News archive for 7th February 2017

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£9m Greater Manchester college closes after three years due to lack of pupils - Guardian Study challenges view of arts subjects being pushed out of education - Guardian Regretful Trump supporters collated in student Twitter account - Times Higher Education | THE National Citizen Service recruitment targets cut by more than 100,000 - CYPN | Children & Young People Now School pupils showcase ‘vital’ Mandarin skills in national competition - IOE London Blog Learning: A link between research and teaching? – A public engagement example - HEFCE The HEA STEM Conference 2017 – An Excellent Adventure - HEA Not all ‘research active’ staff fit into neat categories - HEFCE Sector fury over TV show's claims of free hours money grabbing - Nursery World Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 3 February 2017 - Pearson Teaching Excellence Framework - DfE Preferred candidate for Chair of Office for Students announced - DfE Convert to an academy: guide for sixth-form colleges - DfE SFA: business update - SFA Register of apprentice assessment organisations: how to apply - SFA Comment on Office for Students Chair announcement - OFFA OFFA access agreement guidance – universities must play their part to raise school attainment - OFFA Education Secretary visits Derby on opportunity areas tour - DfE New school proposals - DfE Pupils showcase ‘vital’ Mandarin skills in national contest - British Council NAHT observe STA national moderator training for KS2 writing - NAHT Government must deliver PSHE and RE for all pupils, says NAHT - NAHT The Big Assembly celebrates kindness in Children’s Mental Health Week - NAHT Boost French in your primary school by bringing in a native-speaking Language Assistant - NAHT Nominations now open for the Pearson Teaching Awards 2017 - NAHT Could your school be a placement for the Researchers in Schools programme? - NAHT New chair of Office for Students - Russell Group ATL comment on colleges referring students with mental health issues to A&E - ATL Michael Barber’s appointment as Chair of the Office for Students - HEPI IFS Green Budget 2017 - NUT Jobs at risk at Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group - UCU UCU urges politicians to back EU nationals' right to stay in UK - UCU International students and the power of Open Doors data - Wonkhe Instructed to deliver: who is Michael Barber? - Wonkhe Hey student! Turn those lecture notes into cash! - Wonkhe Greater Manchester UTC is the latest university technical college to close - Times Educational Supplement | TES IfA to charge assessment organisations for quality assurance - FE Week Parents banned from talking to teachers at school gate following claims of swearing and abuse - Telegraph Trump's school choice - BBC Greater Manchester is seventh UTC to announce closure - Schools Week Greater Manchester UTC is seventh to announce closure - FE Week Homework: is it worth the hassle? - Guardian Students: for the sake of those that come after you, boycott the National Student Survey - Huffington Post British schools to introduce body cameras, TES reveals - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tackle teacher shortages by promoting role as 'desirable career', says education body - Herald Scotland NUS calls on students to walk out of university in protest of Donald Trump’s ‘racist agenda’ - Huffington Post A bacon sarnie cooked by the head: what creates positive ripples in your school? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Data shows link between deprivation and child development - Herald Scotland Verbal abuse from parents leads school to ban teachers from speaking to them - Times Educational Supplement | TES Camden school closes road for rush-hour drop-offs - BBC Why we should think critically about positive psychology in our universities | Carl Cederström - Guardian Colleges forced to refer students with mental health issues directly to A&E - FE News Help schools boost poor pupils' grades, universities told - BBC A student's plea to Brexit negotiators: keep the Erasmus scheme - Guardian Glasgow primary bans after-school teacher conversations - BBC Essex County Council learning branded ‘inadequate’ - FE Week Glasgow primary school ban parents from speaking to teachers - Scotsman The Apprenticeship Levy: Helping to fulfil the needs of employers - FE News New Wales Donaldson curriculum facing 'challenges' - BBC Oxford University accused of racism after students told be ‘vigilant’ after black man seen on grounds - Huffington Post 'Poorest pupils miss out on practical science lessons' - BBC Ex-pupil leaves millions to Edinburgh school - Herald Scotland Like or loathe him, the Berkeley riots prove Milo Yiannopoulos is right on free speech - Telegraph If we are serious about improving social mobility, universities must lend their expertise to secondary schools  - Telegraph Colleges 'no choice' but to send students to A&E for mental health care - BBC Colleges forced to refer students with mental health issues directly to A&E - AoC | Association of Colleges Scottish primary classes ‘among the biggest in developed world’ - Scotsman Sixty ‘orphan’ schools shunned by academy sponsors - Guardian What would happen if a UK university went bust? - Guardian Let’s have a Blair-Cameron College at Cambridge | Nick Hillman - Guardian Chair of Office for Students appointed - HEFCE Our new college principal is alienating staff. What should we do? - FE Week The training revolution - FE News £12bn of student loans to be sold to private firms as government looks at ways to reduce ballooning public sector debt - Mail Use talk not tech to tame your children's online habits - BBC Mini MBAs - would you enrol your child? - BBC Three-quarters of colleges forced to send students to A&E due to lack of community mental health services - Huffington Post Mental health issues are on the rise among college students - Times Educational Supplement | TES Half of British pupils 'scared to use the internet' - Times Educational Supplement | TES More than quarter of GCSE pupils take little or no part in science practicals, study shows - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Deregulation’ warning over plan to recruit new teachers from outside Scotland - Herald Scotland Colleges rely on A&E to help students with serious mental health issues - FE Week Top universities must do more to accept poor students, higher education tsar warns  - Telegraph More and more colleges send students with mental health problems directly to A&E - Express