News archive for 7th March 2018

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Global: We can’t own girls. We owe them | Julia Gillard - Guardian Class sizes increase at nearly two thirds of secondary schools - Mail Labour seeks government defeat on cuts to childcare - Guardian England's schools system has returned to the Victorian era, academic argues - Times Educational Supplement | TES School recruitment crisis sees history teacher supervising computing class - Scotsman Ofsted boss 'concerned' about surge in home education as under-pressure schools 'shovel' children back to parents - Independent Ofsted head seeks more powers to inspect unregistered schools - Guardian Sixth-form college no longer of concern - Times Educational Supplement | TES Oxford U-turn in university pension cut dispute - BBC Head is a plonker, teacher tells parents in text message - Times Sixth-formers learn Hinglish to do business in India - Times Survey finds manufacturers divided over Apprenticeship Levy - feCompare Apprenticeship levy a “lose-lose” scenario - feCompare Apprenticeships: Almost half of company managers fear Government will miss target as numbers fall - feCompare Apprenticeships at Together Housing - Learning & Work Institute 'Chancer's charter' persists in alternative higher education sector - UK Parliament Ofsted Chief Inspector questioned - UK Parliament Qualification achievement rates and minimum standards - Education & Skills Funding Agency Qualification achievement rates 2017 to 2018 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Dance and Drama Awards guide for 2018 to 2019 academic year - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA update: March 2018 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Why my degree apprenticeship works for me - HEFCE Language is the golden route to educational success - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Teachers from across Northern Ireland gather for Annual Conference - NASUWT Pensions dispute comes to the Scottish Parliament as UCU holds rally - UCU Degree apprenticeships – if only they knew! - HEFCE Ofsted chief renews plea for tougher powers to tackle illegal schools - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Daily roundup 7 March: Children of prisoners, sign language, and rising demand - CYPN | Children & Young People Now “There’s no doubting that careers advice has improved since my day but there’s so much more that can and must be done” - NFER Sector bodies recommend 20% cap on management fees for subcontracting - AELP Chinese embassy in UK ‘concerned’ over USS strikes - PIE News BBC launch new apprenticeship opportunities - Sutton Trust The top five things that really matter to students about their university - Jisc ‘It was hypnotic; I fell in love’ – the apprentice glassblower's story - Guardian Scotland's teacher-regulation plans could take seven years to set up, government warned - Times Educational Supplement | TES Where’s the minister’s vision focused? - Wonkhe Children in unregistered schools taught with books advocating men beating their wives, Ofsted Chief Inspector warns - Independent USA: Arming teachers, Trump’s most absurd idea yet - The Educator DfE should track out-of-school children and six other key messages from Ofsted chief - Times Educational Supplement | TES USA: West Virginia teachers' triumph offers fresh hope for US workers' rights - Guardian Teenage apprenticeships: awareness deficit? - FE News Meet the award-winning bus mechanic mum - BBC Nursery World award winner to open second setting - Nursery World National Apprenticeship Week: Tips on landing a cool apprenticeship - Training Journal Cut school autonomy to prevent bullying of headteachers, says Ofsted chief - Times Educational Supplement | TES Amanda Spielman at education committee: 5 things we learned - Schools Week Providers should not top-slice more than 20 per cent for subcontracting - Times Educational Supplement | TES College could be hit by strike action after job cuts proposed - Times Educational Supplement | TES What happened to the link between the women’s movement and the fight for children’s rights? - IOE London Blog New best practice guidance for a relationship between a prime provider and subcontractor - FE News Teaching primary pupils to write is a creative act, says Costa prize-winning teacher - Times Educational Supplement | TES No deal in Hungary university stand-off - BBC Sheffield College retains its grade three despite achievement-rate worries - FE Week Academy chain moots ignoring DfE target by dropping EBacc entry to 15% - Times Educational Supplement | TES Delays with new SEND plans creating 'significant' problems for pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Overseas Students: written answer re the total cost of student loans to students from the EU's 27 countries in each of the last ten years - Parliament How Bletchley Park IoT could host a new generation of computer wizards - FE Week New 20% limit for management fees in best-practice guidance - FE Week Ofsted’s illegal schools taskforce to get another £1m - Schools Week Barnfield College could lose its apprenticeships provision - FE Week ASLEF and Crossrail on track to support apprentice train drivers - Unionlearn What knowledge do school governors need? - Schools Week Concern over long school journeys for SEN pupils - SecEd Why do students fail to do their homework? - SecEd Maths premium welcome, but recruitment woes remain - SecEd Shakespeare can boost children’s confidence - SecEd Plans for multi-million pound education campus suspended - SecEd Teacher complains to minister over examination changes - SecEd Unique Arts Awards - SecEd Online safety film competition - SecEd Negative stereotypes rife as Apprenticeship uptake flatlines - SecEd The public accounts committee report on alternative providers - Wonkhe “As much freedom as is good for them” – looking back at in loco parentis - Wonkhe Oxford changes tack in lecturers’ pension dispute - Times Edinburgh University lecture recordings used against strikes - Scotsman Correspondence from Lord Agnew regarding multi academy trusts (pdf) - UK Parliament Does writing by hand still matter in the digital age? - Guardian I was told I wouldn't make it as a mechanic. Now I fix HGVs | Bethan Jones - Guardian Minister snubs demands for extra cash for university places - Herald Scotland Masked thugs protest shows universities becoming 'intolerant to free speech' - Express National Apprenticeship Week 2018: More than 8,400 roles up for grabs now - and the one vacancy that pays the most - Mirror Above and beyond: Widening participation for apprenticeship learners within Health and Social Care - FE News Scottish school named UK Literacy School of the Year - Herald Scotland 'No exams but I knew I wasn't thick' - BBC Cambodia: Lessons delivered by taxi, truck and boat - BBC MPs call for action on fraud and malpractice at alternative 'university' providers - Independent Virgin Media to be the first UK firm to launch part-time apprenticeship scheme - Times Educational Supplement | TES New lessons to counter huge rise in young people involved in money-laundering - Times Educational Supplement | TES Vice-chancellor Louise Richardson blocks Oxford bid to resolve lecturers’ strike - Times Superhead Matt Middlemore quits for sake of his children - Times Rowan Williams and Ian McEwan call for faith schools to be open to all - Times Scotland: SNP backs university cap despite fear of middle classes missing out - Times Thousands of young people tricked into laundering criminals' cash - Express