News archive for 21st March 2017

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UK's most deprived state schools could face further cuts thanks to new government funding formula - Independent Oxbridge Boat Race faces choppy waters amid fears flotilla could catch fire  - Telegraph Resistance to university consent classes shows schools are failing to educate young men on the dangers of sex - Telegraph As school budgets continue to be stretched, technical innovation in the classroom is more important than ever - Telegraph Milo Yiannopoulos loses election to become Glasgow University rector in landslide defeat - Huffington Post How to survive parents' evening – 'Book out the last two appointments to fictional parents' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Lawyer Aamer Anwar elected as new Glasgow University rector - Scotsman #SaveOurAdultEducation: Senior peer tries to protect future learners over loan debts - FE Week New Zealand school abolishes gendered uniforms - Independent Northern Education Trust academies criticised by watchdog - BBC Is student speech stifled? - Huffington Post Should your school serve local food? - Guardian Providers for SMEs left 'frustrated' by lack of information on RoATP - Times Educational Supplement | TES Non-levy allocations no longer ruled out for unsuccessful colleges - FE Week Grammar schools debate: four key questions answered - The Conversation Children in poor areas don't get the work experience they need, study finds - Times Educational Supplement | TES Northern Education Trust blasted by Ofsted despite taking over ‘untouchable’ schools - Schools Week Children are analogue beings navigating a digital world - IOE London Blog Ofsted: Northern MAT ‘failed to secure’ school improvements - Times Educational Supplement | TES Heads increase pressure over school funding - BBC Jo Johnson says universities will be compelled to protect free speech under new government plans - Huffington Post Research round-up 20 March 2017 - NAHT Number of appeals against GCSE and A Level results drops by quarter - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE and A level exam appeals drop by a quarter - Schools Week Children should learn 'digital literacy' alongside the three Rs, peers say - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sixth form students inspire younger peers to get into science - Villiers Park Educational Trust RoATP – new window open: webinar details - UVAC Register of apprenticeship training providers - SFA Register of apprentice assessment organisations: how to apply - SFA LRS latest release guidance - SFA Data released on appeals for 2016 GCSE and AS and A level exams - Ofqual 2017 key stage 2: assessment and reporting arrangements (ARA) - DfE Work experience and related activities in schools and colleges - DfE Outcome of Apprenticeship non-levy procurement - AELP Educational organisations provide an approach to developing a whole school assessment that supports each and every learner - NFER Parliamentary and Scientific Committee - Russell Group We need to change the debate about social mobility says Prof Tim Blackman - MillionPlus MillionPlus launches #25andRising campaign - MillionPlus Educational organisations provide an approach to developing a whole school assessment that supports each and every learner - ASCL Government is right that a new funding formula for schools is needed, say education unions - NAHT Free speech instruction is a needless endorsement of the media’s culture wars - Wonkhe Higher Education and Research Bill: Lords third reading - UK Parliament A moment for REFlection - HEFCE IOE Director debates academic selection at leading international education conference - IOE London Blog Internet lessons must be part of compulsory PSHE, peers say - CYPN | Children & Young People Now The internet must be made a safer place for children - UK Parliament Where did all the GCSE pupils go – and why has no one noticed? - Guardian Future schools: core subjects only, parents pay for the rest | Laura McInerney - Guardian Education & Training Foundation News: March 2017 - UCET Doctoring a thesis: an unusually creative PhD - Wonkhe May v Sturgeon: Scottish education swept up in political war of words - Guardian Study programmes - FE News Varsity day chaos: Students bottled, flares hurled and banners burned as university sports day descends into drunken carnage - Mirror Pupils need internet lessons to thrive online, say Lords - BBC Scottish schools to be warned over new danger of pupils leaving with no qualifications - Herald Scotland Teachers replaced by video - Times Sillars calls for SNP rebellion over ‘named person’ scheme - Times