News archive for 1st December 2017

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Southampton University in new pay row - BBC 10 low impact activities to do less of – or stop altogether - Teacherhead Vice-chancellor of Southampton university in new pay row - Financial Times Southampton says post-Brexit strategy justifies vice-chancellor's £433,000 pay - Guardian Three-quarters of teachers 'want social media etiquette to be taught in school' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Non-levy tendering funding decisions to be revealed next week - FE Week The day Justine Greening visited the Tes school of the year - Times Educational Supplement | TES Shared understanding for teaching excellence and student success - HEA Government rejects call to hand councils academy powers - CYPN | Children & Young People Now IOE researchers develop database for early years measures - IOE London Blog Children as young as three grouped by ‘ability’ for high-stakes tests - IOE London Blog Work to develop knowledge exchange comparison framework gets under way - HEFCE Second highest number of acceptances for nursing courses, despite fall in applications - UCAS Call for youth workers to receive hate crime training - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Ofsted Watch: Success for colleges but ITP rated ‘inadequate’ - FE Week ESFA e-bulletin: 1 December 2017 (issue 197) - Education & Skills Funding Agency National Apprenticeship Awards 2017 national finalists announced - Education & Skills Funding Agency School land: decisions about disposals - Education & Skills Funding Agency Nick Gibb: Importance of core knowledge sees return of textbooks - DfE Education Secretary visits School of the Year - DfE Ofqual’s approach to external quality assurance - Ofqual Vocational and technical qualifications: the regulator's perspective - Ofqual Academy trusts: notices about poor performance - DfE The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to attend BBC-curated Children’s Global Media Summit - Primary Times Controversial University of Southampton vice-chancellor now on £433,000 a year - UCU Stephen Timms MP: If the Government is serious about tackling injustice, a step change is needed in its approach to the early years - PoliticsHome Threat to researchers’ data prompts “at risk” register of endangered digital species - Jisc Europe’s ambition to double Erasmus+, boost language skills - PIE News Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 1 December 2017 - Pearson Daily roundup 1 December: Grouping, 'open relationship', and fast food - CYPN | Children & Young People Now DfE announces further £45m for SEND reforms - CYPN | Children & Young People Now In the news: 1 December 2017 - UCU What’s our biggest blind spot in education? - Headteachers' Roundtable MillionPlus welcomes the Knowledge Exchange Framework technical group - MillionPlus Oxford University raises £750m from biggest bond issue - BBC Children as young as three are grouped by ‘ability’ to prepare for Phonics Screening Check and Key stage 1 SATs - National Education Union Vocational and technical qualifications: the regulator's perspective - FE News LERU economic impact - Russell Group Independent evaluation of the Literacy Octopus suggests more effective ways for research evidence to impact on classroom practice and pupil outcomes - NFER What will the PIRLS results tell us about reading in England and Northern Ireland? - NFER Five things you should know about HIV - ATL Ofqual’s approach to external quality assurance - FE News Official forecasts for future student numbers cut by 125,000 – or more than 10% - HEPI National Apprenticeship Awards 2017 national finalists announced - FE News Little people matter too - Learning & Work Institute Apprenticeship end-point assessments: a guide for employers - FE News Government delays on subcontracting charges - FE Week Plans to stop takeaways opening near schools to cut childhood obesity - Nursery World University admissions officers rate IB Diploma Programme as the best pathway for university preparation - FE News Weekend Read: Should teachers have a day off for Christmas shopping? - Times Educational Supplement | TES What does the TIMSS 2015 international encyclopedia tell us about how our curriculum and assessment compare with other countries'? - IOE London Blog What *does* improve children’s writing? - The Learning Spy Scottish college spent almost £100K a year on PR - Times Educational Supplement | TES Should we push for our grandson to have an eleven-plus tutor? - Guardian Early years settings urged to take part in 30 hours survey - Nursery World Teacher involvement in research has no impact on pupils' outcomes - Times Educational Supplement | TES Apprenticeship standards left in limbo by IfA red tape - FE Week Muslim student says she was ordered to remove headscarf at McDonald's - Guardian FE sector hits back at 'ignorant' Wilshaw - Times Educational Supplement | TES Early Years Teacher trainees down for a third year - Nursery World Colleges’ Ofsted grades bounce back - FE Week Colleges’ Ofsted bounce-back should be acknowledged - FE Week Closing the tech gender gap starts in childhood - Guardian T-levels: DfE won't consult on 3-month work placements - FE Week What is the VAT status of universities? - Wonkhe Universities enjoying their Monopoly - Wonkhe Student transfers: should I stay or should I go? - Wonkhe The Digital #FutureSchool - Automation, Innovation, Disruption - Independent Head Why the OBR’s forecasts on students must improve - HEPI As a young academic, I was repeatedly sexually harassed at conferences - Guardian Fast food nation: do more takeaways near schools affect younger pupils' diets? - Guardian Children in poor areas exposed to five times as many fast food takeaways - Guardian Education for a healthy democracy - IPPR Scot teaching union blasts plan to break up standards watchdog - Scotsman How schools can support young people with a disfigurement - Schools Week Facial disfigurement charity releases free resources for schools - Schools Week Growing number of teachers on verge of homelessness - Times Educational Supplement | TES Careers in the curriculum – How can we help bring together school and the world of work? - FE News Mythbusting on skills, training, and recruiting foreign workers - City AM Should young children be grouped by ability? - BBC Numbers given extra exam time soaring - BBC Children as young as two are branded 'low ability' at nurseries - Mail Number of pupils given extra time in exams rises by a third in three years - Mail Schools are streaming the youngest children by phonics ability - Schools Week Teachers need to learn about research, says Education Endowment Foundation - Schools Week EEF: Teacher research engagement strategies are ineffective - Schools Week Children as young as two grouped by ability in English nurseries - Guardian ‘International success story is under government attack’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children as young as 3 grouped by 'ability' to prepare for Sats - Times Educational Supplement | TES Rampant ability grouping in primary is ‘necessary evil’ - Schools Week Teenage girls most likely to be getting mental health care - Times Bank of England offers GCSE pupils lessons on daily finances and debt - Times More pupils given extra time to complete their exams - Times