News archive for 5th June 2017

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Nicola Sturgeon grilled over education record during election event - Mail USA: Harvard rescinds admissions offers over offensive memes on Facebook – report - Guardian ‘Great teaching’ and the national recruitment team & fund by Rob Campbell - Headteachers' Roundtable New chair for ECU - ECU Alan Palmer quoted in FE Week - MillionPlus Loans are not debt? Tell that to students - MillionPlus Why we need strong and stable: rewarding female loyalty in universities - HEPI Bursary support programme for small independent training providers - AELP Greater entitlement to free school meals would reduce stigma, shame ­– and hunger - IOE London Blog TEF will check the most complacent and privileged - Wonkhe Universities and #GE2017 – Bristol West - Wonkhe Universities and #GE2017 – Cardiff Central - Wonkhe Surprisingly similar – a sweep across the election manifestos - Wonkhe Manchester University professors sign letter of no confidence over cuts - Guardian Number of potential redundancies at a Welsh university more than halved - Wales Online Colleges raise concerns over Conservative 'change of tack' on IoTs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Arts education is a postcode lottery. Britain must invest for post-Brexit theatre | Nicholas Hytner - Guardian Playing video games could make you smarter - and even help you get into university - Mirror Remote island school - with 2 pupils - on lookout for new headteacher - Scotsman University of South Wales 'minimises' job losses - BBC Sats: Jump in marks needed for seven-year-olds to reach expected standard in reading - Times Educational Supplement | TES How to challenge racism in British schools - The Conversation Experience to get work, work to get experience - Villiers Park Educational Trust Evidence of intent - Sutton Trust France: OpenClassrooms expands degrees, guarantees jobs - PIE News It’s too soon to make changes to the levy - FE Week HEA supports Technician Commitment - HEA Training companies: What makes them different? - Training Journal Liberton High wall death inquiry begins - BBC Edinburgh University loses 96 EU staff in past year, study finds - Herald Scotland Apprenticeship levy should be more flexible for employers - FE Week Measles outbreak at Lliswerry High School, Newport - BBC Ofsted trials three-day inspections amid warnings they 'will make teachers ill' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Election countdown: School goats to predict winning party - Times Educational Supplement | TES Theresa May to force majority Muslim schools to mix with others to stop segregation - Express New survey finds British children more employable than their parents - FE News Oasis academy trust denies encouraging parents to ‘home educate’ disruptive pupils - Schools Week Video games may boost brain power and job prospects - Scotsman TV ‘damages child language skills’ Edinburgh research finds - Scotsman Keane Wallis-Bennett FAI: Pupils recount moment their classmate died - Scotsman English schools taking desperate measures as funding crisis hits - Guardian Mhairi Black: ‘Tories will leave young voters behind’ - Scotsman Listen up young people: don’t kiss your future goodbye - Huffington Post Teenagers are attempting suicide to access mental health services, warns headteacher - Mail Two large colleges pull back from inadequate Ofsted ratings - FE Week Scottish teachers to vote on strike action - Scotsman We need to rethink research funding for UK regions to prosper - Guardian It’s still not easy being a trans child. This is what schools can do to help | Terry Reed - Guardian ‘Patchy’ progress with work training for special needs - FE Week Greener Jobs Alliance offers free online courses - Unionlearn Patrick Johnston: Tributes paid to Queen's University VC - BBC Can you solve it? Are you in the smartest 10 per cent? - Guardian Global: Make or break moment beckons for education at G20 summit - Guardian 8 reasons schools have had to send parents begging letters because of Tory underfunding - Mirror Why we must reinforce the professionalism of the skills and employability sectors - FE News Scottish teachers threatening strikes for pay rise of up to 16 per cent - Herald Scotland Muslim schools will twin to help mix pupils - Times Corbyn’s promises to under-25s are nothing but a con - Times Scotland: Teachers demand strike action over reforms - Times Lollipop patrol cuts ‘put pupils at risk’ - Times