News archive for 23rd November 2017

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New student watchdog boss vows to end curbs on free speech - Mail Sums fail to add up on maths pledge of budget, says Angela Rayner - Guardian 'Sharp decline' in standards at private faith schools, Ofsted finds - Telegraph Students should be made to feel 'uncomfortable' so they can learn, chair of the Office for Students says - Telegraph Highlights from 2017 WISE Summit - Schools Week Calls for change to apprenticeships after numbers fall by 59% - Guardian Growing proportion of private faith schools fail Ofsted inspections - Guardian Number of apprenticeship starts falls by 60%, DfE figures show - Times Educational Supplement | TES Founder of Academy Transformation Trust resigns as chief executive - Times Educational Supplement | TES 14 to 19 technical and applied qualifications: technical guidance - DfE Highlights from Skills Show 2017 - FE Week Bishops launch petition to lift faith school cap - Times Educational Supplement | TES Top children’s authors demand Justine Greening step in to save school libraries - Times Educational Supplement | TES Neil Gaiman leads authors demanding action to halt decline of school libraries - Guardian National Union of Students launches campaign to tackle ‘problem’ of poor FE transport - FE Week Institute for Apprenticeships announces quality criteria following public consultation - FE News DfE reprimanded by stats watchdog for sharing protected data with unauthorised staff - Schools Week MP escorted out of failing Bright Tribe academy - Schools Week FE data library: apprenticeships - Education & Skills Funding Agency FE data library: further education and skills - Education & Skills Funding Agency Further education and skills: November 2017 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Technical education and apprenticeships: raising awareness - DfE Independent special schools and colleges - DfE Rise in violent incidents at 'inadequate' secure training centre - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Christmas decorations and the risk of asbestos exposure - NAHT University of Bath vice-chancellor narrowly survives no-confidence vote - UCU The £600 maths bonus - AoC | Association of Colleges Campaigner: I received rape and death threats after gender-neutral speech - Guardian JNR Letter to Justine Greening, MP_Unregulated ITT provision (Nov 2017) - UCET Daily roundup 23 November: the Budget, social media and child obesity - CYPN | Children & Young People Now What does the Autumn Budget 2017 mean for education? - The Staffroom The Chancellor has bought some time on Universal Credit – but the problems are still just beginning - Learning & Work Institute Reading charity and Lego join forces to encourage children's creativity - Nursery World Key stage 3 history 'is being taught in 38 hours' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher who confessed to abusing boys in US found working in Essex school - Guardian David Willetts interview: ‘We need a broader view of what constitutes a good university’ - The Conversation English UK data suggests upturn for ELT - PIE News New digital English test from Cambridge - PIE News Hammond, take care where you sprinkle the skills cash - FE Week A budget burgeoning with skills... But beware policy churn - FE Week Annie Lennox first female chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian - Scotsman Primary school children almost as stressed over exams as GCSE pupils - FE News ‘Postponed’ non-levy tender results imminent - FE Week CITB retains ‘outstanding’ Ofsted rating - FE Week Pullman's plea to save school libraries - BBC How can schools use research to better inform teaching practice? - Guardian Britain’s endless skills problems: why academics and policy wonks need to communicate - IOE London Blog Adult FE achievement falls - Times Educational Supplement | TES Bath University vice-chancellor wins no confidence vote - BBC Ofsted: Small private schools in ‘stark decline’ – but special schools buck the trend - Schools Week Everything you need to know about changes to student finance in Wales - Wales Online Hammond’s budget revealed poor understanding of further education - FE Week Glasgow-based team to study risks of dementia from football - Scotsman Little Miss Inventor joins Mr Men and Little Miss line-up - BBC Late entry to GCSEs continues falling – but not for OCR - Schools Week Kent school denies rightwing agenda in 'unsafe space' scheme - Guardian Staff warn university as vice-chancellor survives no confidence vote - Mail Data science industry attracting more jobs to Scotland - Scotsman Revealed: 3 million apprenticeship target slipping away - FE Week Childcare apprenticeships panel has just one PVI representative - Nursery World Founders of kidsunlimited start new nursery group - Nursery World Europe needs to invest in skills, says WorldSkills president - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools will be forced to promote technical education from January - Schools Week Exploring the changing global environment for universities - HEPI Council to refer WCAT to police over finance concerns - Schools Week Teaching crisis: Unqualified university students drafted in to teach maths at Edinburgh school - Herald Scotland AS-level numbers drop sharply after decoupling - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities – locally rooted but globally connected - Wonkhe Let’s talk about university readiness, not just widening participation - Wonkhe NEET statistics quarterly brief: July to September 2017 - DfE FE & skills: stats re learner participation, outcomes and highest qualification held for Nov 2017 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Entries and late entries for GCSE and A level: 2016 to 2017 academic year - Ofqual Student support applications for Welsh domiciled students & EU students studying in Wales: October 2017 - Welsh Government Young people not in education, employment or training (NEET): November 2017 - Office for National Statistics (ONS) Non-association independent schools inspections and outcomes as at 31 August 2017 - Ofsted Learndirect’s apprenticeship achievement rates continue to fall, says Ofsted - FE Week Baker clause: Schools will have to open doors to FE providers from January - FE Week Technical education and apprenticeships: raising awareness - FE News Controversial plan to extend Teviot Row House dropped by university - Scotsman Coming to America – 5 million apprenticeships by 2020? - FE News Schools TV on its way – archive, 24 November 1955 - Guardian Teacher at London girls' school resigns after claims of sexual abuse - Guardian National survey of adult learners reveals positive impact of lifelong education on employability and wellbeing - FE News Don’t give teenagers privacy online, says coroner at Ann Maguire inquest - Times Bath University staff join call for highest-paid university chief Dame Glynis Breakwell to quit - Times Padstow Christmas tree treat cancelled after critical Ofsted report - Times Oxford’s University Challenge team given gender quota - Times Budget 2017: Retraining scheme to boost productivity - Times Scotland: Undergraduates to help out in Edinburgh school maths lessons - Times Scotland: Bar lowered for Scottish teacher trainees - Times Ireland: Pupils urge TDs to allow extra time for exam - Times