News archive for 30th November 2016

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Government tables plans to strengthen research quality - University World News ATL comment on PAC report on apprenticeships - ATL LRS: maintenance schedule - SFA SFA update: November 2016 - SFA Apprenticeship standards in development - SFA Apprenticeship standards - SFA New funding for school improvement - DfE QMU’s new gastronomy course to teach students in rural Italy - Scotsman Key stage 4 work-related learning hit by exams focus, Ofsted warns - SecEd Inspirational educators and learners recognised in STEM awards - SecEd Every region promised access to mentoring programmes in £3.5m investment - SecEd Link between bullying and childhood obesity - SecEd Minister tries to ease worries over new tests in Scotland - SecEd Survey reveals extra hours being worked by teachers in the independent sector - SecEd Teacher recruitment targets hit in just four secondary subjects - SecEd MPs increase pressure on government to make PSHE compulsory - CYPN | Children & Young People Now 'You are the role models of the future’ competitors are told as EuroSkills 2016 opens - FE Week Compulsory sex education is backed by eight out of 10 Britons | Letters - Guardian The Guardian view on international students: too valuable to limit | Editorial - Guardian Young people struggle to separate fact from fiction online, research finds - Times Educational Supplement | TES New money for school improvement, following £600m cut - Times Educational Supplement | TES Have you been affected by sexual harassment at school? - Guardian Warning over fast-track teacher scheme for Scotland - Herald Scotland Should universities take control of schools? The government thinks so - Guardian Academy chain AET appoints private school boss as CEO - Times Educational Supplement | TES PSHE should have statutory status say Committee Chairs - UK Parliament John Swinney announces £1m drive to recruit 200 new teachers - Scotsman NUS launches helpline for students affected by ‘racist’ and ‘ineffective’ Prevent strategy - Huffington Post New nursing degree apprenticeship is launched - FE News Nativity play-per-view: it’s a sure sign there’s a financial crisis in schools | Geoff Barton - Guardian Area review for school sixth forms and UTCs 'has to happen' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education Scotland chief rejects conflict of interest claims - Herald Scotland Senior MPs call for compulsory sex education - BBC Work on huge £44m school is making 'good progress' as pupils get their hands on the plans - Wales Online New nursing degree apprenticeship announced by Jeremy Hunt - FE Week Activate Learning becomes 35th member of Collab Group - Times Educational Supplement | TES Justine Greening warned over stance on sex education - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pressure mounts on ministers to make sex education compulsory in schools - Guardian Dear Peer: An open letter to members of the House of Lords on the HE and Research Bill - HEPI Public schools may not survive Trump's billionaire wrecking crew | Nikhil Goyal - Guardian Academisation will reach a 'tipping point' by 2022, says minister - Times Educational Supplement | TES New St Andrews head says mollycoddling of students must end - Scotsman Multi-academy trusts 'health checks' and post-16 area reviews scope examined - UK Parliament Masterplan unveiled to tackle teacher recruitment crisis - Times Educational Supplement | TES Low-attaining teenagers 'make more spelling mistakes than 30 years ago' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Jeremy Hunt apprenticeship plans mean student nurses no longer need to attend university - Huffington Post Is the government picking favourites for university-led teacher training? - Wonkhe Primaries are now becoming academies faster than secondaries - Times Government 'must take zero-tolerance approach' to school sexual harassment - Guardian New nursing degree apprenticeship - GOV.UK Fake news stories about schools 'spread like wildfire' - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK universities need a bespoke Brexit deal with flexibility on freedom of movement for EU students - City AM New nursing apprentice role announced - BBC Thousands of children 'missing' from education - BBC Public Accounts Committee wants broader success measures for apprenticeships - FE Week Muslims oppose stricter rules on entry to Catholic schools - Herald Scotland Apprenticeship levy could lead to employers 'exploiting the system', MPs warn - Times Educational Supplement | TES Brexit prompts university to consider privatisation - Times