News archive for 15th May 2017

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Labour pledges free childcare for every family in £5billion vow as it launches landmark election manifesto - Mirror Tory Education Minister Edward Timpson rails against his department’s school funding cuts - Huffington Post The City & Guilds group acquires specialist Cumbrian training provider, Gen2 - FE News The MND Association is NAHT’s new charity partner for 2017/18 - NAHT Measuring and monitoring children and young people’s mental wellbeing: A toolkit for schools and colleges - NAHT Manifestly, the system of student support and university funding is ripe for review - MillionPlus General election 2017: tuition fees under the spotlight - Universities UK Why do academics keep getting election predictions wrong? - HEPI Cyber attack: 7 tips to help you vanquish the Shadow Brokers - IOE London Blog The real value of abolishing tuition fees in England - Wonkhe Pay cut row at struggling north east college - FE Week C&G buys apprenticeship agency in effort to corner nuclear industry - FE Week At least 120 schools adopt gender-neutral uniforms, charity says - Guardian NI industrial action 'harms education' - BBC Greens pick troubled Isle of Wight academy for education policy launch - Schools Week Cut down carbs and go big on spinach: how to order a healthy student takeaway - Guardian Schools told to ditch textbooks and let pupils experiment in science lessons - Independent Make these young beings truly well - Huffington Post Highgate School’s plans for gender neutral uniform should be taken up by all schools, charities urge - Huffington Post Colleges not on apprenticeships’ register still advertising vacancies - FE Week Three-quarters of primary teachers feel under pressure to work when ill - Times Educational Supplement | TES The best children's books of the year – according to teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Are you cleverer than a 15-year-old? Take the GCSE quiz - Independent USA: Nicki Minaj is launching an ‘official charity’ to pay off student loans - Huffington Post Stick or twist - FE takes a gamble - FE News SATs exam Twitter leak sees government tell parents to delete posts over cheating fears - Huffington Post Niger: How do you get girls to school in the least educated country on Earth? - Guardian Tory changes to school funding threaten 18,000 London teaching jobs by 2020 - Evening Standard London private school may let boys wear skirts - BBC Number of school leavers registered to vote 'plummets' - Independent Sturgeon admits curriculum’s literacy and numeracy failures - Scotsman Green Party pledges to abolish 'pointless' Sats - Times Educational Supplement | TES New PR and Communications Apprenticeship Approved - FE News Liberal Democrats have today announced a package of measures aimed at tackling recruitment and retention challenges across the Armed Forces - FE News Abolition of SATs among Green pledges to reform school system - Mail What will replace the European Social Fund? - FE Week USA: School sex complaints to federal agency rise _ and languish - Mail Daily roundup 15 May: Cyber attack, Ofsted, and voter registration - CYPN | Children & Young People Now NDNA calls for 'childcare passport' to simplify payment - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Is Twitter CPD? - Teacher Development Trust | TDT 6 tips for keeping your students engaged in class - Edudemic Key stakeholders explore different approaches to improve consistency in examining student work and degree comparability - HEA Investigation: Flagship 16-19 free schools under threat - Schools Week 137 academy trusts miss EFA’s accounts deadline - Schools Week Teaching travellers - BBC Parents should be offered 'childcare passport' - BBC Pioneering scheme seeks to close the poverty-related vocabulary gap in primary school - Herald Scotland Employers’ basic pay growth expectations hit three and a half year low - FE News Pupils need extra help, MSPs urge - Times Sturgeon admits failures in her education policies - Times Call for a sign language GCSE - Times Educational Supplement | TES