News archive for 9th January 2017

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Grammar schools are a 'distraction', says new chief inspector of schools - Telegraph Lords send signal on opposition to university bill - Financial Times Investigation launched after former SFA senior manager embroiled in alleged Israeli plot - FE Week Ian Ashman: Colleges 'ideally placed' to tackle mental health - Times Educational Supplement | TES Peers defeat higher education and research bill by 248 votes to 221 - Guardian Theresa May mental health promises greeted with scepticism - Financial Times Sixth form education in England 'uniquely narrow and short' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Apprenticeships: Vacancies drop but applications rise ahead of the levy - Times Educational Supplement | TES Republicans condemn university's masculinity program as a 'war on men' - Guardian Wannabe art students invited to enrol at Tate Modern school - Guardian Qualifications achievement rates dashboard still unavailable after days of problems - FE Week New Ofsted chief: ‘I want everyone to see us as a force for improvement’ - Guardian Mental health reforms to focus on young people, says PM - BBC Brexit may pull political focus from education, says new Ofsted chief - Guardian Research round-up 10 January 2017 - NAHT Universities are in need of reform - but further commercialisation is not the answer  - Telegraph Growth mindset: practical tips you may not have tried yet - Guardian Mental health: seven government measures to improve pupils' wellbeing - Times Educational Supplement | TES How our refugee school in Greece is preparing children for a life in Europe - Telegraph Universities face ‘brain drain’ after Brexit, survey reveals - Telegraph No proof music lessons make children any smarter - The Conversation PM pledges free mental health training for secondary school teachers - Schools Week Teachers in all secondary schools to be offered mental health training - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupil safety, health and wellbeing depends on PSHE education for all, say PSHE Association and NAHT - NAHT Anonymity for Trojan Horse whistle-blowers must be preserved says NAHT - NAHT Reverse the cuts to school budgets to solve the teacher recruitment and retention crisis, says NAHT - NAHT More support for children’s mental wellbeing is welcome but will fall short without proper funding, says NAHT - NAHT New levy could push school budgets beyond breaking point - NAHT Tameside teachers to strike - NASUWT Whitehaven teachers to strike - NASUWT Young people need better access to specialist mental health support - ASCL Without amendment, the HE Bill could damage the university sector - Universities UK ATL comment on Government plans to transform mental health support in schools - ATL Schools that work for everyone? - Voice Academics' survey shows little support for HE Bill amid Brexit brain drain fears - UCU Mental health well being of children and young people - NUT NASUWT comments on the Prime Minister's statement on mental health support for children and young people - NASUWT Personal Learning Accounts for all: More choice, better skills, more success - HEPI Two-fifths of scholars ‘more likely to quit UK’ after Brexit vote - Times Higher Education | THE SNP face accusations of dropping schools improvement scheme - Scotsman Skills Funding Agency to remain in charge of assessment organisation register - FE Week Equipping Scotland for the future: Key challenges for the Scottish skills system - IPPR Council rows back on top-slicing early years funding - Nursery World Early years sector’s hopes, fears and dreams for the year ahead - Nursery World Virtual technology suite will aid apprenticeship learning - FE Week Evelyn Walker: Tech full of opportunities for Scots women - Scotsman Mental health problems are everyone’s problem: article by Theresa May - DfE Prime Minister unveils plans to transform mental health support - DfE Higher Education and Research Bill to be debated in the Lords - DfE SEND reform funding for local authorities - DfE Alternative provision census 2017: technical specification - DfE Technical and Further Education Bill: Commons remaining stages - UK Parliament Call to make small schools exempt from apprenticeship levy - Nursery World Government announces green paper on young people's mental health - AoC | Association of Colleges Education Policy Institute responds to Prime Minister’s speech on mental health - EPI Register of apprentice assessment organisations: how to apply - SFA UK government warned over two-year degree proposal - Times Higher Education | THE Two-fifths of scholars ‘more likely to quit UK’ after Brexit vote - Times Higher Education | THE PM announces review of children's mental health services - CYPN | Children & Young People Now DfE to spend further £4.8m supporting SEN reforms - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Top London universities 'under threat from Government reforms' - Evening Standard Why part-time study should be a priority in the HE Bill - Wonkhe Free Rein? The question of academic freedom - Wonkhe Philosophy can teach children what Google can’t – and Ireland knows it | Charlotte Blease - Guardian Brian Monteith: SNP must take tough decisions to save Scots education - Scotsman Teachers take the strain after 'depressing' decline in support staff - Times Educational Supplement | TES Apprentice targets should cross administrative boundaries - FE Week DfE in danger of missing FOI request floor standard - Schools Week Theresa May promises mental health care overhaul - BBC Want to grow up happy? Get good GCSEs - Mail Flagship SNP scheme to twin schools to drive up standards is shelved after three years - Herald Scotland EEF to test impact of school theatre trips under £2.5m trial - Schools Week New arts fund will test the effect of cultural trips on attainment - Times Educational Supplement | TES Half of young people are so troubled they can't focus at school, study finds - Times Educational Supplement | TES It’s time to tackle the injustice of mental illness - Times May calls for revolution in child mental health care - Times Universities are being nationalised by stealth - Times Children’s mental healthcare delays ‘a scandal’ - Times One in four young people do not feel in control, study shows - Express