News archive for 10th January 2018

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UCL to investigate eugenics conference secretly held on campus - Guardian This is what Cardiff's new superschool Eastern Community Campus looks like - Wales Online Damian Hinds appointed Secretary of State for Education - DfE ESFA update: January 2018 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Risk protection arrangement (RPA) actuarial analysis - DfE Further education and skills inspections and outcomes: management information from December 2015 - Ofsted Using Ofsted’s IDSR: early years foundation stage profile to key stage 5 - Ofsted DfE's new statutory careers guidance sets unrealistic expectations of schools - NAHT Schools urged to consider removing Ofsted banners - ASCL New QTS route that allows schools to use the apprenticeship levy - NAHT Impact of apprenticeship reforms on social mobility shared with Damian Hinds - AELP Higher Education Remuneration Code - Russell Group New ministerial appointments - Russell Group Ministerial mobility - Conor's Commentary Can the HE sector govern its own pay? - Wonkhe How to encourage a love for learning - The Educator New universities minister ‘victim of censorship row’ after inviting Saddam Hussein’s ally to speak at the Oxford Union in 1990s - Telegraph Campus free speech fears 'whipped up', says university boss - BBC Horrocks plan is the death knell for the Open University | Letters - Guardian Second new DfE minister has shown support for grammar school expansion - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teenagers in Scotland given right to ask for extra support in school - Times Educational Supplement | TES UCL launches 'eugenics' probe after it emerges academic held controversial conference for three years on campus - Telegraph Hughes criticises DfE for claiming university regulator has FE representation - FE Week UCAS deadline 2018: When is the application time limit, can you get an extension and when should you expect replies and offers? - Independent University bosses face curbs under fair-pay rules - BBC Pupils' school bags searched for unhealthy food - BBC Apprenticeship levy is ‘at breaking point’ - feCompare Challenges facing Higher Education in 2018 - The Staffroom Deadline approaching for new SET mentoring programme - Education & Training Foundation USA: Drop in international students forcing HEI budget cuts - PIE News Councils to probe state of SEND system - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Daily roundup 10 January: Royal visit, Damian Hinds, and knife crime - CYPN | Children & Young People Now HEA Chief Executive announces her departure - HEA UK HE relations with Gulf states changing - PIE News Engineering Education Scheme targets year 12 students - SecEd So, just how much should students write in their exams? - SecEd 'Enough is enough’ – pay anger in Scottish schools - SecEd Education News & Resource Round-Up: 11/1/2018 - SecEd Parents who choose to home-school in Wales will have to register - SecEd Resources fund unveiled alongside new English Hubs - SecEd Laid bare: The worrying influence of social media on year 7 pupils - SecEd China: Dedicated boy's hair freezes after three mile trek to school in minus 9C arctic conditions - Mirror Toby Young still has his defenders, after he quits and apologises for 'ill-judged and just plain wrong' remarks - HuffPost Damian Hinds pays tribute to Justine Greening as he meets DfE staff - Schools Week Catholic Church rejects claims it donated money to try to influence Damian Hinds - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Replace Ofsted banners with pupil quotes', says heads' union - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools urged to give pupils swimming tests after boy drowns on trip - Guardian Vocational education gaining popularity in Scottish schools, finds report - Times Educational Supplement | TES USA: Teacher handcuffed for asking why education chief got pay rise while teachers have waited years - Mirror Teacher banned for having sex with pupil shortly after her final exam - Times Educational Supplement | TES A heartwarming pen-pal scheme has been set up between a primary school and a care home - Wales Online Comedian Alan Davies to host Tes FE Awards 2018 - Times Educational Supplement | TES NDNA launches workforce survey - Nursery World Teaching to make children cleverer (part 3) - The Learning Spy Former 'superhead' banned over expenses sets up teacher training scheme - Times Educational Supplement | TES Damian Hinds called for new nationwide network of 'elite' grammar schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Wales consults on plans to ban smacking - Nursery World How to break into fashion: 'A good school won't give you an easy pass' - Guardian Some advice for Damian Hinds in his new role as education secretary — it’s time to get bold on inequality - The Conversation New universities minister Sam Gyimah has a battle on his hands | David Morris - Guardian Grammar school bans teachers calling pupils 'girls' to not offend transgender children - Express Quiz: test your knowledge on the species at risk of extinction - Guardian Ministerial mobility - Sutton Trust Don’t be fooled – these free-speech obsessives approve of no-platforming | George Monbiot - Guardian Ruth Davidson: Time to end the chaos in the classroom - Scotsman Project-based learning and employer involvement creates well-rounded, work-ready students with better technical skills - FE News Grammars view Damian Hinds' appointment as boost for expansion plans - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish children 'have most rights in Europe' in education - Herald Scotland How Theresa's showdown with Justine Greening turned ugly - Mail School marks are important. But resilience is the real indicator of success | Johanna Leggatt - Guardian UK student ambition exported to South Africa's townships - BBC Jo Johnson removed after clashes with PM - Times Knives out for disgraced Toby Young over role at free schools charity - Times Student Benjamin Hunt unfit for regulator, says Vince Cable - Times Watch and learn from the best of our schools - Times Widening skills gap ‘biggest drag on business’ - Times Ireland: Scientists call for €100m research boost - Times