News archive for 24th March 2017

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Prince George to go to Thomas's School in Battersea - Evening Standard Toronto public schools ban class trips to the US in case Trump's travel ban stops students entering the county - Mail Britain's children have a behaviour problem because teachers see issuing orders as 'oppression' warns behaviour tsar - Telegraph Canada: university applications up by 20% - University World News Prince George to attend Thomas's Battersea school in London - Mail 'Bankruptcy' fear over transfer of three primary schools from Academy Transformation Trust - Times Educational Supplement | TES A school is set to get a 20mph zone outside its gates on one of Cardiff’s busiest roads - Wales Online Panel debates end-point assessment and RoATP - FE Week Prince George to attend Thomas's School in Battersea - BBC Gordon Marsden lays out Labour’s FE policy objectives - FE Week Pisa rankings, school dogs and growth mindset - the Tes podcast - Times Educational Supplement | TES ATT chief executive broke rules over chair sacking, EFA investigation finds - Schools Week Editor Asks: Amanda Spielman, chief inspector, Ofsted - FE Week Behaviour is a national problem in schools in England, review finds - Guardian No growth projections for Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers - FE Week Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 24 March 2017 - Pearson Poor digital leadership will see universities struggle to attract students - Jisc Fair funding campaign extended to parents - Nursery World Scotland's Blueprint for 2020 sets out early years and childcare plans - Nursery World Cursive writing, what you need to know - Early Education Behaviour tsar calls for 'internal inclusion units' in schools - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Digital skills: Let's unleash Britain's potential - Training Journal The road to the Responsible Research Metrics Forum - HEFCE Children in danger from being over-protected in the digital age - IOE London Blog Extra 100,000 children absent from school for unauthorised family holidays - Express Rwanda: ministry cracks down on 'inadequate' university offerings - University World News Higher Education and Research Bill: Lords third reading - UK Parliament Ministers questioned on education and children’s mental health - UK Parliament School behaviour management case studies report - DfE Primary school accountability - DfE Congratulatory letters for schools at key stage 2 - DfE New report with practical advice for teachers on pupil behaviour - DfE Inspection of apprenticeships from May 2017 - Ofsted Qualifications: eligible for public funding - SFA Data collection maintenance schedule - SFA Further Education Commissioner intervention reports - SFA In this week's Tes Further: Why an obsession with success is setting FE up for failure - Times Educational Supplement | TES South Africa: preparing school leavers for what lies beyond - University World News Posters in Parliament: Lessons for the sector? - HEPI ATL comment on behaviour in schools - ATL It's all about the people - Russell Group Acting locally: universities reconnecting with communities - Universities UK The significance of business leaders - ASCL Strike action at Rainhill School, Merseyside - NASUWT NASUWT comments on behaviour in schools report - NASUWT In the news: 24 March 2017 - UCU Behaviour in schools - DfE Poland: 48 academic journals appoint fake editor - University World News Populism: is the academy on the wrong side of history? - University World News Conference news and more in March’s Supporting Learners News - Unionlearn Global: a 2040 vision of HE dominated by grand knowledge hubs - University World News Pupils sing 'Schools just wanna have funds' (video) - Times Educational Supplement | TES Free tuition guarantee for EU students in Scotland extended until 2018-19 - Herald Scotland Driving up transnational education is a key UK strategy post-Brexit - University World News Apprenticeship providers warned not to sacrifice quality - FE Week Ofqual boss: lack of end point assessment organisations is ‘not irresponsible’ - FE Week TES FE podcast – GCSE 'confusion', major FE research and pregnancy perils - Times Educational Supplement | TES College on ‘lock down’ due to security threat - FE Week Ofsted watch: Another UTC hit with poor grade - FE Week MPs queue up to blast apprenticeships register omissions - FE Week Segregated schools persist because parents maintain the divide | Lola Okolosie - Guardian ‘Mandatory training’ for untested apprenticeship providers on register - FE Week College lecturers balloted on strike action over pay - Scotsman NHS defends apprenticeship brokerage fees - FE Week Broker fees are back again - FE Week Bennett behaviour review: the 5 policy recommendations - Schools Week John Edward: Is it time for all schools to have governors? - Scotsman I sell degrees – but don't tell students they might be worthless - Guardian Universities flying higher - Wonkhe 100,000 more children missed school for family holiday last year, figures show - Guardian EEF funds major trials to help learners ‘make the grade’ in GCSE resits - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pisa data may be incomparable, Schleicher admits - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools and colleges move away from AS qualifications, UCAS survey finds - UCAS AIEA develops blueprint doc for leaders in int’l ed - PIE News The secret deals behind rocketing school CEO pay - Times Educational Supplement | TES Council intervenes over failing academy – but told by Ofsted it isn’t responsible - Schools Week Heads say ‘no’ to Theresa May’s grammar ‘conversion’ consultation - Schools Week Bolton Wanderers Free School paid £600k in rent and bills to football club - Schools Week Poor behaviour 'not taken seriously enough in schools' - BBC Something is rotten in the state of Denmark - FE News John Swinney urges reform after council hit by ‘worst’ report into running of education - Herald Scotland Four out of 10 schools letting out buildings to raise money, study finds - Guardian New GCSE grades cause 'confusion' in colleges' entry requirements - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers increasingly facing 'vicious' social media abuse from parents - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hosting weddings, setting up nurseries, sharing furniture: how schools are making ends meet - Times Educational Supplement | TES US architects slam plan for hotel at Royal High School - Times Behaviour tsar calls for 'more muscular' school inclusion units - Times Educational Supplement | TES