News archive for 9th August 2017

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Next step is to prove exam results are not a blip - Scotsman Academies land and buildings collection tool - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA update: August 2017 - Education & Skills Funding Agency National Apprenticeship Awards 2017 - regional finalists announced - Education & Skills Funding Agency LRS: monthly headline report - Education & Skills Funding Agency Are you a current Functional Skills maths teacher? - Ofqual Removing key skills criteria - Ofqual Mainstream free school revenue funding - DfE MillionPlus comment on the National Student Survey results - MillionPlus Post-16 education – a giant glitter globe? - AoC | Association of Colleges What does the National Student Survey tell us this year? - Universities UK National Student Survey shows high level of satisfaction - Universities UK 2017 National Student Survey - Russell Group What have we learned from the new (and improved) NSS? - Wonkhe A bruising boycott for the Russell Group - Wonkhe Team Wonkhe slack chat: the NSS - Wonkhe Cambridge Regional College is STEM College of the Year - Cambridge Network The teacher's book in which characters literally leap off the page - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ten of the best university scholarships and incentives in 2017 - Telegraph Former Birmingham governor Waseem Yaqub banned from running schools - Schools Week Are two degrees really better than one? - Telegraph What not to do in the run up to getting your exam results - Huffington Post Australia: 18% growth in economic value of int’l education hides future worries - PIE News Government announcement on expansion of undergraduate medical education: HEFCE response - HEFCE Daily roundup 9 August: School exclusions, stop and search, and London stabbing - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Violent incidents on the rise at secure training centre - CYPN | Children & Young People Now New non-levy procurement launched - FE News Are you a current Functional Skills maths teacher? - FE News Measuring two-year retention post-16: what does it show? - Education Datalab School’s out for summer - time to consider teaching - Huffington Post Closing the gap? - The Staffroom LSE statement on 2017 NSS results - London School of Economics | LSE We know how to close the attainment gap – but government and schools must commit to it - Schools Week Training pupils to hold classroom discussions 'boosts the quality of their questions' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Entire class fails Higher media course for second year - Herald Scotland National Apprenticeship Awards 2017 - regional finalists announced - FE News USA: Professor says students should choose own grades to help reduce stress - Independent Kids Planet buys nursery number 20 - Nursery World Releasing SATs marking guidance ‘would increase teacher workload’, claim ministers - Schools Week Don't panic! Advice for parents on how to handle A-level Results Day - Telegraph How does Adjustment work and should I use it if I did better than expected? - Telegraph 100th nursery gains paediatric first aid award - Nursery World Why do teachers stay in the profession? Clue: it's not for the pay - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sats: Publishing markers' guidance 'risks adding to teacher stress' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Second whole-class failure of Inverness College media exam - BBC USA: Teenage pregnancy in the US is at an all-time low. Trump could soon change that - Guardian National Student Survey shows high level of satisfaction - FE News Apprenticeship Levy: unanswered questions remain - FE News Mental health: 'Inadequate' provision leaves teachers at wits' end - Times Educational Supplement | TES The employer knows better than the ‘man from the ministry’ - FE Week Confusion reigns over new rules for independent coursework reviews - Schools Week DYW Glasgow celebrate career path diversity #NoWrongPath - Edge Foundation Councils at ‘breaking point’ over children’s social care cuts, LGA warns - PoliticsHome State school pupils make waves in Fastnet race - BBC Going to university at the age of 37 - Times Higher Education | THE The big education lesson from Finland? Trust your teachers | John Hart - Guardian 2VCs on...how do we take the pressure off young academics? - Guardian Record numbers from deprived areas win a place at university - Scotsman Medical school places to increase next year - BBC Register for success - FE News Students satisfied with degree courses, poll suggests - BBC Porn blamed as hundreds of pupils aged as young as five are excluded from school for sex offences - Mail Languages under pressure as pupils shun German and French - Herald Scotland Higher Education: Record rise of deprived students - Herald Scotland Children as young as five being excluded for 'sexual misconduct' - Independent Pupils toast their results as achievements stay stable - Herald Scotland Graduates are paying £18,000 extra on their student loans because outdated measure of inflation is being used to calculate interest - Mail Children as young as 5 have been excluded for sexual misconduct - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hard work pays off and delights thousands of students as the result of all their graft comes to fruition - Herald Scotland Student satisfaction levels fall amid nationwide protest against rising tuition fees - Independent Children as young as five among hundreds of pupils being expelled for watching porn - Express Colleges top National Student Survey satisfaction ratings - Times Educational Supplement | TES English schools excluded 700 children for sexual misconduct in past four years - Guardian Primary school porn epidemic sees children as young as five being expelled, NSPCC warns - Telegraph Two of Britain’s leading universities fall well below benchmark for student satisfaction, survey finds - Telegraph Row over future of National 4 looms despite results day relief for pupils, ministers and exam officials - Herald Scotland Teachers' leader calls for scrapping of controversial qualification - Herald Scotland Pupils aged five excluded for sexual misdemeanours - Times University rankings thrown into doubt by National Student Survey boycott - Times Scotland: Concern at decline in number of pupils entered for exams - Times Scotland: Chef apprenticeships to ease staffing crisis - Times Ireland: Gang fleeces students with fake accommodation offers - Times