News archive for 11th April 2017

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Parents facing fines over term-time holidays considering class action against councils who misled them, law firm reveals - Telegraph Professor Julius Weinberg appointed next Chair of Ofsted - FE News Scotland’s college lecturers to strike over pay row - Scotsman Student loan interest rate set to rise by a third after UK inflation surge - Guardian REAch2’s spin-off academy trust renamed Astrea - Schools Week Teachers 'need training to spot honour-based abuse' - BBC Girls' cancer jab could help also boys, say teachers - BBC FE principal: Education needs to 'be better' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Less than half UK teachers say they have received training to spot signs of forced marriage - Independent Why parents who try to help with maths homework might not be doing any good - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Third of Scots children’ have experienced racism, warns charity - Scotsman Former university leader appointed new Ofsted chair - Schools Week Scottish college lecturers back strike action - Times Educational Supplement | TES Former university VC appointed Ofsted's next chair - Times Educational Supplement | TES New Ofsted chair unveiled - FE Week How universities can use learning analytics to boost fair access and retention - Jisc Teaching maths in the morning improves results - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher duties ‘more challenging than ever’: staff must combat hate crime, breast ironing and honour-based abuse - Times Educational Supplement | TES Students believe cutting international student figures will damage their degrees, NUS research finds - Huffington Post Teach safe sex to protect boys from cancer-causing HPV, says union - Schools Week Ministers spend five times the going rate on free school sites - Evening Standard Hungary president moves to force George Soros-funded university out of country - Express All pupils should be able to study English literature at GCSE, argues a teacher - Wales Online Outstanding Ofsted verdict for private apprenticeships provider - FE Week Nearly 50,000 foreign students stay in the UK every year after completing their course - Mail ‘A unified voice terrifies the government,’ says teachers’ union leader - Guardian Don’t believe the hype – grammar schools won’t increase social mobility | Fiona Millar - Guardian An inspector calls: is it time for a rethink on Ofsted visits? - Guardian Schools battle to support special needs as teaching assistants lose jobs - Guardian Marco Gori: Pro-EU young need to talk the talk - Scotsman Early Years Capital Fund - Education & Skills Funding Agency Supporting early years providers to run sustainable businesses - DfE 9 to 1 GCSE grading webinar March 2017 - Ofqual Nick Gibb: England’s education reforms - DfE New Ofsted Chair announced - Ofsted Ofsted welcomes new Chair - Ofsted Speech by Shelagh Hirst, ATL president, Annual Conference in Liverpool 2017 - ATL Panorama opportunity: Education funding crisis - Voice Funding for bioscience - Russell Group Daily Mail article on international students: refuting misleading claims - Universities UK MillionPlus welcomes confirmation of funding for second phase of the Degree Apprenticeship Development Fund - MillionPlus Teacher assessment of writing: remove “secure fit” and change the teacher assessment frameworks - NAHT It’s morally wrong to impose class expectations on university access - Villiers Park Educational Trust Government announces £50m childcare investment ahead of 30 hours policy - PoliticsHome Philippine TNE: 10 universities to forge UK ties - PIE News Families to benefit from £55 million boost to childcare schemes - DfE Here's how to meet the skills needs of future generations - Training Journal Report on student retention and success launched as non-continuation rate rises for second year running - HEA Lacking creativity: Industrial strategy and the arts - Wonkhe Your Starter for Ten: a one-dimensional picture of universities - Wonkhe Another vital university ranking: Ancient is still best - Wonkhe Malala Yousafzai made youngest UN Messenger of Peace - BBC An increase in students subjected to hate crime and speech in the last year - FE News Lesson observation records: A plea to box makers and their tickers - FE News Progress on closing the gap on fair university access - Herald Scotland City college fights to keep £3m - Herald Scotland Tories race to fulfil childcare pledge - Guardian Teachers trained via school-led routes more likely to go into classroom - Schools Week Increase in school-based trainee teachers 'could ease recruitment crisis' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Snapchat and Facebook make it easier for pupils to abuse each other, teachers warn - Schools Week Pupils subjected to hate crime and speech while at school - ATL poll - ATL Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills - Times Educational Supplement | TES