News archive for 18th December 2017

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Mindfulness boosts student mental health during exams, study finds - Guardian Want to know more about National Apprenticeship Week 2018? - Education & Skills Funding Agency English Baccalaureate (EBacc) - DfE Individualised Learner Record (ILR): check that data is accurate - Education & Skills Funding Agency Academy conversion: important dates - DfE Insolvency regime for further education and sixth-form colleges - DfE Memorandum from Ofqual on Primary assessment - UK Parliament OfS regulatory framework - Russell Group Twenty three universities join student visa pilot - Universities UK UCU response to Sutton Trust report's call for overhaul of university admissions - UCU Teacher shortage forces pupils to transfer to another school - Scotsman Minster launches consultation on college insolvency roll-out - FE Week #FiveWays of giving effective feedback as actions - Teacherhead Where will Princess Charlotte go to nursery school? Where is Willcocks Nursery in London? - Express Deal reached on teachers’ pay in Scotland - Scotsman Delay to Institute for Apprenticeship taking on T-Levels but board expands to ‘bolster expertise’ - FE Week Teachers agree backdated deal on pay - Herald Scotland Poorest families are not applying for private school bursaries as they fear children will not fit in, incoming Girls’ School Association president says - Telegraph Industry insights, expert advice and practical tips for students at School's careers event - Leeds Beckett University Self-injury more about coping than a cry for help - Leeds Beckett University What teachers’ think about history teaching in schools - The Staffroom Welsh in Education: Action Plan 2017-21/ Y Gymraeg mewn addysg: Cynllun gweithredu 2017-21 - UCET Tier 4 visa pilot Share - Russell Group Former minister behind tuition fees hike urges Government to overhaul repayment costs - PoliticsHome Nine regional workshops to promote the £10m Flexible Learning Fund - Education & Training Foundation Explore England’s changing free school meals rates - Education Datalab Careers strategy: was it worth the wait? - EPI What Teachers Tapped this week #14 – 18th December - Teacher Tapp Over two-thirds (68%) of students now back Labour, but most of them think Labour (55%) and Jeremy Corbyn (58%) back Remain - HEPI Is placing young children in ability groups “a necessary evil”? - ATL A Brexit youthquake - HEPI Teachers’ pay being cut due to lack of annual pay rises and performance related pay progression - National Education Union DfE troubleshooters to give struggling schools 'financial therapy' - Times Educational Supplement | TES HEA welcomes the sector agency merger - HEA The “Thatcher v miners” Durham party shows how tough university is for poor students - New Statesman Daily roundup 18 December: Informal exclusions, children's centres, and youth homelessness - CYPN | Children & Young People Now A dialogue with Ofsted on the Bold Beginnings report - Early Education Study visa pilot extended to 23 HEIs after successful first stage - PIE News Shadow universities minister calls for USS talks to continue towards "agreed solution" - UCU DfE's consultation on strengthening qualified teacher status and improving career progression for teachers - NAHT Top five advice topics from autumn 2017 - NAHT MillionPlus comment on the Tier 4 visa pilot extension - MillionPlus Princess Charlotte's nursery revealed - Mail Independent schools should offer 'a lot more' bursaries to poorer pupils, says leading head - Times Educational Supplement | TES Wales launches 10-year childcare plan - Nursery World Lesson study: new evaluation did not do this valuable type of teacher development justice - IOE London Blog Institute for Apprenticeships – New board members needed - UVAC Whatuni unveils new Android app for Google Play Store - FE News If we're going to have two-year degrees, leave them to revived polytechnics - Guardian Grenfell campaigners win reprieve in fight to save local college - Guardian Widen thinking as well as participation - Wonkhe A bushel and a peck – OfS subscription fees again - Wonkhe No home, no job and no pension… but at least I’ve got a degree! - Wonkhe OfS should take a proportionate approach - Wonkhe Proposed Quality Code how do I love thee not? Let me count the ways… - Wonkhe Tory Chris Holmes calls for HMRC to act over long unpaid internships - Guardian Cyber security wages are set to soar amid a skills shortage - City AM Skills in 2017: less money, more problems… - FE Week The Baker Clause – How will the school system react? - FE News Student vote 'swings further to Labour' - BBC Outdoor lessons for toddlers at nursery that never closes for snow - BBC One in five teachers denied cost-of-living pay rise - Times Educational Supplement | TES Surviving the last fews days of term before Christmas: what you need to know - Times Educational Supplement | TES Plan to put education at heart of ambition to achieve a million Welsh speakers by 2050 - Welsh Government Minister recalls how stones were thrown at her Welsh medium school bus in Cardiff - Wales Online Cut student loan rate to save system, urges Lord Willetts - Times Brandon Lewis: We want to make it easier for universities to attract the brightest talent - Times Ireland: State Examinations Commission failed to budget for rise in pupils taking exams - Times Secret schools in Bangladesh give Rohingya children a vital lesson in hope - Times