News archive for 27th November 2017

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Why I had to home-educate my daughter - BBC Oxford college votes down calls for gender neutral toilets amid fears it will make students feel 'uncomfortable' - Telegraph Coursework for computer science GCSE set to be dropped amid fears of widespread cheating  - Telegraph Four key challenges raised by the UK’s new industrial strategy - Financial Times Assistant headteacher handed life ban for filming up the skirts of pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES LocatED annual report and accounts: 5 things we learned - Schools Week Government unveils £725million plan to tackle productivity puzzle and transform UK into world´s most innovative nation - Mail Industrial strategy confirms delay to adult education budget devolution - FE Week Apprenticeships in engineering offer a wealth of opportunities for young people - HuffPost Comment on UCAS end of cycle report: applications by age group - OFFA Ofqual considers changes to computer science GCSE after ‘widespread’ rule breaches - Schools Week 'It's fun to blog at the H-M-C-I': Twitter teachers direct songs of protest at Ofsted - Times Educational Supplement | TES Being SMART about curriculum - The Staffroom The industrial strategy white paper digested - Wonkhe How I got into education policymaking (part 2) - HEPI Industrial Strategy White Paper - Russell Group The Apprenticeship Levy six months on: Learnings to share with L&D - Training Journal Rona Tutt's SEND summary (November 2017) - NAHT Independent girls' schools retain position of strength - GSA ASCL comment on GCSE computer science - ASCL NASUWT comments on Ofqual proposals on computer science - NASUWT Workload reduction toolkit: share your practical examples with the DfE - NAHT Q&A with Sarah Kendrick on mental health and the teenage brain - NAHT ndustrial strategy boosts university-industry engagement funding - Times Higher Education | THE Anne Milton apologises for non-levy tender delays - FE Week Industrial Strategy must be the beginning of a strategic race, not a tactical sprint - CBI CBI full response to the Government's modern Industrial Strategy - CBI Government’s industrial strategy – a good opportunity for universities - Universities UK Industrial strategy white paper - Universities UK MillionPlus comment on the Industrial Strategy White Paper - MillionPlus MillionPlus comment on the UCAS End of Cycle Report 2017 - MillionPlus The mindful journey to gold - ASCL Ofqual announce NEA consultation - Computing at School After the reboot - Computing at School Chancellor announces £84m for computing education - Computing at School Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 24 November 2017 - Pearson Teaching excellence for student success - HEA Degree apprenticeships: the benefits from an employer’s perspective - HEFCE Daily roundup 27 November: Money mules, mental health, and 'super spreaders' - CYPN | Children & Young People Now AoC responds to Industrial Strategy announcement - AoC | Association of Colleges Government unveils Industrial Strategy to boost productivity and earning power of people across the UK - GOV.UK Attitudes to education and children’s services: BSA 2016 - DfE English and maths for 16 to 18 year olds: effective teaching - DfE Study of early education and development (SEED) - DfE Consultation on revised arrangements for GCSE computer science - Ofqual Amanda Spielman's speech at Ark's Teach 2017 conference - Ofsted ESFA: course directory - Education & Skills Funding Agency Qualification achievement rates and minimum standards - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA: Inform - Education & Skills Funding Agency Schools with sixth forms do not perform better than those without, says new research - Times Educational Supplement | TES Unionlearn announces new Erasmus + Project - The Rainbow Years - Unionlearn Research round-up 24 November 2017 - NAHT Computer science GCSE in disarray after tasks leaked online - BBC Ofqual says marks for computing coursework should end after widespread malpractice in GCSE - Times Educational Supplement | TES How apprenticeships are becoming an increasingly prevalent way into full-time employment - FE News Most people have a 'great deal' of respect for teachers, poll shows - Times Educational Supplement | TES Lunchtime lessons help GCSE maths resit pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Four strategies for remembering everything you learn - Independent Government research finds colleges must do more to motivate GCSE resit students - FE Week External quality assurance of end-point assessments: status - FE News UK industrial strategy aims to tackle productivity problems - Financial Times 'We tried to cope hour by hour': the schools in shadow of Grenfell Tower - Guardian Researchers seek reasons for fall in early years graduates - Nursery World Google for Education to be rolled out in Welsh schools next year - Welsh Government Cambridge is top UK university for physics in table dominated by US - Times Educational Supplement | TES New Industrial Strategy. Details on 'parity' of systems, more money to attract under represented learners, T-levels and Retaining Scheme - FE News Theresa May seeks to break Brexit clouds with industrial strategy - Financial Times Government launches industrial strategy - Times Educational Supplement | TES Once upon a sexual assault … it’s not outrageous for fairytales to get a modern update | Stephanie Merritt - Guardian National retraining partnership outlined in new industrial strategy - FE Week What does the industrial strategy mean for schools? - Schools Week Durham University rugby club plans party mocking miners' strike - Independent One of Wales' most troubled schools is taken out of special measures - Wales Online New research shows that drama improves children’s writing and motivation to write - Leeds Beckett University Unless we get clarity on Erasmus, students will miss out on study abroad | Vivienne Stern - Guardian New figures show record numbers of Scots accepted to university - Scotsman Just teach!! - Teacherhead Warrington academy reduces intake, blames nearby free school - Schools Week What is Core Maths and why is funding it so important? - FE Week Number of young people acting as 'money mules' doubles - BBC MillionPlus comment on the UCAS End of Cycle Report 2017 - MillionPlus University academics start to vote on pensions strike action - Financial Times Skills in the arts, humanities and social sciences have never been needed more - Wonkhe Assessing David Willetts’s university education - Wonkhe Universities to the rescue: harnessing institutions’ superpowers - Wonkhe Can a college operate efficiently without process mapping? - FE News A decade of success as Glasgow state schools ditch the poverty excuse - Herald Scotland Analysis: Tackling stark impact of poverty on exam results is the single biggest challenge in Scottish education - Herald Scotland From a drunk teacher to pupils standing on street corners: How Glasgow turned it around - Herald Scotland Project Fear fails again as international students apply in record numbers despite Brexit scaremongering - The Sun USA: Trump administration eyes easing student debt protections - Mail University rugby social due to depict Battle of Orgreave has been cancelled amid “deep concerns” - The Sun Give child 'super-spreaders' flu vaccine, say experts - BBC Record 71,000 foreign students admitted to UK universities - Mail Starting school at 10am halves student illness and improves academic performance, finds study - Independent The north-south divide in Britain's secondary schools - Mail Beijing kindergartens get permanent inspectors after abuse scandal - Mail Ofsted inspections of multi-academy trusts: what you need to know - Times Educational Supplement | TES China: Nurseries install cameras after drugging and abuse claims - Times Early Years Teacher survey opens - Nursery World Government unveils example menus and food guidance - Nursery World Montessori closes attainment gap for pre-school children - Nursery World The Big Picture - Apps for SEND - Nursery World Give children flu spray, parents urged - Times Elite girls need more mocks to get top A levels - Times Universities are reviving the notion of heresy - Times Scotland: George Watson’s College ‘deflected’ complaints in bullying row - Times Scots buck trend as record number get into university - Times