News archive for 22nd September 2016

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Government plan for 30 hour of free childcare 'threatens hundreds of nursery schools' - Express Some universities need to triple mental health services funding, says report - Guardian Oxford named best university in the world - Mail Nursery schools could be forced to shut in funding crisis warn head teachers - Mirror Students failed by ignorant politicians - Times Swinney plans major change to educational assessment - Times AoC takes DfE to court over controversial new small school sixth form - FE Week British universities can’t afford to rest on their laurels - Times Many universities need to triple their spending on mental health support: urgent call for action in new HEPI paper - HEPI Top ten Oxbridge tips for teachers - Sutton Trust Long-term implications of devolution and localism for FE - AoC | Association of Colleges Nurseries 'could close' due to Tory childcare pledge - PoliticsHome Nick Gibb’s speech - NUT To improve social mobility, the government needs to scrap grammar plans and invest in early years, says NAHT - NAHT Core Maths Support Programme - NAHT NASUWT comments on unit assessments announcement - NASUWT THE World Rankings 2016 - Russell Group Middlesex ranked one of best young universities in the world - MillionPlus Childcare leaders reject 30-hour funding plans - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Early Education responds to DfE's Early Years funding consultation in England - Early Education Connection for Retention - building effective learning relationships - HEA Students and universities set to reap the benefits of market-leading e-book pilot - Jisc UK tops THE global rankings for the first time - PIE News UK takes top spot from US but slides in global ranking - University World News Head of Oxford University casts doubt on Theresa May's school plans - PoliticsHome Birmingham conference kicks off unionlearn’s regional road trip - Unionlearn On-programme planning for new apprenticeships - FE News The Guardian view on universities: facing a double whammy | Editorial - Guardian British universities need support to stay at the top - Financial Times Scottish teacher killed in Auschwitz is remembered by her students - Guardian Brexit Britain: A Foreign Student's Blues - Huffington Post The Tories are letting the country down on apprenticeships funding - FE Week Housing Is In Crisis - It's Time For Rent Strikes - Huffington Post UK universities discuss plans to open new EU campuses ahead of Brexit - Independent #Feesmustfall: South African students clash with police – in pictures - Guardian Birmingham conference kicks off unionlearn’s regional road trip - Unionlearn Oxford head says Theresa May’s school plans ‘insulting’ to teachers - Financial Times Mental health at university: 'Students shouldn't have to suffer like I did' - Guardian Oxford head attacks feeder school plans - Financial Times South African police fire teargas as university fees protests spread - Guardian Ukip says grammar schools are the answer to Wales' education problems - Wales Online Time is of the essence for the future of rural schools - Wales Online Thousands of students welcomed to Cardiff and Vale College Freshers' Fayre - FE News Scottish students stranded in South China Sea - Scotsman Oxford head rejects sponsoring schools - BBC Ofqual fines Pearson £85,000 over widespread certification failures - FE Week UK takes top spot from US but slides in global ranking - University World News First council changes rules so parents can take their children on term-time holidays without fines - Mirror Oxford ranked world's top university, just as Brexit looms - Mail Bricks and mortar boards: UK universities embark on building schemes - Guardian How universities went on a building spree as tuition fees pour in - Guardian Oxford vice chancellor worried about post-Brexit funding – audio - Guardian UK universities draw up plans for EU campuses ahead of Brexit - Guardian Regulatory implications of merger or acquisition involving HEFCE-funded providers - HEFCE Five ways to create a happy form group - Guardian Julia Gillard: 'We've made progress in education and gender equality – but more must be done' - Guardian IMI and Automechanika announce Global Skills Partnership - FE News Universities need to do more to protect students' mental health. But how? - Guardian My school’s broad social mix benefited all pupils. I’m glad it wasn’t a grammar | Poppy Noor - Guardian Scottish teachers consider suspending industrial action after workload breakthrough - Herald Scotland Latin should be taught in every state primary school, says leading academic - Independent Derbyshire County Council term holiday fines only 'in worst cases' - BBC Apprenticeships deserve the same treatment as universities – so let's get Ucas involved  - Telegraph Oxford becomes first UK university to top global rankings - Guardian Café staff with PhDs — is university worth it? - Financial Times Swinney accused of "climbdown" over schools reform U-turn - Express Go dark blues: Oxford is first British institution named the best university in the world - Express Government plan for 30 hour of free childcare 'threatens hundreds of nursery schools' - Express Hundreds of nursery schools 'could close' under funding changes - Times Educational Supplement | TES Academic calls for return of the classics in all schools - Schools Week Student entrepreneur: ‘Business opportunities aren’t found in clubs’ - Guardian Government should admit 30 'free hours fail', sector claims - Nursery World British universities can’t afford to rest on their laurels - Times Swinney plans major change to educational assessment - Times Students failed by ignorant politicians - Times 60 apply for job teaching 7 pupils on remote Scots island - Scotsman Swinney axes unit assessments to ease teacher workloads - Scotsman Revealed: The best university in the world is in Britain - but where does yours rank? - Mirror Nursery schools could be forced to shut in funding crisis warn head teachers - Mirror Oxford named best university in the world - Mail Oxford University becomes first UK institution to top world university rankings - Independent Germany and Sweden named the cheapest places to attend university - Independent Will my GCSE grades affect my application to Oxford University? - Telegraph The elephants in the schoolroom: what our education ministers won't confront | Chris Bonnor and Bernie Shepherd - Guardian Some universities need to triple mental health services funding, says report - Guardian S. Africa vows to end violent student protests - Mail Nick Gibb: the role of academy directors in school improvement - DfE Student mental health 'lacks support' - BBC Nurseries 'could close' if Tory free childcare plans go ahead - Training Journal UK PM’s plans for university schools ‘a distraction’ - Oxford v-c - Times Higher Education | THE More grammars will 'turbocharge' social mobility, Nick Gibb claims - Times Educational Supplement | TES Oxford University condemns ministers' call to open schools as 'insulting' to teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools and universities criticised for keeping student teachers out of the classroom - Times Educational Supplement | TES Kent academy breaks ranks with proposal to become a grammar school - Times Educational Supplement | TES College teachers should receive same pay increase as those in schools, union argues - Times Educational Supplement | TES Extra free childcare 'threatens nursery schools' - BBC University free school plan ‘insulting’ to teachers, says Oxford boss - Schools Week Vote Leave campaigner and Tory donor behind Parents and Teachers for Excellence campaign - Schools Week Early years funding plans 'body blow' for nursery schools - Nursery World Official ITE statistics - UCET