News archive for 17th November 2017

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Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 17 November 2017 - Pearson UCU warns of chaos on campus if pension row not resolved - UCU In the news: 17 November - UCU Too many teachers leave the profession prematurely, NAHT warns the PAC - NAHT Unsung heroes of school finances make a final plea to Philip Hammond - NAHT Primary and secondary accountability in 2017: technical guidance - NAHT Auto-enrolment for pupil premium is a 'must-do' for government, say NAHT - NAHT Game over or mission possible: improving the way we hold schools to account - ASCL Glasgow Caledonian University student picks up SQA Star Award for volunteering - MillionPlus Employers propose reforms to ensure USS pension scheme remains sustainable and attractive to members - Universities UK Comment on IFS research on student loan interest rates and reintroducing maintenance grants - Universities UK ESFA non levy-tender outcome announcement delayed - UVAC Embracing flexible working could help tackle recruitment and retention - Headteachers' Roundtable How much is a moral argument worth? - AoC | Association of Colleges 16 to 19 Funding: core aims in study programmes - Education & Skills Funding Agency High needs: allocated place numbers - Education & Skills Funding Agency Pre-16 schools funding: guidance for 2018 to 2019 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Student Bursary Support Service - Education & Skills Funding Agency Storing and disposing of hazardous chemicals in schools - DfE Early years national funding formula: funding rates and guidance - Education & Skills Funding Agency How can an effective industrial strategy stimulate a culture of enterprise? - UK Parliament Education provision for pupils outside mainstream schools examined - UK Parliament Education funding: Five tests for the Chancellor’s Budget - National Education Union SFCA member news - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA National Education Union to highlight issues of workload - National Education Union SFCA comment - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA SFCA in the news - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA Leeds Beckett academic backs change in policy around child food insecurity - Leeds Beckett University ESFA ‘postpone’ results of second attempt at non-levy apprenticeship tender due to ‘high volume’ of applications - FE Week St Olave's Grammar School row head resigns - BBC UK university staff consider strike action over pensions - Financial Times Head of grammar school that forced out A-level students resigns - Guardian There's no right or wrong in the free schools debate - Schools Week School threatens to sue parents after they used Facebook to accuse teachers of failing to stop bullying - Telegraph Oxford college introduces compulsory classes on 'cultural appropriation' for students - Telegraph Skills Show 2017: Welcome home Team UK - FE Week The Tes podcast: Academy leaders earning more than the PM, the truth about free schools, and testing four-year-olds - Times Educational Supplement | TES GSE: Poverty – what would teachers do? - Edmodo Will the levy run dry? - Learning & Work Institute Free school meals 'to be provided to 50,000 more children' - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Daily roundup 17 November: Sports coaches, glitter, and eviction threat - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Nursery group bans use of glitter to protect environment - Nursery World NUS launches #StudentsoftheWorld awareness campaign - PIE News Online learning can prepare students for a fast-changing future – wherever they are - The Conversation Jisc takes on two young people studying for degree apprenticeships - Jisc Student finance reforms which reduce graduate debt levels typically benefit high earning graduates the most - Institute for Fiscal Studies | IFS I fought for free speech on campus – but I don’t agree with Tory plans to safeguard it - New Statesman Free schools in England – a report by the EPI - The Staffroom Ex-pupils criticise St Paul's girls' school over request for abuse stories - Guardian Ofsted Watch: New leadership praised at improved college - FE Week Schools make autistic pupils feel isolated, report warns - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ormiston Academies Trust confirms former Ofsted director as its chief executive - Times Educational Supplement | TES Student finance reforms which reduce graduate debt levels typically benefit high earning graduates the most - FE News I’m against private schools, but could a new cheap ‘no frills’ option sway me? - Guardian The new prime providers who struck gold in the first AEB tender - FE Week T-level placement pilot only includes one independent training provider - FE Week Greening receives award for delivering politics 'masterclass' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Colleges win £5.2m through AEB procurement - FE Week Principal's reworking of Dolly Parton classic for FE is in best tradition of protest music - FE Week Exeter College comes top in FE Week's league table – again - FE Week Closing a comprehensive school will kill off a Welsh valley, campaigners have warned - Wales Online A Cardiff school expansion plan has been scrapped - as English-language demand drops - Wales Online Glitter banned by Dorset children's nursery chain - BBC It’s hip to be ranked - Wonkhe Is there evidence for bias in admissions? - Wonkhe Update to UCAS report on minimising the risks of unconscious bias in admissions - UCAS Employer guide to apprenticeships - Education & Skills Funding Agency Small and rural schools set to benefit from £2.5m funding – Kirsty Williams - Welsh Government ESFA e-bulletin: 16 November 2017 (issue 196) - Education & Skills Funding Agency Academic colleagues, where was your support for my chronic illness? - Guardian Nurseries ban glitter in pre-Christmas drive for cleaner seas - Guardian Private schools to face further hike in inspection fees - Schools Week Freedom of speech or damaging reputations? What schools should do about students on social media - Schools Week Academisation in jeopardy due to excessive pay, warns Sir Michael Wilshaw - Times Educational Supplement | TES Boom in controversial payments to related parties by academy trusts - Times Educational Supplement | TES The worst bullies: 'My friends called me Ugly Betty' - BBC Degrees of value - BBC Nursery bans glitter for Christmas crafts over environmental concerns - Independent NUS to investigate sexual harassment at universities - Guardian One in four sixth-form colleges converting to become academies - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Outdated and incoherent’ RE curriculum needs overhaul, academics say - Times Educational Supplement | TES The pay deal unions want for teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sats 'grade inflation' has added thousands to house prices - Times Educational Supplement | TES Cash-strapped schools will run out of reserves by 2019, school business professionals warn - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nursery group bans children using glitter in Christmas crafts - Mail Children to be banned from using glitter at nurseries due to harm it does to environment - Telegraph Union sets Chancellor 'five tests' for Budget - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ireland: College head approved the €13,000 bill for his own retirement party - Times Top Days Nurseries bans glitter over environmental concerns - Times Nurseries ban glitter to help protect the environment - Metro