News archive for 19th December 2018

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Government and top sports bodies to help children play more sport - DfE Oxford professor had to hold an academic conference in private for fear of disruption from activists - Telegraph Private schools warn of potential fee rise in the wake of Treasury’s ruling on teacher pensions - Telegraph Parents to take government to High Court over special needs funding cuts - Independent Government admits immigration plan could hit teacher recruitment - Times Educational Supplement | TES Do we hide the truth about behaviour from parents in primary? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hinds: Pupils should learn to cope with failure like Harry Kane - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why won't Ofsted admit that pupil background can hinder schools? - Times Educational Supplement | TES The government's immigration plans show how little it cares about schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Teacher shortage a national issue, say inspectors - Times Educational Supplement | TES In 2018, heads showed politicians the meaning of strong and stable leadership - Times Educational Supplement | TES 10 podcasts to change the way you teach - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools should teach 'Muslim and feminist views of Jesus' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Immigration white paper: what it means for college students - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ten more colleges back strikes in UCU ballot - Times Educational Supplement | TES A Classics education can drive social mobility - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents take government to court over SEND funding cuts - Times Educational Supplement | TES T levels 'could be shelved for no-deal Brexit' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exam appeals ‘tilted in favour of private schools’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Banned: Teacher who was jailed for sexual affair with sixth former - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish colleges fear funding clawback - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools are skint, yet there's £2bn for no-deal Brexit planning - Times Educational Supplement | TES Heads fear new immigration plan could hit teacher recruitment - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted: gender pay gap report and data 2018 - Ofsted Ofsted: gender pay gap report and data - Ofsted Using Ofsted’s IDSR: early years foundation stage profile to key stage 4 - Ofsted Curriculum research: assessing intent, implementation and impact - Ofsted DfE's gender pay gap 2018 - DfE LA and school expenditure: 2017 to 2018 financial year - DfE School census 2018 to 2019 term-on-term user guide - DfE Teaching schools and system leadership: reports - DfE T Level action plan - DfE Winners announced for new student apps - DfE Commentary on curriculum research - phase 3 - Ofsted Advanced learner loans qualifications catalogue - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA Update: 19 December 2018 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Academies accounts return - Education & Skills Funding Agency Qualifications: eligible for public funding - Education & Skills Funding Agency Release of the Government’s Immigration White Paper - Russell Group Immigration White Paper - Universities UK Comments on Immigration White paper ‘The UK’s future skills-based immigration system’ - MillionPlus Our approach to mental health is broken – but universities can fix it - HEPI Changes to the immigration system means we need to spend more on skills - AoC | Association of Colleges UK relaxes student visa rules, but barriers to jobs market remain - PIE News Scotland: College lecturers to strike in pay row - Mail Sixteen colleges facing UCU strike action in the new year - FE Week Scotland: Teacher shortage a national issue, say inspectors - Times Educational Supplement | TES How balanced is your school teaching staff? - The Educator University grade inflation could lead to fines - The Educator 6 home wellbeing tips for Christmas - Teacher Toolkit Changes to the immigration system means we need to spend more on skills - AoC | Association of Colleges UK relaxes student visa rules, but barriers to jobs market remain - PIE News White Paper raises “new obstacles” for EU students - PIE News New year strike threat at 16 English colleges in row over pay - UCU UCU response to White Paper on immigration - UCU Ready for it? The immigration white paper and the end of freedom of movement - Wonkhe Release of the Government’s Immigration White Paper - Russell Group Migration white paper lists nine new obstacles for European students – and misses two more - HEPI Our approach to mental health is broken – but universities can fix it - HEPI An end of year message from our Chief Executive, Carole Willis - NFER MillionPlus comments on Immigration White paper ‘The UK’s future skills-based immigration system’ - MillionPlus Immigration White Paper - Universities UK CBI responds to Immigration White Paper - CBI Researchers drawing on teachers’ tools: Picturebooks with migrant learners - BERA Scottish college lecturers back strike action - Herald Scotland Ofsted’s gender pay gap grows while the DfE’s narrows - Schools Week Parents and schools have a responsibility to teach children about feminism - HuffPost Desperate primary school head sends parents 'embarrassing' Christmas list - Mail Homesickness at university: is there a cure? - Guardian Twelve reasons to let your children play video games this Christmas - The Conversation DfE’s teaching jobs board won’t reach all schools until April 2019 - Schools Week Post-Brexit immigration policy could hit teacher recruitment, government admits - Schools Week The only honest thing to do with student debt? Write it off | Liam Young - Guardian 'Society has a duty to help poor students': university leaders on tuition fees - Guardian Bend the rules and we will all make the grade, says Ann Widdecombe - Express Scottish schools evacuated after 'hoax bomb threats' - Herald Scotland Do we hide the truth about behaviour from parents in primary? - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'The government's immigration plans show how little it cares about schools' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ten more colleges back strikes in UCU ballot - Times Educational Supplement | TES In 2018, heads showed politicians the meaning of strong and stable leadership - Times Educational Supplement | TES Green shoots of recruitment recovery as nursery vacancies drop - Nursery World Workshops pave the way to bringing young and old together - Nursery World What does the student loan shake-up mean for FE? - FE Week What does the student loan shake-up mean for FE? - FE Week Edinburgh Impact Centre wins City Deal funding boost - Scotsman Headteacher sends parents ‘Christmas wish list’ asking them to buy pencils, chalk and rulers after staff wages leave school with £400k black hole - The Sun Gap between poor five-year-olds and their better-off peers has grown - Nursery World Two thirds of academy chains perform below average for disadvantaged pupils - Sutton Trust Scottish college lecturers back strike action - Herald Scotland What does SEND stand for? - Metro The Welsh Government invests a note-worthy £3m in musical education - Welsh Government Universities told to end 'spiralling' grade inflation - BBC Councils warn disadvantaged children missing out on funded places - Nursery World T-levels could be under threat if no deal Brexit goes ahead - FE Week T-levels could be under threat if no deal Brexit goes ahead - FE Week Rise in firsts ‘unexplained’ at most English universities - Times Higher Education | THE Telegraph view: Grade inflation at our universities has to end - Telegraph Policy Watch: OfS report on grade inflation - Wonkhe Academics’ families are suffering from high UK visa costs - Times Higher Education | THE Study reveals academies' poor record on disadvantaged pupils - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Secondary school review, 2018: Looking back – with a little help from Donald Rumsfeld - Schools Week NCFE & CfL: We need more apprenticeships for young people and young adults - FE News The kids training teachers to code - Financial Times Universities face fines or being struck off if they keep handing out too many first-class degrees - The Sun The number of students getting first-class degrees has soared in recent years - Mail Universities told to end 'spiralling' grade inflation - BBC Our approach to mental health is broken – but universities can fix it - HEPI Governors at top grammar 'against plan for more poor pupils' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children's early cognitive skills should be prioritised to close the disadvantage gap - Nursery World Public confidence in higher education at risk amid 'spiralling' grade inflation at universities, regulator warns - Independent OfS analysis of changes in degree classifications - FE News Children's early cognitive skills should be prioritised to close the gap - Nursery World Grade inflation 'bigger at universities than colleges' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Restraint isn't happening to burly teens, but to little children in primary schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES University gives half its students a first-class degree - Times Ireland: More women have degrees, but men are closing the gap - Times Universities watchdog threatens fines over grade inflation - Guardian