News archive for 2nd March 2017

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Cambridge college removes David Irving books from display following complaint - Telegraph DfE: Learners and employers “expect nothing less” than a successful apprenticeships system - Times Educational Supplement | TES World Book Day: Children go head to head with fictional characters - BBC Fifteenth studio school set to close out of 36 nationwide - FE Week 'Can we live without God?' first humanist textbook for schools asks - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nicola Sturgeon accused of putting independence dream ahead of flagship school reforms - Express World Book Day 2017: teachers get into character (in pictures) - Guardian Parents' rights to withdraw children from compulsory sex education classes 'unlawful', say ministers - Independent University bans phrases such as 'right-hand man' and 'gentleman’s agreement' in favour of gender-neutral terms  - Telegraph Government accused of 'stalling' after Education Bill delayed - Herald Scotland Sally Hunt wins UCU re-election - Times Educational Supplement | TES PCS to hold Young Apprentice event Friday 10th March 2017 at Congress House, London - Unionlearn UNISON 8th March 2017, from 12:00. Event supporting apprenticeship development - Unionlearn Compulsory sex education: human rights campaigners criticise government over faith school 'get-out clause' - Independent RateMyApprenticeship releases key facts & figures ahead of National Apprenticeship Week - FE News Oxford University launches summer school aimed at white working class boys - Huffington Post National Apprenticeship Week 2017 - Skills CFA Struggling college bailed out by SFA after bank refusal - FE Week University mental health: taking student well-being seriously - Times Higher Education | THE Sir Michael Wilshaw joins board of Education Policy Institute - Schools Week New Ofsted crackdown on schools 'gaming the system - Times Educational Supplement | TES We can't just blame the Left for student censorship – every side is at it now - Telegraph Oxford University to launch summer school aimed at white working class boys - Independent Pupils could get right to opt out of sex education - Schools Week Postgraduate and undergraduate student numbers at record highs - HEFCE UK university links with industry abroad – under threat? - IOE London Blog Sir Michael Wilshaw joins Education Policy Institute board of trustees - EPI India keen to put its universities on global map, says finance minister - PIE News Redundancy plans at Grimsby Institute would hit vulnerable students - UCU Sally Hunt returned as UCU general secretary - UCU All families should have access to early years education, say NAHT - NAHT Build leadership skills at the New and Aspiring Heads Conference 2017 - NAHT Year 7 literacy and numeracy catch-up premium: guide for schools - DfE Curriculum Models 2017: Let’s share. - Teacherhead Submission: #39 AELP response to: Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA): Driving the Quality of Apprenticeships in England (Draft Operational Plan) - AELP University Mental Health Day 2017 - Russell Group Considerations for higher education institutions around ‘Israeli Apartheid Week’ activities - ECU Teachers suspended over ‘out‑of‑hours party’ at crisis‑hit school - Times Bristol University gives a third of scholarships for 'disadvantaged' teens to private school pupils - Huffington Post Gone International – the benefits of students volunteering, working or studying abroad - Universities UK Union negotiator's Apprenticeship Levy tips - Unionlearn Lack of right-wing university lecturers is a threat to free speech on campus, new report claims - Huffington Post Why free schools are vital to ending heartbreak on National Offer Day - Telegraph Ofsted inspectors urged to crack down on schools ‘off-rolling’ pupils - Schools Week How to appeal if you fail your PhD - Guardian Lord Baker: Colleges should visit schools ‘once a year’ - Schools Week New headteacher arrives at troubled primary school forced to close after its old leader was accused of bullying staff - Mail NASUWT comments on the Isle of Man Government budget 2017/18 - NASUWT How the humble comic book could become the next classroom superhero - The Conversation Cost of childcare remains too high for parents, charity warns - Nursery World Modern universities vital to devolution and the industrial strategy, says MillionPlus - MillionPlus Scottish parents face childcare costs hike - Coram Family & Childcare Relief for Welsh parents as childcare prices drop – but not enough childcare available for working parents - Coram Family & Childcare Sky high London childcare costs are a third more than national average - Coram Family & Childcare Hard working parents torpedoed by stubbornly high childcare costs - Coram Family & Childcare Financial management: helping colleges to account for funding - SFA College accounts direction - SFA British universities have a duty to Jewish students to monitor Israel Apartheid Week - Telegraph Post-16 audit code of practice - SFA SFA already finding ineligible employer incentives and will ‘stengthen’ funding rules - FE Week Universities stifle debate as academics lurch to the left - Mail One in five children face missing out on their top school choice in worse admissions round since 2008 - Mail Primaries could teach pupils about same-sex relationships as part of compulsory classes in schools - Mail Eight in ten British university lecturers are 'Left-wing', survey finds - Telegraph Dyslexia diagnosis helps wealthier pupils get ahead - Times