News archive for 3rd August 2017

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Do ask, do tell: why quality data is key to improving the student experience - HEFCE Disadvantaged pupils 'falling further behind', study finds - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Final area review reports published - AoC | Association of Colleges USA: college counsellors less confident advising international students - PIE News Top universities write to Theresa May urging rethink on EU citizens offer - PoliticsHome Attainment gap between poorest pupils widens since 2007, report finds - PoliticsHome What might EBacc average points scores look like? - Education Datalab ‘Regional disparity of disadvantaged pupils’ – expert reaction to new EPI report - Education Media Centre | EMC NEET numbers increase as progress on youth unemployment stalls - FE News Area reviews: 15 reports and recommendations for colleges published - Times Educational Supplement | TES Safeguarding EU nationals - Russell Group Widening participation - Russell Group Widening participation statistics - Russell Group ATL comment on EPI report on gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers - ATL Colleges briefed on apprenticeship levy - Cambridge Network Marking the TEF creative writing challenge - Wonkhe Response to widening participation in higher education statistics - Universities UK With the end of area reviews, now colleges can get on with the real business - AoC | Association of Colleges NASUWT comments on EPI 'Closing the Gap' report - NASUWT English Baccalaureate: eligible qualifications list - NAHT Building up a library of neuroscience resources - NAHT EPI report on educational attainment gap - NUT UK’s leading universities demand Brexit clarifications - Scotsman OFFA comment on Department for Education widening participation statistics - OFFA Further education area reviews: policy and reports - DfE Widening participation in higher education: 2017 - DfE Children’s services omnibus - DfE Supporting mental health in schools and colleges - DfE School funding and pupil outcomes review - DfE Extended activity provision in secondary schools - DfE Developing character skills in schools - DfE ILR specification, validation rules and appendices 2017 to 2018 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Safeguarding and radicalisation - DfE ESFA e-bulletin: 3 August 2017 (issue 181) - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA e-bulletin - Education & Skills Funding Agency LRS portal: maintenance schedule - Education & Skills Funding Agency SFA financial assurance: funding assurance review programmes - Education & Skills Funding Agency ILR data: check that it meets standards and quality requirements - Education & Skills Funding Agency Removing key skills criteria - Ofqual Individualised Learner Record (ILR): sources of data - Education & Skills Funding Agency Diversity drive at top universities is failing, as official figures reveal largest ever gap between state and private school students - Telegraph When are GCSE and A-Level results days 2017? Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2017/08/03/when-are-gcse-and-a-level-results-days-2017-6825986/#ixzz4olVEFFlw - Metro Former education secretary demands answers about HMRC's Childcare Service - Nursery World Top universities make brazen Brexit demands as it says students are ‘concerned’ - Express Stop the 'gravy train', Oxford bursar says as he attacks his own university over vice-Chancellor pay - Telegraph Universities stop spying on their students? Now that’s a radical idea | Giles Fraser | Loose canon - Guardian Half of students experiencing mental health issues over money worries, new research claims - Huffington Post New career management quality alliance established - to push for inclusive careers strategy - Montrose42 Student Loans Company comes under graduate fire, plus house prices stabilise - Guardian Timber from US cotton mill used in Glasgow art school rebuild - Scotsman Area review waves four and five recommendations published - FE Week CEO pay packages, can they be controlled? - FE News Is extending school hours a good idea? Here’s what the new government research says… - Schools Week Optional equality and diversity fields report: Analysis of religion and belief, sexual orientation and gender identity fields for 2015-16 entrants - HEFCE New research finds childcare has poor record on minimum wage - Nursery World UK universities need urgent Brexit 'clarity' from ministers - BBC Think tank argues it is taking 'too long' to close attainment gap - Nursery World Concern raised over non-levy funding media and press release DFE sign off - FE News UK urged to stop funding 'ineffective and unsustainable' Bridge schools - Guardian Widening participation in higher education and the attainment gap - sector response - FE News Funding cuts block schools from delivering mental health support - Schools Week DfE call for £600-a-day assessment consultants branded ‘recipe for failure’ - FE Week Teachers fear compulsory extended school days would damage pupils' family life - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools 'overzealous' in reporting radicalisation fears - Times Educational Supplement | TES Local authorities are failing to monitor outcomes of pupils with SEND - Times Educational Supplement | TES Poorest pupils 'two years behind when they sit GCSEs' - BBC University access gap between poor pupils and their peers widens - Schools Week Are you worried about how your family will afford the summer holidays? - Guardian Giving schools extra money only boosts attainment by a ‘fraction’, DfE study finds - Schools Week University of Northampton's new Waterside campus (video) - BBC Extra funding for schools only leads to 'modest' attainment boost - Times Educational Supplement | TES Just 1 in 6 schools have character education plan despite £10m funding - Schools Week Schools lack time to build pupils' character, research shows - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Cutbacks' and four other signs school mental health provision isn't working - Times Educational Supplement | TES Supporting mental health in schools and colleges - FE News University grading errors are more common than you might think - Times Higher Education | THE Guardian seminar – how to deliver top quality degree apprenticeships - Guardian DfE refuses to reveal April apprenticeship starts - FE Week Education and Skills Funding Agency contracting arrangements for the 2017 to 2018 - FE News University libraries need to start putting the student first - Guardian Commonwealth youth work education consortium launches with 16 universities - FE News Closing the gap? Educational attainment and disadvantage - EPI USA: What is a black professor in America allowed to say? - Guardian Disadvantaged pupils 'falling further behind', study finds - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Apprenticeships help unlock tomorrow’s talent for the benefit of anyone, now and for the future - FE News Opportunity areas exclude regions where attainment gap grows fastest, EPI finds - Schools Week Closing attainment gap for disadvantaged pupils will take 50 years - Times Educational Supplement | TES Disadvantaged pupils fall behind despite funding - Times University pressure cooker is about to blow - Times Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills - Times Educational Supplement | TES