News archive for 20th August 2018

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This much I know about…hay bales, Heaney and what to do before the sun sets - JohnTomsett Children whose parents have cancer may perform worse in school - study - Mail Community schools with no religious observance ‘backed by 60% of Scots’ - Scotsman Bailout-backed university takeover of college finally given official approval - FE Week Annual teachers survey - Ofsted What is the new GCSE grading system? How the new scale works and why it changed - Mirror William Clarence Education Director issues new advice on T Levels following Westminster Conference - FE News GCSE Results Day: A step-by-step guide - Telegraph GCSE results day 2018: When is it, how to re-sit exams and what are the options for sixth form and college? - Evening Standard GCSE results day: Major exam reforms have 'ratcheted up pressure' on stressed teenagers - Independent What teachers tapped this week #47 – 20th August 2018 - Teacher Tapp Book – 100 ideas for primary teachers: Coding - UKEdChat Differentiating texts - UKEdChat Teens now spend more time on digital media, less time reading - UKEdChat GCSE results day 2018: Four things to look out for on Thursday - FFT Education Datalab Helping expertise flow between classrooms - Teacher Development Trust | TDT Challenging adult learners to be the best they can be - Jisc Only a minority of science graduates work in STEM jobs - Nuffield Foundation DfE to reduce Progress 8 pressure on UTCs - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK launch of quality mark in English as medium of instruction - PIE News Apprenticeship funding changes ‘clear as mud’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Advice: funding regulations for post-16 provision - Education & Skills Funding Agency Funding guidance for young people: ILR funding returns - Education & Skills Funding Agency Latest information and updates from Ofqual - NAHT Latest research and data from Ofqual - NAHT Proposed cuts in funding bands of apprenticeship standards - AELP The University Show – Season 1 Episode 12 – Review of the year - Wonkhe University and Students’ Union strategies: can two hearts beat as one? - Wonkhe How to move from modular to linear exams - The Educator MOOC to solve UK culture shock launched - PIE News Parental cancer linked to pupils' poor grades - Times Educational Supplement | TES Another college set for university merger - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofqual lowers pass grade for higher tier science - Schools Week University accommodation deals: it's a wrap - Financial Times Government no longer backing its own 3m apprenticeship manifesto commitment - FE Week Funding regulations for post-16 provision - FE News Majority of teachers don’t trust Ofsted - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Social media is great, but beware death by email' - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE results day: If exam appeals are restricted, how can we trust the grades? - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE past paper pilot 'helps students improve' - Times Educational Supplement | TES How teachers view Ofsted: 7 things we learned today - Times Educational Supplement | TES 5 least popular GCSE subjects 2018 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Cash, tickets or a sports car: GCSE rewards - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofqual saves ‘wrongly entered' GCSE pupils from failure - Times Educational Supplement | TES One less thing to worry about as schools go back in Scotland - Herald Scotland Tops Day Nurseries buys eight settings - Nursery World I’ve no idea what I want to do when I leave school - Guardian 'GCSE resit policy is still failing' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Less than 0.2 per cent of GCSE pupils might get 'straight 9s' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teaching ideas to bin: Ofsted gradings - Teacher Toolkit IfA funding rate review: Customer service set for 13 per cent cut - FE Week Student Mental Health, The Ticking Time-Bomb: 75% of Students Need Mental Health Support - FE News Individualised Learner Record (ILR): check that data is accurate - FE News More GCSE pupils set to get top grades equal to A* when results come out this week despite exams getting harder - The Sun Teachers do not trust OFSTED - Survey - The Educator New GCSEs put pupils under more pressure, say school leaders - Guardian Teacher union backs parents’ boycott of tests for P1 children in Scotland - Scotsman Do your students want a career in law? Qualifying as a Paralegal may be their best option - FE News Exam Results Looming - Do parents underestimate the stress of GCSEs? - FE News Australian study: the expensive truth about private schools and student learning - Guardian Children with learning difficulties ‘losing out’ in tests - Herald Scotland How AI can spot exam cheats and raise standards - Financial Times RE numbers are lowest for decade - Times Fighting school holiday hunger in Birkenhead - BBC Is he bovvered? John Swinney must try harder - Scotsman New 'big bang' GCSE exams will help boys catch up with girls, report says - Telegraph Tories heading for failure over election goal of 3m apprentices - Times New GCSEs will leave top students with 'sense of underachievement', school leaders warn - Telegraph More GCSE pupils in line for top grades equal to A* - Times Why do we insist on a system that is failing the test of time? - Times Home deeds stop childminders from working - Nursery World Parents oppose 30 hour ‘extras’ charges - Nursery World