News archive for 6th September 2017

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Market values and the vice-chancellor pay debate | Letters - Guardian Folks, we need to talk about exam re-marks - Schools Week Why mental health matters - Russell Group Defying the downturn: Why more graduates than ever are becoming entrepreneurs - HEPI Government paper on EU science and innovation - Russell Group National Education Union comment on increase in new free schools - National Education Union National Education Union comment on teacher recruitment and retention - National Education Union The rise of academic ill-health - Wonkhe Edtech? It’s all about policy! - Wonkhe Children are less ready for school than five years ago, say school leaders - NAHT UCU response to government's Brexit position paper on science - UCU Understanding schools’ responses to the Progress 8 accountability measure - NAHT Pay and appraisal in 2017/18 - NAHT Education funding – you get what you pay for - AoC | Association of Colleges Response to UK government position on Brexit and EU research & innovation collaboration - Universities UK MillionPlus welcomes the government’s EU science and innovation – a future partnership paper - MillionPlus Industrial Strategy will rely on university strength - CBI LRS: monthly headline report - Education & Skills Funding Agency SFA funding claims - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA update: September 2017 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Regional academy growth fund award recipients - DfE Back to school for thousands of pupils as new free schools open - DfE Parental responsibility measures attendance census - DfE Spielman - Reducing teacher workload is my top priority and Ofsted is part of the problem - Times Educational Supplement | TES “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” - NAHT How many jobs does it take to fund uni? - BBC The academy chains that shared £30m growth funding - Schools Week The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education - IOE London Blog New technical awards in disarray after government rejects 9 of 10 - Schools Week Councils to punish parents for driving to school gates - Times Educational Supplement | TES Long read: The million-dollar teacher gives London pupils a taste of open waters - Times Educational Supplement | TES The online school in Greece hoping to empower refugee children - Telegraph Secondary school bans girls from wearing skirts - Times Educational Supplement | TES Two men plead guilty following Serious Fraud Office investigation into Luis Michael Training - FE Week Good-rated Somerset provider loses 97% of its adult education budget - FE Week Oxford University's vice-chancellor says comments were 'misconstrued' - BBC Parents face fines for driving children to school in push to curb pollution - Guardian ‘Green learning’ provides inspiration for nature poetry - Education Media Centre | EMC Oxford, Cambridge top THE rankings, Asia makes headway - PIE News Why governance professionals should give something back - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Rising concerns over pupil school readiness - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Charities call for early years teachers to lead all nurseries in poor areas - CYPN | Children & Young People Now UCL ranked in world's top 20 "super-elite" universities - IOE London Blog Preserving print in a digital world: HE libraries collaborate for change - HEFCE British Council comments on DexEU scientific collaboration paper - British Council Ofqual lists current external quality assurance of end-point assessments - The Staffroom Tables turned as Wales orders independent review of inspectorate Estyn - SecEd Did the government advise Learndirect to withdraw their AEB tender? - FE Week Prince's Trust report urges us to focus on soft skills - SecEd Scottish examination officials should be sent back to school, MSPs recommend - SecEd Falling school nurse numbers raise fears over pupils with health conditions - SecEd RSC launches recognition scheme for teachers tackling Shakespeare - SecEd At a glance headlines: 7/9/2017 - SecEd Cost of school hits £1,500 - SecEd UTCs: The reality behind the headlines - SecEd RSE best practice research reveals 27 steps for an effective curriculum - SecEd Secondary school makes uniform gender neutral - Guardian Local authorities sound alarm over secondary school places - SecEd Technology in the classroom - Learning Scientists Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Apprenticeships – online learning course - feCompare Not by degrees: Improving student mental health in UK universities - The Staffroom How to help students settle into the new school year - Guardian Head asks ex-teachers to work for free after cutting TA jobs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Dismay as DfE rejects qualifications with classes due to start - Times Educational Supplement | TES Global school attendance goal shows 'nearly zero' progress over last decade - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher recruitment worries deepen after Brexit immigration plan leaked - Schools Week School puts 'hundreds' of children in detention after changing its rules on uniform - Wales Online Home Office wants EU students crackdown, Brexit leak reveals - Guardian Shortage of funding barrier to school readiness - Nursery World Pupils lined up in rain to check supermarket school uniform - Scotsman Delivery of 30 hours 'challenging' for biggest nursery groups - Nursery World Do international students in Britain need better English skills? - The Conversation Clearing empowers students to make the right choices about their future - Huffington Post Surviving student halls - Huffington Post Half of London school pupils have received private tuition - Evening Standard Ministers accused of 'snatching' millions from cash-strapped schools to spend on failed UTC - Times Educational Supplement | TES The Learning Rainforest. - Teacherhead Olympian Tom Daley – 'Bullies at school made diving a burden' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Research funding is harmful to science – time for change | Jenny Rohn - Guardian Heads say university applicants must know tuition fees - BBC Non-levy tender: It will take over 8 hours just to read the current ‘clarifications’ - FE Week Early years language training boosts children's skills - Nursery World Join the clubs: how university societies can save students money - Guardian Top 10 books about teaching - Guardian New NUS report calls for greater student voice within FE - Times Educational Supplement | TES University creates world's first public menswear archive - BBC Many new pupils not school ready, headteachers say - Herald Scotland Oxford vice-chancellor denies rising salary is linked to tuition fees - Guardian Global: 'Zero progress' on school places in decade, says UN - BBC British Sign Language: Who invented the ingenious system of hand gestures that helped millions to speak? - Independent Les Ebdon: ‘We need a step change on widening access‘ - Guardian Why shouldn’t we shine a light on fat-cat bosses in our universities? | Sonia Sodha - Guardian Academy secrets the DfE wanted to hide - part 2 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Going Stateside - FE News Top of the class! Oxford and Cambridge are named the two best universities in the world for the first time - Mail Schools open doors to 'more unfilled teacher posts' - BBC Furious parents blast their children’s school after 100 pupils are put in isolation on first day of the new year over ‘inappropriate’ uniform including skirts that are 'too short' - Mail Teacher vacancy rate double in poor areas - BBC Too few reception pupils are ready for school, heads claim - Schools Week Too many new pupils not school ready, say head teachers - BBC UK teaching vacancies 'up nearly a quarter since 2015' - Independent Cases of four-year-olds arriving at school unable to speak properly on the rise - Telegraph Universities want rethink on costs for poorer students - BBC Oxford and Cambridge are world’s best two universities - Times British universities are following example of American cousins - Times University cyberattacks to be examined - Times Parents who drive child to school face £130 fine - Times Doctors fail to spot girls with ADHD - Times Underfunded nurseries need a happy ending - Times Scotland: Identity of pupil who killed Bailey Gwynne is revealed - Times Scotland: Oxbridge tops rankings as St Andrews slides - Times Scotland: State pupils beat private peers to top medical grades - Times Ireland: Trinity College climbs global rankings despite funding woes - Times Many children are not ready to begin school, headteachers say - Express Rise in number of children 'not ready' to start school - Times Educational Supplement | TES Poorest pupils lag more than a year behind richer peers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Four out of five local authorities now have at least one free school open - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils' 'ear for writing' as important as grammar, says expert - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills - Times Educational Supplement | TES