News archive for 25th November 2016

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Two London state schools are named as the best in the country - Evening Standard Explaining socio-economic inequalities in educational attainment - Social Market Foundation | SMF Childminder training course on SEND launches - CYPN | Children & Young People Now LRS: privacy notices - SFA LRS: information for learners and parents - SFA LRS: LRB user guide and learning providers list - SFA LRS organisation portal - SFA Sir Michael Wilshaw's speech at the Education Policy Institute conference - Ofsted Rasch modelling report - Ofqual Bursary support programme for small independent training providers - AELP Latest Ofsted School Inspection Update guidance for inspectors - NAHT Manchester Metropolitan University to consult on withdrawal from Crewe campus - UCU In the news: 25 November 2016 - UCU LRS: help and support - SFA Plumpton High Babies: 10 Years on – how a teacher changed lives for pregnant teenagers - Guardian John Swinney insists new assessments will not create extra work - Scotsman MAT 'health checks' and post-16 area reviews scope examined - UK Parliament Official warnings for two South-West academy chains in serious difficulties - Times Educational Supplement | TES Europe: students given grants to support refugees - University World News Academy sponsored by ‘top-performing’ Bright Tribe ‘placed in special measures’ - Schools Week Birmingham school faces second discrimination case - Guardian USA: watch list of 'anti-American' professors stirs fears - University World News Technical education is our best chance to achieve social mobility - FE Week In this week's TES Further: why sixth-form colleges should think twice about academisation - Times Educational Supplement | TES Wilshaw warns against over-reliance on data as he lists proudest Ofsted achievements - Schools Week Scammers target colleges during AoC conference - FE Week Ridings Federation of Academies issued with financial notice to improve over potential ‘£1 million deficit’ - Schools Week 'Forget technical and professional education: there's nothing wrong with the word vocational' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland and Wales dominate Skills Show 2016 medal table - FE Week Ghana: HE vision to produce industry-ready graduates - University World News Egypt: student union elections put on hold pending new rules - University World News South Africa: free higher education - president appeals for patience - University World News Crucial role of arts and humanities in societal change - University World News John Swinney: New tests will not create extra work for teachers - Herald Scotland Ofsted's next chief: watchdog's overall verdicts on schools not 'fair' way of judging heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES Code breaker? - BBC Plymouth Cast trust criticised over leadership and safeguarding failings - Schools Week International higher education must address inequality - University World News Trump University and the growth of fraud in HE - University World News Universities must uphold the international right to protest - University World News Reimagining the HE curriculum for the 21st century - University World News The push for Asian HE internationalisation indicators - University World News Zimbabwe: students contest high fees whilst on attachment - University World News India: universities and students struggle in cash crisis - University World News Apprenticeship funding brokerage ban is a victory for students - FE Week Collaboration, Collaboration, Collaboration: Reflections from AoC 2016 - FE News Inspectors are still looking for detailed marking despite pleas not to, Ofsted admits - Times Educational Supplement | TES Providers found ignoring apprenticeship register application guidance just hours from critical deadline - FE Week Jaguar apprentices rescued after provider collapses - FE Week Academy 'secrecy' concerns over lack of headteacher board minutes - Times Educational Supplement | TES Iraq: militias make use of universities to spread influence - University World News Australia: international education reaps record revenues - University World News It will take more than a newspaper columnist to solve England’s teacher shortage - The Conversation 'Shocking' figures show a third of children behind at five - BBC Brexit could see students face higher tuition fees and university closures, vice chancellor warns - Huffington Post Africa: government warns it will close more universities - University World News Egypt: students fear 40% tuition fee rise at elite university - University World News Trump win sparks interest in Canadian universities - University World News Trump's rhetoric puts off prospective students - University World News Sudan: ministry scraps fee exemption for Darfur students - University World News FE commissioner’s plea to rescue Hereward College - FE Week Collab Group: Ofsted isn’t the only marker of success - FE Week Plan for new 'E' grade to reduce exam failures - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher's pet Gatsby the dachshund starts at Tickenham Primary School - BBC Brokerage of apprenticeship funding to be banned next year - FE Week Everyone’s talking about the Tef, but no one is listening to students - Guardian Why shouldn’t the over-50s start a new career? | Gaby Hinsliff - Guardian Growth of the 'untouchables' – schools that academy chains won't go near - Times Educational Supplement | TES Try before you buy: the new way for multi-academy trusts to takeover schools - Schools Week GCSE resit changes cost schools £6 million - Schools Week “Unusual” management plan for Parkfield Free School - Schools Week The Skills Show Supplement 2016 - FE Week Learning in the woods - BBC AoC Annual Conference 2016 - FE Week Girl Guides involve boys in battle against gender violence - BBC FE commissioner: 'Colleges will have to specialise to survive' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Primary school bacteria leaves teachers at risk of the norovirus - Times Educational Supplement | TES Grade inflation clampdown makes 'little difference' to results in most schools, report argues - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils attack school ban on far-right talk - Times