News archive for 24th February 2017

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DfE’s long-awaited workload report shows us nothing new - ATL - FE News TES FE Awards 2017: the winners - Times Educational Supplement | TES Russell Group university to offer free tuition for disadvantaged students in bid to boost diversity - Telegraph Jo Johnson: Higher Education and Research Bill - DfE Two-year university courses come a step closer - DfE Reducing teacher workload - DfE Higher Education and Research Bill - DfE Teacher workload survey 2016 - DfE Flexible working in schools - DfE Teachers working longer review: interim report - DfE Sir Michael Barber endorsed for Office of Students Chair - UK Parliament Multi-academy trusts: Committee to publish report - UK Parliament Path clears for HE Bill as government announces major changes - Wonkhe We should (still) send letters: the 2017 grant letter - Wonkhe In spite of Brexit… reasons for hope in 2017 - Wonkhe In the news: 24 February - UCU UCU comment on two-year degrees - UCU Teachers’ working time survey - NUT Work your proper hours day - NUT Ofqual's National Reference Test - NAHT Excessive workload damaging the teaching profession, say NAHT - NAHT How real terms cuts to education funding will affect schools in London - NAHT Give us your views to inform NAHT’s response to the Lenehan Review - NAHT NASUWT comments on the DfE teacher workload survey - NASUWT MillionPlus welcomes Jo Johnson’s announcement of fast-track degrees - MillionPlus Response to minister’s plans for higher education reform - Universities UK Victoria Kinsella, UCET travel scholarship report - UCET DfE's long-awaited workload report shows us nothing new - ATL Comment from HEPI Director on the new HE and Research Bill Government amendments - HEPI ISC response to Michael Gove's comment in The Times - Independent Schools Council | ISC NPQs update - UCET Two-year accelerated degree courses - Russell Group NASUWT comments on the DfE teachers working longer review - NASUWT Physics: why it’s still a guy thing - IOE London Blog Colleges welcome new apprenticeship subcontracting rules - FE Week Single-sex state school in Glasgow facing calls to admit boys - Scotsman A third of job-seeking teachers in London apply for positions outside the capital - Times Educational Supplement | TES 10 Must-Read Books for Better Teaching - Teacherhead Revealed: the First World War through the eyes of children who lived through it - Telegraph FE Week launches #SaveOurAdultEducation campaign - FE Week London's mayor calls for new education powers to help schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education isn’t natural – that’s why it’s hard - The Learning Spy Leaked briefing document reveals £170 million Institutes of Technology could be with ‘wholly new’ institutions - FE Week Fast-track degree proposal meets lukewarm reception - Financial Times £14,000 tuition fees plan for two-year degree courses - BBC Ofsted watch: FE college overcomes 'inadequate' period - FE Week In this week's TES Further: Why expanding colleges mustn’t lose their heart - Times Educational Supplement | TES Morocco: student report exposes multi-layer university corruption - University World News London college area review reports published - Times Educational Supplement | TES Rule change could price assessors out of running apprenticeship exams - FE Week Canada: redefining the role of the university in the Trump era - University World News Revealed: thousands of children at London schools breathe toxic air - Guardian India: students weigh up US study in Trump era - University World News Netherlands: internationalisation lifts the Dutch HE brand globally - University World News USA: 17 top global universities vs the Trump immigration ban - University World News Egypt: medical schools add female genital mutilation to curricula - University World News Police say tyre-slashing victims in Llangennech do not believe it is linked to village's 'toxic' schools row - Wales Online Fast-track degrees may hit education standards, government warned - Guardian Teachers work a 54-hour week, DfE survey finds - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers work nearly 11 hours a day, landmark workload survey reveals - Schools Week What I learned as a student of colour - Guardian Wave four area review reports and recommendations published - FE Week Wave four area review London reports and recommendations published - FE Week Universities urged to adopt ‘zero tolerance’ policy to anti-Semitism ahead of Israel apartheid week - Huffington Post Universities urged to Adopt 'zero tolerance' policy to anti-semitism ahead of Israel apartheid week - Huffington Post Let's ban PowerPoint in lectures - it makes students more stupid and professors more boring - Independent Let's ban PowerPoint in lectures - it makes students more stupid and professors more boring - Independent Gove: Private schools are 'welfare junkies' - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK universities to offer two-year degrees - Financial Times School funding cuts will damage London's international reputation, mayor warns - Times Educational Supplement | TES Lord Baker scored a victory for FE - FE Week Fresh setback for 30-hour nursery place scheme - BBC USA: international educators look to minimise Trump fallout - University World News Private schools 'should have to pay tax' to boost standards of state education, says Michael Gove - Independent Private schools 'should have to pay tax' to boost standards of state education, says Michael Gove - Independent Principal racked up £60k bill on overseas trips - FE Week Ofsted could re-inspect after QAR loophole crackdown - FE Week Asbestos in schools is a 'serious' problem, Government report finds - Telegraph DfE offers childminder start-up grants for 30 hours - Nursery World Students to be offered university degrees over two years  - Telegraph Universities urged to crack down on anti-Semitism ahead of Israel Apartheid Week  - Telegraph 6th Report - Appointment of the Chair of the Office for Students - UK Parliament USA: universities reduce carbon emissions - University World News Universities to offer new fast-track courses costing up to £13,500 - Evening Standard HE&R Bill amendments - a response - Russell Group Action is needed on asbestos, not just more guidance, say NAHT - NAHT Policy Eye: education highlights of week ending Friday 24 February 2017 - Pearson Reducing teacher workload - DfE Individualised Learner Record (ILR) - SFA Further Education Commissioner intervention reports - SFA Education publisher Pearson reports biggest loss in its history - Guardian Fast-track degree courses on offer to students under new plan - Mail France: Calais 'Jungle' camp refugees attend French university - University World News Family ties: how to get parents involved in children's learning - Guardian I’m a British academic, but no longer feel welcome in the UK - Guardian Fast-track degree courses on offer to students under new plan - Express Businesses snub government pleas to sponsor academies - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hundreds of thousands of teachers working for free - Times Educational Supplement | TES New school funding formula could force grammar schools to ditch outreach work - Times Educational Supplement | TES Council bans school deficits amid fears they will deter academy sponsors - Times Educational Supplement | TES Mind the [skills] gap - FE News Pushy parents causing children to be misdiagnosed with special needs, research suggests - Independent Halle Orchestra plans to open Stoke-on-Trent school - BBC Conservatives to unveil plans for two-year fast track degrees - Guardian More issues with Progress 8. - Headguruteacher Parents want last single sex state school to admit boys - Herald Scotland Parents want Scotland's last single sex state school to admit boys - Herald Scotland Parents pushing for special needs diagnosis for children, survey says - Guardian Apprentices from less deprived areas than other FE students, research finds - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers believe pushy parents are responsible for pupils being misdiagnosed with SEN - Times Educational Supplement | TES Quarter of school leaders ‘preparing to leave education’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pushy parents demand children are diagnosed with learning difficulties to get special treatment, teachers say - Telegraph Two-year degrees benefit students and the economy - Times Put VAT on school fees and soak the rich - Times Students to be offered degrees over two years - Times