News archive for 23rd November 2016

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Our careers education is flawed: we need to think about skills not jobs - Guardian Donald Trump names Betsy DeVos as education secretary - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted: Proportion of ‘good’ and ‘outstanding’ schools increases - Times Educational Supplement | TES Academies are 'key' to improving schools in the north, review claims - Times Educational Supplement | TES Donald Trump picks charter school advocate and GOP donor Betsy DeVos as education secretary - Independent Stanford University tops global employability ranking - University World News Autumn Statement: New grammar school revolution in England with £200 million fund - Express Three Bristol University students die within weeks of term starting - Guardian Northern Powerhouse schools strategy: Halt standalone academies, and 11 other key findings - Schools Week Pilot ‘Teach North’ scheme to boost school performance, report demands - Schools Week Good and outstanding schools on rise, Ofsted data shows - BBC Noah Brown discusses USA & UK FE systems, USA Apprenticeships, and how Brexit & Trump could affect Further Education - FE News Heads 'disappointed' by Autumn Statement funding omission - BBC Universities' non-local students 'not diverse enough' - University World News Predicted apprenticeship levy yield drops by £200m - Times Educational Supplement | TES Autumn statement: £200m levy pot reduction forecast by Treasury - FE Week Exams chiefs are in a "parallel universe" says MSPs - Scotsman Michelle Rhee rules herself out of top US education job - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tef: don't equate contact hours with teaching quality - Guardian UTCs perform worse at GCSE than schools with similar intakes, study shows - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sector response to the Autumn Statement - FE News Autumn statement: Grammars grants confirmed, but no schools funding boost - Schools Week Autumn statement: Government to devolve adult education budget to London - FE Week Schools 'beyond breaking point' get no new money from the chancellor - Times Educational Supplement | TES Breaking the glass ceiling: Scottish school appoints its first female head in 388 years - Express National minimum wage for apprentices to increase by 10p - Times Educational Supplement | TES Adult education budget to be devolved to London in 2019 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Autumn statement: Hammond approves 10p apprentice minimum wage rise - FE Week The Digital Economy Bill - free school meals for all eligible children - NAHT Ann Maguire: Husband criticises review into teacher's murder - BBC Pearson’s Ofsted rating up two grades to ‘good’ - FE Week Autumn Statement stems the tide but points to dicey years ahead - Wonkhe 'Lives could be at risk in schools' says husband of murdered teacher Ann Maguire - Times Educational Supplement | TES Autumn Statement offers nothing for school budgets, says NAHT - NAHT Introducing Ambition School Leadership - NAHT Schools need sufficient resources to continue to raise standards - ASCL Autumn Statement fails to address education funding crisis - ASCL Autumn statement: little change, longer term action needed - AoC | Association of Colleges MillionPlus comments on the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement - MillionPlus What the Autumn Statement means for universities - Universities UK Response to the Autumn Statement 2016 - Russell Group UK needs positive message, agrees Johnson at APPG meeting - PIE News NCFE calls for the Chancellor to safeguard the Adult Education Budget - PoliticsHome Teacher apprenticeships – a solution or threat? - ATL SFA: qualification achievement rate 2015 to 2016 (formerly QSR) - SFA Why the TEF could change the way students think about a university education - The Conversation Are SEND students being let down? - ATL SFA: qualification achievement rates 2016 to 2017 - SFA Autumn Statement 2016: Concerns remain about apprenticeship budget for non-levy paying employers - AELP SFA update: November 2016 - SFA Individualised Learner Record (ILR): sources of data - SFA Safeguarding children and young people: memorandum of understanding between Ofsted and DfE - Ofsted Education in the north of England: review of evidence - DfE Northern powerhouse schools strategy: an independent review - DfE Apprenticeship support and knowledge for schools project launches - SFA Autumn Statement - NUT ERSA's response to the Autumn Statement - ERSA Autumn Statement: Key measures and reaction - CYPN | Children & Young People Now What will the Autumn Statement mean for education? - EducationInvestor Analysis lays bare challenges facing new Opportunity Areas - SecEd Sharp rise in incidents of online bullying - SecEd Pupils remember the First World War soldiers who never came home - SecEd Ministers pledge to target Opportunity Areas as £300m music funding is confirmed - SecEd Two in 10 vacant positions in the past year have gone unfilled - SecEd Pedagogy review offers help to revitalise languages education - SecEd Autumn Statement: Rise to NLW, but no extra funding for childcare sector - Nursery World Autumn Statement: the Chancellor must back education in poor areas - current funding isn't enough | Brett Wigdortz - Telegraph Shouldn't lectures be obsolete by now? - BBC