News archive for 17th October 2017

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USA: States sue Trump administration over for-profit college rule - Mail £45m in ineligible student loans sent to students at alternative 'university' providers, spending watchdog finds - Telegraph WorldSkills 2017: Team UK’s gold standard show their support before the final hurdle - FE Week UCL Institute of Education professor informs Government’s AI strategy - IOE London Blog Muslims and Evangelicals are more accepting of evolution if they attend faith schools - IOE London Blog Thousands of parents 'unable to access 30 hours free childcare' - CYPN | Children & Young People Now How to write an essay Bake Off style - The Conversation Tracy Brabin: Labour will develop the best possible early years system to build a better society - PoliticsHome David Laws: “On education policy, influence can be just as important as decision-making” - PoliticsHome 10 benchmarks for good practical science - Teacher Development Trust | TDT Safeguarding - you are not alone! - Capita SIMS How do we start to reduce school exclusions in England? - The Staffroom The positive effects of vocational schools - Best Evidence in Brief What difference does it make? - Best Evidence in Brief Children with reading difficulties may have undiagnosed hearing problems - Best Evidence in Brief Impact of secondary school mindfulness programmes - Best Evidence in Brief Impact of secondary school mindfulness programmes - Best Evidence in Brief Teacher training: What next? - Training Journal Kent school cuts ties with Christian group after parents' complaints - Guardian New association to ‘oversee’ apprenticeship assessment - Schools Week Concern at negative impact of FE loans on disadvantaged - FE Week Trainee teachers don't understand safeguarding role, says Ofsted - Times Educational Supplement | TES East London primary school head apologises for slave dress letter - Guardian Church of England headteacher hits out at parents who forced ‘extremist’ Christian group out of the school - Telegraph Virtual school heads 'lack resources to properly support children adopted from care' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Unqualified teacher sent vulnerable pupil sexually-motivated emails - Times Educational Supplement | TES ESFA funding claims - Education & Skills Funding Agency Register of apprenticeship training providers - Education & Skills Funding Agency Learner and employer satisfaction surveys - Education & Skills Funding Agency Year 7 literacy and numeracy catch-up premium: guide for schools - DfE GCSE and equivalent results: 2016 to 2017 (provisional) - DfE Literacy and numeracy catch-up strategies - DfE Further education reform programme evaluation - DfE Professor Dave Phoenix blogs for Huffington Post - MillionPlus A step-change in tackling sexual violence - Universities UK Staff well-being and welfare - NAHT NAHT and the Commission on Ethical Leadership – Moral DNA survey - NAHT First new T levels announced - NAHT EYFS, KS1 and KS2 assessment and reporting arrangements for 2017/2018 - NAHT New directory of child sexual abuse support services - NAHT 61% fall in apprenticeships: time for action - AELP Apprenticeships in England – are they working? - NFER Life sciences and the Industrial Strategy - Russell Group Tes FE Podcast – 16 October 2017 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Supportive text messages boost GCSE resits grades - Times Educational Supplement | TES Funding success opens laboratory doors for sixth-formers - Leeds Beckett University East of England top apprentices and apprentice employers announced - Education & Skills Funding Agency Exam pressures fuel rise in Childline calls about mental health - Times Educational Supplement | TES Terrified students wearing pyjamas run from huge fire as flames rip through high-rise university halls - Mirror Two thirds of parents believe kids should be taught about mental health at school - The Sun The one-man Mexico team wowing WorldSkills - Times Educational Supplement | TES Here's what I want to tell other students about Tourette syndrome - Guardian Support Our Sixth-formers: DfE urged to redirect 16-19 underspend - FE Week Calls to end ‘discrimination’ against citizenship teachers - Schools Week Leading literacy in schools - The Learning Spy Prevent duty should guard against dangers of authoritarianism, academic says - Times Educational Supplement | TES London primary school asks pupils to dress as slaves for Black History Month - Independent Warning over 'untested' teacher apprenticeships - Times Educational Supplement | TES Fake news: improved critical literacy skills are key to telling fact from fiction - Guardian Academic civil war as elite universities lobby for others to drop their fees - Guardian A school where ‘nobody’s judging you’ - Guardian Your child’s teacher could soon be an undergraduate on £3.50 an hour | Laura McInerney - Guardian International strategic partnerships through a different lens - Wonkhe Evidence for Enhancement: the Scottish approach to improving the student experience - Wonkhe In defence of modern universities - Wonkhe Glasgow council tell schools to pay janitors using pupil poverty cash - Herald Scotland 'I felt so low, I couldn't see a way out' - BBC EEF launches new music, drama and journalism trials - Schools Week Daily singing lessons for primary pupils set to be evaluated - Times Educational Supplement | TES Malala tells her story in a picture book - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ireland: Storm Ophelia: Schools will stay shut as great clear-up effort begins - Times Scotland: Pop star will fund Paisley songwriting scholarship - Times Scotland: Celtic teacher Anthony Russell escapes ban over tickets fraud - Times