News archive for 27th April 2017

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India: Pupils write with both hands at school where headteacher insists every child is ambidextrous - Mirror Theresa May's grim Tory propaganda is exposed by the destruction of our education system - Mirror 500 school headteachers write open letter to Theresa May warning education system will collapse under £3bn cuts plan - Mirror Levy launch ‘horror’ story predicted following apprenticeship funding allocations - FE Week The non-levy procurement pause will be “a slaughter of providers” - FE Week Mayoral candidates asked to sign up to commitments on education and skills - UCU The DfE’s newly developed Competency Framework for Professional Clerks - NAHT Ofqual’s position on inter-subject comparability and native speakers in modern foreign languages - NAHT Entrepreneurship for today's school leaders - ASCL Response to passing of the Higher Education and Research Bill - Universities UK How can universities help to attract and retain graduates in North East England? - Universities UK ATL comment on HEPI report of teacher training - ATL Whither Teacher Education and Training?: new HEPI report calls for fresh thinking and practical action now to avoid a crisis in teacher recruitment and training - HEPI Is there a crisis in teacher supply: John Cater talks about his new HEPI report on teacher training (video) - HEPI Be it enacted: The Higher Education and Research Act (2017) - Wonkhe Farewell to JACS, and hello to HECoS - Wonkhe Tories kill off desperate plea to stop them axing nurses' bursaries in Parliament's last vote before the election - Mirror Q490 to 100329 – Understanding the move from JACS to HECoS - Wonkhe New leaders, new approach: a watershed moment for NUS - Wonkhe Condition Improvement Fund: 2017 to 2018 outcome - Education & Skills Funding Agency NUS president-elect Shakira Martin describes how racist treatment motivated her return to studying - Huffington Post 'FE has given me a major second chance' – meet FE's new student leader - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils are 'crying in toilets' and 'breaking down in class' over tougher new GCSEs, warn students and teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES University fee increases pushed through - BBC Rowan Williams urges removal of Holocaust denier's books from university display - Guardian What does the general election mean for universities? | Andy Westwood - Guardian As the new NUS president, I know how vital it is for students to vote | Shakira Martin - Guardian Budding sports news presenters hone their skills at Wembley - Evening Standard One in 10 Kent children fails 11-plus but achieves high Sats results, analysis shows - Times Educational Supplement | TES USA: Harvard 'pausing' investments in some fossil fuels - Guardian Bursaries are vital for the future of nursing | Anonymous - Guardian Overseas aid 'should focus on education', say MPs - BBC The Victorians taught children about consumerism – and we can learn from them too - The Conversation Justine Greening pulls out of NAHT conference - Schools Week Theresa May’s stance on foreign students betrays her weakness | Polly Toynbee - Guardian Exhausted students 'crying in toilets and breaking down in class' over 'unfair' new GCSE grading system - Mirror Limiting new grammars to MATs would avoid 'dead-ends' at 11, says senior MP - Times Educational Supplement | TES Heads back CofE call to ban parents withdrawing children from RE - Schools Week North London colleges' merger called off - FE Week Open new selective schools in MATs only, urges Carmichael - Schools Week Teachers’ student debt should be erased to tackle recruitment crisis, think tank suggests - Huffington Post Welsh school wins prestigious English public speaking contest - Wales Online Special needs school forced to cut length of day to save money amid funding cuts - Independent Former principals named on mayor’s Skills for Londoners taskforce - FE Week Parents should be banned from stopping their children learning about Islam, says Church of England - Independent Social media sites are failing to protect us from porn and bullying, teenagers warn - Huffington Post A little bit of boredom is good for youngsters, says Virginia Blackburn - Express Universities' income up, but money spent on staff down again - UCU New leaders, new approach: a watershed moment for NUS - Wonkhe How can companies cut the UK's class pay gap? - Guardian Daily roundup 27 April: Refugee children, social media, and religious education - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Fewer teachers, more pupils and no more money. Schools are struggling - New Statesman Shadowplay - Education Datalab Sticky politics - Sutton Trust UK: pathway providers unite in policy lobby - PIE News Brexit concerns waning among prospective students, survey suggests - PIE News NUT calls for nursery children to be taught about LGBT issues - Nursery World DFID should spend more of its budget on education, says International Development Committee - FE News Controversial NUS president replaced after labelling university a ‘Zionist outpost’ - Express How parents are removing their children from religious education classes because they do not want them to learn about Islam - Mail V&A museum plans to revive design skills - BBC Dear Robert, the apprenticeship allocation will cut our funding by over 80% - FE Week College lecturers strike across Scotland over pay deal - Scotsman Ban parents from pulling children out of religious education classes, Church of England says - Telegraph John Swinney urges state and private schools to work together - Herald Scotland Pupils say social media sites do not protect them from porn and bullying - Times Educational Supplement | TES Wipe out teachers' student debt after seven years, says thinktank - Guardian ESFA weekly round-up - Issue 356 - FE News University of Glasgow honours life of James McCune Smith - Scotsman Replace bursaries with ‘forgivable fees’ to boost teacher numbers, report claims - Schools Week Scotland: Driving classes for pupils to cut teenage road deaths - Times Chilled-out students let the privileged win - Times Student leader toppled by ‘gatecrasher’ - Times MPs call for bigger share of international aid budget to be spent on education - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Bribing' trainee teachers damages profession, says university vice-chancellor - Times Educational Supplement | TES