News archive for 3rd May 2017

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Davidson attacks SNP for ‘ten years of failure’ in education - Scotsman London schools urged to install metal detectors to help stop knife crime - Guardian Sixteenth studio school confirms it will close - FE Week Pressure on private school pupils to get good grades is causing self-harm, psychologist says - Times Educational Supplement | TES Catholic schools and social segregation | Letters - Guardian Teachers hit out at delay in seeing test papers after exams - Scotsman What does Brexit mean for students? - Huffington Post Tories claim school finances need ‘strong, stable leadership’ as MPs attack funding formula - Schools Week 'Tory uprising' claim puts school funding row centre stage in campaign - Guardian Using the register of apprentice assessment organisations - FE News ‘You’ve cut teachers by 4,000!’ Neil takes SNP to task over education record in Scotland - Express Two teenagers have called for an end to compulsory prayers in Wales' schools - Wales Online What next? Why a year out after graduation is worth the risk - Guardian Up to four million apprenticeship starts possible, AELP says - Times Educational Supplement | TES Call degree apprenticeships 'career degrees', leading head urges - Times Educational Supplement | TES What school leaders want: Headteacher unions set out election 'manifestos' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Powerful picture challenges lack of black male students at Cambridge university - Metro General Election 2017: thousands of students to miss out on chance to vote, claims Hope Not Hate - Huffington Post Top 10 campus novels - Guardian Sweden: Inquiry heralds reform of HE governance and funding - University World News Algeria: Ministry bans election campaigning on university campuses - University World News I work in a university. Here's what I secretly want to tell senior management - Guardian Is resilience even a thing? - The Learning Spy Push for more Apprenticeships must continue, says AELP’s election manifesto - FE News AELP demands 4 million apprenticeship starts commitment - FE Week Morocco: Student protest over 'sex for marks' scandal - University World News Anger on school funding erupts at NAHT annual conference - SecEd Teacher stress is most closely linked to high job demands - SecEd Mental health: Funding cuts hampering vital frontline school services - SecEd Concern at high price tag being paid for free schools - SecEd NAHT Annual Conference: Hobby urges members to ‘continue the fight’ as he steps down after seven years - SecEd NAHT Annual Conference: Campaign against DfE proposals to expand academic selection - SecEd 'Centralism’ is marring disadvantaged student funding scheme, it is claimed - SecEd Delaying school start time does not help sleepy teenagers - SecEd 'Stone’ inspiration for Tower Poetry Awards 2017 - SecEd World experts call for ‘shift of mindset’ in Welsh education - SecEd Regional education plan published in Northern Ireland - SecEd General Election 2017 - Sub-Committee on Education, Skills and the Economy - UK Parliament Sub-Committee on Education, Skills and the Economy membership at the end of Parliament 2015-17 - UK Parliament Cambridge University criticised for ‘shocking’ lack of representation over photo of black students - Huffington Post George Osborne highlights Tory revolt over Theresa May's school funding shake-up - PoliticsHome Policy Connect - PoliticsHome More overseas students at independent schools abroad than in the UK - PIE News Young fathers unfairly regarded as ‘hard to reach’ - Nursery World Protect early years funding to keep quality and access for disadvantaged children - Nursery World Daily roundup 3 May: Mental health, care failings, and rosemary - CYPN | Children & Young People Now NCS graduates 'more likely to go to university', study claims - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Place social mobility at the heart of the general election - Sutton Trust Push for more Apprenticeships must continue, says AELP’s election manifesto - AELP NFER comments on Education Committee’s Primary Assessment Report - NFER Letter to President Tusk - Russell Group Michael Rosen to speak at NAHT’s new Primary Conference in November 2017 - NAHT Assessing pupils not engaged in subject-specific learning - NAHT Mobility in the manifestos - Sutton Trust Using the register of apprentice assessment organisations - Education & Skills Funding Agency Rich pickings in China’s wealth rankings - Wonkhe (Bench)mark my words: managing preparations for subject-level TEF - Wonkhe 50% of providers ignore course enquiries - FE News Exam revision students 'should smell rosemary for memory' - BBC Why 14 black male Cambridge students posed for this photo - BBC Teachers blocked from immediate access to exam papers amidst social media row - Herald Scotland Annual donations to UK universities pass £1bn mark for first time - Guardian Ireland: Student loan system ‘could start brain drain’ - Times Donations to universities hit £1bn as alumni give generously - Times Government response to Select Committee report into teacher recruitment - UCET