News archive for 7th February 2018

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Parents outraged as schoolchildren banned from high-fiving 84-year-old lollipop man - Mirror EEF grant making: 5 charts showing the what, who, where, when and why - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF UCL academics back motion of no-confidence in how college is run - Financial Times Universal credit: One million children 'to miss out on free school meals' - HuffPost Free school meals revamp 'could leave million children without hot food' - Mail Ministers questioned on free speech in universities - UK Parliament Free school meals and the early years pupil premium (EYPP) under Universal Credit: equality analysis - DfE Free early years entitlement for 2 year olds under Universal Credit - DfE Eligibility for free school meals and the early years pupil premium under Universal Credit - DfE Government responds to consultation on disadvantage support - DfE Free early years entitlement for 2 year olds under Universal Credit: equality analysis - DfE New National College for the nuclear industry launches - DfE LRS: monthly headline report - Education & Skills Funding Agency NASUWT welcomes Jersey family-friendly employment reforms - NASUWT Schools forced to cut teachers' and teaching assistants' posts to make ends meet - ASCL NAHT in the news – January 2018 - NAHT Schools forced to cut teachers’ and teaching assistants’ posts to make ends meet - NAHT Improve job satisfaction to stop teachers quitting the classroom - NFER Schools forced to cut teachers and teaching assistants posts to make ends meet - National Education Union Comment on education outcomes of children with English as an Additional Language - National Education Union Bisexuality in schools - ATL Why we need to be visible LGBT+ role models in schools - ATL ESFA update: February 2018 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Longer maternity leave linked to better exam results for some children - Guardian Secondary schools lose 15,000 staff due to funding cuts, unions warn - Independent Call for agriculture GCSE to be introduced as UK prepares to leave the EU - Times Educational Supplement | TES Unhappy students warned about dangers of suing universities - Mail Graduate loses bid to sue Oxford over 2:1 degree - BBC Schoolchildren should take exams earlier to cope with mental health pressures, says education minister - Independent Are you ready for GDPR? - Capita SIMS Half of managers do not plan to use apprenticeship levy fund - feCompare Apprentices will get a place at Cambridge University - feCompare To test or not to test? That is not the question - Learning Scientists Daily roundup 7 February: Language, mental health, and young carers - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Councils call for mental health counselling for all pupils - CYPN | Children & Young People Now National Teaching Fellowship Scheme Awards and Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence 2018 - HEA Government sets £7,400 annual income threshold for free school meals - Times Educational Supplement | TES Councils call for compulsory mental health counselling in all secondary schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government confirms free school meals eligibility under universal credit - Schools Week Cardiff University’s School of Medicine turned down for race equality award - Wales Online Teachers on long-term sick leave - The Educator Point of view: Employability in London - Collab Group Universities Minister warns of 'creeping culture of censorship' on campuses - PoliticsHome Looking into the London Challenge - Sutton Trust Time on your side? - Sutton Trust School pupils in bid to be crowned country’s best Mandarin speakers - British Council UK: health surcharge doubled, non-EU students to pay more for care - PIE News Singapore still reigns supreme in 2018 as NUS tops THE ranking - PIE News USA: Int’l graduate applications & enrolments down - PIE News Teach First rejects DfE call for lower entry standards - Times Educational Supplement | TES Cash crisis forces secondary schools in England to cut 15,000 staff - Guardian Unions warn of fall in number of teachers at secondary schools - Mail Scotland: Two female teachers injured after 'pupil goes on rampage' as school is put on "lockdown" - Mirror Children should sit exams earlier to cope with test stress, says minister - Mail Questions over training and pay for school mental health leads - Schools Week Mayor of London announces £25m funding for FE skills provision - Times Educational Supplement | TES Space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock: ‘Space is messy and kids love mess!' - Nursery World FE governors to be scrutinised by researchers - Times Educational Supplement | TES The financing of student accommodation - Financial Times 12 rules for schools: Rule 6 set your house in perfect order before you criticise the world - The Learning Spy Northern education leaders hit back at Wilshaw claim of ‘miserable’ standards - Times Educational Supplement | TES Holiday warning: How much could you be fined for taking kids on holiday during term time? - Express Nick Gibb: Extra exams would cut risk to pupils’ mental health - Times Educational Supplement | TES How can we better support EAL pupils? - Schools Week Millions to benefit as government responds to Taylor review of modern working practices - FE News RSCs to dramatically reduce 'shadow' school inspections - Times Educational Supplement | TES National College for Nuclear opens its doors - Times Educational Supplement | TES Secondary schools shed 15,000 staff due to 'damaging' funding cuts - Times Educational Supplement | TES How could your college use £2.5M to celebrate 100 years of women's right to vote? - FE News College sector performance continues rapid improvement - FE Week Bradford College bailed out twice in a single month - FE Week Our edtech competition win, and why you should enter this time around - Jisc Heller on a National Teaching Service - Freedman on a punitive tax on private schools - Montrose42 Zahawi's responsibilities as children and families minister confirmed - Nursery World OFSTED: we need a brand new model, not just a re-spray - IOE London Blog Call to use FSM history to better target Pupil Premium - SecEd Questions raised as DBS modernisation plan overuns - SecEd Widespread opposition to reforms in Scotland - SecEd Echo Eternal project focuses on Holocaust survivors' stories - SecEd Campaigners demand mandatory online code for websites - SecEd Collaboration has led to schools ‘taking ownership’ of improvement - SecEd Ambition:Feed platform offers leadership support - SecEd New report indicates average attainment figures for children with English as an Additional Language are misleading - The Bell Foundation New technologies CPD - SecEd How the OfS student panel is taking shape - Wonkhe Public trust and accountability: a time of special challenge - Wonkhe Educational outcomes of children with English as an additional language - EPI Opportunity and risk: universities prepare for an uncertain future - Guardian Primary school headteacher slams parents for smoking cannabis at school gates - Mirror Headteachers warn vulnerable pupils 'failing' because of lack of resources - Herald Scotland Australia: 'We need to put an end to the lunch box police': Nutritionist and teacher says schools should stop interfering with children's eating - Mail ‘The girls are not alright’ – utilising the UK’s full talent pool - FE News Two tier charity warning over private schools' rates relief cut - Herald Scotland Secondary schools ‘should all have mental health staff’ to help distressed pupils - Mail Children who arrive late into English school system penalised with low GCSE grades, report finds - Independent National College for Nuclear launched - FE Week Performance data on EAL pupils is ‘profoundly misleading’, warns EPI - Schools Week Heads want pay code after £500,000 academy boss - BBC Figures showing EAL pupils outperforming native speakers 'profoundly misleading' - Times Educational Supplement | TES EAL pupils entering school system late 'should get funding premium' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schoolgirls unable to walk after popping Xanax pills at lunch - Times Shortage of tutors keeps the return of school chess in check - Times Scholarship boy Rhys Brown sues his school, Lancing College in Sussex, for £650,000 - Times Apprentices will get a place at Cambridge University - Times University College London ‘ignored staff’ before agreeing £1bn expansion - Times Free membership of the Chartered College of Teaching for trainee teachers - UCET