News archive for 10th August 2018

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Russell Group universities struggling to fill places through clearing, figures show - Telegraph Loneliness a big issue among young people, say youth workers - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Sharing classroom ed tech screens - UKEdChat Alternative provision innovation fund - DfE Devolution of adult education functions: the transition year - memorandum of understanding - DfE Treating students fairly: response to the House of Lords report - DfE University admissions and clearing: what to expect this year - Universities UK How to land a jumbo jet on a postage stamp - HEPI Data literacy among governors and teachers needs improvement - The Educator How to discipline students without punishing them - The Educator Independent special schools and colleges - DfE College funding: early intervention and prevention - Education & Skills Funding Agency Ofsted watch: Improvement for struggling FE providers - FE Week Balancing Physics: DfE is trying to encourage more girls to study physics - FE News A big row has erupted over school children doing yoga in a Welsh village primary school - Wales Online Discovery Learning trust has funding axed after pupil forgotten on school trip - Schools Week Free sanitary products roll out to Edinburgh schools - Scotsman Female scientists urge research grants reform to tackle gender bias - Guardian Teacher who sent pupil love letter - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools 'not unsafe' for children in care, heads told - Times Educational Supplement | TES How teachers can help save children from big data - Times Educational Supplement | TES Legal win 'will encourage more challenges to SEND cuts' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Independent special schools and colleges - FE News Farther marks and grades letter from education boss fining him which was littered with spelling mistakes - Mail Young black female scientists will ‘educate’ older male professors - Times Parents encouraged to read 'basic life skill stories' to children - Nursery World MAT chief bows to minister's demand to take child in care - Times Educational Supplement | TES ILR specification, validation rules and appendices 2018 to 2019 - FE News Results day approaches for undergraduate applicants across England, Northern Ireland, and Wales - UCAS Treating students fairly: response to the House of Lords report - FE News College funding: early intervention and prevention - FE News Academies land and buildings collection tool - FE News Apprenticeship funding bands: new 30 band structure for frameworks and standards - FE News Suspend school assessments and reboot standards, Labour demands - Scotsman Open and controlled - Closing the skills gap with a new approach to immigration - FE News Anonymous academic: I'm moving to a less prestigious university – and I'm thrilled - Guardian Further education and skills inspections and outcomes: management information from December 2015 to August 2018 - Ofsted School inspections and outcomes: management information - Ofsted Children's centre consultation ditched, confirms DfE - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Devolution of adult education functions: the transition year - memorandum of understanding - FE News Lack of physics teachers blamed for gender gap - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pre-school apps 'ignore how children learn' - Times Educational Supplement | TES MAT chief bows to minister's demand to take child in care - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘More support staff vital to close attainment gap’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools 'not unsafe' for children in care, heads told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Part-time students need maintenance grants too - Wonkhe What if east Asia’s high achievement is not the result of longer hours of study, cram schools, and exam pressure? - BERA Richard Leonard calls for review of ‘cap’ on Scottish students at universities - Scotsman Developing ‘demand driven’ international programmes - FE News Thousands of pupils given coursework awards without any checking by exam chiefs - Herald Scotland Scotland experiencing 'mass movement' of parents seeking Gaelic schools - Herald Scotland Schools face more spot-checks after exam cheat warning - Herald Scotland Review call after fall in pupils studying languages and science - Herald Scotland Call for cap on Scottish university places to be lifted - Herald Scotland Analysis: Belt and braces approach to exams increasingly under pressure - Herald Scotland BAME researchers 'reverse mentoring' older white male professors - Mail Boys still outnumber girls in A-level physics - Mail Cardiff and Vale College confirm plans for new multi-million pound campus - Wales Online Culture of sex abuse ‘flourished’ at Ampleforth and Downside schools - Times Private school sports coach jailed for indecent assaults - Times Educational apps ‘do little to help children develop’ - Times Scotland: Six-figure payoff for university chief in business interests row - Times Scotland: Suspend tests to let pupils face rest of world again, SNP urged - Times Scotland: Investigate pupil absences in last week of term, MSPs told - Times