News archive for 2nd June 2017

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Teaching union in warning shot to college principals over strike action - Herald Scotland SNP to put tender out for controversial ‘Teach First’ scheme - Scotsman Sturgeon savaged for decade of plummeting school standards - Express SNP education record comes under fire on BBC Leader’s Q&A - Scotsman In this week's Tes Further: How to fix FE from the roots - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupil disruption in the classroom: what is the real picture? - IOE London Blog Further education teaching must be valued - FE Week Labour pledge could cause teacher supply crisis - FE Week Ofsted watch: Traineeships silver lining for provider stuck on grade three - FE Week Election spotlight on HE policy: Liberal Democrats - HEPI It’s time to get ready for new data protection regulations - Wonkhe School budget cuts 'put children at risk' - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Daily roundup 2 June: Sleeping pills, school uniform and reading - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Ethiopia blocks nationwide access to the internet to stop students from cheating in exams - Independent Pupils 'increasingly playing social media tricks to humiliate teachers' - Herald Scotland Breakfast confusion continues as Greening suggests only 1 in 5 pupils will benefit - Schools Week Pupils using fake Tinder accounts to prank teachers amid rise in social media tricks, experts warn - Independent UTC applications surge after letters sent to parents - Schools Week School office staff asked to provide first aid and arrange criminal checks - Express Universities in the UK and Australia push for deeper ties post-Brexit - University World News Policy Tracker: keeping track of what happened in the world of education in May 2017 - Pearson Student group says Oxford curriculum update 'not enough' - University World News Policy Eye: highlights of week in education ending Friday 2 June 2017 - Pearson Canada: mum of boy, 5, defends his decision to wear a dress to school - Mirror UK independent schools promote self-sufficiency through ‘life skills’ courses - PIE News In the news: 1 June - UCU Election spotlight on HE policy: Scottish National Party (SNP) - HEPI Election spotlight on HE policy: Plaid Cymru - HEPI Are free schools good for my child? - NFER Analysing family circumstances and education - DfE ESFA: Inform - Education & Skills Funding Agency P scales: attainment targets for pupils with SEN - DfE Fact Check: are half a million children being taught in super-size classes? - The Conversation Jeremy Corbyn wants to wipe student debt... but he’s not sure how he’s going to pay for it - Huffington Post College pays learners to complete online courses - FE Week Horror show for degree apprenticeships - FE Week Social mobility is not on the agenda this election - that's why Teach First has devised its own manifesto - Telegraph Schools have become a bureaucratic nightmare - it's time teachers wrestled back control - Telegraph Academy conversion: five steps to keeping it stress-free - Times Educational Supplement | TES How would you do in a spelling bee? (video) - BBC USA: Ananya Vinay, 12, wins US spelling bee with 'marocain' - BBC Why don't we value academics' age and experience? - Guardian Be afraid, Tories: parents will fight your school cuts | Owen Jones - Guardian Pupils risking their lives as mental health services collapse - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish schools will improve within 4 years, SNP promises - Financial Times #humiliation - how more teachers are falling victim to pupils' cruel online 'pranks' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Priorities for FE and skills in the next Parliament - FE News IPPR report on transitions at 14 – a missed opportunity - FE News Review of schools to look at scrapping of principal teacher posts - Herald Scotland Finalists announced for the third annual Herald Higher Education Awards - Herald Scotland Teachers issue warning over ‘delay’ to vital exam reforms - Herald Scotland It would be wrong to scrap free school lunches for infants - Times Superhead dies after holiday fall - Times Students panic as error email says they failed - Times Labour promises to write off graduate debt - Times College finances improve after ‘period of stability’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES New route into teaching in Scotland could bypass universities - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers' vote is shifting dramatically towards Labour - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupil safety put at risk by support staff cuts, union claims - Times Educational Supplement | TES