News archive for 16th May 2017

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Lib Dems release manifesto pledge costs – including £450m for free school meals (which is half of Labour’s costs) - Schools Week Lib Dems pledge to double the number of businesses that hire apprentices - FE Week From Act to implemention: priorities for the Office for Students - Wonkhe 2019 performance tables: technical and vocational qualifications - DfE Forget the Election – it’s the all new 2018 Guardian ranking - Wonkhe Only Labour will guarantee every child, no matter what their background, gets the care they deserve - Huffington Post Grime artist Stormzy donates £9,000 to a student's crowdfunding page (video) - BBC Scottish college lecturers urged to suspend strike action - Times Educational Supplement | TES Subsidised apprentice travel plan falls off Labour manifesto - FE Week University to consider responses to consultation over 139 job losses before further decisions - Wales Online Parents urged to withhold personal data in latest school census targeting foreign-born children - Independent AQA biology exam leaves GCSE students frustrated over ‘stupid’ Charles Darwin cartoon question - Huffington Post Nicola Sturgeon celebrates 'record exam levels' as she ignores SNP's education failures - Express In Asia, China's universities worst hit by cyberattack - University World News Labour manifesto pledges £25bn package for education - BBC The UK's first university centre for improving mental health in schools is launched - Times Educational Supplement | TES Labour manifesto: Plans to let councils ‘run schools’ dropped - Schools Week Job cuts at Lewisham Southwark College 'unrelated' to merger - Times Educational Supplement | TES Colleges scrap merger plans less than 3 months after announced - FE Week Labour Party Manifesto - towards a National Education Service - FE News Tactical voting tool tells students where their vote will matter most in the general election - Huffington Post Labour manifesto: What does it say about further education? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Labour pledges to scrap planned return to baseline assessments - Times Educational Supplement | TES Labour manifesto: The nerdy details - Schools Week Labour manifesto: Teacher pay bargaining pledge dropped - Schools Week Learning at Work Week – a chance to promote union learning - Unionlearn Labour manifesto plans for FE and skills unveiled - FE Week Core academic teachers 'leaving profession' - BBC Labour manifesto: the full list of schools policies - Schools Week Teacher sabbaticals promised by Labour - Times Educational Supplement | TES Science, maths and languages teachers 'more likely to leave' - Express Schools more vulnerable to cyber-attack due to 'budget pressures' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Suicide prevention hotline receives surge in calls from teens over ‘serious’ exam stress - Huffington Post Teachers of EBacc subjects are leaving the profession, research shows - Times Educational Supplement | TES LRS: schedule for uploading ILR/NPD achievement data - Education & Skills Funding Agency Live chat: the compiler of the Guardian University Guide answers your questions - Guardian Cambridge digs in at the top of university league table - Guardian Applying to university: top tips from today's students to tomorrow's - Guardian University league tables 2018 - Guardian Sleep, snacks, support - BBC As a female engineer, I aim to design rockets | Temitayo Adedipe - Guardian NAHT response to the Labour manifesto - NAHT 86 per cent of schools contain asbestos – know the risks and how to manage them - NAHT Updates from Pearson on GCSE’s, resits, BTEC Nationals and the value of AS levels - NAHT Leaving rates are ‘particularly high’ for early-career teachers in EBacc subjects, new analysis has revealed - NFER ATL comment on the Labour Party’s manifesto - ATL Teacher retention and turnover research: Research update 1: teacher retention by subject - NFER Guardian University Guide - Russell Group Teachers urged to sign up for free Advancing Access conference - Russell Group How do the Nolan Principles compare to incentivised, exceptional leadership? - ASCL Teachers leaving profession - NUT Protest at Lewisham Southwark College over job cuts - UCU China denies universities hit hard by ransomware - Mail Daily roundup 16 May: Football abuse, gender-neutral uniforms, and mental health - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Education minister mocked after lobbying against new schools funding formula - PoliticsHome Ireland: new bill to pave way for long-awaited International Education Mark - PIE News Labour manifesto recognises importance of early years - Nursery World Lib Dems would triple EYPP - Nursery World Bolton Wanderers Free school governor who claimed £3,250 remains secret - Schools Week Labour manifesto - NUT Union condemns cuts to school nurses - BBC Delivering the new Trailblazer Standards - FE News Scottish exam chiefs withdraw paper after finding mistake - Herald Scotland Modern Studies exam reprinted due to diagram error - BBC Australia: Student protesters interrupt education minister on Q&A (video) - Guardian Scottish Government planning more "hands-on" role in bitter college dispute - Herald Scotland Teacher drop-out rates highest in EBacc subjects, study finds - Schools Week Grammar school plans are 'unnecessary distraction', say business leaders - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sir, tell us about sexting, emotions and feminism | Nick Curtis - Times Exodus of graduates to fast-track teaching programme in England - Times