News archive for 9th March 2017

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Poorer pupils less likely to get into grammars than richer classmates - Guardian Music in schools 'could face extinction because of EBacc' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents and MPs sent warning on school cuts - BBC Do we want ‘deeper learning’ classrooms? - The Learning Spy USA: School defends 'body shaming' prom dress rules - BBC “Greet your child with a smile, not a mobile” – parents told to stop using phones at home time - Times Educational Supplement | TES A new Welsh language school looks set to be built in Splott - Wales Online Fall in proportion of students dropping out of university courses - Herald Scotland Grammar school taxis could cost £5k a pupil - Schools Week Low-attainers at partially selective schools do worse at GCSE, study finds - Schools Week Broadening apprenticeship provision beyond traditional occupations - FE News ​​How will Brexit affect British universities and ​​will EU students still be able to study in the UK?  - Telegraph How universities will help make Britain a global powerhouse of scientific innovation post-Brexit  - Telegraph School bans parents from using phones at school gate, urging them to greet children with a smile instead - Telegraph £7.5 million to tackle barriers to student success - HEFCE Partially selective schools 'are no better for pupil outcomes', report finds - Times Educational Supplement | TES We are losing sight of higher education’s true purpose - The Conversation Budget 2017: Business leaders hail skills as Philip Hammond pledge support for students - Express DfE could water down 90 per cent EBacc target - Times Educational Supplement | TES Educators: are you scaling the social media mountain? - Jisc Methodology matters - Sutton Trust Apprenticeships: How to embed and integrate them into your industry - Training Journal How employers see degree apprenticeships - HEFCE Breaking down barriers to student success - HEFCE Degree apprenticeships taking off - HEFCE Why collaborative problem solving will equip pupils for an automated world - IOE London Blog Why do Tories love grammar schools? - New Statesman Teachers from across Nothern Ireland gather for annual conference - NASUWT UCU responds to degree apprenticeships report - UCU MillionPlus welcomes UUK degree apprenticeships report - MillionPlus Report predicts significant increase in the number of degree apprenticeships - Universities UK 'T-levels' aim to improve technical education and improve UK productivity - Guardian Women in STEM: stories from MIT students - Times Higher Education | THE The return of the 11-plus is Theresa May’s first real Trump moment | Simon Jenkins - Guardian Schools in England - DfE Lords examines Higher Education and Research Bill - UK Parliament OFFA comment on HESA non-continuation performance indicators - OFFA Higher education statistics - DfE LRS latest release guidance - SFA LRS: help and support - SFA Individualised Learner Record (ILR): sources of data - SFA Union attacks university leaders after Lords amend higher education bill - UCU Using initial teacher training to provide next generation leadership - ASCL Why we need more degree apprenticeships - Universities UK Spring Budget 2017 - Russell Group AELP Annual Report 2015/16 - AELP AELP statement on the Chancellor’s Budget - AELP Universities UK predicts significant increase in degree apprenticeships - FE News They came in like a wrecking ball? Government defeated again in Lords - Wonkhe Grammar schools: why academic selection only benefits the very affluent - IOE London Blog £320m to kickstart grammar revolution: 140 new schools to be opened as Hammond also unveils qualifications overhaul - Mail Degree apprenticeships 'on verge of significant success' - BBC Music 'could face extinction' in secondary schools - BBC Children are being failed by 'untrustworthy' policies, warns former commissioner - Times Educational Supplement | TES Degree apprenticeships set to soar 650% in three years, report predicts - Huffington Post Number of degree apprenticeships due to increase 650 percent, new report suggests - Telegraph