News archive for 1st June 2017

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How the Innovation Series can take you from spotting a problem in education to pioneering a solution - Teach First University’s epic fail - Scotsman Sturgeon savaged over ‘disastrous’ record on Scottish schools ahead of General Election - Express Everything you need to know about cyberbullying as child psychologist Dr Linda Papadopoulos answers the key questions - Mirror School funding: Why we must not lose focus on addressing disadvantage - NFER Tuition fees in the news: student participation and disadvantage - Universities UK Do we need a renewal of trade unionism? - ASCL Mandatory ESFA/UVAC new provider workshop - UVAC Early years foundation stage profile return: how to submit data - DfE Early years foundation stage profile return 2017: guide - DfE Principal standing down of recently created FE college - FE Week More Scottish families to benefit from 'holiday hunger clubs' - Nursery World Comparison of parties’ plans for education spending on 16-18 year-olds in England - Institute for Fiscal Studies | IFS Is a master’s degree in education right for you? - Edudemic Jeremy Corbyn: Labour could write off historic student debts - PoliticsHome Senior IOE academics comment on the General Election manifestos - IOE London Blog Degree-level apprenticeship scheme to be expanded in Scotland - Times Educational Supplement | TES STEM Diary: assistant chief engineer Nick Fox - Telegraph Student loans deter poorer students from university - IOE London Blog Councils set to commit to universal free school meals until 2025 - CYPN | Children & Young People Now A new online course. For professional services staff - Wonkhe People in higher education: Amatey Doku - Wonkhe Claims sex education is counterproductive are ‘disingenuous and dangerous’, say campaigners - Independent Don't double the immigration skills charge - FE Week US HE: quality concerns main reason for eschewing pathways - PIE News How Labour took me from teenage mother to shadow education secretary | Angela Rayner - Guardian Tributes paid to superhead Amanda Phillips who died after a fall - Schools Week Angela Rayner: Labour will boost Sure Start services that changed my life - Guardian Tuition fees in the news: student participation and disadvantage - Universities UK Tories are right to double the immigration skills charge - FE Week Greening dodges question about Tory school funding pledge - Times Educational Supplement | TES University of Edinburgh final-year students told 'graduation cancelled' - Guardian Ukip wants non-reproductive sex and 'gender fluidity' banned from sex education for under-16s - Times Educational Supplement | TES Five ways to build a reputation in law - Guardian Thousands sign heads' petition to save universal free school lunches for infants - Times Educational Supplement | TES Two final competitors complete WorldSkills Team UK - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'There are tremendous levels of anger': why supply teachers need a better deal - Guardian FMQs: Nicola Sturgeon under fire over NHS and schools record - Scotsman Why the 18-24 vote is crucial for this general election - Huffington Post 16-18 education funding to stay 10% below schools, report says - Times Educational Supplement | TES Edinburgh University apologises after thousands of students mistakenly told they would not graduate - Independent Hungary: George Soros attacks Hungarian prime minister for building a 'mafia state' - Guardian Edinburgh University blames a system error for 'failed degree' emails - BBC University mistakenly tells students they would not graduate - Herald Scotland Under 16s´ sex education should only include reproduction and chromosomes - Ukip - Mail Refugees welcome? How UK and Sweden compare on education for young migrants - The Conversation Young voter turnout the reason why pollsters can’t agree on Tory election lead, says Newsnight reporter - Huffington Post Top private school pupils more likely to end up with drug and alcohol addictions, new research reveals - Independent Voting for education - Huffington Post IFS: Parties’ spending plans leave 16 to 18 education with 10% less than schools - FE Week Final two Team UK competitors selected for WorldSkills 2017 - FE Week Edinburgh University probes email that left students distraught after telling them they won’t graduate - Huffington Post Education trade union membership plunges by 10 per cent in a year - Times Educational Supplement | TES Advice for student architects: how to survive the crit - Guardian IFS: Parties’ spending plans leave sixth forms with 10% less than schools - Schools Week Edinburgh Uni students receive fake email saying they’re not graduating - Metro Britain’s schools are already on their knees. Now they’re going to be gutted | Frances Ryan - Guardian 'He actually cares': why young voters are backing Corbyn's Labour - Guardian Things are changing for assessors - FE News Theresa May's vision for universities? More inward-looking, less independent - Guardian The vocational election? - FE News Reading for pleasure falls after primary school years - BBC Higher tuition fee debt 'deters poorer students' - BBC John Swinney concedes teacher training cuts ‘went too far’ - Herald Scotland Corbyn vows to axe £30bn student debt - Mail Record number of teenagers say they enjoy reading - Times Educational Supplement | TES Academics challenge Oxford over forced retirement - Times Parents and teachers voice fears over school funding - Times Scrapping free lunches ‘risks thousands of jobs’ - Times Oxford academics should be allowed to teach beyond 67 - Times Cutbacks in Scottish teacher training went too far, Swinney admits - Times