News archive for 5th September 2017

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Parents outraged after school 'puts 100 students in isolation on first day back for wearing "incorrect" uniform' - Mirror Maintained schools with sixth-form funding: assurance guidance - Education & Skills Funding Agency Register of end-point assessment organisations - Education & Skills Funding Agency Local authorities: 16 to 19 grant return and use of funds statements 2016 to 2017 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Academy funding claims - Education & Skills Funding Agency National Literacy Trust launches new website - NAHT GSA schools dominate Telegraph GCSE table - GSA Hyperbole and illegal cartels – the latest attack on the university sector - Universities UK Avoiding a Brexit cliff edge on vital research collaboration - Russell Group Reform report on widening access - Russell Group THE World University Rankings 2018 - Russell Group World Party – the latest THE world university rankings - Wonkhe Entering university? Something important to think about - HEPI What more can be done to improve outcomes for black British students? - Wonkhe Oxford and Cambridge named best two universities in the world - Telegraph State schools medical students outperform private school peers, study finds - Telegraph Oxford student union offers emotional 'support' for those affected by vice-Chancellor’s 'snowflake' comments - Telegraph Sturgeon outlines plans for 'most radical change' to Scotland's schools since devolution - Times Educational Supplement | TES Cable speaks on new post-16 skills review after ‘dual mandate’ dumped - FE Week State school medical students lead the way at graduations - Scotsman Learndirect special treatment: ESFA changes policy and awards £45m tender - FE Week Vice-chancellors jump on to the gravy train | Letters - Guardian Sturgeon says Scotland will end public sector pay cap - BBC World University Rankings 2018: results announced - Times Higher Education | THE Daily roundup 5 September: Cyberbullying, public sector pay, and double shooting - CYPN | Children & Young People Now School superunion offers even more power to the far left - Policy Exchange University of Glasgow rises in list of world’s top universities - Scotsman Should we still be concerned about NEETs? - EPI Research shows smacking makes children more aggressive and at risk of mental health problems - The Conversation Children are less ready for school than five years ago, say school leaders - Coram Family & Childcare Stop pretending “challenging” homophobic professors is part of academic debate - New Statesman A journey through the looking glass - Huffington Post Leeds Beckett ranked among the world’s best universities - Leeds Beckett University What makes someone a good leader? - The Staffroom World University Rankings: London ranked best city but experts warn over Brexit - Evening Standard Parental backlash forces academy trust to abandon school closure - Schools Week Programme for government: Education remains number one priority - BBC Tuition fees have gone 'too far' and need urgent reassessment, says former minister who helped create fees system - Independent Why does Oxford’s £410,000-a-year vice-chancellor feel so hard done by? - Guardian Oxford vice-chancellor criticised over homosexuality comments - BBC Congress fringe meeting to discuss apprenticeships - Unionlearn Medical students from state schools do better than those who were privately educated - Metro DfE keeps apprenticeship funding model report secret - FE Week Before Aydin Önaç reached St Olave’s, we fought him over our autistic daughter’s care | Diane Taylor and Simon Hattenstone - Guardian 8 useful tips for mentally preparing your children for secondary school - Wales Online LSE ranked as a world leader - London School of Economics | LSE Five Scottish universities ranked in world 'top 200' - BBC Global: Chinese universities hit new heights in global ranking - University World News Oxford and Cambridge top world university rankings - BBC Free schools meals measure masks north south divide in pupil poverty - Times Educational Supplement | TES Five Scottish universities ranked in the world's top 200 - Herald Scotland Oxford and Cambridge ranked best universities in the world - Times Educational Supplement | TES Top 100 universities in the world revealed - Independent 'Earn parents' trust' on apprenticeships, Lord Lucas tells training providers - Times Educational Supplement | TES One in 10 Kent schools don't have a headteacher - Schools Week Back to school - Huffington Post St Olave's headteacher caught up in school trademark ownership row - Guardian Former head guilty of £100,000 fraud and having sex in school - Schools Week UK universities targeted by cyber-thieves - BBC The impossible questions that children ask - Scotsman Thousands of parents do not understand Tax-Free Childcare - Nursery World How to survive your child's first day at school - Telegraph Oxford head criticised over reaction to homosexuality comments - BBC Identity of schoolboy Bailey Gwynne’s killer revealed - Scotsman Childcare challenge for shift workers - Nursery World Top universities 'incredibly slow' to take more disadvantaged students – report - Guardian LSE tops social mobility report - London School of Economics | LSE School healthy-eating scheme 'exposes children to pesticides' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Learndirect: Parliamentary questions pile pressure on ministers for answers - FE Week This is why private schools in Wales chose to put pupils through England's GCSEs - Wales Online More students than ever suffer mental ill health. We must change our toxic world | Nihara Krause - Guardian Adult education classes in Somerset on hold owing to cash shortfall - BBC Isle of Wight secondary plan dropped - BBC ‘People give up’ – the crisis in school support for children with special needs - Guardian SEN assessment: one of the Cameron era’s most howling disasters | John Harris - Guardian The only fair way to end university fees is to raise taxation – sorry! | Peter Scott - Guardian How can UK science raise the bar for diversity and inclusion? - Guardian Schools and nurseries helping youngsters improve dental care - Scotsman 'Snowflake' students 'must learn to cope' with non-PC views because universities need to promote free speech, says Oxford's vice chancellor - Mail Free school fruit contains multiple pesticides, report shows - Guardian Academy secrets the DfE wanted to hide from you – part 1 - Times Educational Supplement | TES T-Levels and student engagement: a win-win-win situation - FE News Chemicals from 13 pesticides are discovered on fruit and vegetables handed out at school to millions of children aged four to six - Mail Oxford Uni chief undermines massive £350k salary which is 'not as much as a footballer' - Express UK universities dominate global rankings for first time despite Brexit reputation fears - Independent Mixed-ability classes barely exist in schools, researchers find - Schools Week Top universities reluctant to sponsor struggling schools - Schools Week Careers advice absent as children develop their career aspirations - FE News Cable and NUS launch major report into future of Further Education - FE News Inspection of secondary schools at lowest level for a decade - Herald Scotland Top universities aren't interested in sponsoring academies, research finds - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools are harming low-ability pupils' chances by teaching in sets, academics say - Times Educational Supplement | TES University secrets are stolen by cybergangs - Times Home schooling is blamed for rise of extremist Islam - Times Student Brian White wins fight to stay and take Oxford place - Times School superunion offers even more power to the far left - Times Scotland: Gigha dairy fails to overturn school milk ban - Times Scotland: It makes little sense for private schools to pay business rates - Times 'Heard it all before' Sturgeon savaged on schools after legislative plan pledges - Express