News archive for 23rd September 2016

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Grammar schools 'unlikely to boost standards or social mobility' - PoliticsHome Global clearinghouse for refugee student scholarships - University World News Government must listen to evidence on new grammars - ASCL Teacher recruitment crisis is hitting GCSE performance - ASCL Grammar schools and social mobility - EPI Turkey's post-coup crackdown hits 'Gulen schools' worldwide - BBC British Council response to THE World University Rankings - British Council British Council named “Brand of the Year” for Education - British Council Apprenticeship reforms - moving in the right direction, but not right yet - ERSA Headteachers Launch Their Own Green Paper #HTRTAGP - Headteachers' Roundtable In the news: 23 September 2016 - UCU Isn’t it time we focused on what matters – schools in which staff, students and families feel they belong? - IOE London Blog Residential Establishments - allowances payable from 1 September 2016 - NAHT NASUWT comments on report from the Education Policy Institute - NASUWT Rise in children starting school not toilet trained – ATL and ERIC survey - ATL "Leadership is..." at crisis point - Voice ATL comment on impact of grammar schools on social mobility - ATL MPs to scrutinise primary school testing - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Grammar schools 'do not improve exam results' - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Understanding the roots of sexual violence and lad culture on campus - The Conversation School nurses 'undermined by high workload' - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 23 September 2016 - Pearson Alun Cairns celebrates the success of Welsh apprenticeships - GOV.UK FE data library: other statistics and research - SFA Primary assessment inquiry - UK Parliament Primary assessment inquiry launched - UK Parliament Universities UK response to HEPI paper on mental health support - Training Journal Goat man wins Ig Nobel - Times Higher Education | THE Student work experience is solution to engineering skills gap, say employers - Training Journal In this week's TES Further: 'Do we really want to write off 122,000 maths students as failures?' - Times Educational Supplement | TES No excuses behaviour policies, power poses and playing the admissions system: it's the TES podcast - Times Educational Supplement | TES Cut teaching hours to ease the recruitment crisis, Pisa chief advises - Times Educational Supplement | TES NCG rated 'good' by Ofsted after four-month wait - Times Educational Supplement | TES TES FE Awards: 'We were thrilled and humbled by the recognition we received' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Conservative minister with grammar schools ‘concerns’ quits government - Schools Week Academy trust ordered to close private company sponsor after EFA investigation - Schools Week Westminster Kingsway name change rejected, but others find loophole - FE Week Advanced learner loan growth requests delayed as demand spikes - FE Week Bigger is better for sixth forms - FE Week NCG finally gets ‘good’ Ofsted after four month standoff - FE Week Shock threat of Ofsted ‘civil action’ - FE Week SATs set for major review after schools threatened to boycott tough new exams - Mirror British universities prepare to open campuses in Europe after Brexit to keep hold of EU students and funding - Mail Controversial black Oxford University scholar admits wanting to ‘whip white people’ - Express Norway scores highest for international student satisfaction - PIE News Angela Rayner: Labour will put equality and opportunity at the heart of our education system - PoliticsHome Welsh university tuition fees pegged at £9,000 - BBC Donor resigns over Chinese 'political' links scrutiny - University World News I’VE STARTED SO I’LL FINISH – UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE WITH BREEAM IN-USE PILOT - FE News CONEL agrees deal with Whittington Health to train up to 85 apprentices - FE News The 19 best universities in Europe - Independent Brexit: UK universities consider EU branches - BBC Primary school forced to back down on controversial rule ordering children to walk with hands behind back - Telegraph Proliferation of universities brings mixed fortunes - University World News Bertrand Mbatchi takes 2016 quality assurance award - University World News Plan to open universities to their 'surroundings' - University World News Reform 'puts student disability support in doubt' - University World News Business calls for rectors to be elected by boards - University World News The importance of moral leadership at universities - University World News Data-intensive research capacity boosted ahead of SKA - University World News The long battle against academic corruption - University World News Ethics and the developmental university - University World News Public universities are facing a time of crisis - University World News Ukraine and Russia dropped from medical studies list - University World News Robert Mugabe's wife to build a university in his name - University World News Facing up to international students who cheat - University World News School's retreat over Afro braids ban hailed as 'victory for all black and ethnic minority students' - Independent Lecturers hold second strike to claim pay arrears - University World News Deliver on Careers Advice with WorldSkills UK - FE News Universities' role in providing ethical leadership - University World News Teaching business ethics - University World News African research universities to create hub of expertise - University World News Ten principles to guide ethical internationalisation - University World News Controversy over university entrance tests cancellation - University World News Online 'micro-masters' programmes extend their reach - University World News Student loans board demands repayments from 1985 - University World News British universities plan to open campuses across the EU - Telegraph THE's global university ranking favours US and UK - University World News The AoC has a right to defend its members - FE Week University of Aberdeen staff face compulsory redundancies - BBC Dutch universities: British students should seriously consider studying in the Netherlands, 9 reasons why - Independent Thousands of kids to receive Gaelic lessons after Government grant - Scotsman Academies encouraged to open selective schools - BBC Why you should contribute to the LIFES inquiry - FE Week More grammar schools ‘will lead to worse results’ - Times Sri Lanka bans schools from imposing dress codes on parents - BBC Oxford University accused of 'elitism and snobbery' for bitter complaints about PM's plan for unis to sponsor struggling state schools - Mail More grammar schools 'likely to widen attainment gap between rich and poor' - Mail Shock threat of Ofsted ‘civil action’ - FE Week What makes a brilliant board of governors? - Guardian Bigger is better for sixth forms - FE Week Isn’t time we focused on what matters – schools in which staff, students and families feel they belong? - IOE London Blog How Tech-Savvy Students Tackle The Job Market - Huffington Post Westminster Kingsway name change rejected, but others find loophole - FE Week Watchdog: All schools should take trainees to solve student teacher crisis - Herald Scotland Advanced learner loan growth requests delayed as demand spikes - FE Week NCG finally gets ‘good’ Ofsted after four month standoff - FE Week University mental health services face strain as demand rises 50% - Guardian Non-white schoolchildren asked to provide proof they are not asylum seekers - Independent More support call for children with special needs - BBC Activist behind Oxford University 'Rhodes Must Fall' campaign says he 'should have whipped' white student - Telegraph Converge Challenge unveils winning university start-ups - Scotsman Virtual Institute for Higher Education in Africa reopens - University World News The reward for good teaching in universities? We can push learners deeper into debt - Guardian Why can’t our leaders learn from 30 years of failure in health and education? | John Quiggin - Guardian Theresa May’s grammar schools plan based on ‘no evidence’, warns biggest study of existing schools - Independent Class action - BBC Theresa May's grammar school claims disproved by new study - Guardian Grammar school quotas for poorest pupils will not boost social mobility overall, study finds - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sats: MPs launch inquiry after upheaval of this year's tougher tests - Times Educational Supplement | TES Concerns raised over new Durand boarding head's conduct case - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Severe' teacher recruitment crisis is hitting pupils' results, heads warn - Times Educational Supplement | TES Admissions overload 'risks schools playing the system' - Times Educational Supplement | TES AoC launches legal challenge over 'unviable' school sixth form - Times Educational Supplement | TES EPI grammar schools report: the 7 key findings - Schools Week New grammar schools will not increase social mobility, report finds - Schools Week DfE admits to alternative provision failures - Schools Week Former Lilac Sky CEO disputes revised accounts - Schools Week Financial investigation into Bright Tribe trust remains ‘hidden’ by education secretary - Schools Week Grammar schools expansion 'could dumb them down' - BBC Inquiry follows primary assessment ‘chaos’ - Schools Week Prep school exaggerated 11-plus results - Schools Week Pupils who were not white British told to send in birthplace data - Schools Week Watchdog: All schools should take trainees - Herald Scotland