News archive for 23rd January 2018

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Headmaster tells pupils they’ll get expelled if they’re in relationships - Metro National Union of Students accuses Student Pride of being run by 'cis white gay men' as the groups cut ties - Telegraph Register of training organisations - Education & Skills Funding Agency Apprenticeship funding bands - Education & Skills Funding Agency Sam Gyimah signs agreement for UK universities to expand in Egypt - DfE Nick Gibb: How can policy ensure education equity? - DfE UCU says strikes now look like a reality as pension talks end - UCU Three days of strikes at Tonyrefail school - NASUWT Proposal agreed to reform USS Pensions - Universities UK London leading the way on skills and careers - Collab Group Schools are facing a 'digital challenge' - The Educator Universities strike looms as unions reject pensions offer - Financial Times Headteacher at £34,500-a-year public school warns pupils he will give them 'worse references' for university if they have boyfriends or girlfriends - Mail Office for Students is in its infancy | Letters - Guardian Urgent government action needed to save traineeships, AELP claims - FE Week University strikes 'much more likely' as talks deadlocked - BBC Academies and local councils responsible for school Carillion contracts, Hinds warns - Times Educational Supplement | TES Girls want schools to teach them how to cope with sexism and racism online - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities and colleges receive £6.1 million to develop courses to teach the skills of the future - HEFCE Daily roundup 23 January: Resilience, play, and Donald Trump - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Doctors criticise lack of action to improve child health - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Families face hardship due to 'nightmare' childcare system - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Phone-addicted teens are unhappy - UKEdChat Extension to the initial teacher education, and assessment and quality assurance qualifications - The Staffroom Education Secretary opens Education World Forum - The Staffroom Best Evidence in Brief - Fortnightly e-newsletter of education research news - Best Evidence in Brief Headteacher of leading public school says he will expel pupils who have a boyfriend or girlfriend - Telegraph New leader named to represent 32 million teachers worldwide - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupil progress held back by teachers’ poor mental health - Leeds Beckett University What is the National Pupil Database? - Education Datalab Hinds: Carillion school building projects ‘may need to be re-procured’ - Schools Week Mental health concerns for 35% int’l students - PIE News 15 key lessons learned in the EEF’s first six years - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Closing the attainment gap - new EEF report reveals stark challenge - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF 6 charts on the attainment gap - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Apprenticeship levy: Managers need developing too - Training Journal Pupils taught well in Reception class do better in their GCSEs - Education Media Centre | EMC Work experience for students is ‘top priority’ - FE News Education secretary Damian Hinds commits to finding new employers for all Carillion apprentices - FE Week Letter from Damian Hinds to Robert Halfon re the impact on education of Carillion going into compulsory liquidation - DfE Children's health suffering from Government cuts - Nursery World In times of austerity and budget cuts, it’s important to identify where money can do the most good in schools - NFER Ofqual warned of 'adverse effect' of Carillion collapse on apprentices - Times Educational Supplement | TES Headmaster says pupils in relationship will get 'worse university references' - Wales Online Free speech at universities: Human Rights Committee question the new Office for Students and Charity Commission - FE News Atkins: FE commissioner's role 'distinctly different' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education is not enough to improve social mobility, former commissioners warn - Times Educational Supplement | TES Poor students outperformed by rich at universities - Scotsman Puerto Rico: Pupils and teacher scream with joy as electricity returns to school after 112 days in the dark - Metro Peter Lauener to become new chair of NCG - Times Educational Supplement | TES Bill Gates set for University of Edinburgh agriculture visit - Scotsman Pupils forced to race to class to get seats in science lessons - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children of Britain's 'digital generation' aiming for careers in technology, study shows - Independent Ofsted's Gill Jones begins drive to clarify Bold Beginnings report - Nursery World Good intentions are not good enough - The Learning Spy FE commissioner Richard Atkins: ‘Funding for FE is unfair’ - FE Week SEN charity launches free online resources for early years - Nursery World Parliament must overrule Theresa May on foreign students - Financial Times 11-plus test provider goes to tribunal over secret scoring methods - Schools Week Is FE missing curriculum & income opportunities? - FE News Lack of affordable childcare costing mothers £1.2bn a year in lost earnings - Nursery World Schools urged to join drive for tech literacy - Herald Scotland Former ESFA boss Peter Lauener to chair NCG - FE Week Pupil progress is being held back by teachers’ poor mental health - Teachwire Working parents 'pushed to breaking point' by long hours culture - Nursery World 28% of parents worry that technology in schools leads to decreased attention span - FE News Assessment too often fails to prioritise learning – let's change that - Guardian Borderless education – could it help to improve student experience on home turf? - Wonkhe Why admissions secrets are a little off-key - Wonkhe Fake degrees, real news - Wonkhe Academics vote for strike action over pensions changes - PoliticsHome Indian education minister dismisses theory of evolution - Guardian Office for Students? It’s the Office Against Students and it is not going to last | Andrew Adonis - Guardian Five is too young to learn about knife crime. But schools need more support | Pat Green - Guardian Children as young as three are self-harming, say teachers - Guardian Parent fights to prove 11-plus doesn’t add up - Guardian NCG appoints top public servant Peter Lauener as chair - FE News Jan Dubiel, Head of national and international development, Early Excellence - Schools Week Teachers say their poor mental health is harming pupil progress - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish secondary teachers in strike threat over pay - Herald Scotland Primary schools given help to support pupils' mental health - Times Educational Supplement | TES Most secondary teachers in Scotland willing to strike over pay, survey signals - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scandal of inadequate apprenticeships - Times Bristol students fight to keep wardens in university halls - Times Robert Halfon: Pay more for a degree that doesn’t get you into work - Times Universities face strike threat over pensions - Times Priestlands School in Lymington gives away its pigs after vegan parent protests - Times Scotland: No school meal for your child if bills not paid, parents in Arbroath warned - Times Scotland: Teachers will take action over pay, Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association warns - Times Mothers losing out on earnings due to childcare issues, charity warns - Mail Huge school closed for three days as teachers go on strike - Wales Online