News archive for 6th August 2018

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Parents must accompany children to collect exam results, Good Schools Guide director says - Telegraph Stacey Solomon hits back at trolls who claim she's 'too stupid' to homeschool her children as she insists the teaching method has been 'really positive' - Mail Top universities should be open to vocational qualifications to boost diversity, says Tory MP - Independent Self-harming by teen girls has doubled in 20 years… so is social media and TV to blame? - The Sun International students threatened with deportation in fake Home Office scam - Independent When and how will Scottish pupils receive their exam results? - Scotsman Results-day app to allow teachers to compare annual variations in GCSE and A-level results - Public Technology What teachers tapped this week #45 – 6th August 2018 - Teacher Tapp Differentiation – seeing the bigger picture - UKEdChat An analysis of the early years workforce and its impact on children’s outcomes - EPI Universities chief calls for ministers to bring back maintenance grants amid diversity criticism - PoliticsHome How Ofsted inspects maintained schools and academies - Ofsted National funding formula tables for schools and high needs: 2018 to 2019 - DfE Social mobility and opportunity areas - DfE How Ofsted will select new schools for inspection - Ofsted Projects to improve education for children with additional needs - DfE Subcontracting: using funding to offer education and training - Education & Skills Funding Agency A level results day: a vice-chancellor's guide to clearing - Times Higher Education | THE Hinds could act on overseas teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES 3/4 firms expect increase of high-skilled roles in coming years - CBI Hope for ESFA cap on subcontracting management fees ‘kicked into the long grass’ - FE Week Tips for handling an Ofsted inspection - The Educator Solving future skills challenges - Russell Group Research round-up (6 August 2018) - NAHT NASUWT comments on teacher vacancy figures - NASUWT Nation's prosperity relies on more people of all ages going to university - Universities UK Subcontracting: using funding to offer education and training - FE News Top ten grammar schools in the UK for GCSE results - Telegraph Ten best UK universities to study dentistry - Telegraph Ten best UK universities to study English Literature - Telegraph Vic Valentine: Why children should learn about trans people in school - Scotsman Pay Apprenticeship Levy - FE News Ten best UK universities to study physiotherapy - Telegraph Ten best UK universities to study engineering - Telegraph Ten best UK universities to study geography - Telegraph Ten best UK universities to study biology - Telegraph Social mobility and opportunity areas - FE News Ten best UK universities to study history - Telegraph 75% firms expect increase of high-skilled roles in coming years - FE News Working families 'losing hundreds' under Universal Credit - Nursery World Ten best UK universities to study architecture - Telegraph 'Let teachers and kids slob about if they want to' - Times Educational Supplement | TES SQA results day 2018: Waiting for that envelope - Times Educational Supplement | TES Need to know: GCSE results 2018 - reviews and appeals - Times Educational Supplement | TES Concerns over DfE teacher pay consultation - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Education funding falls £400 million, figures show - Times Educational Supplement | TES Self-harming by teenage girls doubles in 20 years - Times SQA results day 2018: What to look out for - Times Educational Supplement | TES A 21st century guide to boarding school life - Telegraph Workers and Technology: Digital revolution, jobs changing faster than ever - FE News The nine organisations that will share £4m ‘alternative provision fund’ cash - Schools Week Scotland: Schools spending down £400m since 2010, claims Labour - Herald Scotland Projects to improve education for children with additional needs - FE News Restore grant system for poor students, urges Russell Group chief - Guardian Alternative provision projects receive £4m funding boost - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Robots to help hospitalised pupils return to school - Times Educational Supplement | TES SQA Results Day 2018: Staying out for summer - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK economy 'could benefit from more going to university' - Guardian Testing five-year-olds is not child’s play | Lesley Riddoch - Scotsman Leader comment: Education standards an unfolding scandal - Scotsman Spending on Scots schools falls by £400m in a decade - Scotsman Why employees in further education need a ‘mental health day’ - FE News University chief wants to bring back maintenance grants - BBC Too many pupils missing out on music lessons, says Tory MSP - Herald Scotland Are young people turning their backs on university? - Mail Geography a force for broadening the mind, says Michael Palin - Guardian Hospital admissions for teenage girls who self-harm nearly double - Guardian 30 hours: one year on - Nursery World Foundations for change - Nursery World Early Years Careers Pathway and map published - Nursery World Self-harming by teenage girls doubles in 20 years - Times Scotland: Mackintosh building fire destroyed £24m of restoration work - Times Scotland: Five-year-olds to choose their gender - Times Ireland: Class sizes rising despite influx of new teachers - Times Scotland: Cash for schools 'hammered' by SNP cuts, claim Labour - Express