News archive for 17th August 2018

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Teachers and parents sound off to Swinney on education policy - Herald Scotland Oxford University set to open first new college in almost 30 years, as it seeks to take on Ivy League rivals  - Telegraph Prestigious universities edge out rivals in UK's battle for students - Guardian DfE wants answers on MAT's payments to private companies - Times Educational Supplement | TES Steep year-on-year drop in languages entries - Times Educational Supplement | TES To succeed, edtech companies must listen to teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES The solution to the unconditional offers crisis? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Funding rates to be slashed for popular management apprenticeships - FE Week Funding rates to be slashed for popular management apprenticeships - FE Week Small academy trust must investigate money paid to private companies - Schools Week 14-year-old Cardiff maths whizz gets A* for maths A level - four years early - Wales Online ‘Teens get a bad rap’: the neuroscientist championing moody adolescents - Guardian Trojan Horse review – Islamic schools ‘plot’ powerfully revisited in play at Edinburgh Fringe - Guardian Thousands of top university places still up for grabs - BBC ‘It's hard to argue for school autonomy,' says academy chief - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities’ GCSE demands favour private school pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES What it's like to study abroad in Japan: from tranquil mountains to colour coordinated train platforms - Telegraph Popular apprenticeship standard to be hit with £2k funding rate cut, claims employer group - FE Week Popular apprenticeship standard to be hit with £2k funding rate cut, claims employer group - FE Week Policy eye - highlights of the week ending 17 August - Pearson ‘It's hard to argue for school autonomy,' says academy chief - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities’ GCSE demands favour the privately educated - Times Educational Supplement | TES John Swinney under fire for ‘hypocrisy’ over private school tax advice - Scotsman When do schools go back in Scotland? - The Sun Five things you should know before going to university - Telegraph Tony Blair's son pulled up on father's key slogan while he argues kids shouldn't go to uni - Express STEM skills crisis: Female engineers can help close the gap - FE News Welcome back, Britain’s annual A-level neurosis - Financial Times Teachers and parents sound off to Swinney on education policy - Herald Scotland Whatever happened to tougher A levels? Proportion of A* and A grades at its highest level for six years - Mail Just a C-grade needed to get on top course: Universities drop requirements by three grades in order to fill places... even as the number of top marks hits highest level for six years - Mail 'Trojan Horse' hearings against teachers and governor cost £1.27m - BBC A levels: Hard-up universities take candidates who didn’t make the grade - Times Apprentice slump sparks demand for levy reform - Times A levels: Boys benefit from new regime as A*s soar and pass mark falls - Times SNP accused of hypocrisy over private school tax break advice - Times GCSE resits: Students forced to sit exams 9 times - Times Educational Supplement | TES We can’t afford to let language teaching die - Times Scotland: John Swinney defends tests for 4-year-olds - Times More A levels in PE than French as pupils drop European languages - Times Ireland: Results withheld from school leavers over suspicion of cheating - Times