News archive for 27th October 2016

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Apprenticeship funding ‘u-turn’ - but how far does it really go? - FE Week The role of recruitment in the context of Educational change - FE News You’re fired! Lord Sugar could cut ties with DfE over apprentice champion role - FE Week Number of EU students applying for UK universities falls just months after Brexit vote - Express Allowing all schools to select pupils at 11 would be 'a retrograde step' says Michael Gove - Mail Drop in number of EU students applying for UK university courses - Mail Sharp drop in EU applications to 'early deadline' university courses - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nine in 10 sixth-form colleges 'concerned' about their finances - Times Educational Supplement | TES Justine Greening shelves Education for All bill - Schools Week From Cheltenham to Durham - Sutton Trust 9% fall in EU applications to UK universities after Brexit vote - PoliticsHome Government ditches plan to force failing schools to become academies - PoliticsHome Technical and Further Education Bill - AoC | Association of Colleges UCL Institute of Education leads new partnership to boost training and employment opportunities in East London - IOE London Blog Early years trainers refuse apprentices without GCSE grades - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Government shelves controversial Education Bill - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Schools to close as last-ditch strike talks fail - Times Government formally drops academies legislation - BBC Sector response to the Technical and Further Education Bill - FE News Justine Greening shelves Education for All bill - Schools Week Education bill scrapped after series of reversals - Guardian Ten UK universities carried out a third of all UK animal experiments in 2015 - Huffington Post Fewer EU nationals apply to study in Britain after Brexit vote - Mail Government accused over 'chaotic' education policy after Bill dropped - Mail Academic warns bill will degrade degrees - Times Tories quietly scrap remainder of 'forced academies' education bill - Mirror Technical education plan must be backed up with funding - ASCL NASUWT comments on decision to drop the Education for All Bill - NASUWT NASUWT comments on sixth form colleges funding report - NASUWT Education for All Bill scrapped - NAHT Scrapping of Education for All Bill will be welcomed by school leaders, says NAHT - NAHT Education Bill Dropped - NUT Mumsnet hosts online forum on children and the internet - UK Parliament Applications open for chair of new Office for Students - DfE Washington nurseries warned off scary stories for children - Guardian Technical and Further Education:Written statement - HCWS223 - UK Parliament Revised National Careers Service website launched - SFA Find apprenticeship training tool is now live - SFA Dear AQA, if we can't learn this in A level archaeology, then please explain where these ideas are in the rest of your curriculum - Huffington Post Technical education fit for the workforce of tomorrow - DfE Advanced learner loans qualifications catalogue - SFA FE data library: apprenticeships - SFA Why are so many SEN pupils excluded from school? Because we are failing them - Guardian UCU response to drop in university applications from EU students - UCU I am not a number - FE News Insolvency regime plans in new Technical and Further Education Bill - FE Week Sharp drop in EU student applications to UK universities - BBC Free school meals a recipe for success for young learners in Liberia | Nadene Ghouri - Guardian 'Transitional classes' required to bridge academic and vocational gap, says Martin Doel - Times Educational Supplement | TES Technical and Further Education Bill launched - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE refuses to reveal its verdict on academy chain's deals with CEO's family firms - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government scraps Education for All Bill - Times Educational Supplement | TES Gay history month could be added to school curriculum, says Jeremy Corbyn - Times Educational Supplement | TES Union ballots on Sats boycott as MPs call for testing to be suspended - Times Educational Supplement | TES Applying to university: Important Ucas deadline dates - Telegraph Court date set for AoC judicial review over new sixth form - FE Week Brexit Vote Sees Dramatic Drop In EU Students Applying To UK Universities - Huffington Post Queen's University Belfast PhD Students Turn To Sex Work After Being Paid Less Than Minimum Wage, Report Claims - Huffington Post Scrapping of Education for All Bill will be welcomed by school leaders, says NAHT - NAHT Education Bill Dropped - NUT Education for All Bill scrapped - NAHT NASUWT comments on sixth form colleges funding report - NASUWT NASUWT comments on decision to drop the Education for All Bill - NASUWT Technical education plan must be backed up with funding - ASCL Find apprenticeship training tool is now live - SFA Revised National Careers Service website launched - SFA US universities cement top spots in global rankings - PIE News Lord Holmes: Talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not - PoliticsHome Sixth Form Colleges Association report shows price of austerity is too high - ASCL Business or economics: How can I help my son choose which A-levels to take? - Telegraph A-levels choice 'reduced by funding squeeze' - BBC Revealed: National pay deal for college lecturers could cost £80m - Herald Scotland Michael Gove backtracks over grammar school plans - Guardian Two thirds of sixth form colleges forced to drop courses - FE Week UK university applications from EU down by 9%, says Ucas - Guardian