News archive for 28th October 2016

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University applications from EU countries fall by 9% - University World News Why UK students are protesting against private accommodation providers - Times Higher Education | THE Foreign students and graduates thrive in Sweden - University World News Insufficient progress for inadequate college - FE Week DfE bailing out colleges - FE Week Union offers deal to keep schools open - Times What do students find irritating about their lecturers? - University World News What do students find irritating about their lecturers - University World News Confusion over loans delays academic year - University World News Classroom of the future takes learning to new levels - University World News Support for Syrian students in Turkey and Middle East - University World News Are universities doing enough to foster women leaders? - University World News Science communication will strengthen research - University World News Four Nigerian students remain in detention in Turkey - University World News Funding world-class universities - University World News The tricky task of teaching about Trump - University World News EdTech disruption in HE will push personalised learning - University World News Universities unite in push to complete academic year - University World News 5 things that we learned this week … (about Apprenticeships in 2017) - FE News Alliance calls for changes over compulsory GCSE resits - Times Educational Supplement | TES Catholic education chief says total religious segregation in schools is 'dreadful' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Technical schools can offer pupils an alternative to grammars, says Justine Greening - Times Educational Supplement | TES Term-time holidays 'do not harm primary test scores' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Plans for new engineering A-level to recruit more creative students are dropped - Schools Week Nationality data won’t be included in National Pupil Database, says minister - Schools Week The roadmap to good practice in knowledge exchange - HEFCE The framework: supporting world-class knowledge exchange - HEFCE Policy Tracker – Keeping track of what happened in the world of education in October 2016 - Pearson Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 28 October 2016 - Pearson Unpopular Education For All bill scrapped - Nursery World Scots parents paying £80k to buy homes in top school catchment areas - Scotsman Early recruitment of higher and degree apprenticeship vacancies for 2017 - SFA FE data library: apprenticeship vacancies - SFA SFA: Inform - SFA Could keeping a diary really help combat student mental illness? - Huffington Post Why jailbreak is the best thing you'll ever do at university - Huffington Post Parents paying £80,000 above average house price to live in top school catchment areas - Herald Scotland New school proposals - DfE ATL comment on launch of the Technical and Further Education Bill - ATL The new Apprenticeship Levy on schools and academies from April 2017 - NAHT In the news: 28 October 2016 - UCU Jaguar Land Rover red-faced by 'poor' Ofsted rating - FE Week How can school leaders who exclude foster a climate of belonging? - IOE London Blog Rise in SFA contracts for small providers - FE Week Heading in the right direction - FE Week The framework: supporting world-class knowledge exchange - HEFCE Minister urges positive take on HE budget cut - University World News Government seeks more students from Southeast Asia - University World News NSF asks universities to share rotator staff costs - University World News High-performing universities may get more autonomy - University World News Universities push the envelope of technology - University World News Furore over university 'protest potential' survey claims - University World News Era of wasteful university spending is over - President - University World News Universities woo Indonesians as part of national plan - University World News Universities should not take stance on political issues - University World News University complies with order to close five campuses - University World News Waves of protests after university students shot dead - University World News I couldn't get funding for my research so I 'sold out' – and I don't regret it - Guardian Brexit: It's crucial that universities are heard in the political debate - Telegraph College chiefs hit out over deal to pay lecturers £40,000 - Herald Scotland