News archive for 25th May 2017

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The decision to shut the Welsh medium stream at Brecon High School could be reversed - Wales Online SFCA in the news - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA International higher education in facts and figures - Universities UK University of East London student Dale Taylor-Gentles (podcast) - MillionPlus NAHT reaction to Conservatives school breakfast confusion - NAHT UK academics warn of low levels of protection for academic freedom - UCU Finding peace: Grief, solidarity and resolve. Responses to radicalisation. - Teacherhead Passport Maths bursaries available for secondary schools – apply now - National Numeracy Statistics: special educational needs (SEN) - DfE Teachers analysis compendium: 2017 - DfE Special educational needs: analysis and summary of data sources - DfE Statistics: NEET and participation - DfE NEET statistics quarterly brief: January to March 2017 - DfE Statements of SEN and EHC plans: England, 2017 - DfE USA: Christian school bans 'immoral' pregnant teenager from attending her own graduation - Independent Australia: How do we get fair education funding? - Guardian Call to convert UTCs to 16 to 19 colleges - FE Week IPPR report calls for UTC changes - Schools Week School Direct teacher training applications plummet - Times Educational Supplement | TES First 'big fat' maths GCSE exam had 'ridiculously hard' questions, says teacher who sat it - Times Educational Supplement | TES UKIP manifesto: parents can use unregulated childcare for funded hours - Nursery World Record increase in children receiving specialist SEN support - CYPN | Children & Young People Now DRET appoints new CEO, with sponsor David Ross installed as chair - Schools Week Learning newsflash: 25 May - Training Journal Schools urged to remind staff of ’emergency plans’ after Manchester bomb scare - Schools Week Call for next government to make careers education statutory - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Jonathan Ive announced as new RCA chancellor - Guardian Tories' school breakfast pledge could cost five times more than predicted, say academics - PoliticsHome A comparison of manifesto proposals on school spending in England - Institute for Fiscal Studies | IFS Students reveal intent to build community links - PIE News Cost of Tory free breakfast plans 'could treble' - Nursery World USA: Can we stop using education to punish young women, please? - Metro Number of children refused SEND assessments up by more than a third - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children who live just a few streets away from a new £7.3m school have been denied places - Wales Online UKIP pledges to open new grammar school ‘in every town’ - Schools Week Statistics about young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) - FE News Walking to school at its lowest for at least eight years - Scotsman Colleges yet to embrace digital learning, report finds - Times Educational Supplement | TES Want more energy and less stress? It’s time to rethink your packed lunch - Guardian Edexcel Maths 2017 exam sparks hilarious Twitter reactions from GCSE students - Huffington Post European countries seek common approach to child protection training - Guardian The Tory manifesto doesn’t add up – and school breakfasts prove it | Anne Perkins - Guardian Bullying doesn't stop at the school gates and can continue online at home - but we don't want kids to be afraid of net - Mirror Significant increase in number of 16-18 year-olds not in work or school - Independent Additional Learning Needs law long overdue, says Assembly committee - FE News Can data analytics give FE establishments the edge during stormy times? - FE News Chartered Institution for Further Education welcomes seventh member - Times Educational Supplement | TES Science teachers most likely to leave profession, and 3 more DfE retention data findings - Schools Week More teachers leaving profession, new DfE research shows - Times Educational Supplement | TES How to talk to children about terrorism - The Conversation Headteachers driven out by demands and stresses of job - Scotsman Apprenticeship Levy - 15 useful negotiating tips - Unionlearn Student fees must rise in Wales, says university chief - Wales Online Students at Manchester bomber’s university 'tried to block Government anti-terror scheme' - Express Theresa May on verge of another U-turn after budgeting just 7p per pupil for free breakfasts - Mirror The courage of the LSE’s striking cleaners can give us all hope | Owen Jones - Guardian It's time for academics to take back control of research journals - Guardian Students at bomber's university tried to sabotage Prevent anti-terror scheme because it 'demonises Muslims' - Mail Skills for a growing economy - FE News Cost of Tories' free breakfasts 'could treble' - BBC Stress of being a headteacher 'puts off women' - Herald Scotland Poor verbal skills weaken 30,000 pupils’ GSCEs - Schools Week Priest denies being school ‘monster’ - Times How our education system fails young engineers - Times Educational Supplement | TES