News archive for 9th April 2018

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PM fuels hopes of an intervention to save the Open University amid a dramatic decline in student numbers - Mail Tories 'set to U-turn' over scheme that forces schools to collect data on immigrant pupils - Mirror USA: Trump University settlement now final as objector drops appeal - Mail DfE set to axe pupil data-sharing deal with Home Office - Guardian Teachers at private schools are feeling overworked by 'entitled parents' - Mail Private school parents think they are 'buying' exam success for their children, teachers' leader says - Telegraph Section 96 - Qualifications - Education & Skills Funding Agency 16 to 19 Bursary Fund audit guide for local authorities: 2018 to 2019 academic year - Education & Skills Funding Agency Further education area reviews: funding to restructure colleges - Education & Skills Funding Agency Academies revenue funding allocations - Education & Skills Funding Agency School census autumn 2017 to summer 2018: school summary reports - DfE Careers of people working with children being destroyed by ‘misleading police checks’, teachers warn - Independent Schools 'to drop gathering nationality data' - BBC Union told of violence by pupils against school workers - Mail The Guardian view on the Open University: issues, not just personalities | Editorial - Guardian Violent pupils 'cut teachers' car brakes' and 'slam' heavy objects into staff - Times Educational Supplement | TES Half of £300m post-area review restructuring funds spent - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Positive’ Jobcentre careers advice scheme lacks funding to expand - Schools Week Sir Gerry Berragan steering British business to Apprenticeships success - FE News Jobcentre advisors delivered coaching sessions to over 1,000 schools - FE News Female teacher who told vulnerable pupil ‘I love you’ is banned - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government to ban knives in FE colleges - Times Educational Supplement | TES The HUMANE Winter School: a European network of value - Wonkhe SEN: Fighting the system - NAHT DfE ends divisive pupil nationality data collection - Schools Week Support staff struggling with increasing workloads, says NEU survey - National Education Union Teachers with Northern accents told to speak 'middle class' - The Educator Is group work all it’s cracked up to be? - The Educator Tackling the HE sector’s gender pay gap - Wonkhe Parents' 'sense of entitlement' at private schools causing 'insane' teacher workload - Times Educational Supplement | TES Italy: University of Palermo launches app for migrants - PIE News Do international students live in luxury, or is that a stereotype? - PIE News Now is the time to make the most out of the levy - ERSA What teachers tapped this week #28 - Monday 9th April 2018 - Teacher Tapp Leeds Beckett in top 10 for equal access for students - Leeds Beckett University Sam Freedman is to leave Teach First after five years - Teach First OTLA – getting to grips with apprenticeship standards - Education & Training Foundation Daily roundup 9 April: Domestic violence, smartphones, and child sexual exploitation - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Cressida Dick: apprenticeships will increase diversity in the police - Times Educational Supplement | TES Academy trust bosses paid £200k as schools face funding cuts and redundancies - Independent 'Innocent teachers are having careers destroyed by police checks' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Anne Milton: The restructuring facility won’t be used to prop up colleges - FE Week John Lewis warns gaps in apprenticeship standards limit what it can offer - Times Educational Supplement | TES College restructuring support update: £300m for 19 ‘significant’ applications approved - FE Week Cap teachers' hours and abolish Ofsted to cut workload, Hinds told - Times Educational Supplement | TES CBI demands an end to 'government diktat' over apprenticeships - Times Educational Supplement | TES Academy CEO salaries evidence that 'rot of greed' has taken root in schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES NEU considers building a supply teacher vacancy service - Schools Week Vast majority of teachers say DfE effort to cut workload has had no impact - Times Educational Supplement | TES Former Gove adviser Sam Freedman leaves Teach First to join Ark - Schools Week Exam pressures to blame for workload, say teachers - Schools Week Former Gove advisor Sam Freedman to leave Teach First - Times Educational Supplement | TES “How can I get them to trust me?” The million-dollar question at the heart of teaching - IOE London Blog 'Class of mum and dad': 10 English and maths SATs questions that puzzled parents - HuffPost Rich, white students still do best at university. We must close the gap | Chris Millward - Guardian Young people are being cheated of the skills needed to get good jobs | Polly Toynbee - Guardian Universities urged to collaborate for fairer salaries - Financial Times Getting skills right: How businesses can help design our new T levels - FE News Need to know: the ATL annual conference - Times Educational Supplement | TES Could an apprenticeship really be the gateway to a successful career? - FE News Brexit and housing crisis make children’s feelings of hopelessness worse, says headteacher - Evening Standard ‘Teaching is bending us out of shape — in a good way’ - Financial Times Childcare places to be increased at Scottish universities and colleges - Herald Scotland MPs urged to help Open University as ‘ladder of opportunity’ is crippled by tuition fee hike - The Sun Save the Open University! Top Tories urge ministers to support the institute which has been a ladder of opportunity to millions - Mail Misunderstood school support workers more than 'mums' army', says union - Times Educational Supplement | TES Misunderstood school support workers more than 'mums' army' - union - Mail Plea on fees to help Open University - Times Smartphone six‑year‑olds are glued to the screen - Times Japanese children get lessons in how to love their country - Times Ireland: Opposition puts new school in a jam - Times School support staff ‘feeling the brunt’ of funding cuts - Schools Week