News archive for 23rd March 2017

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Damning school inspection report ‘shows change needed’ - Scotsman Status quo 'not an option' for review of education, says John Swinney - Herald Scotland The consequences of freedom - The Learning Spy Too much teaching is wasted - Teacherhead Student satisfaction higher at training providers than colleges - Times Educational Supplement | TES St Andrews ‘offers best student experience in Scotland’ - Scotsman May’s adviser leading ministers ‘by the nose’ over grammars, former deputy PM claims - Schools Week More children miss school because of unauthorised family holidays... - Times Educational Supplement | TES I'm no extremist, says school governor banned in Trojan horse row - Guardian USA: Boston public schools map switch aims to amend 500 years of distortion - Guardian Pinner school faces closure after chalk mine discovery - BBC London students leave underwear around university campus to protest sexual violence - Independent Doncaster primary school investigates pupil's walkout - BBC Five unconscious biases that hold back female researchers - Guardian UK is best place to be a researcher, conference told - University World News UK-China research partnerships must 'match China's ambitions' - University World News Nicky Morgan, Nick Clegg and Lucy Powell to lead grammar schools debate - Schools Week We asked young people what they want from the internet of the future – here’s what they said - The Conversation Colleges offer more work experience to SEND learners than schools, study shows - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish heads to get £3.5m support scheme - BBC Just what is ‘evidence-based’ teaching? Or ‘research-informed’ teaching? Or ‘inquiry-led’ teaching? - IOE London Blog The right skills and investment is critical in today's digital world - FE News Student Experience Survey 2017: hear from students at the top institutions - Times Higher Education | THE Decline in teacher training applications a serious concern to the profession, says NAHT - NAHT Rona Tutt’s update on events, research and policy developments in SEND, March 2017 - NAHT UCU responds to missed teacher training targets - UCU New Chair of the Russell Group - Russell Group MillionPlus comment on the UCAS Teacher Training End of Cycle 2016 figures - MillionPlus Where will apprenticeship reforms take us in next three years? - AoC | Association of Colleges NAHT responds to the DfE’s second stage consultation on the national funding formula and the high needs funding formula - NAHT FE data library: further education and skills - SFA FE data library: vocational qualifications - SFA Further education and skills: March 2017 - SFA FE Choices - SFA Statistics: pupil absence - DfE Higher education statistics - DfE Learner satisfaction survey 2015 to 2016: national reporting - SFA Statistics: further education and skills - SFA FE data library: apprenticeships - SFA Employer satisfaction survey 2015 to 2016: national reporting - SFA Financial health of the higher education sector: a variable picture - HEFCE NCS provider issues school segregation warning - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Home News Daily roundup 23 March: Nursery cash, teacher recruitment, and cuddly toys - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Pupil absence in schools in England: 2015 to 2016 - DfE New research predicts shortfall of nurseries offering extended free hours in Scotland - Nursery World Hundreds of Scottish headteachers to get ‘leadership training’ - Scotsman Parents and employers will be 'confused' by new numerical GCSE grades, Ofqual chief admits - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nicola Sturgeon's free childcare policy under fire as nurseries cannot afford it - Express Head teachers to get £3.5m support scheme - BBC Drop in teacher training recruits revealed - BBC Two teaching groups merge to create a super-union - Mail South Korea: students end 150-day protest over for-profit campus - University World News Graduates propel fall in EU workers in Brexit Britain - Financial Times Nursery concerns to be addressed - Herald Scotland Recruitment fears increase as number of teacher trainees drops by almost 7 per cent - Times Educational Supplement | TES Students are getting a third‑class education - Times Academy plan will create super-heads for Scottish schools - Times Focus on phonics excludes SEND children from the discussion on literacy, charity warns - Times Educational Supplement | TES