News archive for 11th December 2017

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USA: Education Department urged to resume loan cancellations - Mail France: School run Muslim mums ‘should be banned from wearing headscarf’ claims minister - Express Hundreds of schools to remain closed as teaching union tells staff not to come into work if it is unsafe to travel   - Telegraph University vice-chancellors’ salaries in the spotlight | Letters - Guardian Accelerated degrees: widening student choice in higher education - DfE Increasing flexible working in schools - DfE Accelerated degrees: impact assessment - DfE Leading organisations pledge to boost flexible working in schools - DfE STRB consultation released on the remit for its 28th report - NAHT Supporting LGB+ and trans staff - NAHT Call to resolve Stoke high needs funding concerns - NASUWT A disabled child’s right to play music - ATL Call for win-win Brexit research deal - Russell Group Central Saint Martins refunds dramatic writing students - BBC Why schools close for a snow day: A head teacher explains - BBC Cyber security lectures begin across Scotland - Scotsman College complains to Ofsted over rating of 14 to 16 provision - FE Week Revealed: The 714 providers that won non-levy tender funding - FE Week Future of ‘outstanding’ provider threatened by non-levy tender debacle - FE Week Pearson launches virtual A-levels to battle teacher shortage - Schools Week Grammar: Over-simplifications by teachers 'hinder' pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Daily roundup 11 December: Environmental project, Social Work England and gender survey - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Youth groups call on government to back Erasmus programmme - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Mastery and maths - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF When crime pays: mobsters who spent more time at school earned more money - The Conversation Industry, educators and government must work together to ensure we have the skilled engineers our economy needs - PoliticsHome New Zealand: Reintegrate international students to reduce reverse culture shock - PIE News North Korea open to more international students - PIE News What teachers tapped this week #13 – 11th December - Teacher Tapp Only a third of students think university is good value for money - The Staffroom The four pillars of great assessment: value - The Staffroom Justine Greening at education questions: 5 things we learned - Schools Week Spending on early years cut by £650m - Nursery World Six myths about the ‘Prevent duty’ in universities - HEFCE Consultation on strengthening QTS to run over Christmas - Schools Week Did your uni make the list of the top 10 hipster universities in the UK? - Metro Food banks expected to help 'record number of children' - BBC Parents mock ‘wimp’ teachers for taking day off as thousands of schools shut due to snow - The Sun Ofsted leadership ratings soar under Spielman - Times Educational Supplement | TES Lessons from 2017: what tips and tricks have helped you be a better teacher? - Guardian Why does snow close so many schools? - BBC Research round-up 8 December 2017 - NAHT Education Secretary outlines proposed implementation plan for new additional learning needs system in Wales - Welsh Government Ofsted leadership approval soars under Spielman - Schools Week 67 flexible working pledges made by business & education organisations - Schools Week Cold weather news: Dismay as local authorities close schools over ‘a bit of snow’ - Express More than 60 organisations pledge action to boost flexible working for teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted leadership approval soars under Spielman - FE Week Primary school invites in elderly people to work with young pupils - Guardian Transforming teaching as a career choice: what would be on your wish list? - IOE London Blog Scotland’s weather: A full list of school closures - Scotsman Further education and skills inspections and outcomes: management information from December 2015 - Ofsted LRS: AO user guide and Awarding Organisation list - Education & Skills Funding Agency LRS latest release guidance - Education & Skills Funding Agency Getting the UK Quality Code just right - Wonkhe For accelerated degrees, do we feel the need for speed? - Wonkhe Teachers must abandon rote learning, says top neuropsychologist - Schools Week A solid primary curriculum is essential for GCSE success – but what does that look like? - Schools Week Adult learners are vital to our skills strategy - FE Week USA: Learning From England’s apprenticeship expansion - FE News Statistics on pupils’ skills ‘cannot be relied upon’ - Herald Scotland Business group warns on UK’s digital skills gap - City AM Students should be treated like consumers - City AM Ban energy drinks from schools because they're ‘legal highs’, demands teaching union - Mail England is teaching America a thing or two - FE News NHS asks 10-year-olds if they're 'comfortable in their gender' in official transgender survey for schoolchildren - Mail University heads get an inflation-busting 10% pay rise despite demands for the Government to show restraint - Mail Teachers call for ban on energy drinks in all schools as they cause disruption in classes - The Sun GCSE and A-level remarks: What you need to know - Times Educational Supplement | TES University entrance rates for school leavers at a record high and four other key points from new Ucas research - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted’s Reception report ‘narrow and political’ - Nursery World Lower earnings cap for Tax-Free Childcare to pay for 30 hours for foster carers - Nursery World University refunds students as masters course falls short - Times £650m cut from early education - Times School rules puncture enthusiasm of easy riders - Times NHS gender survey is given to ten-year-olds - Times Cheam School prep teacher Michael Denton banned over child images - Times Scotland: Rich school leavers twice as likely to go to university - Times Ireland: Prisoners’ university studies cost the taxpayer €430,000 - Times USA: More private university chiefs top $2M as pay keeps climbing - Mail