News archive for 16th April 2018

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UK makes £212m Commonwealth education aid pledge - BBC Oxford college cancels 'cannabis themed' party amid accusations of cultural appropriation - Telegraph Trainee barristers told they will be marked down for wearing short skirts - Guardian Primary school places revealed today - but should you appeal if your child missed out? - Mirror Students on how they are getting a raw deal | Letters - Guardian Exam board leaders criticise three-year GCSE courses - Times Educational Supplement | TES Enough of the portacabin classrooms and overwhelmed teachers! We must stop overcrowding primary classes and start building more schools - The Sun Singapore uncovers 'high-tech' exam cheating plot - BBC Primary school offer day 2018: More children allocated first choice school due to Brexit, London councils say - Telegraph Chief inspector Amanda Spielman on Ofsted's role in teacher workload - Times Educational Supplement | TES Thousands of children miss out on preferred primary school - Guardian What teachers tapped last week #29 - 16th April 2018 - Teacher Tapp EAL pupils: “We invested heavily in the expertise of all teachers” - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF SEND tribunal: single route of redress national trial - NAHT LA moderation of writing: moderation 'script' for 2018 - NAHT Ofsted announces changes to policy on inspection intervals - NAHT Pathway to university: an open letter to racists - Times Higher Education | THE Free school meals: guidance for schools and local authorities - DfE Youth homelessness rise linked to welfare reforms, report finds - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Street violence: societal change is needed - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Childcare providers 'face unexpected data protection costs' - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Daily roundup 16 April: Legal action, YOI disturbance, and fake marriage breakdowns - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Early intervention initiative set to expand - CYPN | Children & Young People Now ‘Scotland Is Now’ says new campaign to attract students - PIE News Don’t boycott SATs, heads tell parents - Schools Week Pupils take action on chaplain who opposed same-sex marriage - Herald Scotland Primary school admissions 2018 UK: Here's what to do if your child does not get their first choice place - Evening Standard Shortage of places at Bryntirion School has a 'devastating' effect on children - Wales Online Jisc’s top ten further education social media superstars of 2018 - Jisc Primary School Places Day - but are parents forgetting air quality? - FE News Apprenticeship payments system malfunctions again - FE Week Major expansion of school facilities for pupils with special needs in Cardiff - Wales Online Austria plans to ban headscarfs for children in nursery and primary schools 'so they are free to integrate' - Mail Ofsted looking at no-notice school inspections... again - Times Educational Supplement | TES Working while you study: a means to an end or career opportunity? - Guardian Primary school places - not got what you wanted? - BBC Secondary applicants down and four other new teacher training stats - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities ending the strikes is not a climbdown – the fight goes on | Des Freedman - Guardian A NEU dawn: NUT and ATL hold final conferences - Schools Week Being a teacher is difficult - The Educator National primary offer day - DfE Risk protection arrangement (RPA): guide for academies - DfE France: Striking differences: spotlight on student protests - HEPI Children’s centres are disappearing – here’s what it means for the under fives and their parents - The Conversation Heads call for end to 'haphazard' school places system - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents fed up of testing should consider home-schooling, says Ken Robinson - Times Educational Supplement | TES Besotted teacher at £32,000-a-year private school who bombarded pupil with messages gets classroom ban - Mail Chance of aspiring teachers winning training course places increases - Times Educational Supplement | TES USA teachers' strikes - meet the leaders of the movement marching across America - Guardian Teacher who banged a pupil's head is banned for three years - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nursery group closed over safeguarding fears - Nursery World When parents in Cardiff are going to get 30-hours free childcare revealed - Wales Online Educators: are you ready, willing and able to meet the ‘perfect storm’ of AI? - IOE London Blog Primary school admissions 2018: When do you find out primary school places? - Express What happens when teachers get more feedback? - Teacher Toolkit UK can lead the way on ethical AI, says Lords Committee - Parliament Shaping university research and knowledge exchange - Wonkhe Analysing seven years of data on black applicants to HE - Wonkhe Thirty years of HE policy – and the future - Wonkhe Your graduate job – guaranteed! - Wonkhe Understanding differences in student outcomes - Wonkhe Universities are a key resource for the NHS. Why are they so underused? - Guardian “Houston, we have a problem”. Lessons from NASA for engaging employers with the apprenticeship agenda. - FE News Segregating pupils with special educational needs leaves us all poorer | John Harris - Guardian The impact of the levy on apprenticeship quantity - FE News Need to know: National Primary School Offer Day - Times Educational Supplement | TES Jacob says his school locked him away in a cupboard - BBC Parents are 'faking break-ups’ to get their children into top schools, an expert has warned - Mail Schoolgirls younger than 12 getting contraceptive implants on NHS - The Sun Education secretary Damian Hinds urged to act immediately after student nurses hit by loan overpayment errors - Independent Further education’s top ten social media superstars revealed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Actor and writer Sally Phillips to speak at FestABLE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Student nurses face financial hardship over loan error, says nursing body - Guardian Many parents face disappointment over primary school places - Guardian Major nursery groups reveal gender pay gap - Nursery World The Project - Under the bonnet of end-point assessment - FE News Hungary: Viktor Orban, buoyed by his election triumph, is making life ever harder for advocates of free speech - Times Scotland: Students ‘stay quiet about sexual harassment’ - Times