News archive for 4th December 2017

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Retired Cambridge University lecturer who made 'sexual and sexist' remarks to 10 female students apologises - Mail Phonics revolution: Reading standards in England are best in a generation, new international test results show  - Telegraph Unemployed parents deserve free childcare more than working families, education select committee chair says - Telegraph Views sought on early years education for disadvantaged children - DfE Free early years entitlement for 2 year olds under Universal Credit - DfE Letters to academy trusts about levels of executive pay - Education & Skills Funding Agency Jewish teacher wins tribunal after she was sacked for living with her boyfriend   - Telegraph Southampton University admits vice-chancellor was on pay panel - Guardian Special interview: Minister speaks to FE Week about careers strategy - FE Week Robert Halfon: Consolidate the UK’s ‘duplicated’ careers services - FE Week Pupils go to parents, teachers and friends for careers advice – not to careers consultants, research shows - Times Educational Supplement | TES The government launches its long-awaited careers strategy - ERSA Labour urges action on youth knife crime - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Daily roundup 4 December: Part-time jobs, free childcare, and Universal Credit - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Government can 'walk and chew gum at the same time', education minister says - Times Educational Supplement | TES AoC responds to careers strategy announcement - AoC | Association of Colleges Travel and career prospects top of international teachers’ agendas - PIE News UK: Partnership formed to lower HE drop-out rates - PIE News Black students on going to Oxbridge: ‘it’s not even asked or pushed for, it’s just assumed no one is applying’ - The Conversation Reception – a missed opportunity for too many children - The Staffroom Careers strategy: making the most of everyone’s skills and talents – our response - Learning & Work Institute Welsh Government publishes new Framework for Action to support those educated other than at school - Welsh Government ESFA financial assurance: monitoring the funding rules - Education & Skills Funding Agency Register of apprenticeship training agencies - Education & Skills Funding Agency Government proposals on children and young people's mental health - DfE Careers guidance for modern country unveiled - DfE Informed Choice: using data and tools to make career decisions - DfE Post-16 institutions omnibus: wave 5 survey - DfE Southampton University corrects statement in vice-chancellor pay row - BBC User insight research into post-16 choices - DfE Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a green paper - DfE Research integrity examined with experts and academics - UK Parliament Urgent Question on the Social Mobility Commission: 4 December 2017 - UK Parliament Is there enough respect for further and technical education? - UK Parliament University of Southampton admits vice-chancellor DID sit on committee awarding him £433,000 pay deal - UCU Careers strategy: making the most of everyone’s skills and talents - DfE New funding and support could be a ‘step change’ for children and young people's mental health - NAHT Workload is a major barrier to teaching as a career - NASUWT Careers Strategy prioritises support for vulnerable and disadvantaged children - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Why this white paper on industrial strategy is good news (mostly) - IPPR Academic autonomy is no excuse for excess pay - Financial Times Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision - FE News Unleashing Leadership study offers free leadership training for 400 FE organisations - FE Week "Introducing dedicated careers leaders should give careers inspiration much needed prominence in schools" - CBI Brexit talks - Russell Group Children’s reading on screen: in the beginning was the word, not a hotspot - Guardian ‘Great strategy, please fund it properly’, says NAHT - NAHT Ex-Cambridge University fellow sorry for 'inappropriate' behaviour - BBC If babies can share, why can’t highly paid university vice-chancellors? | Michele Hanson - Guardian Police 'looking at' Wakefield City Academies Trust - Times Educational Supplement | TES What do universities look for in a personal statement? - Guardian Experience of older workers vital to Welsh children’s retailer - Welsh Government Skills Minister launches the new careers strategy - sector response - FE News DfE amends 'misleading' claims on 30 hours on parent website - Nursery World Mum cleared after being threatened with jail for taking son out of class 20 times when he suffered same severe asthma attacks that killed brother months earlier - The Sun How similar are the PISA and TIMSS studies? - IOE London Blog Court victory for teacher at Jewish nursery sacked for living with boyfriend - Evening Standard Register of end-point assessment organisations: how to apply - FE News Unmarried teacher sacked because she was ‘living in sin’ with her boyfriend - Metro Universities have crucial role in improving young people’s mental health - FE News Every school to have a dedicated careers leader - Times Educational Supplement | TES Choosing a school: why extra-curricular programmes are the key litmus test - Telegraph Careers strategy: making the most of everyone’s skills and talents - FE News Careers strategy: The 4 main proposals for schools - Schools Week Careers strategy: Schools to get designated ‘careers leaders’ - Schools Week Government launches new careers strategy - Times Educational Supplement | TES International students meet cows for the first time at college farm - FE Week Cumbria Police looking into Bright Tribe academy trust - Schools Week Pru Leith calls for ban on sweet shops near schools - Scotsman Anne Milton finally unveils much-delayed careers strategy - FE Week Is FE ready for the big apprenticeship frameworks switch-off? - FE Week Schools save over £1 million in late exam entry fees - Schools Week Hitting the targets, missing the point - FE Week A new industrial strategy needs new leadership - FE News The industrial strategy – a call to arms for the FE sector - FE News Counsellor service sees 45,000 university students over last five years - Herald Scotland International technicians vital for UK science and innovation - Universities UK International technicians vital for UK science and innovation - Russell Group What will we learn from Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) metrics? - Wonkhe More than a vote of confidence – making the industrial strategy work - Wonkhe Fresh Cabinet split over Theresa May’s decision to oust social mobility chief and former Labour minister Alan Milburn - The Sun A 3,000-strong army of therapists will be sent into Britain's schools to tackle anxiety in nation's youth - Mail Social mobility chief who quit in protest at the government was about to be axed - Mail Labs could face post-Brexit staffing crisis - Financial Times Teacher apprenticeships: what you need to know - Times Educational Supplement | TES Students drop languages but take maths and nursing - Times Social mobility tsar Alan Milburn goes with a bang before dismissal by No 10 - Times £300m boost for children with mental health issues - Times Islamic school makes pupils ask for lavatory paper - Times 32 students share one bath in £1.4m Plymouth house - Times Inside the strictest school in Britain - Times