News archive for 23rd October 2017

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Teachers lobby Parliament against school funding cuts - Nursery World Apprentice electrician Marcus drives a Mercedes and expects to earn £50,000 by his mid-20s. Graduate Ashley can't afford petrol and relies on Mum and Dad for rent... So who's happier? - Mail Teach First: 'Schools must do more to boost poorer pupils' life chances' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nurse apprenticeships to begin September 2018 at nine more universities - FE News Heads need to get over their obsession with school uniform - Telegraph Ombudsman criticises EHC plan shortcomings - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Ten ways we support a sustainable future for open access - Jisc More teenage girls are self harming than ever before – here’s why - The Conversation A million children with serious medical conditions put at risk by schools - Nursery World QAA publish guide on essay cheats - PIE News Stephen Hawking's expanding universes thesis breaks the internet - Guardian National Professional Qualifications - FE News New school offers education "salvation" for Syrian girls in Lebanon - Mail Why we're marching on Westminster for school funding - Schools Week New Learning, Work and Wellbeing Toolkit for young adult carers - Learning & Work Institute More to do to engage adults with Advanced Learner Loans - Learning & Work Institute The danger of less advantaged students being put off Oxbridge | Letters - Guardian University tuition fees – Is it time for a fairer formula? - The Staffroom Adult education budget funding and performance management rules 2017 to 2018 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Academy sponsor contact list - DfE Academies financial notices to improve - Education & Skills Funding Agency Richard Pennycook appointed Lead Non-Executive Board Member - DfE Committee takes evidence on student loans and government accounting - UK Parliament Early years foundation stage profile results in England 2017 - NAHT ISM Trust publishes new primary music toolkit - NAHT SFCA in the news - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA Teaching essential skills - ATL Leading Character Education in Schools: case study report - NFER New insight into the leadership of character education in primary and secondary schools provides ideas and guidance for school leaders - NFER Russell Group and Hamburg delegation call for research to be Brexit priority - Russell Group 'Colleges, beware the thoughtless pursuit of new markets' - Times Educational Supplement | TES How much can universities really influence the regulatory framework? - Wonkhe How to create a successful digital strategy for schools - Schools Week Did you solve it? Are you smarter than a Brazilian 15-year-old? - Guardian Praising children for being smart 'encourages cheating' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ascentis named as awarding organisation of the year - FE Week Ombudsman warns councils are failing special needs learners - FE Week SEND pupils missing out on school places, ombudsman warns - Schools Week Stephen Hawking PhD readers crash Cambridge University website - BBC Teachers lobby Parliament against school funding cuts - Nursery World It’s official: muddy kids learn best | Patrick Barkham - Guardian Former Co-op boss appointed to £800-a-day DfE board position - Schools Week Agreement reached over age restrictions at former UTC site - Schools Week Apprenticeship funding model report provokes dismay - FE Week Wakefield City Academies Trust run on 'basis of fear' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why parents of seven let their 'feral' kids shave their hair, skip school and go to bed when they want - Mirror 43.2% of Irish children aged 7-9 years old are suffering from anxiety issues - Huffington Post Compulsory mental health education is essential in schools - Huffington Post Tech trailblazers – FE colleges leading the way - FE Week 'We have something amazing,' says WorldSkills chief - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish government's Individual Training Account scheme launched - Times Educational Supplement | TES Angela Rayner: Ofsted is 'not fit for purpose' - Times Educational Supplement | TES David Lammy misses the point: to get to Oxbridge, you have to apply first | Ellie Gomes - Guardian Whiteness dominates Oxford - but that shouldn’t discourage BAME students from applying - Huffington Post Recurrent grants for 2017-18: Final allocations - HEFCE Education's forgotten pupils - Sutton Trust Teaching is ruining my life, but I don't know what to do instead - Guardian Unpaid internships are damaging to social mobility - Social Mobility Commission Can you solve it? Are you smarter than a Brazilian 15-year-old? - Guardian Challenges for the next generation - Teach First Challenges for the next generation - Teach First Essex council plans spin-off multi-academy trust - Schools Week Levy cash must be used to widen access to apprenticeships - FE Week CEOs, CFOs & COOS: How MATs struggle to recruit executives - Schools Week Whitehall can't manage apprenticeship reforms alone - FE Week Public 'backs ban on long unpaid internships' - BBC The children in care left without a school place - BBC Stephen Hawking's 1966 doctoral thesis made available for first time - Guardian Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills - Times Educational Supplement | TES Could teaching assistants provide the solution to the recruitment crisis? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Need to know: Five key trends in secondary school admissions - Times Educational Supplement | TES Frances O’Grady: How to create jobs and fight the north‑south divide - Times