News archive for 24th November 2017

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Now SNP plan nursery lessons in consent as part of sex crime crackdown - Express I was one of the 50 - Headteachers' Roundtable Largest ever proportion of UK’s 18 year olds entered higher education in 2017, UCAS data reveals - UCAS There needs to be a change in law after teacher's senseless killing - Mirror Higher and degree apprenticeships - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA funding claims and reconciliation - Education & Skills Funding Agency A guide to apprenticeships - Education & Skills Funding Agency Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2016 - DfE Integrity of public examinations scrutinised - UK Parliament How do students decide what and where to study? - UK Parliament Female academics back Bath’s vice-chancellor | Letters - Guardian In the news: 24 November - UCU 'Council's offer of talks welcome' says the NASUWT - NASUWT Collaborating with businesses will support London youngsters in making best career choices - NFER Future of EU research - Russell Group Survey names Scotland’s top-performing state secondary school - Scotsman Bright Tribe Trust abandons failing school with ‘increasing financial deficit’ - Schools Week Languages graduates are now the least employable in Britain, new figures show - Telegraph DfE to draft clearer home education guidance - Schools Week Primary Conference 2017 - NAHT End of segregation in schools could increase risk of radicalisation, Birmingham council chief warns - Telegraph DfE to draft clearer home education guidance - Schools Week How to increase apprenticeship starts - FE Week DfE promises crackdown on home schooling - Times Educational Supplement | TES Equality and diversity in the REF panel nominations process - HEFCE Teaching Excellence in Higher Education - HEA DfE promises crackdown on home schooling - Times Educational Supplement | TES Five of the most cringeworthy things teachers say - Times Educational Supplement | TES Eton headteacher to face MPs' questions over exam malpractice - Guardian WISE 2017 – Learning to embrace technology in the classroom - Schools Week Apprenticeships fall by 59% after levy introduced - The Staffroom Are professionals ignoring the growing digital skills gap? - Training Journal One in five employers of apprentices unsure of the rules on apprentice pay - Learning & Work Institute Daily roundup 24 November: Reading Council, careers advice, and Bulger killer - CYPN | Children & Young People Now 28 November at 10:00 a.m: Education Committee to hold session with Ofqual on integrity of public examinations - Commons Select Committee WISE 2017 – Learning to embrace technology in the classroom - Schools Week Gladstone’s legacy is murky – my university shouldn't glorify it - Guardian Mr Men and Little Miss series creates female engineer character to tackle gender stereotypes - Telegraph Just 7 per cent of expected parents sign up for Tax-Free Childcare - Nursery World Texts from student who killed herself shared across campuses - Guardian Vice-chancellors should take a pay cut if their universities perform poorly, Office for Students chair suggests - Telegraph Still a 59% decrease in Apprenticeship starts - FE News Ofsted Watch: ‘Good’ news all round for FE - FE Week Management apprenticeships debate rages - FE Week Portrait exhibition at Oxford showcases university's diversity - Guardian £600 maths premium ≠ more maths A-levels - Schools Week Tes sweeps the board at education-journalism awards - Times Educational Supplement | TES Maths GCSE investment adds up - FE Week Vice-chancellors' pay that is 'out of kilter' will be dealt with – regulator - Guardian Thousands of apprentices paid below minimum wage, TUC says - Times Educational Supplement | TES AAC Apprenticeship Awards launched by FE Week and AELP - FE Week Third of employers unaware of off-the-job rule - FE Week Overview of graduates in the UK labour market: 2017 - Office for National Statistics (ONS) Want to get a promoted in a university? Learn the art of self-branding - Guardian Run to the hills: A scary new university climate change ranking - Wonkhe Talkin’ bout intercalation – the new four year degrees - Wonkhe Too much data, not enough insight - Wonkhe How many children have SEND? - EPI Supporting parents can boost home learning - Sutton Trust Apprenticeships fall by 59% after levy introduced – the Staffroom - The Staffroom Stop trying to control colleges, Corbyn! - FE Week £20m crack team of digital specialists to help solve teacher workload - Schools Week The UK’s hidden one-child-per-family university policy - Financial Times Government urged to 'restart UTC machine' - Times Educational Supplement | TES The Four Pillars of Great Assessment: Value – the Staffroom - The Staffroom 'Sunday schools and madrasas are informal classrooms and should be regulated' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools that engage with parents boost pupil progress, report reveals - Schools Week NAHT: Senior leader recruitment getting even worse - Schools Week Labour giants step up to fight FE’s corner - Times Educational Supplement | TES Employers should be involved in education 'at all levels', report suggests - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher recruitment ‘a pipeline leaking at both ends’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES New Scottish standardised tests ‘cannot give a valid national picture’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES How star jumps can boost nursery children's learning - Times Educational Supplement | TES Big fall in apprentices blamed on red tape and higher costs - Times Universities ‘should be uncomfortable’, says watchdog - Times Leading authors pen a plea to save school libraries - Times Teaching code in schools ‘is a waste of time’ - Times St Paul’s Girls’ School teacher resigns over sexual harassment claims - Times Scotland: Annie Lennox humbled by Glasgow Caledonian University role - Times Study highlights benefits of parental involvement in home learning - Nursery World