News archive for 16th October 2017

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London school sorry for asking pupils to dress as slaves - Mail Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to keep schools shut following storm - Mail Somerset provider hit by AEB tender debacle set to make major redundancies and closures - FE Week Anne Milton supports Team UK at WorldSkills 2017 - DfE TEF Gold attracts international interest - PIE News Changing direction at Harper Adams University – with a little help from the Catalyst Fund - HEFCE What can aerospace do for the next generation? - PoliticsHome Walsall schools to deploy electronic pupil education plan - Public Technology Fighting inequality with higher education - New Statesman WorldSkills 2017: Josh attempts to repeat European success - FE Week Learners from developing nations given access to UK education through the Study UK campaign - British Council How FE colleges can act commercially and meet the demands of the apprenticeship reform - Capita FHE Teach First calls for reform of careers education to tackle skills gap - Teach First Citizenship education discussed by Committee - UK Parliament OFFA calls for fundamental changes in widening participation - OFFA 16 to 19 allocation data: 2017 to 2018 academic year - Education & Skills Funding Agency London and the South East top apprentices and apprentice employers announced - Education & Skills Funding Agency Incorporate PE into traditional classroom learning, MPs told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools block funding allocations - Education & Skills Funding Agency Apprenticeship funding: legal agreement to enable spending - Education & Skills Funding Agency Revised guidance for virtual school heads and designated teachers - DfE New school proposals - DfE ASCL Cymru welcomes report on early entry for GCSEs - ASCL Ofqual: call for evidence on teacher involvement in developing exam papers - NAHT Policy Exchange's survey on curriculum materials: what is available, what is good and what is needed? - NAHT HEPI response to ‘Everyone In: Insights from a diverse student population’ - HEPI 'Black' - ATL Treasury Select Committee - Russell Group Disco lights, bants and cat videos: Facebook confronts pupil cyberbullying - Times Educational Supplement | TES School census 2017 to 2018: funding report guides - DfE 'Stop pupils in Wales taking early GCSEs' - BBC Early-entry GCSEs to change as teachers and education chiefs split over children's best interests - Wales Online Apprenticeships are “fragile” training, research shows - FE Week Lecturers recommend: non-western cinema that every student should see - Guardian Let’s open up the silos in the sky and supercharge AI to enhance education - IOE London Blog WorldSkills: Use UK's apprenticeships expertise, says Anne Milton - Times Educational Supplement | TES WorldSkills 2017: High praise from first skills minister to visit in eight years - FE Week School apologises for asking kids to dress as slaves for Black History Month - Metro Helping the Education Secretary reach her full potential - IOE London Blog Singing star Paolo Nutini to become a university tutor - Scotsman Universities ‘generate £95 billion for UK economy’ - Times Higher Education | THE Is the teaching excellence framework shaping international student choice? - Guardian English school budgets facing 'breaking point', warn headteachers - Guardian Universities generate almost £100 billion a year for economy - Mail Response to OFFA report on university access - Sutton Trust What’s a fair price to pay for state education, asks NAHT - PoliticsHome A look into the student mind: learning how students think (part 1) - Edmodo Two-thirds of teens want more online safety support - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pensioner unearths £1,700 of pupils’ cash and gives it schools - Scotsman Hard Brexit ‘threatens scientific research’ at Scots universities - Scotsman Increasing impact of world-leading university sector on jobs and growth should not be ‘taken for granted’, warn university leaders - Universities UK The canary in the mine - Wonkhe Two steps forward and one step back: or the calm before the storm? - FE News Transgender girl says it was change sex or die - BBC MPs told of desperate measures being taken by cash-starved schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Less than a third of disadvantaged pupils find school careers advice helpful - Times Educational Supplement | TES Early years foundation stage profile: What you need to know - Times Educational Supplement | TES Single-sex schools help to tackle stereotypes, claims Ofsted chief - Times Good luck texts boost exam grades - Times Scotland: Dozens of PFI schools are firetraps, councils warn - Times Scotland: Refugee talent can plug skills gap, claims charity - Times OFSTED: ITE Inspections and Outcomes (up to 30 June 2017) - UCET HMCI Curriculum commentary (October 2017) - UCET