News archive for 4th May 2017

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Kent grammar schools: Odds 'loaded against poor pupils' - BBC Fact Check: is education spending at the highest level on record? - The Conversation UCL staff morale at all-time low because of management, poll finds - Guardian Fidget spinners banned from schools for making too much noise - Independent Students’ well-being: PISA 2015 results - NAHT Despite attempts to muddy the waters, ITT allocations will see the light of day - MillionPlus Universities UK sets out priorities for next government - Universities UK International researcher mobility - Russell Group More funding is needed for the ALN Bill to work (Wales) - ATL ESFA e-bulletin: 4 May 2017 (issue 172) - Education & Skills Funding Agency Parents step up video campaign against school cuts (video) - Times Educational Supplement | TES David Ross Education Trust given ‘final warning’ over job cuts - Schools Week 'The struggle is real. But the struggle is what makes you' (video) - BBC Unions threaten action against academy chain over staff cuts - Times Educational Supplement | TES Students, get out and vote today and on 8 June. Don’t hand the Tories victory | Shelly Asquith - Guardian Bristol University students protest increasing accommodation costs with rent strike - Huffington Post Landmark European court ruling could see colleges refunded millions in VAT - FE Week Hundreds more disadvantaged children set to go to boarding school after charity merger - Times Educational Supplement | TES Spruce up your student home: a gardener's guide - Guardian France: The international student guide to: the French election - Huffington Post UK adult skills not aligned with industry, warns OECD - Times Educational Supplement | TES It’s the process, stupid! - FE News Conservatives become ‘second favourite’ party for students, poll finds - Huffington Post Priorities for a new government: advice from our academics - IOE London Blog Voter registration soars among students with 55% backing Labour - Guardian College crashes two grades from ‘outstanding’ after lengthy inspection wait - FE Week My year as president of the NUS has been an absolute privilege - but hasn’t always been easy - Huffington Post Young people will continue to get a raw deal in Westminster unless they vote - Telegraph Student mental health costs should be free, according to the Royal College of GPs - BBC MillionPlus comment on the HEPI/YouthSight pre-election poll - MillionPlus Tri-borough councils set to recruit volunteers to boost early years services - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Youth work student numbers plunge by 28 per cent - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Daily roundup 4 May: Sign language, Facebook, and knife arches - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Measuring gains and employability for part-time students - Wonkhe Debunking the non-voting student myth - Wonkhe International cooperation will boost productivity growth, says OECD - PIE News Grammar schools: back to the bad old days of inequality - Guardian ‘Run, Hide, Tell’ Kids should be taught how to deal with terror attacks, police chief says - Express Students support Labour but don’t trust them on fees, according to HEPI / YouthSight poll - HEPI A culture for supporting apprentices - FE News Call for extra funded places to improve university access - Herald Scotland Sturgeon condemned over ‘ten-year failure’ on schools - Times