News archive for 17th October 2016

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Richard Atkins is announced as the new FE Commissioner - FE News British Council response to ‘Brexit and Languages' - British Council Scotland: EU student funding pledged for 2017 - PIE News Compliance could be key as judge of “quality” in UK - PIE News NAHT Edge teams with Focus Education to develop CPD courses for middle leaders - NAHT Government confirms nursery school consultation - CYPN | Children & Young People Now International opportunities - updates from the British Council - British Council ‘Killer Clown’ craze – keeping you in control - NAHT Fire Safety in Schools Under Risk - NUT Union responds to THE analysis of Nobel Prize winning universities - UCU Wasted Time? The Higher Education and Research Bill in Committee - Wonkhe High school graduation rate reaches a record high of 83.2 percent - Mail Retiring teachers: nomination form for official letter of thanks - DfE Teach 10-year-olds about the ‘devastating’ effects of sexting, psychologists say - Times Educational Supplement | TES Should schools do more to teach internet safety? - UK Parliament Axing archaeology A level 'damaging' to future infrastructure projects, critics say - Times Educational Supplement | TES Kevin Maher: I’ll tell you the core subject we should drop: maths - Times Islamic school 'which taught pupils gay people should be killed' shut down - Express Scrapping of archeology and classics A-levels criticised as 'barbaric act' - Guardian Poland plans to turn universities into start-up incubators - Financial Times Half of the world's disabled children are out of school - report Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3842356/Half-worlds-disabled-children-school--report - Mail Archaeology A-level is now ancient history | Letters - Guardian New Welsh-medium school set to open in Cardiff - Wales Online Good comprehensives deserve high praise | Letters - Guardian Cornelia Parker, Stuart Maconie and more on the axing of A-level art history - Guardian London University condemns Israeli government after senior lecturer ban - Independent Brexit must not mean full-blown languages crisis - ASCL Minister for School Standards questioned on teacher supply - UK Parliament Minister for School Standards questioned on teacher supply - UK Parliament 'Winning a TES FE Award is a special accolade’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Ticking time bomb' pension deficit could mean academies cutting staff, experts warn - Times Educational Supplement | TES Create an 'apprentice premium' to support learners, Learning and Work Institute says - Times Educational Supplement | TES Academy pension review will look at funding gap - Schools Week Early Years Wage Pay and Conditions survey: stagnation triggers brain drain fears - Nursery World Nurseries look overseas for recruits - Nursery World Owners reeling at huge increases to business rates - Nursery World DfE confirms Richard Atkins CBE as new FE Commissioner - FE Week Five myths about studying law, debunked - Guardian Individual pupil progress crucial to new national curriculum, head warns - Wales Online Sussex college merger plans unveiled - FE Week Protest at axing of archaeology A-level - BBC Preserving the Apprenticeship Legacy for Social Mobility - FE News Is a postgraduate degree worth the money? - Independent Research round-up 17 October 2016 - NAHT SNP could kill plan to revive selective schools - Times NUS Leaders Slam MPs’ Anti-Semitism Report As Attempt To ‘Discredit' President Malia Bouattia - Huffington Post Richard Atkins appointed FE commissioner - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sats: Teachers crank up classroom creativity ahead of possible boycott - Times Educational Supplement | TES Record number of females sign up for Hartpury College's land-based courses - FE Week Why is so much research dodgy? Blame the Research Excellence Framework - Guardian Let's make end-point assessment part of the solution, not the problem - FE Week Targeting International Students Is Still Damaging For Everyone - Huffington Post Gender inequality threatens future of teaching profession - PoliticsHome Colleges can embrace analytics to support personalised learning experiences - Jisc Richard Atkins announced as FE Commissioner - AoC | Association of Colleges DfE confirms Richard Atkins CBE as new FE Commissioner - FE Week New Highways Academy to train A14 apprentices - GOV.UK Richard Atkins CBE appointed as Further Education Commissioner - DfE Higher Education Sector Level 7 Academic Professional Apprenticeship Standard in development - UVAC Free School on our doorstep. October Update. - Headguruteacher Porn in the classroom? Here’s why it makes sense | Jenni Murray - Guardian Plan now to avoid post-Brexit languages crisis, say MPs - BBC