK Could Asia lead on university social responsibility? - University World News UCU general secretary Sally Hunt calls on PM to show some humanity over EU staff and students - UCU NAHT’s annual recruitment survey shows growing problem with teachers leaving the profession - NAHT What direction next for university rankings? - University World News International educators build bridges, not walls - University World News Lord Sainsbury criticised over ‘retail assistant’ comments - FE Week World Academy of Sciences grows, launches new network - University World News Early career academics in Africa - The need for induction - University World News Why the world needs a new model for universities - University World News SFA set to take 'unprecedented' legal action in agricultural college row - Times Educational Supplement | TES I don't know how long they will keep me in prison - University World News Junta moves to tackle university governance problems - University World News Colleges go a decade without full inspection - FE Week New strategy to strengthen research, HE in the Arctic - University World News We will not accept retreat from global engagement - University World News Teach everyday vocabulary 'to keep students interested in foreign languages' - Express Australian universities in row over student freedoms - University World News How does the directory of apprenticeship training providers work? - FE Week Entries in BTECs plummet after changes to school league tables - Times Educational Supplement | TES It’s no surprise that white working-class boys do badly at school - Guardian ‘EasyPeasy’ parenting app ‘significantly’ improves school readiness skills through games and tips - Sutton Trust EasyPeasy evaluation - Sutton Trust Higher education: how financial strategy took centre stage - IOE London Blog Further education bodies in united call for Autumn Statement investment - Voice Grade 9 GCSE – education leader worried about mental health implications - GSA Report is vital contribution to tackling languages crisis - AoC | Association of Colleges Further education bodies in united call for autumn statement investment - UCU LRS latest release guidance - SFA Thousands of children to benefit from music and arts investment - DfE Robert Halfon: Association of Colleges Conference 2016 - DfE Skills Minister: Skills Show ‘the best of Britain’ - FE News Unionlearn joins call for autumn statement investment in FE - Unionlearn Reviewing the Interpreting National Occupational Standards - Skills CFA Improving gender equality is the key to tackling Britain’s male teacher shortage - The Conversation How might the move to End Point Assessment impact upon Apprenticeships? - FE News Research ‘needs strong voice’ in Brexit negotiations, say MPs - Times Higher Education | THE Our boys need to be rescued, and it’ll take a new kind of role model | Gaby Hinsliff - Guardian Academics aren't lobbyists – so our research changes nothing - Guardian Thanks? No thanks: Why only 1 teacher received a thank you letter from the education secretary - Schools Week Schools lack guidance on how to handle pupil exclusions - Schools Week High and low attainers do worst in fully selective areas, new data reveals - Schools Week School admissions watchdog rejects ‘Catholic certificate’ - Schools Week Canadian authors in university firing row - BBC Cash injection to secure youth music for four years - BBC Higher values - BBC School academies breach transparency rules - BBC Private schools downplay GCSE grade 9 to ease pressure on 'perfectionist' pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Two-fifths of school leaders blame staff quitting profession for recruitment woes, poll shows - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government pledges £300m for music and arts education - Times Educational Supplement | TES Managers accused of 'passing the buck' on blame for college's £3m debt - Herald Scotland College visa applications plummeted in run up to Brexit vote, new figures reveal - Times Educational Supplement | TES Additional funding needed for FE, sector organisations urge in joint letter - Times Educational Supplement | TES Apprenticeship levy will hit small schools due to 'archaic' system - Times Educational Supplement | TES Call for science to escape Brexit migration rules - Financial Times Heads report ‘bleak picture’ and no improvement in teacher recruitment for third year - Schools Week