News archive for 21st June 2017

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Tories signal they may back down on cuts to school funding - Guardian Elite UK universities found to be second-rate in new Government rankings - Independent £10 million refund claims expected from colleges as HMRC accepts euro VAT ruling - FE Week A novice→expert model of learning - The Learning Spy Council drops plan to make teaching assistants reapply for jobs - Guardian 10 best cities in the world to be a student - Telegraph ESFA weekly round-up - Issue 359 - FE News On the day the government failed to provide more school funding, a comprehensive asks parents for £25 a term - Times Educational Supplement | TES EFA Information Exchange - Education & Skills Funding Agency Exceptional learning support - cost form - Education & Skills Funding Agency OFFA welcomes Social Mobility Employer Index - OFFA Teacher sick leave levels at their highest in five years - SecEd Will the Conservatives really remove the faith school 50% cap? - Schools Week Fears that Ofsted’s 15-day plan will add to inspection burden - SecEd MFL teacher challenge looms - SecEd Silver Teaching Award winners unveiled on Thank a Teacher Day - SecEd Screwball! tackles a range of difficult RSE issues - SecEd Providing supported internships for young people with an EHC plan - DfE Early years qualifications - DfE Help Ofqual evaluate this year's new GCSEs, AS and A levels - Ofqual Justine Greening speaks at Social Mobility Employer Index launch - DfE ESFA financial assurance: monitoring the funding rules - Education & Skills Funding Agency Education and Skills Funding Agency: update - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA update: June 2017 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Final response to Primary Assessment consultation - Early Education GCSE entries fall across all non-EBacc subjects - SecEd ASCL comment on Queen’s Speech - ASCL School leaders will welcome the dropping of grammar school plans, says NAHT - NAHT Joint statement on Queen’s speech from ATL, ASCL, NAHT and NUT - NUT Queen’s Speech 2017 – technical education plans – expert reaction - Education Media Centre | EMC New assessment highlights excellence of teaching and learning across UK universities and colleges - HEFCE What do students want from their university? - Universities UK FE governance matchmaking service goes live - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Daily roundup 21 June: Writing, 'geeks', and child sexual exploitation - CYPN | Children & Young People Now ASCL, ATL, NAHT and NUT joint statement on the Queen’s Speech - ATL ATL comment on skills and the Queen’s Speech - ATL ATL to ballot Durham teaching assistants over revised offer from council - ATL Queen’s Speech needs to be good for children and young people, say ATL and NUT - ATL Best starting point for measuring pupil progress is an age-appropriate, standardised baseline assessment in reception year - NFER Department of Education primary assessment in England government consultation: NFER response - NFER Slimmed down Queen’s speech: anything for universities? - Universities UK Welsh Assembly creates ‘The Board’ to drive teacher recruitment - SecEd Graduate jobs: Top 10 starting salaries - Telegraph Early years places 'must reach poorest' - BBC Funding pressure increases: Schools need 'at least' £2 billion extra from September - Times Educational Supplement | TES Queen's Speech: Grammar school expansion abandoned - BBC The 15 easiest universities in the UK to get into - Independent How can schools reduce teacher workload? – live chat - Guardian Queen's Speech: Plans to scrap free school meals and create new grammars dropped - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Queen's Speech: Theresa May's grammar school expansion plans scrapped - Independent Department for Education in top 50 UK employers for social mobility - FE News Inspectors find four new city schools with defects, MSPs hear - Scotsman What happened to education policy in the Queen’s speech? - Schools Week OFFA publishes new guidance on the evaluation of outreach - OFFA Queen’s speech confirms it is full steam ahead for introduction of T-Levels - FE Week Queen’s speech: School leaders welcome axing of new grammar schools - Schools Week Teachers disagree with government over best year for baseline assessment - Times Educational Supplement | TES New skills minister Anne Milton speaking at AELP conference 2017 - FE Week 'Major reform of technical education' features in Queen's Speech - Times Educational Supplement | TES Queen’s Speech 2017: Free school meals to stay - Nursery World Grenfell Nursery appealing for donations - Nursery World Queen's Speech: Your guide to the education policies that survived and those that bit the dust - Times Educational Supplement | TES US gun laws: Colorado to arm teachers in classrooms - BBC Queen’s speech: Government will ensure ‘fairer funding’ for schools - Schools Week Queen's Speech: Grammar school plans dropped, funding formula promised, but little else for schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coding the curriculum: new computer science GCSE fails to make the grade - The Conversation Napier and EICC team up for degree in business events - Scotsman Tories' 30-hour free childcare plan fails to target poor families, says expert - Guardian Teacher retention - isn’t it time we took decisive action to halt the exodus? - FE News UK 'bottom of the league' for free early education - Times Educational Supplement | TES International study calls for more early years funding to close the gap - Nursery World Around a half of students now see themselves as customers of their university – new ComRes survey - Universities UK George K Yule: If firms want work-ready school leavers, give them experience - Scotsman OFFA publishes new guidance on evaluating outreach - Sutton Trust Could TEF initiate a ‘golden age’ for student services? - Wonkhe Graduate salaries and new challenges for the arts, humanities and social sciences - Wonkhe Performance management is here to stay, but TEF needs a rethink - Wonkhe Top 50 UK employers for social mobility - Social Mobility Commission Headteachers highlight continuing funding crisis in letter to parents - Guardian 47% of students `consider themselves university customers´ - Mail Little progress made on education attainment gap in Scotland - Scotsman Call to boost children's writing for pleasure - BBC Heads warn parents of 'cash-starved schools' - BBC Disadvantaged students face a "jungle" when applying to university - Herald Scotland Global: UN warns 'no progress' on 260 million missing school places - BBC Public confused on grammars, research suggests - Schools Week Call for mental health services to be brought into schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES New grammar schools expected to be absent from Queen's Speech – but poll finds 53 per cent of public support them - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ireland: Garda college ‘fraud’ referral is conveniently timed, say TDs - Times Scotland: Universities told to simplify access for poorer students - Times Scotland: Councils must keep their schools remit - Times Scotland: ‘Threat to democracy’ claim over Scottish school reform - Times Employers must judge potential over polish - Times Unions’ fury over plans to downgrade school fire systems - Times