News archive for 5th January 2017

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Funding reform will see 16-18 apprenticeships ‘drop by two thirds’ - FE Week Navigating 2017 - FE Week 16-18 apprenticeships are set to plummet - FE Week Revealed: How thousands of London children are exposed to Scientology group in schools - Evening Standard Thousands competing in AoC Sport National Championships 2017 - FE Week Number of additional support for learning teachers at lowest level since 2007 - Herald Scotland Teacher-training numbers plummet for shortage subjects - Times Educational Supplement | TES School places left out of plans for garden villages - Schools Week Nearly a third of students waste their student loans on shopping sprees, drinking and gym memberships - Telegraph Plans announced for councils to give advice about university technical colleges - Times Educational Supplement | TES When is the UCAS deadline and how much will my course and livings cost amount to? - Wales Online Online safety: Internet 'not designed for children' - BBC FE students neglected by NUS - Huffington Post Russell Group universities pay vice chancellors an average of £342,000 a year, analysis reveals - Huffington Post Five top tips for an outstanding UCAS form - The Conversation Welsh Customer Service apprenticeship framework review - Skills CFA Ofsted criticises University of Chester Academies Trust over standards and exclusions - Times Educational Supplement | TES Identifying Trojan Horse witnesses would put off future whistleblowers, warns union - Schools Week 'Students: boycott survey to stop cynical plan to raise fees' - Guardian School improvement ‘failing’ at University of Chester Academies Trust, says Ofsted - Schools Week Framework withdrawal Batch 3 information - Skills CFA Early years sector calls for children's centres consultation to be prioritised - CYPN | Children & Young People Now £52 million awarded to leading-edge research projects in engineering and the social sciences - HEFCE Apprentice-led civil service team eyes big expansion in 2017 - Training Journal Congratulations to FE professionals recognised in New Year Honours list - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Brexit raises concerns about Erasmus+ future - PIE News Liam Byrne brands Trojan Horse anonymity confusion a 'dog's breakfast' - PoliticsHome Ministers warned over 'risk too far' of private university expansion - PoliticsHome The university application process remains fraught with uncertainty - now is the time for reform - Telegraph Equal opportunities for people who use British Sign Language - DfE School behaviour and attendance: parental responsibility measures - DfE £52 million for UK universities to lead pioneering research projects in engineering and the social sciences - GOV.UK Schools leaders call for statutory PSHE to help protect children online - NAHT Call for case studies on preventing disruption to teaching time - NAHT NASUWT announces second wave of strike action - NASUWT Trailblazing degree apprenticeships – modern universities meeting the government's challenge - MillionPlus The Scottish education governance review: Update: Voice Scotland's response - Voice The expansion of early learning and childcare in Scotland - Voice Independent HE responds to our new report on alternative providers - HEPI UCU comment on Hepi report on alternative providers - UCU Investment in English language courses needed to support immigrants - UCU Government reforms to higher education leave 'scam' universities unregulated, report warns - Independent What will happen in higher education in 2017? - Guardian How to spark an interest in science? - BBC UCU comment on Hepi report on alternative providers - UCU Nearly three-quarters of alternative providers will remain unregulated after the Higher Education and Research Bill becomes law - HEPI All new green metric world ranking 2016/17 - Wonkhe Ucas application deadline: I can't decide on a degree, what should I do? - Telegraph Councils could be forced to tell parents about university technical colleges - Times Educational Supplement | TES English teachers finally get research journal access similar to Scots - Schools Week Private university expansion plans a 'risk too far' - BBC Children 'fending for themselves online' - BBC Sign Language qualifications accepted as English functional skills alternative for apprenticeships - FE Week Plans to fast-track higher education startups into universities 'a risk too far' - Guardian UK higher education reforms are ‘a risk too far’ - Financial Times Half of companies fail to fill graduate roles as students back out of job offers, research finds - Huffington Post Deaf students to be granted equal apprenticeship opportunities for the first time - Telegraph Schools should teach all pupils ‘digital citizenship’, says children’s commissioner - Schools Week Children 'left to fend for themselves' against online bullying and grooming - Times Educational Supplement | TES New Year sees spike in interest in becoming a teacher - Times Educational Supplement | TES British Sign Language qualifications to be accepted in apprenticeships - Times Educational Supplement | TES AELP Briefing Paper No 44 Apprenticeship Levy: Questions and Answers (November 2016 Update) - AELP