News archive for 24th January 2018

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12 rules for schools – Rule 3 make friends with people who want the best for you - The Learning Spy School forced to stop keeping pigs after vegan protests - Express Questions raised over Nadhim Zahawi’s role after attending men-only dinner - Nursery World Free speech codes can be "too complicated", watchdog leader says - Mail David Meller, the Tory donor 'desperate to be part of establishment' - Guardian UCAS publishes 2017 equalities data for individual universities and colleges - UCAS Is Damian Hinds going soft on skills? - Edge Foundation The case for a major review of higher education - The Staffroom On rote memory - Learning Scientists Resignation (especially in the heat of the moment) - NAHT NASUWT comments on free school meals report - NASUWT Urgent Question on David Meller's position at DfE following Presidents Dinner - UK Parliament USA: Michigan State president told to quit over Nassar abuse scandal - Times Higher Education | THE Primary school accountability - DfE Anne Milton: speech at Bett show 2018 - DfE Removal of apprenticeship frameworks - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA update: January 2018 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Advanced learner loans qualifications catalogue - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA funding claims and reconciliation - Education & Skills Funding Agency T level work placements: employer consultation – advanced notice for learning providers - AELP Assessment of writing: schools can now access moderator training materials - NAHT Celebrating Children’s Mental Health Week 2018 (5-11 February) - NAHT How can the DfE use EdTech to reduce teacher workload? - Schools Week Tips for teachers for physical fitness - The Educator Education Policy Institute report on free school meals - National Education Union Report into the attainment gap between poorer students and their classmates - National Education Union End Child Poverty coalition: new child poverty figures - National Education Union Upcoming meetings to discuss ongoing action by NEU - ATL London schools lower the exam results gap between rich and poor - Evening Standard Professor Cathy Nutbrown appointed President of Early Education - Early Education USA: Mobile graduates launch app for the ‘study abroad generation’ - PIE News Australia: National Code hands providers responsibility - PIE News Pressure mounts on Nadhim Zahawi as Theresa May 'appalled' at Presidents Club dinner - PoliticsHome Education department board member resigns over men-only charity dinner scandal - PoliticsHome Leadership Focus issue 80 January 2018 - NAHT We lacked guts in government, but Labour today should be bold on adult learning - New Statesman Educationalist Andy Hargreaves retires - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children's minister faces backlash over attendance at controversial event - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Daily roundup 24 January: Child poverty, caesareans, and abuse inquiry - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Young people's happiness and confidence at record low, study finds - CYPN | Children & Young People Now More than one in ten 14-year-olds admit to binge drinking - IOE London Blog Government launches pack to teach pupils 'importance of the Commonwealth' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Need to encourage apprenticeships - Sutton Trust Free school meals policy impacting upon Pupil Premium funding - Nursery World Doing the right thing - ASCL Edtech full of 'wonders and snake oil', research chief claims - Times Educational Supplement | TES Anne Milton: speech at Bett show 2018 - FE News Universal Infant Free School Meals – what has the impact been so far? - Schools Week David Meller resigns from government role after men-only dinner - Financial Times Council scraps plans to ban halal meat from schools - Metro Scandal-hit dinner organiser quits DFE board - BBC Pressure mounting on children's minister over attendance at men only dinner - Times Educational Supplement | TES Character education among five key areas for multi-million pound DfE-funded research - Times Educational Supplement | TES David Meller resigns as DfE director over men-only dinner he helped organise - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Untrammelled powers' for heads could hurt vulnerable pupils, councils claim - Times Educational Supplement | TES Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Bill gains Royal Assent - Welsh Government Pupils' digital skills not keeping pace, Estyn reports - BBC Homeless children on the increase in Scotland, new figures show - Times Educational Supplement | TES MPs demand DfE director David Meller’s resignation over Presidents Club allegations - Schools Week 'Huge' demand for traineeships, despite fall in numbers - Times Educational Supplement | TES David Meller resigns from DfE board following Presidents Club allegations - Schools Week Childbase staff share employee-ownership bonus - Nursery World I didn’t tell anyone I was raped at university. I’m not alone - Guardian Have you been affected by sexual harassment at university? - Guardian Estyn Report shows Welsh education is uniting in a mission of self-improvement - Welsh Government Five things that might save us from the robots - Wonkhe A 21st Century Challenge: universities and inclusive growth - Wonkhe REF 2021 decisions do not all hit the mark - Wonkhe Free infant lunches policy doubled take-up of school meals - Times Educational Supplement | TES Evaluation of Universal Infant Free School Meals - EPI The university of the future will be interdisciplinary - Guardian Nursery education isn’t child’s play – it needs investment to be top quality - Scotsman Kids in care need more help at school than their peers – let’s give them a better future - Scotsman 'World's strictest headmaster' vows to expel pupils for having boyfriends or girlfriends - Express Budget plans refused for 632 NI schools - BBC Mental health charities merge - SecEd Coding and biology competitions open - SecEd The curriculum and religion - SecEd Schools invited to 'borrow the moon' - SecEd Government pledges pilot projects to tackle holiday hunger - SecEd STRB under pressure to take a stand against pay austerity - SecEd The Pupil Premium: Fifteen lessons learned - SecEd 'My son waited five years for autism diagnosis' - BBC Edinburgh schools face disruption over £153m repair backlog - Scotsman Fostering STEM interests and careers for all - FE News University strikes ‘much more likely’ as bitter pensions row continues - Herald Scotland University strikes `much more likely´ as bitter pensions row continues - Mail Young people fear lack of job prospects - BBC England and US will not take Pisa tests in tolerance - BBC Universal infant free school meals evaluation: The 5 key findings - Schools Week Half of 14-year-olds have started drinking while a third say they have physically assaulted someone else - Mail DfE director Meller’s ‘Presidents Club’ dinner rocked by sexual harassment allegations - Schools Week GCSE attainment gap for disadvantaged pupils 'will persist' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Four things we learned about disadvantaged pupils' attainment gap today - Times Educational Supplement | TES Meet the 11-year-old going to the Commonwealths - BBC EEF predicts ‘little or no headway’ in closing attainment gap by 2021 - Schools Week Too early to tell if universal free school meals are beneficial, research finds - Mail 'Surprisingly large' number of teenage pupils have physically assaulted someone - Times Educational Supplement | TES More than half of children 'living in poverty in some parts of UK' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Turn menial job into career, Prince’s Trust tells young - Times Parents told not to look down on apprenticeships - Times Snobbery is killing the apprenticeship dream - Times We must act now to prevent the skills gap becoming unbridgeable - Times Elite apprenticeships: The smart way to get hands-on experience and stay debt-free - Times Why university is not the only option - Times From footballer to rail engineer - Times Employer levy concern must be addressed - Times Why employers relish the chance to work with school‑leavers - Times Scotland: SNP schools reform plan ‘no better than the system it will replace’ - Times Scotland: Barriers facing poorer students at university are likened to racism - Times Scotland: Angus council in U-turn over school meal debt threat - Times Scotland: Bill Gates visits Edinburgh to discuss global food supply - Times External quality assurance of end-point assessments - FE News Most children in UK's poorest areas now growing up in poverty - Guardian More than half of children living in poverty in parts of the UK - Nursery World The schools, colleges and nurseries highlighted for best practice in Wales - Wales Online DfE director and apprenticeship group chair Meller’s ‘Presidents Club’ dinner rocked by sexual harassment allegations - FE Week Ruthin School bans pupils from having relationships - Times Toby Belfield, Britain’s strictest head, targets romance, smoking and Welsh - Times Fifth of teenage girls have shoved or hit others - Times