News archive for 8th December 2017

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Online learning could transform global access to higher education - IOE London Blog Daily roundup 8 December: Anxiety, trip cancellation, and youth custody - CYPN | Children & Young People Now As a student, I didn’t go to university to pay a vice chancellor £800,000 - New Statesman GSE: Bridging the gap between researchers and teachers - Edmodo High school move paves way for city's first secondary dedicated to Gaelic - Herald Scotland Apprenticeship non-levy employer procurement – Concern over the potential lack of degree apprenticeship provision in some localities - UVAC Free schools: open schools and successful applications - DfE In the news: 8 December 2017 - UCU University of Sussex vice-chancellor got £230,000 pay-off - UCU School Teachers' Review Body is ‘impossibly constrained' says NAHT - NAHT Call for head of civil service to use his powers to fund pay award for teachers - NASUWT Initial Brexit deal good news for universities - Universities UK Government's white paper reveals flagship industrial strategy - CBI The department for education holds its inaugural skills summit - CBI HEPI 14th Annual Lecture: A perspective from Asia - HEPI Response to the National Audit Office report - HEPI NAO report - Russell Group Brexit - "sufficient progress" - Russell Group How one UK university confronted its sexual harassment problem - Guardian Hart Learning Group chief executive steps down - FE Week UK universities accused of complacency over sexual misconduct - Guardian Ofsted heaps praise on ‘much improved’ Diocese of Ely academy trust - Schools Week 'Nick Gibb can say "Crisis, what crisis?" as much as he wants – we do have a problem with teacher recruitment and retention' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Young Londoners 25 per cent more likely to enter higher education in 2017 than their counterparts across the rest of England - UCAS “Singin’ in the Rain? – if leaders were assigned a type of clothing…” - Headteachers' Roundtable How to spot fake news – an expert’s guide for young people - The Conversation Brexit: Students’ ‘equal rights’ promised in agreement - PIE News Global politics are impacting student placements - PIE News British Council launches agent MOOC - PIE News Politics should be a compulsory part of education - HuffPost Policy Eye: highlights of the education week ending Friday 8 December 2017 - Pearson Skills escalator report - Learning & Work Institute National Audit Office report shares the same tone as Edge's recent report - Edge Foundation Top ten tips to improve the learning of teachers and educators? - The Staffroom Reducing poverty and increasing skills: the role of in-work provision - Learning & Work Institute Top Welsh secondary Cardiff High is to expand in biggest ever investment in city's schools - Wales Online Weekend read: Should volunteering replace work experience? - Times Educational Supplement | TES University of Sussex vice-chancellor gets £230,000 payout - BBC Less careers strategy, more high-risk experiment - FE Week Nick Gibb is wrong: PIRLS data does not support synthetic phonics - Schools Week Ofsted Watch: Tough week for FE as grades fall - FE Week Lord Adonis calls for ban on expelling pupils unless they break the law - Times Educational Supplement | TES This is why schools shut when it snows - Wales Online Non-levy tender result regional variations - FE Week This is what it takes to move an entire secondary school - radioactive rocks and all - Wales Online The two schools ‘double-bounced’ between sponsors - Schools Week Initial Brexit deal good news for universities - Universities UK Colleges must justify ‘excessive’ staff pay, union demands - FE Week Early years workforce strategy: early years training website launches - Nursery World Battle to save college campus near Grenfell Tower gets FE commissioner support - FE Week Exposed! Nationwide transport charges for SEND learners - FE Week End looms for handwritten exams in Scottish schools - Scotsman High transport costs are letting SEND learners down - FE Week No one's talking about degree apprenticeships - FE News If I tell my university about my disability, will I be seen as a weak link? | Anonymous academic - Guardian A teacher's guide to surviving school until Christmas - Guardian Sir Andrew Cubie: It’s good to talk – scientists and experts stimulate the minds of the next generation - Scotsman Funding shortfall for most vulnerable pupils set to triple - Times Educational Supplement | TES Alastair Dalton: Park-and-stride could fix school-run congestion - Scotsman Leader comment: Should pupils be allowed to give gifts to teachers? - Scotsman Academy trusts will appear in January’s league tables - Schools Week Infernal Audit: the value, and values, in the HE market - Wonkhe Opening textbooks - Wonkhe Your bumper Wonkhe festive book gift guide - Wonkhe Sponsors for WCAT schools have ‘variable’ school improvement record - Schools Week Times-tables tests 'will cause anxiety and waste money', says former chief maths adviser - Times Educational Supplement | TES Handwritten school exams to be 'phased out' in next ten years - Herald Scotland Ten ways to cut the cost of a private school education - Financial Times Value for money in Higher Education - written evidence published - UK Parliament Universities accused of mis-selling as students feel courses are not value for money - The Sun Hardworking students deserve value for money for education but the cash is is going straight into the pockets of fat cats - The Sun EEF seeks schools for rapid marking and handwriting trials - Schools Week Public spending watchdog likens English universities to mis-selling - Financial Times University students failed by rip-off fees, says watchdog - Guardian University tuition fees are like a mis-selling scandal, says watchdog - Mail Value for money in Higher Education - written evidence published - Commons Select Committee Trial of new assessment method for GCSE resit students announced - Times Educational Supplement | TES Banks ‘walk away’ from college sector - Times Educational Supplement | TES New qualifications are ‘open to gaming’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES NCTL teacher recruitment bulletin (December 2017) - UCET Universities 'mis-selling' scandal as some graduates are left with lower earning capacity than school leavers - Telegraph The Guardian view on universities and the market: winner takes all | Editorial - Guardian Universities could be accused of 'mis-selling courses' - BBC SEED: qualifications and CPD highlighted in quality report - Nursery World Child abuse ‘was encouraged by school’s abbots’ at Downside Abbey, Somerset - Times Students could sue over shoddy but expensive degree courses - Times Vice-chancellors need to wake up and show restraint on pay - Times Scottish universities’ plea to protect £700m grant - Times Scotland: SNP defiant over ‘broken’ plan to protect young Scots - Times