News archive for 16th February 2017

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A school has warned proposed education cuts will leave a £250,000 hole in its budget - Wales Online Universities admit students who are 'almost illiterate', lecturers warn - Telegraph University of Glasgow gets green light for £1 billion expansion project - Telegraph Pay gap between teaching and other professions harming education - NASUWT Sesame Street characters deliver early-years education for refugee children - Times Educational Supplement | TES Harold the hand-puppet giraffe taught me about sex - Huffington Post ERSA launches the Employability Awards 2017 - FE News SFA close achievement rate “loophole” that boosted some provider rates by more than 20 percent - FE Week 'We need to give young children the freedom to step out of their pink and blue boxes' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Students will be able to request GCSE and A Level coursework re-marks from 2018 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils able to request coursework re-marks from 2018 - Schools Week Aberdeenshire councillors consider Doric plan for schools - Scotsman This is what Wales' schools watchdog told AMs about education in Wales - Wales Online Row over funds for mainland Chinese, overseas students - University World News Bristol University student accidentally made explosive chemical used in Paris terror attack - Huffington Post Cambridge University ‘class lists’ could be scrapped under new data protection laws - Huffington Post Bristol university chemistry lab evacuated in explosive scare - Guardian Montreal pips Paris in global 'best student city' ranking - University World News Greening promises QTS won’t be scrapped, and 7 key findings from her College of Teaching conference speech - Schools Week Fairer funding means a fairer future - FE News ‘Good’ Ofsted report finally unveiled for recently incorporated FE college, after 90-day wait - FE Week Changing Yale college name masks our history - Financial Times Justine Greening: No end to QTS ‘on my watch’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES A third of apprentices don't complete their apprenticeship, new figures reveal - Times Educational Supplement | TES London ranked third best city in the world for university life   - Telegraph Wake up to early years funding crisis and importance of union membership - Voice Proposed budget cuts will devastate primary education, head teachers warn - Wales Online Global Teaching Excellence Award - call for chair and members of judging panel and external peer reviewers - HEA Further education and skills: January 2017 - SFA FE data library: apprenticeships - SFA FE data library: other statistics and research - SFA FE data library: further education and skills - SFA Arrangements for ITT accreditation submissions - DfE Initial teacher training: criteria for providers - DfE Further decisions on reviews of marking, reviews of moderation, and appeals - Ofqual Apprenticeship funding bands - SFA Apprenticeship standards in development - SFA Apprenticeship achievement rate falls to 67 per cent under new method - FE Week SFA: early termination of funding agreement - list of organisations - SFA Office for Students pre-appointment hearing: Committee questions Sir Michael Barber - UK Parliament Letter from Nick Gibb MP regarding teacher supply - UK Parliament Six tactics to help your students deal with stress - Guardian EPI submission to Health Select Committee inquiry on children and young people’s mental health – the role of education - EPI Make funding 'fair' for post-16 learners, AoC tells chancellor - Times Educational Supplement | TES Free speech university rankings: a case of grade inflation - Wonkhe Is skills policy now too ‘employer-led’? - FE News School's out - BBC School funding cuts will damage economy, city councils warn - Times Educational Supplement | TES Higher business rates will leave universities paying millions more - Times