News archive for 18th August 2017

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Vince Cable says SNP free tuition fees policy is unsustainable - Scotsman Further Education colleges play huge part in increasing access to Higher Education - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Wellbeing for postgraduate researchers - HEA Where next for widening participation and fair access? - The Staffroom Dexter compares the different pathways to endless opportunity - Edge Foundation Cambridge University Press blocks readers in China from articles - Guardian UCAS Clearing update: Friday 18 August 2017 - UCAS School land: decisions about disposals - Education & Skills Funding Agency Atypical age admissions letters: funding for local authorities - DfE CIEH are no longer regulated by Ofqual - Ofqual What are university graduates doing now? - Universities UK New Insights on WP: Care leavers and their paths to higher education - HEPI SFCA in the news - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA Social mobility is vital to our prosperity, but we leave it too late by waiting until university to act - Telegraph Learndirect special treatment update: Student protection plan demanded as no contracts are terminated - FE Week China pressures respected journal to censor articles - University World News Thousands of GCSE English candidates could have marks changed due to Shakespeare blunder - Times Educational Supplement | TES USA: Trump could lose honorary law degree after Charlottesville remarks - Guardian New GCSE grading system is 'gibberish' and will cost students jobs, Institute of Directors warns - Telegraph David Willetts defends high pay for university vice-chancellors amid mounting criticism of 'greedy' salaries - Telegraph A-level results day: Record number of students score university places on first day of clearing - Independent HE in FE: 7 things we've learned - Times Educational Supplement | TES Julia Shervington: social mobility is vital to our prosperity - Telegraph Record number of students gain university places through clearing on A-level results day, figures show - Telegraph English and maths retakes: colleges can benefit from more free online text books - FE News USA: Noam Chomsky to start new professorship at University of Arizona - Independent Fewer UK students gain place on degree course, Ucas figures show - Guardian Clearing placements at five-year high, early figures show - BBC Ofsted watch: Two providers crash two grades to inadequate - FE Week Further Education colleges play huge part in increasing access to Higher Education - FE News Elizabeth Stokoe: Four tips for university clearing applications - Scotsman A-level results day 2017 explained in four charts - Independent School leaver in-take on the rise, says Grant Thornton UK LLP - FE News Autumn Learning Rep now available! - Unionlearn Learning Rep - Autumn 2017 Edition - Unionlearn If degree apprenticeships are to widen access, we need to raise awareness | Petra Wilton - Guardian A-level results 2017: Eight things to do if you didn't get the grades you wanted - Independent Clearing: how to book a campus visit - Guardian Beware the temporary academic contract, it's not always as it seems - Guardian Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 18 August 2017 - Pearson Pupils with 'gibberish' new GCSE grades could miss out on jobs, say employers - Times Educational Supplement | TES War of words over poorer Scots’ access to universities - Scotsman Less than a fifth of parents think new GCSE grading system is a 'good idea' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Durand's court victory over Ofsted 'threatens academies programme' - Times Educational Supplement | TES The narrow focus on A-Levels is a disservice to our future prosperity - City AM College reserves drop by £1 billion - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland's new chief inspector wants to get ‘closer to the action’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES SNP councils consider alternatives to controversial schools policy - Herald Scotland A-level pupils drop English and history as big push for science pays off - Times A-level exam results withheld after internet ‘leak’ - Times Boys outperform girls in A level results when coursework carries less clout - Times Michael Gove’s reforms appear to be working - Times A level success for Malala, Grenfell pupils and Syrian refugees - Times Learndirect took £20m profits as standards fell, says Ofsted - Times Let’s keep A levels but scrap outdated GCSEs - Times Scotland: SNP councils go it alone on schools - Times