News archive for 20th March 2017

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Making sense of the 20% off-the-job apprenticeship funding rule - FE Week Plans for video link lessons to deal with teacher shortage - Scotsman Universities condemn outbreak of violence at student rugby match - Guardian One in 3 pupils on university access scheme privately educated - Schools Week One in 3 pupils on university access scheme privately educated - Schools Week Schools funding formula change risks children’s futures - Guardian Scrap new wave of grammar schools, ministers urged - Mail John Swinney told to ‘do a Hammond’ over Named Person scheme - Scotsman Soaring house prices are penalising parents who want the best school places for their children  - Telegraph Minister wrongly claims there are no grade four providers on new apprenticeships register - FE Week Today’s education questions in parliament: 3 things we learned - Schools Week Truancy detectives: schools hire 'attendance ambassadors' to doorknock parents of children who fail to turn up - Telegraph Is studying law boring? And other student FAQs - Guardian Politician launches 'fightback' after Midlands colleges left off RoATP - Times Educational Supplement | TES Unsuccessful applicants can reapply for apprenticeships register from tomorrow… but deadline is tight - FE Week Waning school discipline remains the elephant in the classroom  - Telegraph Could you handle the questions asked in the classroom? - Teach First launches recruitment video - Wales Online Greening to 'look at' free sanitary products for poorest pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Enfin! Female author in French school exams for first time - Guardian Free speech on campus - Glasgow University rector nominations - Huffington Post Best schools add £18,600 to average house price - BBC University sports day descends into 'all out war' as students burn banners, throw bottles and start mass brawl - Telegraph College of Teaching leader brands Ofsted 'outstanding' grade 'very problematic' - Times Educational Supplement | TES SFA apprenticeship funding rules strengthened to deter employer kick-backs - FE Week Damning Ofsted report that caused downfall of huge provider published - FE Week Chinese maths textbooks to be translated for UK schools - Guardian RoATP – the case for market entrants - FE News More than half of apprenticeship standards still have no assessor - FE Week Time for action on teaching excellence for taught postgraduates - Wonkhe The road to a subject level TEF will be fraught with complication - Wonkhe Here to stay: the politics behind TEF wonkery - Wonkhe Australian higher education 'critical' to diplomacy and trade - Times Higher Education | THE Accreditation: Why the learner is such an important part of the process - Training Journal Leading early childhood experts warn against basing policy on flawed data - Early Education Free speech and language training for nurseries - Nursery World Removal of apprenticeship frameworks - SFA Apprenticeship standards in development - SFA Weird science - Education Datalab Open academies and academy projects in development - DfE EYFSP return 2017: technical specification - DfE Employer guide to apprenticeships - SFA A guide to apprenticeships - SFA Higher and degree apprenticeships - SFA Apprenticeship funding bands - SFA Apprenticeship trailblazers 'bullied' over GCSEs, claim former members - Nursery World Level 2 and 3 job-starters must have first-aid training - Nursery World HMRC details how Tax-Free Childcare scheme will work - Nursery World Call to end classroom inequality on global awareness day - NASUWT Union threatens industrial action over changes to terms and conditions - UCU Staff at University of Brighton to strike over demotions and redundancies - UCU Staff force emergency meeting at University of Warwick in jobs row - UCU A parent’s guide to apprenticeships - SFA GCSEs U-turn praised, but questions remain - Nursery World How Teach First helped Georgina progress from training to a leadership role - Wales Online Brexit: A silver lining for FE? - FE News Nationalist kindergarten scandal risks engulfing Abe - Times It’s not a school’s job to teach us how to fill in tax returns - Times