News archive for 30th March 2017

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A dedicated Welsh teacher has won the battle to save her career - Wales Online Team UK selection for WorldSkills Abu Dhabi underway - FE Week Ministers pave way to scrap Sats tests for seven-year-olds - PoliticsHome Primary assessment - NUT Staff at University of Brighton to strike over job losses and demotions - UCU ASCL welcomes review of national tests for seven year olds - ASCL Teachers subjected to threats and violence by their pupils - NASUWT NASUWT comments on primary assessment proposals - NASUWT Consultation on the Rochford Review published - NAHT The government’s assessment consultation is a step on the way to a better system - NAHT Research misconduct: how universities are addressing the issue - Universities UK Insights from my Leadership Journey - ASCL Working with the media… - HEPI ATL comment on primary assessment proposals - ATL Voice welcomes consultation on reforms to primary assessment system - Voice Getting bang-for-buck from university communications - HEPI Pupils from wealthy homes tend to earn more - Financial Times First inadequate Ofsted rating for loans-only provider - FE Week Lecture will boost understanding of artificial intelligence - Scotsman Education for a career must take precedence over training for a job - Wonkhe Skills Funding Agency: common funding rules - SFA Teachers need to talk to pupils about ‘IS and fake news’ - Scotsman Apprenticeship reform programme: benefits realisation strategy - FE News New businesses back the Northern Powerhouse - FE News Sats: What you need to know about the government's plans to fix primary assessment - Times Educational Supplement | TES More young people will be radicalised unless schools change, Pisa boss warns - Times Educational Supplement | TES Science classes won’t future-proof our children. But dance might | Christina Patterson - Guardian Untalented rich still earn more, says Greening - BBC The recommendations from the Select committee’s Apprenticeships report and the sector response - FE News Minister slams ‘financial crisis’ college’s oversight of doomed First4Skills - FE Week Major job losses at Welsh university as it faces drop in student applications - Wales Online Just eight per cent of Scottish students at Ancient universities are from deprived areas - Herald Scotland The Skills Show 2017 dates announced - FE Week Sats for seven-year-olds set to be scrapped - BBC Sats tests for seven-year-olds in England set to be scrapped - Guardian 'Left Behind Britian': narrowing the social mobility divide - FE News Greening: 'A lot more work' is needed on why schools remove pupils from their rolls - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hungary: International university 'in danger', Ignatieff warns - University World News India: Uproar over violent mob attack on African students - University World News Crowborough primary school in toilet rolls plea - BBC Primary assessment consultation: The 5 key proposals - Schools Week Testing times – what it’s like to sit an exam as an autistic child - The Conversation Justine Greening criticised for 'hoisting the white flag' and 'trying to buy off' unions by axing compulsory tests for seven year olds - Telegraph University caught up in row over ‘speak English’ sign - Scotsman China: Sydney professor barred from leaving China - University World News ‘Post-Brexit Britain needs investment in teachers’ says Greening - Schools Week Smaller leadership teams needed in funding squeeze, commissioner tells heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government proposes scrapping tests for 7-year-olds - Times Educational Supplement | TES Greening proposes scrapping KS1 SATs - Schools Week Annual Apprenticeship Conference 2017 - FE Week An economic evaluation of the National Careers Service - FE News 'Unnecessary' national tests to be scrapped for seven year olds - Independent Job advertised for new Education and Skills Funding Agency boss - FE Week Oxford university unveils new portraits of women and ethnic minorites to 'redress diversity' - Independent EYFS Profile and new Reception baseline included in primary assessment consultation - Nursery World Functional Skills 'will be accepted' on current apprenticeship framework - Nursery World Campaigners slam reception baseline plans - Nursery World Ministers pave way to scrap Sats tests for seven-year-olds - PoliticsHome Government consults on rehash of failed baseline assessment proposals - Early Education Update on Primary Assessment in England - DfE Justine Greening: unlocking the potential of a new generation - DfE Government to consult on reforms to primary assessment system - DfE Higher education: understanding participation gaps - DfE Apprenticeship reform programme: benefits realisation strategy - DfE Specification of apprenticeship standards for England (SASE) - SFA Apprenticeship standards funding rules - SFA Apprenticeship funding rules for higher education institutions - SFA Global: New data creates world's largest university ranking - University World News Government Industry Minister questioned on the industrial strategy - UK Parliament The global race for international students - British Council Government to consider scrapping Sats tests for seven-year-olds - CYPN | Children & Young People Now What difference does a year make? (part 2) - Education Datalab Guardian University Awards 2017: the winners - Guardian Scrap “useless” school inspections says teaching union - Scotsman Governors under fire for not questioning why pupils 'disappear' from school rolls - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nine to one – not as easy as ABC - Sutton Trust Oxford University puts up more portraits of women - BBC The language of FE or what does it all really mean? - FE News Scottish university calls for clarity after Holyrood's second independence referendum decision - Herald Scotland The Herald launches its prestigious annual higher education awards - Herald Scotland Children with special needs are being turned away from 'underfunded' state schools, councils report - Independent Budget cuts mean mainstream schools could turn away SEND pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Call to split up Scotland's over-arching schools quango - Herald Scotland