News archive for 25th October 2016

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Isle of Muck primary school finds new teacher after social media appeal - Guardian Teacher mucks in after landing new job at Scots island's primary school - Herald Scotland AoC calls for increase education and training funding to 5% of GDP - FE News A third of academy trusts paid businesses linked to their staff, and 7 other school finance findings - Schools Week Justine Greening announces U-turn on apprenticeship funding cuts - PoliticsHome Drama in Crisis - Sutton Trust Apprenticeship funding model announced - AoC | Association of Colleges Childcare costs families a third of income - Nursery World Final apprenticeships funding rates: Cuts of up to a third overall - Nursery World Lucy Powell chosen as chair of parliamentary group on nursery schools - Nursery World Student Loan Overcharging Means 300,000 Graduates Have Been Refunded A Total Of £225million - Huffington Post How will the apprenticeship levy work? - Telegraph New apprenticeship funding to transform investment in skills - DfE Supporting apprenticeships - DfE Register of apprenticeship training providers: application instructions - SFA Register of apprenticeship training providers - SFA SFA funding rules - SFA Apprenticeship funding from May 2017 - SFA Register of apprenticeship training providers: policy information - SFA Apprenticeship funding and performance management rules 2017 to 2018 - SFA Theatre applies to be first to open free school - BBC AELP responds to latest Apprenticeship announcements - AELP Our response to Apprenticeship Levy funding rules - CBI AELP response to the Apprenticeship funding proposals - FE News International recruitment and TEF: modelling the Amber warnings - Wonkhe The Labour response to the Apprenticeship Funding proposals - FE News We are competing with universities worldwide – and we may well lose - Guardian Academy funding must be transparent, says MP - BBC Halloween 2016: The UK's Five Most Haunted Universities Will Spook Even The Most Cynical Students - Huffington Post Register of apprenticeship training providers: e-tendering portal guidance - SFA Apprenticeship funding updates: the key details - Times Educational Supplement | TES Staff vote of no confidence at City of Liverpool College - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sector welcomes apprenticeship funding 'U-turn' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Justine Greening pushes for teacher pay rises to remain capped at 1 per cent - Times Educational Supplement | TES Rote learning is essential for a child's education – play isn't, says expert - Times Educational Supplement | TES Officials should make 'quick interventions' over academy conflicts of interest, says watchdog - Times Educational Supplement | TES Documents reveal new name for teaching 'super union' - Times Educational Supplement | TES School drama lessons are essential if we are to produce working-class actors, warns Michael Sheen - Times Educational Supplement | TES Find apprenticeship training: how to submit data - SFA Further education and skills: statistical first release October 2016 - SFA Key Stage 1 and 2 assessments: 2017 planners - NAHT Government backs down on funding cuts for young apprentices - Guardian Government backs down on funding cuts for young apprentices - Guardian A third of academy trusts paid businesses linked to their staff, and 7 other school finance findings - Schools Week Tories sneak out U-turn on apprenticeship cuts while everyone is talking about Heathrow Airport - Mirror Outrage from parents as school children banned from running in playground - Express Student Beds: A Breeding Ground... In More Ways Than One - Huffington Post Research round-up 24 October 2016 - NAHT Apprenticeship 'U-turn' will help poorest teenagers - BBC Subcontracting saved in final apprenticeship plans - FE Week Budget heralds another year of brutal higher education cuts - University World News Michael Sheen visits Cardiff and Vale College and officially opens its theatre - FE News Sector Responds to Apprenticeship Levy Funding announcement - FE News Angry student judges refuse to pick winner of accommodation awards - Guardian Four changes in the apprenticeship announcements you need to know - FE Week How to graduate with a strong CV and no student debt - Telegraph Top Scottish private school appoints first female principal - Herald Scotland Campaign victory over apprenticeship funding - FE Week Word problems in standardised maths tests: how fair are the Key Stage 2 SATs? - IOE London Blog Scots island with just 7 school pupils finds new teacher - Scotsman Small Businesses And Universities Should Seek To Benefit From Enhanced European Cooperation - Huffington Post Final levels of apprenticeship funding revealed - FE Week Half of academics confused about open data - Times Higher Education | THE A third of academy trusts paid businesses linked to their staff, and 7 other school finance findings - Schools Week Government announces details on apprenticeships levy - EducationInvestor Further education and skills: statistical first release October 2016 - SFA Find apprenticeship training: how to submit data - SFA Stop wasting time and money by making outreach work - HEPI Key Stage 1 and 2 assessments: 2017 planners - NAHT Robertson completes £20m project for Glasgow Caledonian - Scotsman Overseas student crackdown could hit LSE, King’s College London and Soas - Guardian Crowdfunding: the new buzzword for academics needing research money - Guardian This is the age of sexual freedom. So let’s talk about sex | Philippe Brenot - Guardian Special needs: Review of plans to cut nursery school hours - BBC Child kept in isolation for whole term at ‘lunch row’ school - Guardian Grammar schools cannot help 90% of children - Guardian University chief: impact of Brexit on higher education could be catastrophic - Herald Scotland Inside the push to get more Indigenous students studying science and tech - Guardian Schools told to 'guess' pupil ethnicity - Independent