News archive for 27th January 2017

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Germany: rise of autocratic leaders poses threat to academia - University World News Policy Tracker: keeping track of what happened in the world of education in January 2017 - Pearson Policy Eye: highlights of week ending Friday 27 January 2017 - Pearson High court overturns teaching ban on former London 'superhead' - Guardian London boroughs fear bigger classes and fewer teachers at 1,500 schools - Guardian Pay rises, funding formula and data – the TES podcast - Times Educational Supplement | TES Superhead Greg Wallace wins appeal over teaching ban for IT contracts scandal - Times Educational Supplement | TES Oxford student at centre of police investigation over claims a hitman was hired to kill him  - Telegraph In this week's TES Further: Could digital learning revive the appeal of apprenticeships? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Zimbabwe: student interests suffer as unions pursue party agendas - University World News Algeria: local industries open doors to university partnerships - University World News £1m programme announced by ETF to boost teaching and learning - Times Educational Supplement | TES Is Oxford's Christian heritage hampering its efforts to improve welfare provision for students? - Telegraph Basildon Academies trust issued fourth government warning - Schools Week Russia: students issue alarm over worsening conditions - University World News Ofsted watch: West Cheshire College no longer ‘inadequate’ - FE Week Carter plan to tackle 'desperate' teacher retention problems - Times Educational Supplement | TES University of Buckingham to become Europe’s first Positive University - University of Buckingham Kenya: staff strike paralyses public universities - University World News India: commission moves to block use of predatory research publishers - University World News Schools cherry-picking pupils who apply mid-year, says report - BBC USA: Trump to tighten control of research and dissemination - University World News Japan: model of how to lure high-quality foreign students - University World News My child blossomed at a state nursery – we can't let these places close - Guardian Bangladesh: graduate unemployment 'is stoking religious extremism' - University World News Latin America: why are universities stuck in the 20th century? - University World News Nigeria: non-payment of lecturer salaries 'a growing trend' - University World News Halfon puts lifelong learning back in the spotlight - FE Week Pakistan: university leaders demand action on fake universities - University World News US: Syrian voices students' fears over Trump crackdown - University World News In an increasingly dangerous world for children, greater awareness and education must be the order of the day - Telegraph Global: the imperative of increasing access to university - University World News Tunisia: Harvard Middle East centre opens first overseas office - University World News Sweden: introducing fees for non-EU students is a game-changer - University World News South Africa: universities hope for more stable academic year - University World News Ethiopia: partnership offers a lifeline to students with disabilities - University World News University of Buckingham to monitor students’ social media accounts to tackle depression and suicide - Huffington Post Girl power: How can books empower young girls? - BBC £10.6m skills funding for the west of England - FE News Report shows college struggle with ‘endemic’ sexualised behaviour - FE Week Experience: I talk with my eyes - Guardian Project to boost outstanding teaching, learning and assessment - FE News Ofsted inspectors are ignoring the quality of sex education teaching in schools, new report claims  - Telegraph Multi-academy trusts spend less on ‘back office’ but don’t pay teachers more … and 6 other EPI findings - Schools Week Every school in the UK needs its own nurse if we are to establish and protect the mental well-being of our pupils - Telegraph Getting an apprenticeship was the best thing I’ve ever done... here’s why - Huffington Post DfE ignores research and weights cash for deprived pupils towards secondaries - Times Educational Supplement | TES Cruise company launches luxury round the world gap year trip... that costs more than a degree - Huffington Post Hubris and hyperbole!! How about some honesty and humility? - Teacherhead Treasury claws back £384m academy conversion funding - Schools Week Large drop in number of standards lacking end-point assessors - FE Week SFA in dock after hundreds of learners struggle to recover loans cash when provider collapses - FE Week Black girls take the lead in STEM subjects - Schools Week The Institute for Apprenticeships board lacks balance - FE Week About 80% of UK universities sign up for TEF - Times Higher Education | THE Girls as young as six 'believe brilliance is male trait', research finds - Evening Standard Ofsted 'fatally neglecting' to monitor sex education - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Four more councils to join free childcare pilot - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Annual procurement survey - responses invited - HEFCE 299 universities and colleges take part in Year Two of the Teaching Excellence Framework - HEFCE HEA Flexible Learning Community of Practice Launch - HEA Tulip Siddiq quits as shadow early years minister - Nursery World New handwashing guidance for early years settings - Nursery World SEED: Latest reports include focus on good early years practice - Nursery World More councils join 30-hour early implementer pilot - Nursery World Project to boost outstanding teaching, learning and assessment - AoC | Association of Colleges Institute for Apprenticeships operational plan - AoC | Association of Colleges Institute for Apprenticeships appoints board members - AoC | Association of Colleges International schools set to bulk up digital learning investments, study finds - PIE News Education leaders call for teaching overhaul at Education World Forum - PIE News By ignoring sex education, ministers are risking children’s safety | Joan Smith - Guardian Council admits racially discriminating against two boys over Prevent toy gun referral - Guardian Unsackable senior staff make life even harder for junior academics - Guardian The economic benefits of joining, establishing, or growing a multi-academy trust - EPI Girls as young as six believe genius is a male trait, new research into gender stereotypes finds - Independent 'Pink girly toys don't deter women from engineering' - BBC Adult education budget funding and performance management rules 2017 to 2018 - SFA SFA: Inform - SFA Apprenticeship training agencies - SFA Apprenticeship standards in development - SFA SFA funding rules - SFA New report offers guidance to support disabled students - DfE Future of apprenticeships in England: guidance for trailblazers - DfE Inclusive teaching and learning in higher education - DfE Study of early education and development (SEED) - DfE Universities opt in to the Teaching Excellence Framework - DfE Cost and funding of early education - DfE Parents’ views and demand for 30 hours of free childcare - DfE Good practice in early education - DfE Experiences of the early years pupil premium - DfE Childminders’ views on funded early education - DfE Children with SEND: meeting their needs in the early years - DfE Institute for Apprenticeships board members announced - DfE Sex and relationships education 'fatally neglected' by Ofsted officers, investigation finds - Independent UCU members back strike action plans at Manchester Metropolitan University - UCU Week in news: 27 January 2017 - UCU Treasury should reverse the clawback of school funding, says NAHT - NAHT Girls’ schools are producing pupils who aim for the sky - GSA Firing on all cylinders: What makes an effective middle leader? - ASCL Our reaction to the Institute for Apprenticeships board - CBI Migration Advisory Committee Report: 'Partial review of the Shortage Occupation List: Review of teachers’ (27 Jan 2017) - UCET International students and the Brexit risk - Voice Devolving pay and conditions for teachers in Wales risks brain drain - Voice ATL calls for sex and relationship education to be made compulsory - ATL Teacher recruitment crisis causing a school ‘science shortfall’, especially in Physics - Sutton Trust Science specialists - Sutton Trust Brooke Weston academy trust invests £1m in stocks - Schools Week No council cash for new free schools in Manchester - Schools Week RSC performance measure quietly dropped - Schools Week Teaching apprenticeships: the new school direct? - Schools Week Regional schools commissioner league tables 2014-15 - Schools Week Where have all Britain's maths teachers gone? UK recruits abroad for the first time since the 1970s - Mail Schools accused of elitism based on sporting prowess - Herald Scotland Ofsted inspectors are ignoring sex education, says report - BBC Future school - BBC Teach First founder is leaving – with a parting shot at ministers over school funding - Times Educational Supplement | TES Treasury takes back £384m school funding - BBC Introducing the Institute for Apprenticeships board members - FE Week Girls lose faith in their own talents by the age of six - BBC Government's secret £300,000 overseas teacher recruitment drive revealed - Telegraph NASUWT claim most teachers miss out on 1% pay rise - Schools Week Ofsted ‘fatally neglecting’ PSHE and sex education, say humanists - Schools Week Brett Wigdortz to step down as Teach First chief executive - Schools Week LGBTI pupils to have ‘safe spaces’ at Catholic schools - Times 'Effective' action is needed over pay and casualisation, says UCU leadership challenger - Times Educational Supplement | TES Institute for Apprenticeships: board members announced - Times Educational Supplement | TES Heads campaigning to raise awareness of hidden autism in girls - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sex education mentioned in less than 1% of Ofsted reports - Times Educational Supplement | TES Prepare to be ‘blown away’ by the TES Schools Awards - Times Educational Supplement | TES Six-in-10 teachers denied 1% pay rise - Times Educational Supplement | TES Migration Advisory Committee Report: 'Partial review of the Shortage Occupation List: Review of teachers’ (27 Jan 2017) - UCET