News archive for 21st March 2018

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'Breaking bad' students who sold £1million drugs on dark web and spent it partying around the world jailed for 85 years - Mirror One in three headteachers cut back on staff due to school funding pressures, survey says - Independent Nine in 10 heads are headed for an ‘unmanageable’ budget deficit - Schools Week Rise in schools cutting teachers and support staff to balance books - Times Educational Supplement | TES Adult education budget funding rules 2018 to 2019 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Advanced learner loans qualifications catalogue - Education & Skills Funding Agency Apprenticeship funding bands - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA update: March 2018 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Designating qualifications for advanced learner loans - Education & Skills Funding Agency Advanced learner loans funding rules 2018 to 2019 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Adult education budget: funding rates and formula 2018 to 2019 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Eligibility for free school meals and the early years pupil premium under Universal Credit - DfE Call for Evidence opens for review of post-18 education - DfE Early education and childcare - DfE Lords debates free school lunches and milk regulations - UK Parliament Lords debates free school lunches and milk regulations - UK Parliament Secretary of State questioned on the work of his Department - UK Parliament 'Sexually motivated' former Bury St Edmunds teacher struck off - BBC Teenager arrested over schools bomb hoax - BBC Research: how well meaning yet poorly designed reforms may end up not directly benefiting the pupils they target - CfEE | Centre for Education Economics 'Clueless!' SNP childcare minister slammed over this shock admission - Express Obfuscation, terriers and apologies: Damian Hinds' first outing at the education committee - Times Educational Supplement | TES Open University plans major cuts to number of staff and courses - Guardian Scotland’s childcare minister cannot answer staff number questions - Scotsman Teacher union ramps up pressure for 5% pay rise with possible strikes on the horizon - Independent 'Breaking Bad' student drugs gang leader jailed for 15 years - Mail Put a limit on our working hours, teachers demand - Times Educational Supplement | TES NFER research finds that teachers work long hours even after accounting for extra holidays - UKEdChat Time for a review of university management and governance? - Wonkhe When student data isn’t student voice - Wonkhe Up for review: university fees and funding - HEPI Daily roundup 21 March: SEND funding, religion, and school trip - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Why students should take part in the National Student Survey - HEFCE Children from lower social classes up to 5kg heavier than their more advantaged peers, new study finds - IOE London Blog Education Secretary pledges action to tackle school exclusion rates - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Manchester students jailed for selling £800k of drugs on dark web - Guardian The pros and cons of interview lesson - The Educator Forgotten Learners: Stepping up to higher education at Staffordshire - MillionPlus Another damning report on teacher workload - NASUWT Strike notice issued as council fails to address teachers' concerns - NASUWT Council shows callous disregard for staff - NASUWT New online resource for girls with autism - NAHT Strike ballot at Hull College Group over job losses - UCU Characteristics of young people who are long-term NEET – our response - Learning & Work Institute Twelve providers now have chartered status - FE Week Tories lose vote on cuts to free school meal eligibility as peers urge them to delay shake-up - Mirror Every teacher's nightmare: Head apologises after pupil left behind on a school trip - Times Educational Supplement | TES Spending on Sure Start has halved in eight years - Nursery World AAC2018: Some apprentices might not have an end-point assessor this year, IfA admits - FE Week Damian Hinds dodges education committee’s questions on MAT inspections - Schools Week Chartered Institute for Further Education accepts 12th member - Times Educational Supplement | TES Call for litter picking to be in national curriculum is rubbished - Times Educational Supplement | TES Call for evidence as part of post-18 education review - Times Educational Supplement | TES Top unis telling pupils to press teachers for higher predicted grades - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teaching union calls for 5% pay rise with possible strike backing - Guardian 'Vulnerable pupils are being pushed out of school through the back door', children's commissioner warning - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tory peer: Make litter picking compulsory for primary school pupils who could then pass the skills on to their parents - Mail Five things Damian Hinds told MPs at his first education committee appearance - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hull College lecturers to vote over strike action - Times Educational Supplement | TES Damian Hinds casts doubt on Anne Milton’s FE funding review - FE Week NHS-style 6.5% pay deal for teachers would not solve recruitment crisis, union warns - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK's status as science superpower at risk after Brexit, say MPs - Guardian Association of Colleges chair to step down - Times Educational Supplement | TES Consultation launches on post-18 education and funding review - FE Week Live at 10:00 a.m. Education Committee to question Secretary of State for Education Damian Hinds MP on the work of the Department - Commons Select Committee Learning gain in English higher education: Progress report - HEFCE Teachers to strike next week over management practices - Scotsman Teachers' working hours and pay compares poorly to nursing and the police - SecEd Free school meals threshold to hit Pupil Premium funding - SecEd Exclusion review: Call for a focus on schools that ‘off-roll’ students - SecEd Modest narrowing of attainment gap in Scotland - SecEd Gambling aware resources launched - SecEd Ofqual admits to marking variable in English exams during heated debate with secondary school leaders - SecEd Academics crowdfund case to help resolve university pension row - Herald Scotland 'Breaking Bad' student drugs gang to be sentenced - Mail Essay-writing company's adverts banned - BBC My postgrad experience: ‘I worked on essays as giraffes walked by’ - Guardian Essay writing ads banned for misleading students - Mail Scottish schools prepare for the second teacher-only strike since 1980s - Times Educational Supplement | TES Essay mill websites must warn students about risks of submitting fake work, advertising watchdog rules - Telegraph Exeter students suspended for ‘racist texting’ - Times Owner of school tried to gouge out pupil’s eyes - Times Manchester University students made £800,000 in bitcoin selling drugs on dark web - Times USA: School gun terror as teenage boy opens fire on ex‑girlfriend - Times Scotland: Political correctness blamed as university gender gap widens - Times Scotland: Talks to prevent teacher strikes fail - Times Ireland: Our approach to maths just doesn’t add up - Times