News archive for 18th May 2018

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Education Secretary marks Mental Health Awareness Week in Hastings - DfE Portsmouth College Principal announced as AoC President-elect - AoC | Association of Colleges English UK steps up lobby for EU students - PIE News Crawford Public School host second Primary Futures Australia event - Education and Employers Daily roundup 18 May: Summer-born children, GP appointments, and royal wedding - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Transgender children 'face discrimination' within social care system - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Language development key factor in school success - UKEdChat Campaign to get children crossing the road safely - UKEdChat How does question difficulty order affect evaluations of test performance? - Learning Scientists Which teaching ideas to bin? - The Educator UCU and UUK announce appointment of Chair for USS Joint Expert Panel - Universities UK Minister for School Standards questioned - UK Parliament Apprenticeship reform programme: benefits realisation strategy - DfE Early years initial teacher training: funding guidance for academic years 2018 to 2019 - DfE School census 2017 to 2018: guide for schools and LAs - DfE Funding: initial teacher training (ITT), academic year 2018 to 19 - DfE Strategic School Improvement Fund: emergency funding - DfE Voices of the FE Sector Document published - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Manifesto idea #12: Shakira Martin - HEPI UCU and UUK announce appointment of Chair for USS Joint Expert Panel - UCU UCU agrees recognition deal with Coventry University Group - UCU In the news: 18 May - UCU Race equality award for Oxford University - ECU Manifesto idea #11: Summer Dolan - HEPI Pupils 'no longer face consequences for bad behaviour' warns teachers' leader - Herald Scotland Sadiq Khan launches website to promote teaching in London - Schools Week Nick Gibb to take MPs’ school accountability questions - Schools Week Amanda Spielman’s Ofsted moves away from ‘male-dominated’ culture - Schools Week Emojis help children understand Shakespeare, teachers say - Independent Schools in Wales won't be judged on how many pupils get five GCSEs grades A* to C - Wales Online Foreign students: Home Office axes 'unusable' survey - BBC Daily roundup 18 May: Summer-born children, GP appointments, and royal wedding - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Portsmouth College principal is the new AoC president-elect - FE Week Ofsted watch: Encouraging week for FE and skills - FE Week Policy Eye - highlights of the week ending 18 May 2018 - Pearson Home Office-sponsored survey on foreign students is withdrawn - Guardian Private schools boss condemns ‘anti-privilege mood’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Parents feel exam stress, too' - Times Educational Supplement | TES What the latest apprenticeship figures tell us - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘TV subtitles boost literacy’ - Greening - Times Educational Supplement | TES Gibb set to face MPs' questions on grammar schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sadiq Khan: 'Protect music education at all costs' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Institutes of Technology hit by mystery delays - FE Week 20million school days lost: Shock figures reveal rise in children skipping lessons - Express Ofsted: Apprenticeships are beginning to look like Train to Gain - FE Week Universities need to give students support after intimate partner abuse - Guardian The new GCSE exams pile on pressure and kill off passion for learning | Keza MacDonald - Guardian Principals blast London’s £3m adult education budget top-slice - FE Week Statutory guidance for schools has been updated by DfE - The Educator £1 million of Home Office funding to boost fight against knife crime - GOV.UK More students taking up postgraduate masters’ degrees - Office for Students Inspiration Trust earns softer Ofsted report after four-month turnaround - Schools Week New £1000 support for young care leavers starting an apprenticeship - FE News Enhancing early years evidence - Sutton Trust Finances 'inadequate' at one in eight colleges - Times Educational Supplement | TES Catholic schools ‘more relevant than ever’ after 100 years - Times Educational Supplement | TES Academia is built on exploitation. We must break this vicious circle | Anonymous academic - Guardian Does teaching have a detrimental effect on mental health? - Metro New Report Reveals Big Mismatch in Expectations ahead of University - FE News Leader comment: Equal access to education is vital - Scotsman How employers can support good mental health in their workplace - FE News Even now, mental health is still an underdog issue - FE News Poorest pupils miss out on arts access cash - Schools Week Over a year after its introduction, has the apprenticeship levy already failed? - City AM Bad behaviour soars as pupils no longer fear punishment - Herald Scotland Right-wing students are being subjected to vile abuse on campuses - Mail Social workers are biased against families with transgender children, says Government report - Mail Foreign students: Universities axe 'unusable' survey - BBC USA: More than 90% of teachers spend their own money on school supplies, survey finds - Independent University failed to support my son before he killed himself, says father - Times Immigration advisers abandon ‘racist’ student survey - Times Wealthy families ‘playing the system’ by delaying start of education - Times Banning the internet is child abuse, parents told - Times Apprentice levy flawed, warn bosses - Times Scotland: Ten minutes ‘too short to assess child mental health’ - Times Scotland: Curriculum change needs a different school of thought - Times