News archive for 16th September 2016

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UN call to ease visa restrictions for refugee students - University World News Advancing Access: giving teachers the tools to help students succeed - Russell Group Timothy Garton Ash: Safe spaces are not the only threat to free speech - Guardian Heads predict surge of private schools 'seeking switch to the state sector' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Students' attitudes towards secondary school decline for several years - Times Educational Supplement | TES Young people let down by poor careers advice - Times Educational Supplement | TES Academy trust CEOs reject ‘centres of excellence’ proposal - Schools Week Progress 8 scores in grammars ‘overstated’ - Schools Week UTCs soak up lower ability pupils, research suggests - Schools Week Durand Academy Trust refuses to cut ties with controversial former executive head - Schools Week Ofsted data shows grammars do not ‘guarantee quality’ - Schools Week Meritocracy is the last thing Britain needs - Times Two thirds of voters reject plans for new grammar schools - Times Bruton to fight for education boost in budget - Times Pushy parents should 'butt out' of their children's university open days, admissions head demands - Mail Significance of grammar schools 'dramatically overplayed' - Mail Anger as German education chief claims grammar schools only benefit better-off pupils - Mail Gender gap in higher education is bigger than ever as 25% more girls than boys now go to university - Mail Transitions at 14: Analysing the intake of 14–19 education institutions - IPPR Independent schools change admissions tactics  to spot tutoring - Telegraph 6th Meeting of the EU Alliance for Apprenticeships: Brussels - FE News Grammar schools: can Artificial Intelligence create a fairer way to assess children? - IOE London Blog In the news: 16 September 2016 - UCU UCU at TUC congress 2016 - UCU Extra free school places no substitute for strategic place planning, says NAHT - NAHT New Free Schools - NUT Graduate jobs rising, with earnings continuing to increase for top graduates - IOE London Blog Grammar schools don't work - and they're dead on arrival in the House of Lords - New Statesman Give councils more powers to monitor home schooling, says LGA - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Why sexual harassment in schools is a hateful part of everyday life - The Conversation Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 16 September 2016 - Pearson The English and maths resits challenge – and how Jisc is helping - Jisc George Osborne warns Theresa May over grammar schools - Evening Standard George Osborne lays bare tensions with Theresa May - PoliticsHome National standards for supply teachers needed to tackle abuse - NASUWT Appointment of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report of Session 2016–17 - UK Parliament FE data library: education and training - SFA More choice as over 80,000 new free school places created - DfE Catholics plan 20,000 new school places - Times Educational Supplement | TES Grammar schools: 'fear of being left behind' will push comprehensives to select - Times Educational Supplement | TES Independent training providers urged to act on Ofsted prevent duty report - Training Journal Teacher burnout, character education and grammar schools - the TES podcast - Times Educational Supplement | TES Saracens secondary among 77 free schools to be approved - Times Educational Supplement | TES Faith schools welcome 100% faith-based admissions - Schools Week In this week's TES Further: The 'profound mismatch' between learners and apprenticeship vacancies - Times Educational Supplement | TES Harris boss warns new Ofsted chief inspector against scrapping ‘outstanding’ grade - Schools Week 77 new free schools: The complete list - Schools Week Graduate-led sector made 'pipe-dream' by new funding formula - Nursery World Greening unveils 77 new free schools - Schools Week Keith Smith returns to SFA to lead on apprenticeship levy - FE Week A full house for FE Week’s #SaveOurApprenticeships campaign - FE Week Star names unveiled for AoC annual conference - FE Week Motor industry boss lambasts PM for not ‘recognising’ apprenticeship funding cuts - FE Week Government give go ahead for 77 more free schools in England - including one run by Saracens Rugby Club - Mirror Class sizes in British primary schools are among biggest in developed world and immigration and a baby boom are to blame - Mail Biggest wave yet of free schools is announced as 77 new ones get the go-ahead (with even a professional rugby club getting in on the act) - Mail Prime minister opposes 'safe spaces' for student debate - University World News Council tells schools to relax rules because parents cannot afford uniforms - Express Star names unveiled for AoC annual conference - FE Week Academics question pressure to merge universities - University World News International hurdler Julz Adeniran’s awards to Uxbridge College students - FE News Our first day in Parliament to #SaveOurApprenticeships - FE Week Gas supplies cut at new Inverness school amid safety concerns - Herald Scotland Is this the solution to the teacher workload crisis? - Guardian Packing for university: last minute essentials for first year students - Telegraph Student visas caught in the post-Brexit crossfire - University World News Building innovation, entrepreneurship in universities - University World News Study abroad funding determined by university rankings - University World News Stress on doctoral programmes deters applicants - University World News What happened to the global schoolhouse? - University World News Impact of referendum on immigration still uncertain - University World News At the heart of e-learning - Connections, disconnections - University World News Recognising refugee qualifications - University World News The future of TNE lies in equitable partnerships - University World News Schools looks to become first grammar - Telegraph Saracens Rugby Club to open one of 77 new free schools - BBC Apprenticeship levy is ‘just another tax’ on employers - FE Week Bath College to launch the Bath Academy of Business - FE News Motor industry boss lambasts PM for not ‘recognising’ apprenticeship funding cuts - FE Week Ambitious drive for foreign students is paying off - University World News Of course I went to university – that’s the ‘immigrant effect’ | Poppy Noor - Guardian Future of school libraries could be tech ‘think places’ - Scotsman Grammar schools might be a leg up for working-class children - Guardian Glasgow schools told to ‘relax’ uniform as students too poor - Scotsman Have you added your nominations for the TES FE Awards 2017? - FE News Universities warned on 'pressure' from Chinese donors - University World News School praised for being a 'diverse, inclusive and caring community' - Wales Online Kent school bids to be first new grammar - BBC My vision for boosting our country’s skills base - FE Week Grammar schools: can Artificial Intelligence create a fairer way to assess children? - IOE London Blog Unionlearn welcomes Dr Mary Bousted as new TUC President - Unionlearn EXCLUSIVE: Keith Smith returns to SFA to lead on apprenticeship levy - FE Week Harris boss warns new Ofsted chief inspector against scrapping ‘outstanding’ grade - Schools Week George Osborne poses as centrist pro-European rival to Theresa May - Guardian Trailblazers updates - Skills CFA Higher education in England 2016: Key facts - HEFCE HEIFES16: Higher Education in Further Education: Students Survey 2016-17 - HEFCE HESES16: Higher Education Students Early Statistics Survey 2016-17 - HEFCE Higher Education in Further Education: Students Survey 2016-17 - HEFCE Higher Education Students Early Statistics Survey 2016-17 - HEFCE Could the best sports training be at school? - Telegraph The May doctrine: just go with the populist flow | Gaby Hinsliff - Guardian Academies wary of grammar schools revival - Financial Times Councils call for greater powers to tackle illegal schools - BBC Teenage hormones 'turn pupils off school for three years' - BBC Employers will have to sign government levy contracts - FE Week Councils seek new powers to check on home-schooled children - Guardian