News archive for 7th August 2017

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Alistair Jarvis is the new Chief Executive of Universities UK - FE News Students sue Oxford for discrimination amid surge in mental health claims against universities - Telegraph One in five children with special needs left in limbo without secondary school place - Independent When do A-Level 2017 results come out? The date to get your grades and what to do next - Mirror New EBacc measure 'might as well be called Attainment 6' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils who learn in second language ‘catch up on listening skills within a year' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Heavy workload stalls teachers' career progression, survey finds - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools funding arrangements 2017 to 2018 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Individualised Learner Record (ILR): sources of data - Education & Skills Funding Agency Universities UK response to Sunday Times article on international student recruitment - Universities UK Alistair Jarvis appointed Chief Executive of Universities UK - Universities UK International applications - Russell Group Career progression in the further education and training sector - NFER Measuring teaching intensity: the authors respond to the critics - HEPI What the Sunday Times got wrong on ‘crowding out’ British students - Wonkhe Contracts, complaints and unintended consequences - Wonkhe New research published into career progression trends in Further Education - Education & Training Foundation | ETF How teachers can benefit from online tutoring - Edmodo The path to higher education: obstacles remain for the disadvantaged - EPI Disadvantaged students still less mobile, despite gains - PIE News Clearing advice straight from the students’ mouths - Leeds Beckett University China: New impact tracker for HEA Certificate programme at Nankai University - HEA Do universities take foreign students ahead of British? A look at some facts - HEFCE “Generation Z naturally collaborate”: games legend Ian Livingstone on opening a school - New Statesman Daily roundup 7 August: Data protection, Prevent, and internet overuse - CYPN | Children & Young People Now British Sign Language will count as 'foreign language' for university applicants - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'I could have got a better degree': readers on working while studying at university - Guardian Are you waiting for your A-level results? Share your thoughts with us - Guardian Private tutoring agency offers free advice for A-Level results day 2017 - FE News New research published into career progression trends in Further Education - FE News We mustn’t restrict employer choice with the latest non-levy procurement - FE News What matters is what works - FE News The opportunity of apprenticeships must be open to all - FE News Lack of confidence big factor in successful apprenticeship delivery, new survey reveals - FE News The tuition fees cap must be lifted for two year degrees if they are to succeed - Telegraph Ofsted watch: Private provider loses ‘outstanding’ rating - FE Week UCAS Clearing 2017: How students found their university when all other avenues closed - Telegraph 2016-17 HESA data checking tool - HEFCE 2016-17 ILR data checking tool - HEFCE Let’s restrict the number of privately educated people in Britain’s elite | Ellie Mae O’Hagan - Guardian Kirsty Gunn: How can so many be first class when we live in an upper-second world? - Scotsman Patrick Brazier becomes Chief Executive - Education Development Trust | EDT Dispelling the myths around elite universities - Times Higher Education | THE Students are still afraid to report sexual assault - Times Higher Education | THE Transgender children: Preparing for puberty - BBC The Real Schools Guide 2017: All state secondary schools in Wales rated and ranked - Wales Online Britons losing out as universities pick foreign students: Top institutions accused of being a 'money-making racket' after cutting intake of undergraduates from the UK - Mail Dundee rises to new University Challenge - Herald Scotland Struggling nurseries told to do parents' ironing and use volunteers - Nursery World 30 hours take-up exceeds forecast in York, study shows - Nursery World More graduates seek a second degree to boost job prospects - Times Social media turn children into addicts, says watchdog - Times University chief living in luxury as staff face the axe - Times