News archive for 1st August 2018

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Grammar schools expand by 11,000 pupils in eight years amid increasing demand from aspirational parents - Mail Baby talk help infants learn English more than other words - Scotsman DfE ploughs ahead with plans for college campus performance reporting - FE Week Lessons to be learnt from Carillion apprentice redundancies - AELP The Department for Education launches a workload reduction toolkit - NAHT FE data library: community learning - FE News Information on community learning through skills for life qualifications by participation and achievements - DfE Practical solutions for tackling teacher workload: evidence from schools - NAHT Working together to safeguard children - DfE Multimillion investment in early years education and boost social mobility - DfE 28 projects to split £10.1 million in strategic school improvement fund round 3 - Schools Week Students are best placed to encourage diversity at universities - Times Higher Education | THE Funding allocations to training providers: 2017 to 2018 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Register of end-point assessment organisations - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA Update: 1 August 2018 - Education & Skills Funding Agency FE data library: community learning - DfE Professional development: Teachers leading teachers - Teacher Toolkit Strategic School Improvement Fund - DfE Scientists uncover new facts concerning working memory in children - UKEdChat The murky waters of generational learning preferences - Learning Scientists Why haven’t we progressed further on supporting children’s speech and language needs? - IOE London Blog Government to invest in school nurseries in deprived areas - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Last minute advice for Scottish students as results day approaches - UCAS 2019 BERA Masters and Doctoral Awards now open - BERA Consultation outcome: Performance reporting: FE college groups and multi-site colleges - FE News David Hanson MP to lead review of prison education in Wales - Welsh Government Announcing Fulbright Awards for UK citizens 2019-20 - Fulbright Commission 5 famous people who used to be teachers - The Educator Increase in the amount of teenagers going hungry during the summer holidays - National Education Union Strategic School Improvement Fund: successful applicants - FE News Funding allocations to training providers: 2017 to 2018 - FE News Why we should all stop claiming the current student loan system will cost more than the old one - HEPI How should universities respond to 21st century challenges? - Wonkhe ESFA Update: 1 August 2018 - FE News More than 100 education leaders call on Sajid Javid to cut costly child citizenship fees - Independent National Union of Students backs The Independent's campaign for referendum on any Brexit deal - Independent Disadvantaged pupils get just 4.5% of grammar school places - Schools Week DfE ‘minded to terminate’ funding of ‘inadequate’ academy in Bristol - Schools Week IfA quality committee fears conflict of interest the ‘biggest risk’, newly published documents reveal - FE Week Hundreds of Carillion apprentices made redundant - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Making the apprenticeship levy work really matters' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Campaigners plot judicial review over closure of abandoned church school - Schools Week Campus-level reporting for colleges gets go ahead - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Want social mobility? Then educate parents' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Firefighters call for sprinklers in schools after sharp rise in fires - Nursery World DfE considers apprenticeship levy pooling pilot - Times Educational Supplement | TES FE cuts could be on horizon, Treasury says - Times Educational Supplement | TES Andrew Sharkey: National Playday: It’s good for adults as well as kids - Scotsman Kids don't need to read before they start school – there's plenty of time for that later - Telegraph FE could face more budget cuts despite hopes for more cash - FE Week Fire brigade renews calls for mandatory sprinklers as London school fires increase by a third - Schools Week EYFS staff:child ratios - DfE approved qualifications - FE News Early years educator (level 3): qualifications criteria - FE News Check early years qualifications - FE News Multimillion investment in early years education and boost social mobility - FE News Register of end-point assessment organisations - FE News It’ll take more than an app to get children school-ready, Damian Hinds - Guardian Gay valedictorian rejected by his parents fulfills dream of attending college thanks to crowdfunding campaign - Independent Teaching and leadership union membership drops to lowest level since 2010 - Schools Week When did ‘knowledge-rich’ and ‘enquiry-based’ learning become mutually exclusive? - Schools Week Summer jobs: tell us about the work you did in the school holidays - Guardian Rise in grammar school places equivalent to 16 new schools - Times Grammar schools: Thousands of new places created - BBC Strong growth for SME manufacturers, but labour & skills shortages bite - CBI 6 out of 10 teachers say holiday hunger getting worse - Times Educational Supplement | TES Let's celebrate - not fear - the growing competition for overseas students | Michael Peak - Guardian Could Margate be the next Rochdale? | Louise Tickle - Guardian How the hostile environment crept into our schools, hospitals and homes - Guardian SNP council warns childcare ‘revolution’ in doubt over staff shortfall - Scotsman The Government is being shamefully flippant about our school exclusions crisis - Telegraph The big #EdTech challenge: Digitally powered pedagogy - FE News Scotland: ‘Lost generation’ fears over cuts to vital classroom support staff - Herald Scotland The school report that defined my career - Financial Times ‘Lost generation’ fears over cuts to vital classroom support staff - Herald Scotland Education Secretary reveals disadvantaged pupils are a quarter less likely to be in a steady job aged 27 - The Sun Get more middle class pupils into apprenticeships over traditional university degrees, says Education Secretary - Mail Grammar schools: Thousands of new places created - BBC Nearly four in five teachers say 'holiday hunger' is failing to improve - Independent Manchester Metropolitan University student killed herself - Times Trigger warnings can make students even more anxious - Times Novel idea will bring children’s books to life - Times Scotland: Meeting childcare pledge will be hard, council warns - Times