News archive for 22nd February 2017

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Parents in Welsh school row say they have had their tyres slashed and been spat and sworn at - Wales Online IOE launches first professional membership organisation for social pedagogy in UK - IOE London Blog Missing data on disabled children raises concern that services cannot cope - Nursery World SFA update: February 2017 - SFA SFA financial assurance: monitoring the funding rules - SFA Removal of apprenticeship frameworks - SFA Pupil premium: funding and accountability for schools - DfE 2019 performance tables: technical and vocational qualifications - DfE Performance tables: technical and vocational qualifications - DfE A level and other 16 to 18 results: 2015 to 2016 (revised) - DfE Schools Minister questioned on primary assessment - UK Parliament Head resigns over school funding crisis - BBC National Numeracy Challenge to improve quantitative skills of university students - National Numeracy NAO on capital funding for schools - NUT Post 16 education in Torfaen. Concern grows over Torfaen sixth form proposals - NUT Significant investment needed to bring school buildings into an acceptable state - NAHT Course changes and consumer rights - Universities UK Universities and Brexit - Russell Group E-focus on Wales - Voice Government tight-lipped over second allocation window for register of apprenticeship training providers - FE Week International student numbers surge to record high - University World News Michael Gove defends government spending on school buildings - Times Educational Supplement | TES Expert appointed to review internationalisation of HE - University World News Primary school pupils to sit times tables test from next year - Express Government drops ‘fast-track’ ECDL qualification from league tables - Schools Week Primary school pupils to be checked on times tables before entering secondary school - Independent Now a degree is a commodity, no wonder more students are cheating | Poppy Noor - Guardian Pupils to sit times tables check from 2019 - BBC Fast-track ECDL IT qualification dropped from league tables after 'gaming' fears - Times Educational Supplement | TES Primary school pupils to sit times tables tests from next year - Telegraph Nick Gibb: Sats 'didn't go as smoothly as we would have hoped' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Research round-up 21 February 2017 - NAHT The return of the times tables tests: primary school pupils to sit exams by 2019 - but how well do you know yours? - Telegraph New jobs dashboard allows providers to explore local employment and skills needs - FE Week Row over 'easy' admission for international students - University World News Primary school test breaches 'unlikely to have been spotted', Ofqual official says - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofqual ‘extremely cautious’ about more primary testing changes - Schools Week Tory MP compares national schools' funding formula to the poll tax - Times Educational Supplement | TES Survey of CYP workforce reveals 'training gap' in speech, language and communication - FE News Why universities and academics should bother with public engagement - The Conversation “It’s a good question, actually…” – the OfS Chair meets MPs - Wonkhe Apprenticeships for Northern growth: challenges, trends and current reforms - EPI Free schools spending has doubled as old buildings fall apart - NAO - PoliticsHome Greater clarity given on students’ rights to judicial review - Wonkhe NAO capital funding report: £6.7bn needed to rebuild crumbling schools, and 8 other key findings - Schools Week Funding crisis is likely to result in further deterioration of school buildings - ASCL Spring Learning Rep focuses on Apprenticeships - FE News First meeting of SNP expert school panel cost £36,000 - Herald Scotland Report reveals university heads' pay rises and perks - UCU Prince Harry: Best teachers go beyond text books - BBC School building repairs 'to cost £6.7bn', report estimates - BBC Government spending billions on free schools while existing schools crumble - Guardian Prince Harry praises teacher 'compassion' - BBC Unfilled spaces and £30m land deals – NAO takes aim at free schools - Schools Week 'More spent on free schools as older buildings deteriorate' - BBC NICE advice to look for 'soft' signs of child abuse - BBC Free schools are costing billions whilst existing schools fall into disrepair, Whitehall watchdog warns  - Telegraph Free schools ‘should be curbed’ as spending soars to £1bn over budget - Times Apprenticeships crucial to Northern Powerhouse, report claims - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK teacher makes final 10 for $1m Global Teacher Prize - Times Educational Supplement | TES