News archive for 10th January 2017

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The front line - BBC New York to scrap tuition fees for middle class - BBC The supersized classes with up to 45 pupils - Mail Youngest armed robber: 'University changed my life' - BBC This is how you find out if schools in Wales are shutting because of the snow - Wales Online Prime Minister's speech on mental health: Chairs’ statement - UK Parliament Supersize lessons: Maths class of 46 pupils revealed as one of the largest in Britain - Telegraph Jo Johnson accuses Britain's leading universities of acting like a 'cartel' and behaving like burly bouncers - Telegraph Students are paying too much for too little - that's why reform in the university sector is vital - Telegraph House of Lords blocks controversial reforms that allow 'marketisation' of universities - Independent Late publication of ‘customer service’ guide for area reviews described as ‘beyond parody’ - FE Week Scottish think tank slam free nursery system as ‘unfair’ - Scotsman Heads warn MPs of 'extremely bleak' funding problems - BBC PM’s mental health first aid training pledge only for schools, not colleges - FE Week Millions in funding to help ease transition to new SEND system - Times Educational Supplement | TES Marsden: more funding needed for careers advice - Times Educational Supplement | TES From lazy to leader: unsporty girls are getting fit and spreading the word - Guardian Student life: luxuries for some, poverty for many - Telegraph SOAS students have a point. Philosophy degrees should look beyond white Europeans | Tom Whyman - Guardian Half of young people have so many 'emotional problems' they cannot focus at school, study finds - Telegraph It's time for the Government refocus its efforts on the free schools movement - Telegraph Five reports for college area reviews published - Times Educational Supplement | TES I can't answer school exam questions about my own poems, says US poet - Independent Wave three area review reports and recommendations published - FE Week Government ‘looking at’ demand for mental health counsellor in every school - Schools Week Childcare funding 'will create 9,000 places' - BBC Social inequalities – the report card - IOE London Blog Blue state or red state, educating a child in America will drive you nuts - Guardian Students defy university tabloid newspaper ban by handing out free copies across campus in free speech protest - Telegraph How Mandarin can unlock our children's potential in an increasingly connected world - Telegraph Four problems with the Higher Education Bill - The Conversation Headteacher kept seven foot long boa constrictor in his office without checking safety risk, Ofsted report reveals - Telegraph If we're serious about raising standards in our universities, improving the transition from sixth form must be a priority  - Telegraph Not content: Lords give the Bill a very rocky first day - Wonkhe Don't turn schools into 'nimbies', government is warned - Times Educational Supplement | TES Families to benefit from £50 million boost to childcare schemes - DfE Nursery expansion projects for 30-hour childcare revealed - Nursery World Lords amendment sets robust minimum standards for universities - UCU DfE invites applications to join a Headteacher Reference Group - NAHT DfE invites applications to join a Headteacher Reference Group - NAHT Response to Lords Higher Education Bill vote - Universities UK Childcare: core infrastructure, collaboration and funding - Voice New events map for National Apprenticeship Week 2017 - SFA Apprenticeship funding bands - SFA FE data library: apprenticeship vacancies - SFA Further education area reviews: guidance for providers - DfE Squatters take over University of Oxford building and turn it into a homeless shelter - Telegraph Further education area reviews: policy and reports - DfE Funding for special educational needs support confirmed - DfE Further education area reviews: standards colleges can expect - DfE Greening unveils £50m grant scheme to create more childcare places - CYPN | Children & Young People Now IOE research on private HE providers informs policy recommendations - IOE London Blog New Ofsted chief laments grammar schools ‘distraction’ - PoliticsHome Anti-academy head squares up to establishment elite in union election | Fiona Millar - Guardian Overseas students ‘helped offset’ US public university cuts - Times Higher Education | THE Failing Spurs-sponsored school costs taxpayer £500,000 rent a year | Warwick Mansell - Guardian Are college governors personally liable if something goes wrong? - FE Week Ofsted chief slams Brexit as a ‘national preoccupation’ amid fears education could suffer - Express New Ofsted chief fires broadside at Brexit and grammars - Mail School governance consultation 'excluded' many parents - BBC Parents feel ‘excluded’ by Scottish Government's school consultation - Herald Scotland Head shortage leaves schools leaderless for three years - Times Parents left baffled and excluded by jargon in school reforms - Times Purging western thinkers to please students is wrong - Times Almost 9,000 childcare places to be created for three and four-year-olds - Times Educational Supplement | TES