News archive for 16th January 2018

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Bath University panel says vice-chancellor must leave post now - Guardian University of Bath vice-chancellor voted out in pay row - BBC Boy, 11, hurt after wall section collapses at primary school - Scotsman NHS consultants and nurses accused of buying fake degrees online - Telegraph Islamic primary school had books written by banned extremist, Ofsted report finds - Telegraph Top DfE official admits FE not represented on Office of Students board - FE Week Office for Students board must have FE representation - FE Week ESFA seeks providers to pioneer T-levels - FE Week Carillion collapse: 2,000 apprentices 'left in the lurch' says Angela Rayner - HuffPost Academy trust boss defends £1.5m in consultancy payments to family firm - Schools Week School of rock: Nationwide tour to find ‘roadie’ talent in England's sixth forms - Times Educational Supplement | TES Carillion apprentices among casualties as firm collapses - BBC Learning through play is plane easy | Letters - Guardian All Carillion apprentices transferred to the Construction Industry Training Board - FE News Pupil premium threatened by cuts, research finds - Times Educational Supplement | TES Invitation to express an interest to deliver T levels in 2020 to 2021 academic year - Education & Skills Funding Agency Youth mental health charities announce merger - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Daily roundup January 16: Faith schools, Poppi Worthington, and tax-free childcare - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Teacher banned for sexual discussions with pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES EYFS staff:child ratios - DfE approved qualifications - DfE Government announces £144,000 of new funding to help universities tackle antisemitism on campus - DfE Use funding to boost apprenticeship diversity, MPs told - Times Educational Supplement | TES School inspections: staff and pupil questionnaire text - Ofsted Local area SEND inspection outcome letters - Ofsted Research organisations questioned on apprenticeships and skills training - UK Parliament Investigation meetings and how to get through them - NAHT School funding in England since 2010 – what the key evidence tells us - NFER A third of education professionals suffer anxiety or depression - The Educator …but how sure are you? - Learning Scientists Assessing the early impact of the Apprenticeship Levy - The Staffroom Making the sums add up: financial challenges facing academy trusts - Capita SIMS A look into the student mind: teaching concepts, not formulas (part 3) - Edmodo How can we support teachers to effectively deliver PSHE education? - Training Journal 6 ways that the CPD landscape is seriously changing - Teacher Development Trust | TDT Three-quarters of pupils 'afraid to discuss politics on social media' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Islamic school slammed in Ofsted for 'inappropriate' books on shelves - Express First women-only headship qualification launched - Times Educational Supplement | TES Uni launches £100k scholarship scheme to help local schools train teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted can’t keep up with the growth in apprentices, MPs hear - FE Week Let international students work after Brexit, say college leaders - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children’s experiences of classrooms: drawing on the authority of their own voices - IOE London Blog 'We're on the edge of collapse': Angry heads confront DfE funding boss - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish school inspectorate’s budget 'to be cut by £1 million' - Times Educational Supplement | TES South Africa ready to fund free university education - Mail Sixth form with ‘dodgy’ legal status joins City of London Academies Trust - Schools Week Education secretary urged to act over report on abuse at his former school - Guardian Learndirect boss reveals ‘surprise’ at £45m allocation following AEB tender withdrawal - FE Week New £1million research programme on inequality - London School of Economics | LSE Councils step in to provide school lunches after Carillion collapse - Nursery World Campaigners against formal learning in Reception call for controversial report to be withdrawn - Nursery World Struggling college ‘expects’ £25 million bailout as university merger hits buffers - FE Week Tax-Free Childcare extended to more parents, but some still unable to sign up - Nursery World Late to law: studying another degree first is a sensible option - Guardian UK training body took out superinjunction to block critical report - Guardian Ofsted's Bold Beginnings report is 'flawed' and should be scrapped, says open letter - Times Educational Supplement | TES Has employability become a toxic brand? - Wonkhe Return to sender: more honorary degrees are being revoked - Wonkhe Ofsted's call for more teaching in reception year prompts backlash - Guardian Proposed tests for reception children ‘verging on the immoral’ - Guardian Ofsted’s Bold Beginnings report on reception class curriculum is flawed - Guardian Theresa May is preparing for another election with the same old education policies - Guardian What do students want from the Office for Students? - Guardian School ICT spending set to rise for first time in three years - Times Educational Supplement | TES The social divide hasn’t gone away - FE News Don’t just consider a degree as the only successful route into the workplace - FE News Saudi Arabia struggles to check extremism in schools - Financial Times 'Staggering' trade in fake degrees revealed - BBC Medical students are asked to help out in crisis-hit hospitals - Times Scotland: Mindfulness is on the timetable as a coping tool for life’s stresses - Times Ireland: Teachers cannot tell primary school pupils what a condom is - Times Ireland: School projects are on course to survive collapse of Carillion - Times