News archive for 11th October 2017

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Australia: International students will soon need to pass mandatory English tests before being accepted into university courses - Mail WorldSkills 2017: Touchdown in Abu Dhabi - FE Week How and when money matters in education - Schools Week Boys 'will not attend class with those they have abused' - Guardian School gives pupils alarm clocks over fears their phones are disrupting sleep - Independent Schools are teaching GCSEs over three years in bid to boost results, Ofsted finds - Telegraph Andrew Adonis and an elitist attitude towards former polytechnics | Letters - Guardian Headmistress hands girls alarm clocks so parents can ban mobile phones from bedrooms - Telegraph School improvement monitoring and brokering grant allocations - Education & Skills Funding Agency HMCI's commentary: October 2017 - Ofsted Education Secretary announces first new T levels - DfE Thirty-two academy leaders elected to help schools thrive - DfE Post-16 skills plan and independent report on technical education - DfE Urgent question on Higher Education funding - UK Parliament DfE 'must explain why its selective education team still exists' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Leeds MP Hilary Benn backs striking staff in row at University of Leeds - UCU University of Leeds three-day strike goes ahead - UCU Schools are focusing too much on tests and narrowing the curriculum, warns Ofsted - NAHT NAHT comment on Chief Inspector of Schools’ narrowed curriculum warning - NAHT Arts & Minds winners announced - NASUWT ASCL response on Ofsted curriculum review - ASCL Ofsted is right about the knowledge-rich curriculum - Schools Week Global: GSA one of 15 global organisations to stand up – and speak up – for girls’ education around the world - GSA The four pillars of great assessment: validity - ASCL Recruitment and retention crisis: DfE outlines new initiatives - SecEd Hollywood star calls for more literature in schools - SecEd Thirty-five children a day are being permanently excluded - SecEd London’s poorest children are most affected by air pollution - SecEd Schools urged to take advantage of free alcohol education resources - SecEd STEM winners rewarded with 'flying' lesson - SecEd Disadvantaged children are missing out on residential trips - SecEd Comment on Ofsted’s review of the curriculum - National Education Union Concerns over academy trusts named to take over Wakefield City Academy Trust - National Education Union Comment on Government announcement on technical education - National Education Union How work-ready are your students? - SecEd Who are the pupils in alternative provision? - Education Datalab What’s good again? Consultation launched on new UK Quality Code - Wonkhe Going forwards after World Mental Health Day - HEPI New research survey into training needs for the FE sector launched - The Staffroom Partnership launched to support school children in Leeds - Leeds Beckett University Schools' focus on tests is damaging education, Ofsted chief warns - Evening Standard Social media companies face 'voluntary' levy to tackle online bullying - Times Educational Supplement | TES Spielman is right to move Ofsted’s focus onto curriculum – but can the school system step up? - Policy Exchange New review highlights emerging risks and opportunities for children online - London School of Economics | LSE Alternative providers: debunking the myths - HEFCE New senior role for former SFA boss after Positive Outcomes disaster - FE Week First three T Levels announced - AoC | Association of Colleges Pupils miss out on life skills - Sutton Trust Lessons for life - Sutton Trust How to stop cheating in universities - The Conversation MPs slam minister for failing to tackle sexual abuse in schools - CYPN | Children & Young People Now UK announces new body to promote VET & skills sector - PIE News Father posts video of Glengormley High School bullying - BBC Institute of Education, in partnership with Tes, to host a new series of live education debates - Times Educational Supplement | TES SNP conference: Is the childcare pledge 'unmatched'? - BBC ETF launch large-scale research survey to find out the training needs of the whole FE sector - FE Week Headteacher board elections: the results - Schools Week Winners of headteacher board elections announced - Times Educational Supplement | TES NUS campaigner Robbie Young: students, lay down your straws - Guardian Disadvantaged pupils learning watered-down curriculum, says Ofsted - Guardian Aberdeen teacher accused of making lewd and racist comments to pupils - Scotsman Teaching to the test gives 'hollow understanding' - BBC Research: Progress 8 scores suggest inspection findings are not 'arbitrary' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Play touring schools praised for ‘changing attitudes to knife crime’ - Scotsman Union members vote to ballot over 2017-18 FE pay claim - Times Educational Supplement | TES Gibb blasted for ‘lack of action’ on sexual harassment in schools - Schools Week Concerns raised about proposed sponsors of schools dropped by Wakefield City Academies Trust - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hampton school gives pupils alarm clocks to replace 'distracting phones' - BBC T-level priority panel chairs revealed - FE Week How will EdTech shape the FE sector over the next five years? - FE Week Nick Gibb: Schools must keep sex attackers and victims apart - Times Educational Supplement | TES A bad-tempered Brexit is a risky move for universities - Guardian Manchester starts tumble by over a third, post-levy - FE Week Ofsted: Why reading for fun is being cut and 6 other curriculum findings - Times Educational Supplement | TES The UK has some great education ideas - Huffington Post Biggest ever overhaul of technical education to deliver a skills revolution for Brexit Britain - FE News A first class technical education system is not just an aspiration for Britain but a necessity - Huffington Post Apprenticeship route to QTS - FE News Pupils losing out as schools prepare for GCSE early, says Ofsted - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted publishes curriculum review preliminary findings - Schools Week If we’re going to have ‘British values’, can we add these? - Huffington Post Facebook and Twitter could face 'online abuse levy' - BBC John Donnelly: Students love our capital city – and they bring lots of money with them - Scotsman Leeds Beckett unveils £50,000 research fund - SecEd How do Ofsted ratings relate to Progress 8 scores? - Education Datalab Making Britain the safest place in the world to be online - DfE ‘Research Says’ Fruit Machine: A staff-room game. - Headguruteacher Graduate Outcomes – are you ready to go? - Wonkhe Replacing EU structural funding post-Brexit - Wonkhe University challenge: The £50,000 question - City AM Britain's race divide: Poor white pupils fall behind every ethnic minority at school with working class boys faring even worse - Mail Talking to children about sex - BBC T-Levels: New post-16 ‘education and childcare’ vocational route announced - Schools Week Global: 10 toughest places for girls to go to school - BBC First T-levels announced by minister - FE Week First T levels subjects announced - Times Educational Supplement | TES Technical A levels designed to give skills boost - Times College system is wasteful, Oxford told by vice-chancellor Louise Richardson - Times Balliol blacklisters are only following Christian tradition - Times Scotland: ‘Middle-class students claim special needs to get extra time for exams’ - Times Scotland: Workload has forced teachers to their knees, Swinney told - Times AELP Submission: #44 AELP’s submission to the Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA) to support the development of the new Quality Statement - AELP