News archive for 5th March 2017

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New £500m plan for 'T-level' technical training that will be equal to academic qualifications - Mirror Sexual harassment allegations: find figures for UK universities - Guardian 'We felt inferior and degraded': reporting sexual harassment at university - Guardian Sexual harassment 'at epidemic levels' in UK universities - Guardian Why the true scale of university harassment is so hard to uncover - Guardian This much I know about ... the importance of having a vision for your school, high expectations, an anonymous note and feeling discontented - JohnTomsett Cornwall educators get a lesson in STEM - FE Week Budget: A-Level revolution will pump £500m a year into technical education - Express School meals row: Swinney says ‘buy local where possible’ - Scotsman Private school pupils to take 'empathy lessons' after head accuses them of failing to care - Independent New 'T-levels' to replace thousands of post-16 vocational qualifications - Times Educational Supplement | TES Budget to include £500m revamp of technical education - PoliticsHome Major new investment in technical education - AoC | Association of Colleges There has never been a more important time to address the UK's skills shortages - CBI Debunking a report on left wing groupthink using left wing groupthink - Wonkhe Budget 2017: Major technical education reforms will make vocational qualifications ‘equal’ to A Levels - Independent Apprenticeships: what are Ofsted inspectors looking for? - FE Week Hundreds of schools use Uber-style apps to hire supply teachers - Schools Week National College no longer approves teacher training providers - Schools Week Hammond puts aside £500m to fill post-Brexit skills gap - Guardian Vocational training shake-up 'most ambitious since A-levels' - BBC Sector Response to the chancellor’s technical education funding announcement - FE News Budget 2017: Major technical education reforms will make vocational qualifications 'equal' to A Levels - Independent Glasgow schools chief: beware of 'snake oil salesmen' in £120m education overhaul - Herald Scotland Elly Hanson: it’s not just the mechanics of sex … children need lessons in life and love - Guardian World Book Day under fire from parents and teachers as 'just another Hallowe'en rip-off' - Herald Scotland Hammond to spend £500m a year on technical education reforms - Times Educational Supplement | TES Edinburgh College trade union chief claims whistleblowers should lose right to anonymity - Herald Scotland