News archive for 9th August 2018

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The decline of the student summer job - Financial Times Twelve pupils a week suspended from city schools for racism - Evening Standard Monks should be stripped of control following sex abuse cover up at two Benedictine schools, report finds - Telegraph Male, pale and stale university professors to be given 'reverse mentors' - Telegraph University applications in Wales fall again to the lowest level in a decade - Wales Online Child abuse inquiry: School 'reputations put before victims' - BBC What next after GCSEs? A guide to apprenticeships, BTECs and NVQs - Telegraph GCSE results: re-marks, retakes and the step up to sixth form - Telegraph Black pupils less likely to get places at church schools than white pupils, research shows - Schools Week UCU slams "jobs for the boys" appointment of new Robert Gordon University principal - UCU ESFA announcement on apprenticeship service transition - AELP Shortage of early years teachers risks 325,000 children falling behind, warns charity - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Three reflections on the West Midlands’ new skills deal - ERSA AoC President priorities key areas - AoC | Association of Colleges Government announces £4.8m boost for language learning in England - PIE News GCSE results day 2018: what is the 9 - 1 grading system and why are so many students confused? - Telegraph Guide to CPD reading for teachers - UKEdChat "Enough snowflakes can create an avalanche" - Shakira Martin - Jisc Researchers awarded £525k to boost diversity in Engineering and Physical Sciences - Leeds Beckett University A college education - Capita FHE Reflections on effective feedback use - Learning Scientists Matthew Coffey's speech to the Unlocked Graduates event, University of Suffolk - Ofsted School leadership in an international context - DfE Children in good or outstanding schools: August 2018 - DfE Partnerships prove how social mobility initiatives are good for businesses - Office for Students Apprenticeship funding and performance management rules 2018 to 2019 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Apprenticeship service transition, acting on user feedback - Education & Skills Funding Agency Secondary school choice and selection: national preferences data - DfE Teacher gaps in early years ‘risk child’s futures’ - The Educator Changes to GCSEs and A-levels are damaging students’ mental health and increasing teachers’ workload – NEU poll - National Education Union Ofsted claims ‘huge number’ of £2.4m set-aside for research projects will be FE-related - FE Week GCSE results day 2018: When is it and what happens next? - Independent Ten best UK universities to study chemistry - Telegraph Abuse inquiry: Catholic schools prioritised ‘reputation’ over child protection - Schools Week Apprenticeship funding and performance management rules 2018 to 2019 - FE News SQA results: concerns over teacher malpractice - Times Educational Supplement | TES How two top boarding schools tried to cover up 40 years of 'appalling abuse - Times Educational Supplement | TES Affordable teacher homes 'would help poor pupils' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Rollout of online apprenticeship service delayed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: University principal quits after 'damaging' conflict of interest row - Herald Scotland Head of Robert Gordon University resigns after conflict of interest row - Times Early years teacher gaps 'risk children's futures' - BBC 'Why PE should be full of dance' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Shortage of 11,000 qualified nursery teachers means children are 'starting behind' - HuffPost Apprenticeship service transition to be more gradual - Sector Response - FE News Mental health reforms don’t realise school is source of poor well-being, say pupils - Schools Week Delay of at least a year to apprenticeship system expansion could leave 1,500 providers out in the cold - FE Week Russell Group complains they are 'forced to compete'  for 'small pool' for bright, disadvantaged students - Telegraph Twelve pupils a week suspended from city schools for racism - Evening Standard A PhD should be about improving society, not chasing academic kudos | Julian Kircherr - Guardian The week in higher education – 9 August 2018 - Times Higher Education | THE New GCSEs and A levels ‘damage mental health’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES England faces shortage of 11,000 nursery teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES PPE at the Strand Group: partnership, practitioners, and experience - Wonkhe Shortage of 11,000 early years teachers, warns Save the Children - Nursery World Melissa Benn: our schools are broken. Only radical action will fix them - Guardian The bell has rung on the traditional classroom - FE News "Children who start behind, stay behind" - Britain short of 11,000 qualified nursery workers shocking report reveals - Mirror Exam cheat probe into coaching by record number of teachers - Herald Scotland Minister says more private boarding schools should give places to children in care, after Eton and Rugby agree to take youngsters in homes - Mail New harder GCSE and A-Level exams are giving pupils 'extreme anxiety' and making them feel like 'failures', union warns - Mail The girl of 3 with an IQ bigger than Einstein’s - Express Early years teacher gaps 'risk children's futures' - BBC Nursery schools facing 11,000 shortage of qualified teachers, figures reveal - Independent Graduate teacher shortage imperils nursery learning, warns charity - Financial Times Call for better ccommunication to support adopted children with SEND - Nursery World Over 300,000 children are being taught by unqualified nursery staff, charity warns - Telegraph Lack of graduates harming nurseries, warns charity - Times Quieter halls of residence for sober-minded students - Times Ministers must not backtrack on their promise to children | Peter Wanless - Times Scotland: Half of children miss end of term to beat holiday price rises - Times Scotland: Apprentice women are in decline - Times