News archive for 25th August 2017

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Exam results gap between state schools and private schools is narrowing, figures show - Telegraph Schools 'will be treated sympathetically' if GCSEs drop - BBC Schools' leaders are warning that Wales' new GCSEs disadvantaged pupils - Wales Online Schools' leaders are warning that Wales' new GCSEs disadvantaged pupils - Wales Online Independent schools concerned over new GCSEs as they worry universities will favour 9s over A*s - Telegraph Pressure rises to take students out of migration target - University World News Eton College's deputy headmaster leaves school following investigation into exam security breach - Telegraph Cardiff university named as one of the world's top 100 - Wales Online Government outlines single awarding organisation plan for prisons - FE Week Schools should be wary of teaching mindfulness to children, professor says - Telegraph This Welsh university has been named as one of the world's top 100 - Wales Online Disabled student can pass journalism course after SQA U-turn - Scotsman It’s a myth that boys have beaten girls in A-level results - The Conversation George Osborne tears into Theresa May over foreign students blunder - PoliticsHome Daily roundup 25 August: School nurses, secure placement, and mermaid tails - CYPN | Children & Young People Now As GCSE reforms take their toll, it is vital that young people have better access to mental health services - Telegraph In the news: 25 August 2017 - UCU Online safety resources - NAHT UCAS daily clearing updates - UCAS ESFA: Inform - Education & Skills Funding Agency Individualised Learner Record (ILR): check that data is accurate - Education & Skills Funding Agency The University of the Living Dead: zombie leadership is alive (?) and well - Wonkhe Review: HE strategy and planning – a professional guide - Wonkhe Overall NEET rates continue to fall but should we be concerned about the rise in 16 to 18 year olds who are NET as well as NEET? - Education Datalab ATL comment on GCSE results - ATL New Insights on WP: Evaluation - HEPI ESFA notification of AEB outcomes - AELP Performance management in schools - Teacher Development Trust | TDT 'I was put in for an exam early and walked out' - Abbie Wightwick - Wales Online Ofsted watch: A quiet summer of good news - FE Week GCSEs will not define your success - or failure - Huffington Post Research round-up 25 August 2017 - NAHT Clearing should offer a second chance – even for the most competitive courses - Guardian Eton teacher leaves school after 'breach of exam security' - Guardian Missing A-level papers 'affected Liverpool students' grades' - BBC Policy Tracker - what happened in the world of education in August 2017 - Pearson Put UK universities at the centre of free trade deals - University World News Learning to learn could be built into online courses - University World News How can Latin America-UK HE ties develop post-Brexit? - University World News Maths teachers hit out at 'extraordinary' funding decision - BBC George Osborne urges Tory MPs to rebel over foreign students - Guardian Policy Eye - highlights of week ending Friday 25 August 2017 - Pearson Royal High luxury hotel plans recommended for refusal - Scotsman Ignore the panic. There’s little point learning languages at school | Simon Jenkins - Guardian Nursery tackles high pollution levels - Nursery World Children's mental health: it’s time to put wellbeing on the curriculum - Guardian Going to university seemed impossible without a home or parents to help me - Guardian Teenagers who sat GCSEs just weeks after being injured in Manchester Arena attack celebrate top grades - Telegraph Cambridge University launch course centered on Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen - Independent Europe emerges as popular study destination for students - University World News GCSE exam you only need 18 per cent to pass: Fears that grades are being 'given away' in maths test - Mail Top UK universities to set up own entry examinations - University World News Is a PhD the path to a grad job? Ask the waitress with several degrees - Guardian School nurse shortage 'putting children's lives at risk' - Guardian The new-style GCSEs show why politicians must do more explaining | Anne McElvoy - Guardian Theresa May must back down over foreign student numbers - City AM 'Disturbing' gender pay gap in headteacher salaries - Times Educational Supplement | TES Revealed: Scottish universities "appalling" record on gender equality amongst academics - Herald Scotland Analysis: Women academics "keeping their heads above water" - Herald Scotland Almost all foreign students leave Britain on time - Times GCSEs 2017: Free schools beat national average - Times GCSEs 2017: pupils beat deafness, language barrier and terrorism - Times Ireland: Trinity College beats Harvard for beauty - Times GCSEs 2017: maths pass mark cut to 15% so enough pupils make the grade - Times Pupils 'put at risk by falling number of school nurses' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Attainment rate falls as new qualifications struggle for credibility - Times Educational Supplement | TES The secret to improving Ofsted? Get rid of grades, says Coffield - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Unstable wall blamed for schoolgirl Keane Wallis-Bennett’s death - Times Scotland: Students want vote on principals’ pay - Times GCSEs 2017: girls on top as high-flyers leave boys lagging again - Times GCSEs 2017: decline in languages gathers speed - Times