News archive for 9th March 2018

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Ministers face Committee questions on student loans and apprenticeships - UK Parliament Training providers and policy experts questioned on apprenticeships - UK Parliament Children and Families Minister questioned - UK Parliament Using Ofsted’s IDSR: early years foundation stage profile to key stage 4 - Ofsted Class of 2018 celebrated across the country - Education & Skills Funding Agency Reappointment to the School Teachers’ Review Body - DfE National Apprenticeship Week 2018 - as it happens - Education & Skills Funding Agency Independent special schools and colleges - DfE It’s a wrap for National Apprenticeship Week 2018 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Government departments falling short on apprenticeships target - FE Week Government missing its own targets on apprenticeships - Times Educational Supplement | TES I hear reports like the Nottingham campus racism incident every week - Guardian Whiteness characterises higher education institutions – so why are we surprised by racism? - The Conversation Primary school headteacher accused of 'fat-shaming' children for saying they are overweight - Telegraph Private school teacher banned for using racist language - Guardian Setting and streaming in schools - what does the evidence say? - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF A lasting impact - 6 lessons from the evaluation of ABRA - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF The Tes podcast: Teacher stress, union conferences and reading with pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland's qualifications body reports itself to information commissioner - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parent-teacher conference tips for educators - The Educator Delaying the award of qualified teacher status – a risk too far? - ATL Young offender classroom time in decline despite government drive - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Daily roundup 9 March: Homework, failure, and child protection - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Nine out of 10 headteachers say social media is damaging the mental health of pupils - ASCL Attacks on teacher pay must be resisted, conference will hear - NASUWT Violence against teachers cannot be tolerated - NASUWT Tackling fraud and malpractice by recruitment agencies - NAHT The DfE accepts NAHT’s view that the system is not ready for mandatory reporting - NAHT Workload speech a vindication of NASUWT campaign - NASUWT School buildings not fit for teaching and learning - NASUWT NASUWT comments on pay and conditions devolution consultation - NASUWT Data-driven decision-making - Jisc The fight for education doesn’t stop when working-class boys get into university - The Conversation State-funded faith school bans internet and censors women's knees - Times Educational Supplement | TES Are we a nation of slackers when it comes to helping kids with their homework? - Guardian Northamptonshire 'racist' teacher banned from profession - BBC State-funded Orthodox Jewish school removes images of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers from textbooks - Independent Schools' reputations are put at risk by social media, heads warn - Times Educational Supplement | TES Jewish school removed 'homosexual' mentions from GCSE textbook - Guardian Barnfield College suspends its recruitment of apprentices - FE Week Milton not budging on 20% off-the-job training rule - FE Week Ofsted watch: A week of contrasts in apprenticeship provision - FE Week Academy and private school fined for failing to pay minimum wage - Times Educational Supplement | TES Oxford University says sorry for International Women’s Day gaffe - Guardian England's schools are suffering from TAs' 'creeping amateurism', warns Hattie - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools told to give pupils greater say over what they learn - Times Educational Supplement | TES Damian Hinds overrules watchdog and bans teacher for racist language - Times Educational Supplement | TES Labour secures vote on Government free school meal and childcare changes - Nursery World Apprenticeship reform benefits everyone, says director of NAS - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher who invited girl to his 60th birthday party allowed to continue teaching - Times Educational Supplement | TES Policy Eye - highlights of week ending Friday 9 March 2018 - Pearson Policy Eye - highlights of week in education ending Friday 9 March 2018 - Pearson Cambridge Assessment Group appoints Saul Nassé as replacement CEO - Schools Week Thirteen providers added to RoATP after appeals - FE Week Former BBC Learning controller named as new Cambridge Assessment boss - Times Educational Supplement | TES Striking lecturers target student exams in a battle over cuts to pensions - Herald Scotland ASCL: Funding 'squeeze' is driving grammars to expand - Times Educational Supplement | TES ESFA temp staff jeopardised almost £8m of non-levy cash - FE Week NOCN Group taking over One Awards - FE Week ASCL: Funding pressures force grammar schools to consider expansion - Schools Week Kidnappers and paedophiles among thousands of criminals applying for teaching jobs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Grieving twin boys, 12, face being expelled from school after their mother took them to Pakistan for six weeks to mourn their father's death - Mail The Enemy Within – why the narrative about universities and students went so wrong - Wonkhe Mixed fortunes and milestones for universities in apprenticeship delivery - Wonkhe Building a better specialist case for autonomy - Wonkhe An agenda of change to move us on from “The Enemy Within” - Wonkhe Completing the revolution: Delivering on the promise of the 2014 national curriculum - Policy Exchange Fair.Vote campaign launches - AoC | Association of Colleges Education is more than knowledge alone - CBI ASCL President calls for long-term plan for education in the age of automation - ASCL ASCL publishes principles for navigating the educational moral maze - ASCL I let sexual harassment slide because of my university's financial struggles - Guardian “Let’s work together and seize the opportunity of devolved teachers’ pay and conditions” – Kirsty Williams - Welsh Government WCAT school left without sponsor over £1 million-a-year PFI contract - Schools Week Government cashes in on levy brokerage - FE Week How stress passes from teachers to pupils 'like a contagion' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Biggest academy trust, AET, set to give up more of its schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES United Learning boss rules out taking costly PFI schools ‘ever again’ - Schools Week Teachers: don’t give up in March – you can make it over ‘the wall’! - Schools Week Universities slash student drop-out rates - Herald Scotland Analysis: We have taken major steps to improve support available to students - Herald Scotland School chiefs threatens to kick out two boys who took six weeks off to grieve their dad’s death - The Sun Boris Johnson sits cross-legged in the corner during surprise classroom visit - The Sun Young people and loneliness: 'What happens when we fail?' - BBC UK parents help less with homework - BBC British parents are bottom of the class for helping with homework - Mail British parents give children less help with education than in other countries, study says - Independent Social media sites are damaging children’s mental health, headteachers warn - Independent Social media sites harming pupils´ mental health, heads warn - Mail AoC joins the fight for votes at 16 - Times Educational Supplement | TES British parents 'happier than most about quality of teaching at their child's school' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents 'spend little time helping with children's schoolwork' in Britain - Times Educational Supplement | TES Social media sites harm pupils' mental health, heads warn - Times Educational Supplement | TES Heads’ desire for more control over funding prompts fears over financial and legal risks - Times Educational Supplement | TES Business leaders call for less rote learning in schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Heads call for ‘long-term plan for education’ to avoid ‘blizzard of change’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES National curriculum is at risk of failure because of a lack of textbooks, government is warned - Times Educational Supplement | TES Two arrested over ‘racist chants’ at Nottingham Trent University halls - Times British parents help children less with homework - Times Academics ‘bayed for blood’ at university meeting - Times Pupils ‘hit by textbook shortage’ - Times Scotland: University strikers can spread cost of docked pay - Times Scotland: Scot university dropout rates ‘best in class’ - Times Scotland: ‘Bullied’ pupil’s parents must pay school fees - Times CBI attacks government education reforms and ‘fixation’ on exams - Schools Week Policy Exchange asks MATs to provide curriculum resources - Schools Week Headteachers demand new laws to keep children safe online - Schools Week ASCL calls for education ethics committee to guide government decision making - Schools Week Report on Geography ITE Training and Supply 2018 - UCET Parents must stop defending their children on social media as it makes bullying worse, headteachers say - Telegraph A quarter of parents do not help children with homework 'for fear of embarrassment' - Telegraph The wannabe DJ who aims to put ministers in a spin - 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