News archive for 29th August 2017

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Grammar school faces legal challenge on A-level places - BBC 'Cheating' scandal: Teachers shift blame to exam boards - Telegraph What is HEFCE’s role in regulating senior pay in higher education? - HEFCE USA: Professors cause outrage by lamenting ‘culture of inner-city blacks’ - Times Higher Education | THE New Universities UK Chief Executive urges universities to fight back against misconceptions and misinformation - Universities UK It’s time to tackle the crisis of confidence in our universities - Wonkhe Half of Scots graduates 'underemployed', survey suggests - BBC UK universities chief pushes back against fees and pay critics - Guardian Ofsted complaints to be considered by new independent adjudication service - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE launches £100k tender to independently review complaints against Ofsted - FE Week DfE launches £100k tender to independently review complaints against Ofsted - Schools Week St Olave's teacher: 'Weak students are treated as collateral damage' - Guardian Prince George’s first day of school: Kate and William to walk youngster through gates - Express U-turn welcomed on funding for employees taught outside the workplace - FE Week Accelerating apprenticeship and technical education reform - The Staffroom Gifted children make good TV – but don’t forget their psychological needs - The Conversation Have you lost your sixth-form place due to exam results? - Guardian First ‘low-cost’ private school delays its opening - Schools Week Oxford professor in Trump donation row defends resignation - Guardian Grammar school 'unlawfully threw out' students who failed to get top grades - Guardian 'We need transparency,' say heads campaigning to scrutinise academies system - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2017 - DfE 2019 performance tables: technical and vocational qualifications - DfE New programmes will help people back to work after a career break, boost skills, and close the gender pay gap - FE News New Insights on WP: A behavioural approach - HEPI Brexit talks resume - Russell Group Are MOOCs worth doing? - Studential For these are jolly good Fellows? NTFS and the TEF - Wonkhe UCAS daily clearing updates - 29 August 2017 - UCAS Year 7 pupils make more progress in maths than English - Times Educational Supplement | TES Cardiff school catchment change leaves pupils with '£585 bus bill' - Wales Online Isle of Man bill reopens UK debate on home-schooling - Schools Week Three headteachers told us why they enter pupils a year early for GCSEs - Wales Online Oxford University professor quits Blavatnik school in Donald Trump protest - Guardian 95% of UCL's senior EU researchers headhunted by European universities - Independent RCN flags dangers of huge drop in school nurse numbers - Nursery World How social work education should bring students and care leavers together - Guardian Top private school sets up portacabins for £31,000-a-year boarding pupils to live in - Mirror Nearly half of year 7 pupils make no progress in English - Schools Week How can universities build their brands? - Guardian Universities abroad headhunting 95% of UCL’s top EU researchers, provost says - Guardian Mental health: what can new students do to prepare for university? - Guardian How to prepare for university: dos and don’ts - Guardian Refusal to release academy documents fuels fears DfE 'has something to hide' - Times Educational Supplement | TES STEM subjects are key to cementing our digital standing - FE News Jacinda Ardern says Labour would make tertiary education free in New Zealand - Guardian Taxpayers' £1m-a-year bill to send foreign aid staff's children to top private schools - Mail Prevent scheme 'fosters fear and censorship at universities' - Guardian Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills - Times Educational Supplement | TES Oxford don Bo Rothstein steps down over donor’s Trump link - Times Teachers always cheat, says Ofqual - Times Young people who don’t go to university are being let down too - Times Ireland: Parents hit out at school online payments - Times Mental health fears over lack of counsellors in schools - Herald Scotland