News archive for 14th August 2017

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Top universities in clearing free-for-all as they desperately try to fill courses: Institutions lower entry requirements after dip in the number of applications - Mail Learndirect faces collapse after privatised firm's failed bid to suppress damning report - Mirror 13 new sets of twins set to start school in Inverclyde - Scotsman Sandhurst chief says army needs character not university degrees - Telegraph Oxford University criticised for vice-chancellor's £116,000 home makeover - Telegraph Tibor Fischer is right - my generation of university students are a bunch of snowflakes - Telegraph Learndirect branded inadequate in Ofsted report it tried to suppress - Guardian UK education is eroded by the Ebacc, academies and tuition fees | Letters - Guardian Durand: DfE pushing on with termination of funding despite High Court quashing Ofsted report - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools should be able to challenge Ofsted inspectors if their conclusions are 'defective', high court judge says - Telegraph Rejected appeal application looks like the beginning of the end for Learndirect - FE Week Tes FE Podcast: SEND, student support and the WorldSkills curriculum - Times Educational Supplement | TES Two fallacies to avoid - The Learning Spy A-level results 2017: How Schools Week will report the day and what to look out for - Schools Week Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds continue to struggle to reach their full potential - sector response - FE News High Court ruling threatens Ofsted’s ability to publish negative reports - Schools Week The Prevent duty is about relationships, so integrate it into pastoral support - HEFCE Poorer students’ subject choices may be putting them at a disadvantage, study finds - IOE London Blog The National Archives commits to apprenticeships as part of plan to ramp up digital headcount - Public Technology Daily roundup 14 August: Left-handed children, child poverty, SEND inspection - CYPN | Children & Young People Now University drops world's oldest erotic novel written in English from curriculum - Telegraph Progress on youth unemployment stalls as 12 month NEET numbers increase - The Staffroom Money’s too tight to mention – but not for students getting financial rewards for good grades! - Leeds Beckett University Can we compare the A-Level performance of independent schools and state schools? - Education Datalab Meeting tomorrow’s lawyers - Sutton Trust GCSE and A-level results: it’s not just the grades that matter - The Conversation AoC responds to Teach First report - AoC | Association of Colleges 'Bring Berocca' – top tips on what to pack for university - Guardian A-Level results 2017 - FE Week Individualised Learner Record (ILR): check that data is accurate - Education & Skills Funding Agency When you need plan B: ten reasons to use clearing - UCAS Ofsted websites maintenance work: Saturday and Sunday 19 and 20 August - Ofsted Where next for widening participation and fair access? New insights from leading thinkers - HEPI Teach First report on access to university - Russell Group Cutting through the spin – we can do public accountability better than TEF - Wonkhe A-level results 2017: Stories from secondary moderns - Schools Week A-Level Results: What should I do if I don’t like my degree?   - Telegraph University unconditional offers - Russell Group Ucas Clearing 2017: How to apply and how does it work? - Telegraph When is A-Level results day 2017,  what time can I collect my grades and what happens if I fail an exam? - Telegraph A-levels: Private schools outperform similar state schools on pupil progress - Times Educational Supplement | TES More than half of last year's Oxbridge entrants came from state schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Unions help open up apprenticeships to everyone - Unionlearn 250,000 Scots pupils eligible for free school meals - Scotsman Over 1,600 jobs at risk after Learndirect fails bid to overturn Ofsted ‘inadequate’ - FE Week Clearing: you've found a course, now here's how to find a home - Guardian Students pressured to go to university - FE News Apprentices at exam results time - FE News University chiefs are doubling cost of courses while inflating their pay packets, Lord Adonis suggests - Telegraph Students spend just one hour deciding future in university clearing process - FE News 'It's easier if you're middle class': first-generation students on going to uni - Guardian Clearing: how to get your university place - Huffington Post Where next for widening participation and fair access? New insights from leading thinkers - FE News Starting an English degree: Advice from a former Exeter student - Telegraph Arrogant Ofsted tried to destroy us, says head of academy after legal victory - Evening Standard University clearing and adjustment: It is time to stop the bun fight - Independent Judge: Durand management may have taken ‘eye off the ball’ over EFA squabble - Schools Week Widening access to higher education and part-time learning go hand-in-hand - FE News Left-handed children 'penalised' by lack of support at school - Times Educational Supplement | TES State school pupils have 'reduced chance' of winning Oxbridge places as they apply to oversubscribed courses - Independent Family of murdered teacher Ann Maguire lose legal battle to have pupils' evidence heard - Times Educational Supplement | TES Just one in five students in the country’s poorest communities will make it to university - Teach First Local partnership to futureproof skilled trades - FE News Five tips to help students on results day - Guardian Give more freedom to state schools, says top Headmaster - Scotsman The Prevent duty is about relationships, so integrate it into pastoral support - Guardian Left-handed children 'penalised' by lack of support in UK schools - Guardian Nervous universities await clearing as student applications fall - Guardian Left-handed children 'penalised as ministers lack information on scale of issue' - Mail Bullying boil has still to be lanced - Scotsman School bullying biggest worry for parents, says charity - Scotsman How to deliver fantastic community learning - FE News Left-handed children 'still penalised' because teachers fail to spot signs they are struggling and do not know how to help them - Mail Vulnerable children not in crisis are 'left in limbo' - BBC Exam body launches investigation into top state school - Herald Scotland Jo Johnson defends 'fair and equitable' tuition fees and student loans - Guardian Study highlights wealth gap in university access - BBC Government not doing enough to prevent left-handed pupils being left behind, campaigners warn - Telegraph Nearly half of girls have blocked social media users after suffering abuse, survey finds - Telegraph Almost a third of male teachers think Stem careers are more for boys than girls, survey finds - Times Educational Supplement | TES One in 20 go to university in the poorest areas - Times Educational Supplement | TES Climbdown on tougher grades ‘ruins’ exam reform - Times Oxford faces questions over vice-chancellor’s home makeover - Times Oxford University’s ethnic-minority graduates start on higher salaries - Times Hijab girl in children’s books ‘is sexualising four-year-olds’ - Times Scotland: Police called to schools weekly as pupils carry deadly weapons - Times Scotland: Poor students losing out as schools offer fewer subjects - Times