News archive for 13th February 2018

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Australia: Government pushes students to repay debt sooner - Mail USA: Princeton professor who used slur cancels free speech course - Mail Five pupils suffer carbon monoxide poisoning after school bus fills with toxic fumes - Mirror Scotland’s trainee teachers set to get lessons from children - Scotsman ESFA ‘to blame’ for rescinded school application - Schools Week Nightclub death raises concerns over Durham student influx - Guardian Fears that linear exams would see pupils pushed into 'safe option' unfounded - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK: ELT sector protests against migration policy - PIE News Daily roundup 13 February: Facebook, children's centres, and severe neglect - CYPN | Children & Young People Now UVAC's response to the consultation on T-level implementation - UVAC Eligibility for free school meals and the early years pupil premium under Universal Credit - DfE Early years self evaluation form - Ofsted National Numeracy responds to Government times table trials - National Numeracy We know Amy is struggling. The question is what we do about it. - Teacherhead NEU comment on times tables trial - National Education Union The Hindu: Professor Tim Blackman speaks on visas, networking, and job prospects for foreign students - MillionPlus Financial support evaluation toolkit - OFFA Topic briefing: financial support - OFFA School inspections and outcomes: management information - Ofsted Leeds Beckett plays part in HEFCE subject level pilots - Leeds Beckett University Navigating evidence - CEM | Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring Council threaten court action against parents of Matilda child star, 12, for schooling her at home - Mail ETF-supported national conference explores UK skills gap solutions - Education & Training Foundation One in three primary school children 'don't go to sleep until midnight' study claims - Mirror Degrees that give you more – and cost you less - FE News Handwriting matters - The Learning Spy Redundancy payments quadruple at Outwood Grange Academies Trust - Times Educational Supplement | TES Durand hires consultant to begin battle against Harris takeover - Times Educational Supplement | TES Institute for Apprenticeships to change funding system as current approach 'doesn't work well' - Times Higher Education | THE Aberdeen University students are pushing for Buttons the cat to be voted new rector - Independent Huge VAT loans let-off after HMRC admits poor guidance - FE Week Trainee teachers unable to spot signs of mental ill-health in pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government may consider opening apprenticeship levy for other training - Times Educational Supplement | TES Poundland hits back after school magazine brands GCSE Grade 4 a Poundland Pass - The Sun Parents of Matilda stage star in council home schooling row - Guardian School inspections: monthly management info plus inspections and outcomes 2005 - 2015 - Ofsted 'First knowledge-based PGCE' will be discontinued - Times Educational Supplement | TES School improvement doesn’t have to be on the school improvement plan… - UKEdChat Don’t leave disadvantaged students out in the cold - Wonkhe Big numbers and developments in transnational education - Wonkhe Working with high needs learners - ERSA In Sweden, Noor went straight to school; in Britain, Ammar waited six months - Guardian Why revive zombie grammar schools, Mr Hinds? Look at the success story in your own back yard | Fiona Millar - Guardian Day of reckoning for tuition fees? - BBC Driving change and avoiding the pot holes - FE News Our graduate pool is teeming with entrepreneurial talent - City AM Childcare: Do UK parents pay the most in the world? - BBC USA: Education Department says it won't act on transgender students' complaints about bathroom access - Mail An agriculture GCSE will help grow the next generation of farmers - Times French pupils need extra maths, urges expert - Times Scotland: Poorer pupils closing gap in attainment - Times Scotland: Cat comes within a whisker of run for rector - Times