News archive for 19th October 2017

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University lecturers show ‘overwhelming support’ for going on strike in bitter pensions row - Metro One in three Oxford colleges fail to admit single black British student - Telegraph "Nobody cares": Headteacher takes young children out of education for a year to travel the world - Mirror Oxford college drops Aung San Suu Kyi from common room's name - Guardian Head of south London grammar school which kicked out struggling A-Level pupils is suspended - Evening Standard Oxford accused of 'social apartheid' as colleges admit no black students - Guardian How diverse is Oxbridge? Share your experiences - Guardian Oxbridge becoming less diverse as richest gain 80% of offers - Guardian Headteacher takes her own children out of formal education for a year to travel the world on a family holiday - Mail WorldSkills: Team UK finishes 10th in Abu Dhabi - Times Educational Supplement | TES Court ruling on term-time holidays backfires, as figures show surge in unauthorised absences  - Telegraph Teacher wins battle to save his career - Mail WorldSkills 2017: Team UK strikes gold in Abu Dhabi - FE Week WorldSkills Abu Dhabi: Team UK claims seven medals - Times Educational Supplement | TES Five things to be positive on the future of children's mental health - Schools Week School funding cut this year in more than half of local authorities, say Lib Dems - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils dressed as slaves? It says a lot about our approach to black history | Lola Okolosie - Guardian The shocking racist views held by some 10 year olds in our schools - Wales Online More children are officially obese at the start of primary school - Times Educational Supplement | TES Prepare for lower-than-predicted budgets, councils warn schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Strikes at UK universities a step closer as staff back industrial action over pensions - UCU Consultation offers ‘a real opportunity to push forward a step change’ - OFFA New research finds apprenticeships are a “fragile” form of training - The Staffroom Teaching the science of learning to students (part 1): why we started the Learning Scientists project - Learning Scientists Lucy Kellaway: could do better - my first half term as a maths teacher - Financial Times Universities need to guarantee free speech, minister Jo Johnson says - Huffington Post Setting up the Office for Students: what's new? - Universities UK Response to consultation on the Office for Students - Universities UK Pensions reform - Universities UK ASCL comment on postgraduate teaching apprenticeship - ASCL What’s happening to creative arts subjects in secondary schools? - NAHT Evaluation of teachers pay reform - NFER Delivering a reception baseline assessment - why a standardised administration is fairer than an observational approach - NFER NCTL: Teaching and Leadership Innovation Fund:programmes for teachers and school leaders - UCET England’s OfS plans compulsory TEF and to charge up to £120K fees - Times Higher Education | THE Seeking validation: OfS and collaborative provision - Wonkhe A game of risk - Wonkhe OfS details now open for consultation - Wonkhe The cost of regulation - Wonkhe What’s happening to quality? - Wonkhe Government advisers moot virtual mental health lead for looked-after children - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Daily roundup 19 October: Fitness, universal credit, and adoption support - CYPN | Children & Young People Now The threat to free speech on campus is a right-wing fantasy - New Statesman HEA welcomes HEPI's ‘Going for Gold: Lessons from the TEF provider submissions' - HEA Head of school that forced students out for missing grades suspended - Guardian Postgraduate teaching apprenticeship launched - FE News Universities ‘must uphold free speech or face blacklisting’ – Minister - PoliticsHome EYFS profile figures show rise in results for five-year-olds - Nursery World Childcare providers call for relaxation of qualifications to tackle staffing 'crisis' - Nursery World AoC responds to DfE consultation on the OfS regulatory framework - AoC | Association of Colleges Sutton Trust welcomes higher education consultation - Sutton Trust Join the FE and skills coalition and be part of the digital revolution - Jisc Green Capital: Student Capital – mobilising Bristol’s students for city sustainability - HEFCE ‘DfE must employ civil servants who went to college’ says AoC boss - FE Week Grammar school A-level row head suspended - BBC Cambridge University issues trigger warnings for Shakespeare lecture - Guardian BT joins forces with Digital Xtra Fund to inspire young Scots - Scotsman UK university employees back possible strike over pension cuts - Financial Times Universities could face fines for failing to protect free speech - Mail Cambridge Uni students get Shakespeare trigger warnings - BBC The problem with Tory plans to force universities to uphold free speech - New Statesman The teaching excellence framework can enhance academic careers - Guardian Confirmed: Teacher apprentices will be paid on unqualified scale - Schools Week Government announces details of postgraduate teaching apprenticeships - Times Educational Supplement | TES Performance-related pay has increased teacher workload, DfE research shows - Times Educational Supplement | TES Unauthorised absences up despite government crackdown - Schools Week Employers more satisfied with private providers again… but colleges catching up - FE Week Unauthorised absences rise across primary and secondary schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES More reception pupils have ‘good’ development, and 4 other findings from EYFS results data - Schools Week More children hit government's benchmark at end of Reception - Times Educational Supplement | TES Worldskills 2017: Watch the closing ceremony live from Abu Dhabi - FE Week Schools must restart 20-hour computer science test amid security concerns - Schools Week Cambridge University students given trigger warnings for 'distressing' Shakespeare plays - Independent Traineeships: employers - Education & Skills Funding Agency Hundreds of pupils on track towards fluency in Mandarin - DfE Nick Gibb: The importance of knowledge-based education - DfE Jo Johnson calls for free speech to be protected on campus - DfE ESFA e-bulletin: 19 October 2017 (issue 192) - Education & Skills Funding Agency Condition Improvement Fund - Education & Skills Funding Agency FE Choices employer satisfaction survey 2016 to 2017 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Further education initial teacher training bursary: 2017 to 2018 - DfE National funding formula tables for schools and high needs - DfE National funding formula tables for schools and high needs - DfE Teachers’ pay reform: evaluation - DfE Continuing vocational training survey - DfE COLLECT guides for schools and local authorities - DfE Long-term apprenticeship model evaluation - DfE Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn 2016 and spring 2017 - DfE Designation of a body to perform the assessment functions for higher education in England - DfE Understanding validity - Ofqual New route into classroom for aspiring teachers - DfE School capital funding allocations - DfE Going for Gold: Lessons from the TEF provider submissions - HEPI New HEPI report cracks the code for TEF success - HEPI Spaces that inspire - Wonkhe Innovation in teaching: tidy is good; so is untidy - Wonkhe Could England take a shine to Diamond, or would that be crazy? - Wonkhe Success hinges on the gateway - FE News Could do better: my first half term as a maths teacher - Financial Times Nursery that swaps tots’ plastic toys for power tools crowned best in Britain - The Sun 'He hid in a cupboard - we just couldn't get him to school' - BBC Universities 'could face fines or de-registration' if they fail to uphold freedom of speech - Independent Academy bosses are 'adding millions to the cost of school senior management because of their own six-figure salaries' - Mail Ministers plan fines for universities which fail to uphold free speech - Guardian DfE urged to publish findings on performance-related pay - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities told to guarantee free speech - Times Varaidzo Kativhu: ‘I just assumed Oxford university would be for the posh’ - Times Cambridge students warned that Shakepearean violence may be too upsetting - Times Royal seal of approval for young sports coaches - Times Worst-performing schools lose most in education cuts - Times Ni hao! The British school where half the day is in Mandarin - Times Scotland: Funding for hospitals and schools ‘not sustainable’ - Times Ireland: Trinity College to let student halls during summer - Times Ireland: Women are the better educated sex, survey shows - Times