News archive for 16th November 2017

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Parents fury as second school in Theresa May's back yard begs for basic supplies - Mirror Free school meals rule change will leave disadvantage data ‘completely useless’ - Schools Week Best of AoC Conference 2017 - FE Week Scotland: George Watson's College headmaster rejects bulling claims - Express Apprenticeships from across industry showcased at The Skills Show 2017 - Education & Skills Funding Agency LRS: LRB user guide and learning providers list - Education & Skills Funding Agency Section 96 - Qualifications - Education & Skills Funding Agency Anne Milton: speech to Association of Colleges Conference - DfE Nick Gibb: school business professionals play a vital role - DfE Primary school accountability - DfE Eligibility for free school meals and the early years pupil premium under Universal Credit - DfE Universal credit could mean 50,000 more children get free school meals - Guardian Freedom of speech and the Office for Students - Universities UK New schools should only open where there’s a shortage of places, says NAHT - NAHT Fairer fees for students - Russell Group AELP welcomes new Commons committee inquiry on apprenticeships and skills - AELP Tackling the causes of workload, accountability and respect are key to teacher recruitment, says NEU Cymru - National Education Union England’s school accountability system is damaging children’s education - National Education Union Free schools not delivered on any of the promises - National Education Union School bans teachers from marking in attempt to boost children's confidence - Telegraph 50,000 more pupils to get free school meals - Schools Week Corrosive effects of the market on universities | Letters - Guardian An 'extra 50,000 pupils' eligible for free school meals under universal credit shake up - Times Educational Supplement | TES School counsellors needed to tackle self-harm 'epidemic', minister told - BBC 'Horrified' students want to remove name of prime minister William Gladstone and replace it with newsreader Jon Snow - Mirror WCAT board members blamed DfE for problems - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government delays tax-free childcare rollout - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Daily roundup 16 November: Emergency budget, serious case review, and pens - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Study reveals depression links between fathers and their teenage children - IOE London Blog Teaching Excellence in Higher Education - HEA The Chancellor should refuse new funding for schools - Policy Exchange “This time they need us to win”: how student fees protests have changed since 2010 - New Statesman Podcast with Beej about the drivers around the Advanced Learner Loans market - FE News WISE 2017: Teacher cultures and professional learning – the ‘secret sauce’ - Schools Week The case for fairer fees - Sutton Trust Free schools programme 'failing' to deliver - Nursery World New inquiry into the quality of apprenticeships - Nursery World Empowering parents and families to partner in their child's education - Edmodo Should Liverpool University remove Gladstone’s name from its building? | Michael Rosen - Guardian EEF expands early years research - Schools Week Teaching school alliances: key information form - 2015 to 2016 - DfE Apprenticeships evaluation 2017: learners survey - DfE Apprenticeships evaluation 2017: employers survey - DfE Five ways to prepare your apprentices for end-point assessment - The Staffroom Reflections on the Annual English, Maths and ESOL Conference - Learning & Work Institute Consultation on disadvantaged entitlements under Universal Credit - DfE First degree to support mental health leads in schools launched at Leeds Beckett - Leeds Beckett University Early day motion: tackling antisemitism on university campuses - GOV.UK Coasting definition for all schools for 2017 revealed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Revealed: The government’s definition of a ‘coasting’ school in 2017 - Schools Week AoC President Alison Birkinshaw discusses the importance of collaborative working to raise the profile of FE - FE News Number of teachers cheating to get better exam results up fourfold in four years, finds report - Independent Cyberbullying: Mum's story of loss inspires prince to act - BBC Lawrence Okolie: Boxer talks being bullied at school, losing seven stone and building his confidence - BBC Skills Show 2017: Ministers descend on Birmingham in their droves - FE Week Grayling: 'Lots of apprentices' needed to address engineering skills gap - Times Educational Supplement | TES Milton Keynes College joins Collab Group - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nick Gibb: It's 'not right' for schools to ask parents to pay for basics - Times Educational Supplement | TES How to discuss Islam and education following the Trojan Horse ‘plot’ - The Conversation Corbyn threatens independence of colleges - FE Week MPs scrutinise apprenticeships and skills to 'root out' poor provision - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teaching School Alliances miss ‘cold spots’ of struggling schools - Schools Week New statistics show 'cold spots' for school-to-school support - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Inadequate’ Ofsted blow for Tees Valley college - FE Week Liverpool student fights to remove Gladstone's name from building - Guardian Means-tested tuition fees could cut student debt by a third - by scrapping bills for low income students - Mirror School in Theresa May's constituency seeks £1 for pens - BBC Education select committee launches inquiry into apprenticeships and skills training - FE Week Education Committee launches iInquiry into the quality of apprenticeships and skills training - Commons Select Committee New UK Government cyber education programme ‘Cyber Discovery’ launches to find next generation of cyber security talent - FE News Experimental statistics on the work of teaching school alliances in England - 2015 to 2016 - DfE Primary in Theresa May's constituency asks parents for £1 a day to help buy pens - Times Educational Supplement | TES Slump in turnout for elections to powerful committees that oversee schools system - Times Educational Supplement | TES Year of Engineering to inspire next generation of engineers - FE News 'I've been mistaken for the coffee lady': experiences of black female academics - Guardian UVAC degree apprenticeship myth busting at the Skills Show - UVAC Sutton Trust calls for means-tested fees - Sutton Trust Free schools in England - EPI Government announces landmark campaign to inspire next generation of engineers - DfE Cutting workload isn't enough to stop teachers leaving schools - Guardian Do universities have a problem with promoting their BAME staff? - Guardian It is time to tackle the part-time crisis - HEPI The cost of everything and the value of nothing - Wonkhe What are words worth? - Wonkhe We need fairer fees - Wonkhe School in Theresa May’s constituency begs parents to help pay for pens and books - Metro School business leaders are on the front line - Schools Week Means-tested tuition fees could cut student debt by a third - by scrapping bills for low income students - Mirror Headteachers warn of “unmanageable strain” of coping with school cuts - Herald Scotland ‘Cash-strapped’ school asks parents to pay £1-a-day for pens and pencils - The Sun Only half of university leavers get graduate level jobs six months after getting degree - The Sun Cyber-bullying: Prince's 'stop, speak, support' code of conduct - BBC More than 80% of students won't repay their loan in full: Taxpayers face massive bill to cover graduate debt - Mail Free Schools in England: What EPI’s report is actually telling us… - Schools Week The Oxford University college fighting elitism - BBC Means-tested tuition fees proposal would mean poorer students pay nothing - Mail Pupils being harmed by schools 'gaming' the system to climb league tables - Times Educational Supplement | TES Free schools are ‘not being targeted' where they are most needed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Vast majority of students never repay their tuition fee debts, study finds - Independent Duke of Cambridge’s social media plan to help young beat cyberbullies - Times Liverpool students want Gladstone’s name dropped from halls of residence - Times Taxman blamed as graduates overpay student loans - Times Free schools ‘failing to help enough poor white pupils’ - Times Big rise in teachers caught cheating to boost exam results - Times Degrees accused of restricting content to ‘avoid trans sensitivities’ - Times Schools cry wolf when claiming they are underfunded - Times Scotland: Top Edinburgh private school sanctioned after ‘bullied pupil sustained lifelong injuries’ - Times Scotland: UK universities drop in global graduate employability league - Times Scotland: Employers must do more to reach the young most in need - Times UCET Annual Review 2016/17 - UCET Informing responses to the QTS review - UCET Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills - Times Educational Supplement | TES