News archive for 12th September 2017

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One of Britain's youngest graduates earns a first class maths degree aged just 13 after studying in his free time - Mail Chancellor suggests some university degrees should cost less than others - Mirror Autistic student kicked off college course one week after starting - Independent St Olave's chair of governors resigns after exclusion controversy - Guardian Review prompted by autistic teen’s college enrolment heartbreak - FE Week Tuition fees row: education expert warns over graduate earnings - Guardian Norfolk school drops advice to offer pupils vomit bucket in class - Guardian How to register and use the apprenticeship service as a training provider - Education & Skills Funding Agency How to register and use the apprenticeship service as an employer - Education & Skills Funding Agency Daily roundup 12 September: Public pay cap, care applications, and Staying Put - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Government 'dragging its heels' on compulsory relationship education - CYPN | Children & Young People Now New postgraduate research experience survey highlights bespoke needs as key to PGR success - HEA Labour force Commons vote on tuition fees rise - PoliticsHome National Audit Office report on developing and retaining the teacher workforce - Teacher Development Trust | TDT Successfully using ICT to support learning in the secure estate - Education & Training Foundation | ETF I want to become an end-point assessor – where do I start? - Education & Training Foundation | ETF ESFA: business update - Education & Skills Funding Agency Maths and English functional skills: revised subject content - DfE Heads demand better pay deal for teachers as public sector cap is lifted - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teaching unions demand action on public sector pay cap - Schools Week Special educational needs survey 2018: guide - DfE FAQs on excluding pupils from school - NAHT No clear government plan on recruitment and retention, say school leaders - NAHT Partnership will incentivise employers to value workers - NASUWT NASUWT comments on Education at a Glance report - NASUWT Your employment contract: Key questions to consider before you sign - ASCL QS employability rankings - Russell Group Somewhere in the gents at Brunel’s Students’ Union… - HEPI Retaining and developing the teaching workforce - National Education Union Labour seeks to derail tuition fee rise - BBC Maths prodigy, 13, graduates with first class degree - Herald Scotland Show us the money, Anne? - feCompare Colleges to benefit from new rugby programme - Times Educational Supplement | TES How can collective models enable the delivery of high quality apprenticeships and training for large and medium size employers? - Collab Group Public sector pay cap explained: What pay rises Tories could offer nurses and teachers - and how it'll affect you - Mirror With this fetish for tickbox targets, no wonder Britain is losing teachers | Tricia Bracher - Guardian There has been a massive drop in the number of mature students studying at UK universities - The Conversation How to register and use the apprenticeship service as a training provider - FE News Faith groups unlikely to see 50% cap lifted but ‘other options’ are possible, says Toby Young - Schools Week City College Norwich autistic student 'binned' from course - BBC Petition calls for Wakefield City Academies Trust schools to return to councils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Don’t lose your apprenticeship funds - FE News WorldSkills UK - FE News National Apprenticeship Awards – regional finalists announced - FE News Phonics included in reformed functional skills - Times Educational Supplement | TES Another college merger in doubt following ‘regrettable’ TV comments - FE Week DfE consults on improving Functional Skills qualifications - Nursery World UK parents spend more on childcare than in other OECD countries - Nursery World What education in Wales could learn from Spanish football giant Barcelona - Wales Online Labour to force vote on plan to increase tuition fees - Guardian Teachers’ revolt at leading grammar school that axed students before A-levels - Evening Standard Two former teachers among new education select committee members - Times Educational Supplement | TES Citi names Teach First as a beneficiary of their multi-million pound E for Education campaign for the fifth year - Teach First Workload: Primary teaching hours up by more than a third, OECD finds - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers' pay declining, warns OECD - BBC Teachers' pay in England down by 12% in 10 years, influential study reveals - Guardian Anger as salaries of Scottish teachers fall behind international colleagues - Herald Scotland Bigger classes, younger teachers, longer hours and five other things the OECD told us about UK schools today - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers' pay cut by 12% in England, but rises in other advanced countries - Times Educational Supplement | TES The 6 most important things in today’s OECD briefing - Schools Week National Audit Office considering Learndirect probe - Times Educational Supplement | TES Full education select committee line-up confirmed - Schools Week Revealed: the huge pay rises feathering vice-chancellors’ retirement nests - Guardian Coming soon, a university where students could set their own tuition fees - Guardian Why teachers should make sleep a priority - Guardian St Olave’s has exposed the dark side of the entire school system. But will it now be fixed? - Guardian Halfords and Prudential criticised over unpaid traineeships - Guardian We need to put the joy back into teaching - ASCL NASUWT comments on National Audit Office teaching workforce report - NASUWT Has the Court of Appeal rewritten the VAT rules for independent colleges? - Wonkhe Tiger feet - the growth of education tourism - Wonkhe Digital sanctuary and anonymity on campus - Wonkhe Some students have £10,000 gambling debt, say Gambling Commission - BBC Teacher retention efforts 'not working' - BBC Teacher recruitment falling behind rising pupil numbers, warns watchdog - Independent Half of schools are being forced to recruit teachers who are too inexperienced or unqualified - Mail Secondary schools struggling to get enough teachers, says watchdog - Guardian DfE can't prove teacher recruitment and retention efforts are working - Schools Week Half of teaching posts filled with unqualified teachers, National Audit Office finds - Telegraph Salary of Glasgow colleges chief hits £98,000 after 20 per cent pay rise - Herald Scotland Catholic teachers urged to go to confession - Herald Scotland Government 'cannot show' it is doing enough to keep teachers in the classroom, warns watchdog - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK universities fall down job prospect table - Times Alarm over teachers who resign before pension age - Times Workload is biggest barrier to retaining teachers, and four other findings in today's NAO report - Times Educational Supplement | TES