News archive for 13th October 2017

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New programme to reduce exclusions in England and make The Difference for vulnerable students - IPPR Daily roundup 13 October: Fostering inquiry, dyspraxia, and youth custody - CYPN | Children & Young People Now New teaching programme helps students from under-represented communities engage with science - IOE London Blog Schools 'failing to provide epilepsy support' - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Teachers should discuss dark web ‘dangers’ with pupils - Scotsman Life lessons – essential life skills for young people - The Staffroom Nurseries challenge childcare minister on 30-hours policy - Nursery World The Catalyst Fund: value and impact - HEFCE WorldSkills 2017: General Assembly hands 2021 competition to China - FE Week Segregation at Islamic faith school is sex discrimination, says Court of Appeal - Mail Pension-age teachers can continue working but with added support, concludes review - Schools Week The Guardian view on school segregation: the origins of inequality - Guardian Nottingham’s charter to cap teacher overtime needs ‘national leader’ - Schools Week The Tes podcast: Ofsted, Progress 8 and school funding - Times Educational Supplement | TES ESFA: privacy notice - Education & Skills Funding Agency Apprentices deserve higher pay says Dexter - Edge Foundation ESFA e-bulletin: 12 October 2017 (issue 191) - Education & Skills Funding Agency Academies land and buildings valuation - Education & Skills Funding Agency Ofsted watch: Sixth-form college lifts grade to ‘good’ in mixed week - FE Week Statement on Al-Hijrah school judgement - Ofsted Register of end-point assessment organisations: how to apply - Education & Skills Funding Agency Do students get value for money? - UK Parliament Does university knowledge exchange need a framework? - Universities UK Pressure grows on University of Leeds as more MPs back striking staff - UCU In the news: 13 October - UCU Apprenticeships a ‘fragile’ form of training, research warns - Schools Week Celebrating Partnerships: Secretary of State shows support for cross-sector working - Independent Schools Council | ISC Challenges facing good governance - HEPI Education exports - Russell Group 8 institutions to pick up The Challenge for Q-Step scheme after successful pilot - National Numeracy Learn from recent history to avert apprenticeship disaster - FE Week Schools minister went on £10k trip to ‘reinforce relationships’ with Australia and Singapore - Schools Week NAHT calls for every Westminster MP to take school funding seriously ahead of the lobby - NAHT Weekend read: How much can a Progress 8 score tell you about a school? - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK MPs heed need for recognition of UK’s ELT sector - PIE News 5 tips to help students become good digital communicators - Edmodo Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 13 October 2017 - Pearson Parliament should be ‘alive with debate’ on school funding, says NAHT - NAHT GSE: On the road to 2030 our planet made a plan - Edmodo Universities and colleges receive £1.8 million to tackle hate crime and online harassment - HEFCE Landmark sex segregation ruling raises ‘serious questions’ for future of faith schools, warns expert - Independent DfE ‘watching it closely’ as management becomes England’s second most popular apprenticeship subject - FE Week Small private schools face £3,800 rise in Ofsted inspection fees - Schools Week Birmingham Islamic faith school guilty of sex discrimination - BBC University of East Anglia not punished over data breach - BBC 'We need to teach children that there's nothing you can't do if you believe in yourself' - Times Educational Supplement | TES I was an apprentice. Why have others following that path been betrayed? | Hugh Muir - Guardian Ex-ITP boss on trial for alleged Sunderland College fraud - FE Week Ofsted wins school gender segregation appeal - Schools Week Ofsted wins sex discrimination appeal - Times Educational Supplement | TES Don’t make schools collect ‘character’ data, insists Morgan - Schools Week Islamic school's gender segregation is unlawful, court of appeal rules - Guardian Employer-ownership isn’t compatible with social justice - FE Week Listen up, law students: these podcasts could help you study - Guardian Is Maths a barrier to participation in society? - Unionlearn FE Week asks: Neil Bentley on the vital role of WorldSkills - FE Week Register of end-point assessment organisations: how to apply - FE News Dominant multi-academy trusts risk investigation for monopolising markets - Schools Week Martin Davidson: Get the kids to go outside and they will learn more about themselves - Scotsman Campus life & community – the continuing relevance of Ernest Boyer - Wonkhe Competition: name the new sector agency - Wonkhe Funding formula 'privileges' grammar schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofqual accused of ‘refusing to engage’ with colour-blindness - Schools Week Greening’s taking education back to the 80s - Schools Week Primaries hit hardest under national funding formula - Times Educational Supplement | TES One in eight pupils still get three top A-level grades despite changes to the exams in attempt to make them harder - Mail New Vice Chancellor defends his pay packet as 'reasonable, given the scope of the job' - Mail Apprenticeships: 'It's the money that puts people off' - BBC One in three children with epilepsy lacks school support plan - Times Educational Supplement | TES Gender discrimination faced by ‘nearly half of female teachers’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Schools should be exempt from £163m business rates bill' - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Until you see someone go through this, you can’t connect with it’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tes talks to…Lorin LeFave - Times Educational Supplement | TES Levy drives down apprenticeships by almost two thirds - Times GCSE reforms hit by decline of languages - Times How to get into Oxford: interview questions have no wrong answer - Times Our universities could be a powerhouse of prosperity - Times Scotland: Metal detectorist coining it in on school playgrounds - Times Ireland: National College of Art and Design draws up plan to remove red ink from its books - Times Campaigner calls for NEU and UCU merger - Times Educational Supplement | TES