News archive for 7th March 2017

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Doubling of PhDs has not affected quality - Analysis - University World News 'Parents have been asked to help clean': how budget cuts are affecting schools - Guardian Headteachers write to parents over school funding and job cuts - Guardian 'You’re talking nonsense!' Julia Hartley-Brewer rages at teacher's union rep in huge clash - Express Sussex tops global university ranking - BBC Nicola Jennings on grammar schools – cartoon - Guardian Ministers should invest in existing grammar schools rather than create new ones, head teachers say - Telegraph With great female minds idling on the sidelines, how much progress have we lost? | Julia Gillard - Guardian Scotland resumes push for ‘named child’ policy - Financial Times EU students told health insurance 'just a technicality', after German woman threatened with removal - Guardian 'I'll resign rather than make crippling cuts,' headteacher tells top Department for Education official - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exams 'stress out parents too,' survey finds - BBC More heads consider resigning over funding cuts - Schools Week The judges’ decision: finalists for the Guardian University Awards 2017 - Guardian NUS trans conference passes motion vowing not to work with police - Huffington Post Education department goes cap in hand to Parliament for emergency funds after £3bn 'overspend' - Independent ‘Named person’ plans to be delayed until after new legislation - Scotsman Rome if you want to: university offers free virtual tour of ancient city - Guardian Further delay for Named Person scheme - BBC Student union bans Conservative society from speaking out - because they challenged its position on free speech - Telegraph Student backlash at Cambridge University over fears of Canada geese cull  - Telegraph Prince Andrew and Dragon back school laptop 'tycoons' - BBC When is an apprentice not an apprentice? - Financial Times More school leavers now in further or higher education - Scotsman National Apprenticeship Week 2017: More than 10,000 back world record attempt through giant careers advice assembly - FE Week When will universities wake up to this epidemic of sexual harassment? | Eve Livingston - Guardian Shakira Martin to stand for NUS president - Times Educational Supplement | TES It’s not what sport children play, but how they play it that matters - The Conversation How to write better essays: 'nobody does introductions properly' - Guardian '2017 will be transformative for apprenticeships' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents say stress over children's exams affects their mental health - BBC What you need to know about the new GCSE grade system - BBC 'It's always so varied': an apprentice's view of joining the civil service - Guardian FE champion Shakira Martin standing for NUS president - FE Week Fewer teachers, no trips: how is your school being affected by cuts? - Guardian Headteachers say Theresa May's grammar schools plan is 'fundamentally wrong' - Mirror We must not prejudice disadvantaged students who are privately educated - Telegraph This is how you lead a STEM revolution - Metro 'Vanity project': Labour condemns £500m for new grammar schools - Guardian Glasgow primary schools to have gender neutral toilets - Independent Why we need to address staff sexual misconduct in higher education - Huffington Post Engineering apprenticeship: a different tunnel vision - Guardian Why apprentices are the comeback kids - Guardian Why apprenticeships are working - Guardian Apprenticeship: the qualification employers seek - Guardian GCSE grade reform confusion could cause teens to miss out on sixth form places, says headteacher - Huffington Post Find the right apprenticeship for you - Guardian Ofsted chief: Trials show 'inspectors make consistent judgements' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why an accountancy apprenticeship adds up to degree-level career - Guardian Ofsted ‘double inspection’ pilot thwarted after inspectors ‘spoke frequently’ - Schools Week Spielman: Inspection reliability study is ‘just first step’ of Ofsted research push - Schools Week Another questionable university ranking - Wonkhe Industrial strategy: a small step, or giant leap? - Wonkhe Higher apprenticeships: the best of both worlds - Guardian Here we Cumbria - modern universities and the industrial strategy - MillionPlus Government should give all schools sufficient funding, not throw money at a chosen few - ATL Skills shortage nation research – the importance of employer commitment to apprenticeships - FE News Open up Industrial Strategy statistics, government told - Public Technology More research is needed into the reliability of Ofsted inspections, says NAHT - NAHT School funding - NUT Ofsted short inspections - NUT Protests at Ealing college on Friday in row over axing of A-levels - UCU Government Budget priorities are ‘fundamentally wrong’, says NAHT - NAHT Why I chose the degree apprenticeship route - Universities UK Ofsted study is important first step in testing reliability of inspections - ASCL NASUWT comments on Ofsted's reliability study - NASUWT Chance the Rapper praised by Michelle Obama after announcing $1m gift to Chicago schools - Guardian New GCSE grading system could spell chaos for sixth form recruitment and funding, leading head warns - Telegraph Apprenticeships present an opportunity to work with employers to address regional skills gaps - HEFCE Pilot provider warns 30-hour free childcare initiative is 'economic suicide' - CYPN | Children & Young People Now ATL responds to Ofsted reliability report - ATL 2017 Budget won’t tackle funding crisis in our schools - Voice Helena Kennedy: ‘We’re making a society that’s hard, where only money matters’ - Guardian Ideological shakeup will create a ‘squeezed middle’ of universities | Peter Scott - Guardian Whistleblower calls on universities to do more to safeguard students - Guardian Sex education: what do today’s children really need to know? - Guardian Stewart Nicol: Employers and teachers must work together - Scotsman Skills in Brexit Britain: a lot done, a lot to do - FE News Lords examines Higher Education and Research Bill - UK Parliament Future of apprenticeships in England: guidance for trailblazers - DfE Open academies and academy projects in development - DfE Why I'm giving education a huge boost: article by Theresa May - DfE HMCI's monthly commentary: March 2017 - Ofsted National Apprenticeship Week 2017 - as it happens - SFA Angela Rayner: New grammar schools plan an 'ideological attack on working class' - PoliticsHome US suspends fast-track processing of H-1B visas - PIE News NZ: more int’l students stay and work than return home one year on - PIE News The Apprenticeship Levy: Why the government needs to get it right - Training Journal FE data library: apprenticeship vacancies - SFA Now parents can drive grammars revolution - Mail Set up your own grammar school: £500million plan for 100 free schools will hand new powers to parents - Mail Three new apprenticeship standards for healthcare support workers in England now ready for use - FE News More free schools pledged amid budget squeeze - BBC Parents ‘frustrated’ by fresh delay on future of school - Herald Scotland GCSE number grades 'confusing pupils and teachers alike' - Guardian Budget: Government finds half a billion for free schools - and kickstarts the grammar revolution - Times Educational Supplement | TES Incoming ASCL general secretary warns of confusion over new GCSE grading system - Times Educational Supplement | TES John Swinney to make Named Persons statement - BBC Why teaching children about porn and sexting is a step in the right direction - Independent Budget to pave way for return of grammars - Times University blames Brexit for 100 job cuts - Times Teacher recruitment crisis limits pupils’ subject choices - Times Budget 2017: Could Philip Hammond be about to give massive boost to grammar schools? - Express