News archive for 18th October 2016

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The Guardian view on A-level changes: loss of civilisation | Editorial - Guardian Europe's first ever bilingual Chinese-English school to open in London - Independent Three-way merger becomes two-way after college pulls out - FE Week Hunt for new Aberystwyth University vice-chancellor after controversial leader steps down - Wales Online Flagship Schools Challenge Cymru initiative axed in Welsh Government's draft budget - Wales Online Cardiff Met strengthens links by sharing best practice in Middle East - Wales Online Lecturers push for pay reform across sector - Herald Scotland Parents must not become enslaved by the education system - their views need to be heard again - Telegraph Time Team’s Tony Robinson Up In Arms As Archaeology A Level Is Scrapped - Huffington Post Educating rich kids: inside the world of the £1,000-an-hour super-tutor - Times Archaeology A level is next specialist arts subject to be killed off - Times Councils call for more powers to help struggling schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'It was a real gateway': readers defend A-level classical civilisation - Guardian MPs’ forensic questioning valuable for Apprenticeship reform process - FE News How should schools spend pupil premium funding? - Guardian Heads go to Downing Street with 'dire' funding warning - BBC What society lets families fear deportation for sending children to school? - Guardian Check your area - BBC Most grammar schools 'not prioritising poor pupils' - BBC Tony Robinson backs petition to stop A-Level archaeology from being axed - Telegraph