News archive for 5th December 2017

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Higher and degree apprenticeship vacancies - Education & Skills Funding Agency Pupils in England climb global rankings in reading and literacy - DfE Ofsted confirms new arrangements for short inspections - Ofsted Nick Gibb: reading is the key to unlocking human potential - DfE STA assessment update: 5 December 2017 - DfE PIRLS 2016: reading literacy performance in England - DfE Analysis of Ofsted outcomes for sponsored academies since 2010 - DfE Expanding role and remit of schools commissioners examined - UK Parliament International comparisons of education - DfE Top European researchers need certainty about their futures in the UK - Universities UK December 2017 school leadership podcast - NAHT ASCL response on short inspections of good schools - ASCL How can we address the issue of mental health? Compassion works. - NAHT Christmas parties and how to get them right - NAHT NAHT comment on new Ofsted short inspection system - NAHT Shadow education secretary raises concerns over pension changes for "brilliant university staff" - UCU National Union of Students calls for negotiations in USS pensions dispute - UCU 143 former Ulster University employees win compensation after "sham" redundancy process - UCU PIRLS 2016 results and the importance of teaching - NFER Primary schools in Northern Ireland continue to rank among the best in the world in reading - NFER NFER comment on results of PIRLS 2016 - NFER 10 things about top 10 global school rankings - BBC Facebook: Now for young children too - BBC Birmingham academics protest over university vice-chancellor's pay - Guardian Treating teachers well and helping them manage their workload - JohnTomsett Parents of summer born children will be given the option of delaying when their children join reception - Telegraph How parents behave is linked to suicide risk: study - Mail England joint eighth in global reading study - Nursery World Mayor of London calls for new post-study work visa - PIE News The impact of payment of Governors in Northern Ireland colleges on board effectiveness with implications for England - Education & Training Foundation Business barriers to young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds - GOV.UK An exploration of learning gain at UEA - HEFCE Daily roundup 5 December: Mental health, online streaming, and domestic violence - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Childcare eligibility changes to extend provision to 8,000 more two-year-olds - CYPN | Children & Young People Now University of Fort Hare, South Africa, become HEA Strategic Partner - HEA Advocating for artists - HEA Australian voters ‘oppose backdoor cuts’ to university funding - Times Higher Education | THE Britain’s skills record has hindered, not helped, our productivity drive. That needs to change - ERSA Longitudinal education outcomes study: how we use and share data - DfE Children's media in a digital world - GOV.UK 'Lost words' as children stay indoors - BBC Poorer young people are less likely to start the best apprenticeships - The Staffroom Parents not told of academy trust failure until school term began - Guardian Exam appeals system 'loaded in favour of pupils in private schools', says Labour - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teenager kicked out of class for wearing trainers when shoes were wet from snow - Metro Reading results should 'ring in the ears of opponents of phonics', says Gibb - Times Educational Supplement | TES MAT set up by government minister planning merger due to financial 'challenge' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Afghanistan: Shocking images show dozens of Taliban schoolboys sitting exams in huge outdoor classroom as armed invigilators watch on - The Sun How Govan became a hub for life sciences in Scotland - Scotsman National Citizen Service faces staffing challenge as programme for schools grows - Schools Week Why is social mobility declining? - London School of Economics | LSE 96% of teachers believe tech has a positive impact on education - FE News School 'failed to provide toilet paper, soap or drinking water' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Cabinet Secretary for Education announces new appointments to the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales - Welsh Government Lord Agnew's first ministerial appearance at the education committee: 5 things we learned - Times Educational Supplement | TES More children to be eligible for funded two-year-old places - Nursery World Lord Agnew: Large pay rises for academy chiefs 'unreasonable' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Lack of support for impartial careers guidance a disappointment - FE News Carter and Agnew at education committee: 6 things we learned - Schools Week Growing traineeship programmes - Learning & Work Institute Northern Ireland and England schools in global top 10 for reading - BBC Ofsted inspections of multi-academy trusts would not be 'helpful', says Lord Agnew - Times Educational Supplement | TES Northern Ireland and England schools in reading top ten - BBC Will the UK get a Brexit deal on research? That's the €160bn question | Ludovic Highman - Guardian Detention, manners and respect: Pupils love learning at Michaela Community School - Express The apprenticeship levy – will employers be short changed? - FE News Thought depends on knowledge - The Learning Spy Ofsted will wait two years before inspecting schools that may no longer be 'good' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted confirms changes to short inspections following consultation - Schools Week PIRLS 2016: Well-stocked libraries don't improve reading scores - Schools Week Ofsted confirms new arrangements for short inspections - FE News Government funding boss orders academy trusts to justify executive pay - Schools Week Data update on the health of school-age children - GOV.UK PIRLS 2016: England rises up the ranks in international reading measure - Schools Week 'Weak' link found between teacher assessments and comparative judgement results - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Weak' link found between teacher assessments and comparative judgement results - Times Educational Supplement | TES English pupils improve results in international reading exams - Guardian Academies given less than two weeks to justify high salaries - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pirls rankings: England's primary pupils rise to joint 8th in world at reading - Times Educational Supplement | TES At a glance: How Pirls ranks 10-year-olds around the world in reading - Times Educational Supplement | TES Dr Miles Weaver: Students are now a whole lot more engaged with building excellence in the workplace - Scotsman George Heriot’s head teacher: Foulkes is wrong, our school helps needy - Scotsman Grant Robertson: Lessons learned from building the same schools with shared knowledge - Scotsman Gowns R Us: The endless fascination of academic dress - Wonkhe Citations and the fallacy of division - Wonkhe U-turn on two-year degrees predicted as fears grow over funding - Guardian ‘Drill and kill’? English schools turn to scripted lessons to raise standards - Guardian Stop treating university degrees as something to be endured | Jonathan Wolf - Guardian Edinburgh private school head accuses George Foulkes of ‘vendetta’ - Scotsman Child exploitation: warning against live streaming sites - BBC Transformative tech for learning providers - FE Week Toby Salt, Chief executive, AQA - Schools Week A NEET solution to the failure on youth unemployment in the North of England - FE News Under-5s should be banned from using phones and computers on their own amid safety fears, report claims - The Sun Divert childcare handouts from the middle class to the poor, says senior Tory MP - Mail University wasted £600,000 on a campus in Mauritius - Mail Focus on phonics sees reading standards rise to the best in a generation as schools minister hails controversial education reforms - Mail Under-5s should be banned from using technology on their own and teenagers must be given online 'reputation management' lessons - Mail Death of part-time job for teenagers - Mail Turner Prize 2017: What children make of the nominees - BBC UCET Christmas Newsletter 2017 - UCET Jewish nursery teacher Zelda de Groen sacked for living in sin wins legal fight - Times Salford mother Nicola Newns fined over sick son’s school absence - Times Southampton vice-chancellor was on pay panel that gave him £433k - Times Aberystwyth University to close campus in Mauritius - Times Curb children’s use of technology for their own good, urge experts - Times Young ditch part-time jobs to study - Times Scotland: Bias of female teachers ‘could limit boys’ - Times Ireland: Parents ‘should talk openly about suicidal feelings’ - Times