News archive for 24th April 2018

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Guardian University Awards 2018: the winners - Guardian Minister vows to focus 'laser-like' on vice-chancellor pay - Guardian Young can 'only read digital clocks' - BBC 'Meat Free Monday' plan for Edinburgh primary schools comes under fire - Herald Scotland Vice-Chancellors should not be allowed to sit on remuneration committees, universities minister says - Telegraph Sheffield Hallam University investigates library staff allegedly calling black student a 'monkey' - Independent Women not getting a fair say at academic conferences, research reveals - Guardian Graduate labour market: statistics - DfE University of Glasgow wins international award - PIE News Independent special schools and colleges - DfE Ofsted standards for official statistics - Ofsted A 'Flying Start' to university study - Office for Students National pupil database - DfE Graduate labour market statistics: 2017 - DfE 'Why our SLT need to be as accountable to us as we are to them' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Governors at free school that entered no pupils for GCSEs claim Ofsted bullied them - Times Educational Supplement | TES Blind and deaf children suffering due to national teacher shortage, claims charity - Times Educational Supplement | TES New Gaelic school to open - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ucas orders inquiry into 'racial profiling' of UK students - Guardian 'Incredible gloom' over funding and recruitment - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted: Schools are overreliant on 'meaningless data' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Too often teachers are portrayed as saints or shirkers – there seems to be nothing in between' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Call for teachers to learn about oracy - Times Educational Supplement | TES The teacher's nightmare? Meet the tech that allows you to google with your mind - Times Educational Supplement | TES From Fortnite to the classroom: the ‘floss’ dance craze sweeping schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sharp rise in special needs tribunal cases blamed on 'inadequate' provision in mainstream schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Husband of murdered teacher says lessons need to be learned - Times Educational Supplement | TES Rona Tutt's SEND summary (April 2018) - NAHT ‘Being strategic: a guide for governing boards’ - NAHT Four steps to success - advice from a student - Learning Scientists Legal rights for trans teachers outlined in new guidance - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Harsh' accountability system stops schools from using research evidence, head warns - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'When it comes to work-life balance, if you don't prioritise yourself, nobody else will' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Taiwan simplifies international student work permit application - PIE News Chief executive of OCR exam board steps down - Times Educational Supplement | TES Second studio school closure announcement in two days - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tes FE Podcast – 24 April 2018 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Department for Education 'should relax stance' on GCSE maths and English resits - Times Educational Supplement | TES To widen access, you need to engage teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES England has 'lost its way' in vocational education, warns new report - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK-Lebanon project mapping a future for refugees launches in the UK - IOE London Blog Daily roundup 24 April: Yoghurt, air pollution, and epilepsy drug - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Authorities urged to do more to rid schools of asbestos - The Educator How can parents help their children prepare for SATs? - Teacher Toolkit Improving the experiences of trans and gender diverse staff in higher education - Wonkhe Ranking a go go – it’s the CUG league table for 2019 - Wonkhe Graduate Labour Market Survey 2017 - Wonkhe Get ready to Flamingle! - National Education Union Graduates more likely to be in employment and earn more than non-graduates – new statistics - Universities UK Strike dates announced at Hull College Group in jobs row - UCU NAHT secures fairer accountability arrangements for infant, first, middle and junior schools - NAHT Sheffield universities investigate four allegations of racism - Guardian Only Ofqual should be allowed to regulate apprenticeship standards - FE Week Use CPD funding to boost pupil oracy, MPs told - Schools Week BP chief urges Cambridge University to keep fossil fuel investments - Guardian Students demand compensation worth millions of pounds after university strikes - Independent Want to stop teachers leaving? Help them develop their careers - Guardian Universities minister's own student rent debt bailout - BBC Schools are removing analogue clocks from exam halls as teenagers 'cannot tell the time' - Telegraph Minister supports FE representation at Office for Students - FE Week University quality healthcheck delivered through collaboration between three sector agencies - Jisc Northumberland Council abandons plan to close 14 schools - Schools Week Subcontracting fees will finally be published in June - FE Week Hull College Group backs embattled chief executive in bitter redundancy row - FE Week Leo Shapiro steps down as OCR chief executive - Schools Week Whitehaven Academy closes after asbestos disturbance - Schools Week Leo Shapiro steps down as OCR chief executive - FE Week 10:00 a.m. Education Committee hears from the Universities Minister and the DG for HE re value for money in HE - Parliament Research matters in policymaking, and the feeling’s mutual - Wonkhe Mature students: lost, forgotten, and invisible - Wonkhe Why can't GCSE candidates tell the time using an analogue clock? - Times Educational Supplement | TES In UK universities there is a daily erosion of integrity | Stefan Collini - Guardian The UK has turned the right to education into a charitable cause. How 19th century | Louise Tickle - Guardian 2am. If your College isn’t open, it should be. Why we’re all about to take an online lesson. - FE News Apprenticeship reforms to ensure the highest quality skills & training - FE News Should a college principal have multiple jobs? - FE Week Has Ofsted given up on school case studies? - Schools Week New Gaelic dictionary wins £2.5m investment from public purse - Herald Scotland Teachers' Pension Scheme Main Estimate 2018-19 Memorandum (download) - DfE Department for Education Main Estimate 2018-19 Memorandum (download) - DfE Students take court action over hours lost during strike - Guardian Students to sue universities over strikes - Times Anger at student’s ‘Night of the Raj’ party - Times ‘Jealous’ university worker stabbed his boss to death - Times Scotland: ‘Not enough cash’ for SNP’s education reform - Times Scotland: MMR jab ‘should be compulsory for university students’ - Times