News archive for 19th January 2017

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Austrian chancellor presents 'Plan A' for universities - University World News British universities employ no black academics in top roles, figures show - Guardian Secondary school league tables 2016: Grammar school children excel while comprehensives fall behind, figures show - Telegraph Mark Zuckerberg and his plan for a personalized learning revolution - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE results 2016: the top 100 secondary schools - Telegraph College students are not progressing in English and maths, DfE data reveals - Times Educational Supplement | TES Grammar heads complain their advantaged pupils will miss out on funding - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-level school league tables 2016: compare your school's performance - Telegraph Universities need not worry about Brexit - Telegraph Students may be ill-equipped to manage their money - but it's up to universities to offer them guidance - Telegraph Headmistress scuppered by red tape as she tried to use mobile phone jamming technology to stop children using internet in class - Telegraph 200,000 children ‘failed’ as almost 300 secondary schools found to be under-performing - Huffington Post More than 1,500 schools score negatively as new government league tables revealed - Independent Boycott birth census, civil rights group urges parents - BBC Brexit strategy 'offers hope on Horizon 2020, Erasmus+' - University World News More than 1,500 schools score negatively as new government league tables revealed - Independent The first results from Wales' two new Maths GCSEs were published today (and most students got D or below) - Wales Online GCSE school league tables 2016: compare your school's performance  - Telegraph What’s the worst that could happen under New US Ed Secretary Betsy DeVos? Some scenarios - IOE London Blog Progress 8: five things you need to know about today's league tables - Times Educational Supplement | TES MAT league tables 2016: Over half of trusts “significantly below average”, and 5 other findings - Schools Week Amanda Spielman appoints former Nicky Morgan special adviser to Ofsted - Schools Week League tables rank the best and worst performing academy trusts - Times Educational Supplement | TES Secondary school league tables 2016: how to read the results for GCSE and A level - Telegraph League tables: New targets see 282 secondaries underperforming - BBC The new GCSE grading structures are another fine mess bound to cause trouble - Telegraph Success in Competitions will raise Apprenticeship Standards - FE News Grammar schools lose top spots after league table shakeup - Guardian Investigation: How have poorer pupils performed in GCSEs at flagship schools? - Schools Week Progress 8 results 2016: Gibb hails schools for narrowing attainment gap - Schools Week GCSE results: Nearly 300 secondary schools fall below new Progress 8 floor standard - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education, the key to responsive and responsible leadership - Huffington Post How inclusive is school? - Huffington Post UK universities using fewer ‘atypical’ staff contracts - Times Higher Education | THE AoC defends colleges after new DfE statistics show lack of English and maths progress - FE Week Don’t be fooled by the ‘evidence’ of league tables - Telegraph A level results 2016: the top 100 secondary schools  - Telegraph A handy guide to changes to GCSE grades for employers and training providers - Pearson Breaking the class ceiling - Sutton Trust Call for re-introduction of baseline check - Nursery World Rural living can seriously affect your access to skills - Training Journal British Council partnership to reward online learners - British Council SFA: course directory - SFA New Director for Corporate Strategy, Ofsted - Ofsted Further education area reviews: funding to restructure colleges - DfE Multi-academy trust performance measures: 2015 to 2016 - DfE School and college performance tables: 2015 to 2016 - DfE Revised GCSE and equivalent results in England: 2015 to 2016 - DfE Staff at higher education providers in the UK: 2015 to 2016 - DfE Secondary school performance tables in England: 2015 to 2016 - DfE Progress 8 and Attainment 8 - DfE Higher Education and Research Bill: market entry reforms - DfE Higher Education and Research Bill - DfE Cuts forcing schools to axe language and science exams - Herald Scotland Brexit impact on higher education: UCL hosts Education Committee session - UK Parliament League tables - NUT Secondary school performance data proves EBacc is not the right measure for schools - NAHT How real terms cuts to education funding will affect schools in Bristol - NAHT NASUWT comments on secondary school performance tables - NASUWT Mental toughness to join league tables? - GSA ATL comment on secondary school performance tables - ATL Justine Greening: education at the core of social mobility - DfE SFCA comment - DfE Performance Tables - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA Capturing the future of graduate outcomes - Wonkhe Headmaster transforms his pupils’ behaviour with a total ban on mobiles - Mail Bomb teams sent to schools 600 times in chemical alert - BBC Over 60 MPS call on minister to commit to adult education resurgence - FE Week Support lifelong learning, MPs urge government - Times Educational Supplement | TES