News archive for 22nd May 2017

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Primary school headmistress puts her job on the line and boycotts SATs exams for 11-year-olds because they are 'too stressful for pupils' - Mail Labour’s tuition fees pledge - NUT Green Party manifesto - NUT Over a hundred parliamentary candidates sign up to school leaders’ priorities - NAHT Primary Futures project broadens horizons in Blackpool - NAHT Resignation dates and notice periods for teaching staff - NAHT Recognising the value of colleges - AoC | Association of Colleges Response to Labour policy on tuition fees - Universities UK No winners from Brexit research barriers - Russell Group Why we value international students - Russell Group Hey, big spenders! - HEPI Defining student resilience - HEPI The pros and cons of abolishing tuition fees - Wonkhe Gambling on higher education: When the fun stops, stop - Wonkhe Forward together in the next major wave of technical education policy - Wonkhe Universities and #GE2017 – Cambridge - Wonkhe A debt of Labour: fees, loans, and the political confusion of university funding - Wonkhe Can you out-Spag an 11-year-old? Try this test - Times Educational Supplement | TES What does the election mean for learning and skills? - FE News Teach First criticised for PwC job deferral partnership - Schools Week Grammar schools: back to the bad old days of inequality – podcast - Guardian Theresa May says 'you can have all the evidence, but headteachers told me grammar schools are good', education researcher claims - Independent AQA geography exam leaves GCSE students frustrated with question about dishwashers - Huffington Post Headteacher bans primary school kids from taking SATs - Metro When schools can’t afford toilet rolls let alone teachers, we must fight | Julie Ferry - Guardian Wiping student debt? - BBC Jeremy Corbyn’s vow to abolish tuition fees sparks outrage among graduates - Huffington Post 'Inspirational' state school teachers honoured for encouraging pupils to apply to Oxford - Times Educational Supplement | TES When grades aren't enough: how to sell your academic brilliance - Guardian Pupils angered by error in new AQA English literature GCSE - Times Educational Supplement | TES What teachers need to know about intelligence – Part 2: The effects of education - The Learning Spy ESFA is jeopardising degree apprenticeships - FE Week FE provider destroyed by lack of audit - FE News Brexit barriers on European collaborations 'would harm science', say top university leaders - Independent Labour’s scrapping of tuition fees isn’t the progressive measure it appears | Frances Ryan - Guardian Teaching students to survive a zombie apocalypse with psychology - The Conversation Former deputy PM Nick Clegg says Labour's tuition fees plan is 'the wrong choice now' - Express Afghanistan: Kids working on Kabul's streets get a second chance at childhood | Sune Engel Rasmussen - Guardian Making the skills market work should be our priority – not ending it - FE Week Pupil letter-writers have chance to be published alongside Jacqueline Wilson - Times Educational Supplement | TES Labour tuition fees promise: Students this year 'would not pay' - BBC Would you pass GCSE maths? Take the quiz - Independent Guardian Education Centre 15th anniversary: 15 things you may not know about us - Guardian How to improve apprenticeship completion rates - FE Week How many language teachers would we need to reach the Conservatives’ 75% EBacc target? - Education Datalab Future of cities, universities and urbanisation key themes at Going Global 2017 - British Council Daily roundup 22 May: Youth vote, free school meals, and out-of-area placements - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Green Party pledges universal free early education for all children - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Jeremy Corbyn: New students will have tuition fee debts cancelled from this year - PoliticsHome Study tips backed by science - Edudemic UK: party manifestos lay out int’l student policies ahead of snap election - PIE News Draft response to Primary Assessment consultation - Early Education Early years research programme seeks settings to join panel - Nursery World Funding to develop early intervention strategies for three- to five-year-olds - Nursery World Greens promise universal early education and later formal school start - Nursery World Investigation: How apprenticeship levy costs are affecting supply teachers - Schools Week Academies specialising in excluded pupils under pressure to grow - Schools Week Brexit barriers 'would harm science', say universities - BBC Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills - Times Educational Supplement | TES Comics find new heroes in the lab - Herald Scotland University leaders hit back over teacher training claims - Herald Scotland Ban holiday homework and allow children to relax, says headmaster - Times Eight in 10 heads say EBacc is limiting opportunities for less academic children - Times Educational Supplement | TES