News archive for 14th August 2018

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UK loses top spot for educating most world leaders - Herald Scotland A-levels go gender neutral: Leading exam board allows students to opt out of boys and girls classifications - Telegraph Don't stumble into an expensive, unwanted university education - Mirror Schools will find it harder to exclude children with special needs after landmark ruling - Independent School discriminated against expelled autistic boy, judge rules - Guardian Classical scholars turn backs on Boris Johnson over burqa comments - Guardian Ofqual re-launches results-day app to allow comparisons of annual variations in GCSE and A-level results - NAHT There's been a fall in the number of A and AS entries in Wales this year - here's why - Wales Online Mental health at university: know where to find support - Guardian Exeter teenager who was 13 when he repeatedly raped two children aged 6 and 8 is detained for two years - Mail School exclusion rule found to discriminate against children with disabilities - Mail Helping stressed students through A-level results day - Wales Online John Dunford: A-level results day - 'We must change university admissions' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Banned: Ex-con teacher who hid crimes from school - Times Educational Supplement | TES Crowdfunding raises £20,000 to get girls into Stem - Times Educational Supplement | TES Horizon Europe proposals - Russell Group “Universities to blame” for profiteering essay mills - Wonkhe Parents worldwide contribute to cost of university, finds survey - Times Higher Education | THE Updated guidance on the timing and notification of inspection - NAHT 2018 primary performance tables: three-year averages to be included - NAHT 2018 secondary and 16-18 performance tables: statement of intent published - NAHT One in three children travel unprotected in cars as new school year starts - Primary Times Post–18 review: what needs to be done - Jisc We need teachers to save the children - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Teacher who was jailed for 15 months is banned from the classroom for life - Mail How to return ILR final funding claims to the ESFA - Education & Skills Funding Agency Advanced learner loans funding rules 2018 to 2019 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Minimum standards 2017 to 2018 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Cardiff primary where 46% of pupils have additional learning needs and 50+% are eligible for FSM ranked 'good' by inspectors - Wales Online Ofsted Online service delay in processing applications - Ofsted Research reveals lesser known qualifications could help boost skills and jobs - DfE Parental responsibility measures attendance census - DfE Free schools: open schools and successful applications - DfE Good practice in level 4 and 5 qualifications - DfE Legal ruling gives SEND pupils greater protection against exclusion - CYPN | Children & Young People Now GEMS buys 15 UK schools and eyes further European deals - EducationInvestor Oxford college employed sex abuse monk for 12 years - BBC School exclusion of autistic boy unlawful, judge rules - BBC A-levels: how to stop stressing over exam results - The Conversation Eddie Marsan: I know how hard it is for working-class actors to succeed. We can change that - Guardian Ucas Clearing: A-level results day myths and reality - Telegraph A-level results day 2018: Help with Clearing - Times Educational Supplement | TES Mark Dawe: FE needs to be the leader, not the the supportive team-player - Times Educational Supplement | TES Level 4 and 5 qualifications 'improve earnings' - Times Educational Supplement | TES How to return ILR final funding claims to the ESFA - FE News Durham University cancels plans to introduce 8am lectures after outrage from students - Independent A-levels: Five students disqualified and 30 being investigated after maths paper was leaked - Independent Graduate jobs: The top ten degree subjects for getting a job - Telegraph SATs results annulled at ‘outstanding’ London primary school - Schools Week Parental responsibility measures attendance census - FE News Top 10 best value prep schools - Telegraph Britain slips behind US as most popular country for educating world leaders due to hardline immigration policy - Independent DfE court loss gives SEND pupils exclusion protection - Times Educational Supplement | TES Is there a battle brewing over Ofsted’s curriculum plans? - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-level results: three questions for students who miss offers - Times Educational Supplement | TES A levels are about more than just results - Times Educational Supplement | TES Academy cannot ban pupils for missing first day - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE loses landmark legal challenge on exclusions of pupils with autism - Schools Week Research reveals lesser known qualifications could help boost skills and jobs - FE News Good practice in level 4 and 5 qualifications - FE News Minimum ESFA standards for apprenticeships and adult education and training - FE News Review of level 4 and 5 education: Interim evidence overview - FE News How to tailor a job application - Wonkhe UK slips behind the US, which takes the number one slot, for educating the world’s leaders - HEPI Teachers 'need more training on childhood trauma’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Research reveals lesser known qualifications could help boost skills and jobs - DfE Parents worldwide contribute to cost of university, finds survey - Times Higher Education | THE UK falls behind US in ‘educating world leaders’ league table - Times Higher Education | THE Advanced learner loans funding rules 2018 to 2019 - FE News If teachers can’t have better pay, give them rail tickets or capped rents | Laura McInerney - Guardian School cuts: ‘Children now raise money for their own education’ - Guardian Exam boards launch review as parents exploit mental health loophole to get students extra time - Telegraph ‘Our position is slipping’ - UK no longer educates most foreign leaders - Express Idea from Harlem transforms young lives in west London - Guardian University of Glasgow scientists’ battery breakthrough could revolutionise electric cars - Scotsman Creating choices, developing skills and helping communities - FE News Debate: Is an apprenticeship a better career prospect than university for this year’s school leavers? - City AM Instagram launches online series for students on coping with exam result stress - Herald Scotland As figures show young people taking part-time jobs has fallen, our Sun writers reveal the valuable lessons they learned from their summer jobs - The Sun University unconditional offers 'undermine education' - BBC Pupils who don't get the right A-Level grades should get a job instead of trying to find a university course through clearing, minister says - Mail Unconditional university offer 'gave me confidence' - BBC UK's soft power at risk due to immigration policy, survey reveals - Guardian Durham University abandons attempt to get students out of bed early - Times Universities lose £121m in EU funds - Times Let the young answer back to improve language skills - Times More students cut costs by choosing two-year degrees - Times Scotland: Edinburgh festivals - Mackintosh art school ‘should not be rebuilt by pedantic architects’ - Times Scotland: Good intentions won’t help save our schools - Times Scotland: Score of just 35% will now earn a National 5 grade D - Times Scotland: Paedophile teacher guilty of assaulting schoolgirls - Times