News archive for 31st May 2018

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Let your children climb a few trees Ofsted boss tells nursery school staff who remove play equipment - Mail 11 Ways to develop growth mindset - Teacher Toolkit Can you beat previous National Spelling Bee winners? Take our test - Guardian Tory MSP did not breach code for Edinburgh school bullying claims - Scotsman University League Tables - Notoriously subjective and misleading - FE News Consumer law on campus, from a student perspective - Wonkhe IfA opens applications for its 15 occupational route panels - FE Week Get ‘faster and better’ at approving apprenticeship standards, skills minister tells IfA - FE Week Hull College receives £54m bailout amid job strikes - FE Week Hull College receives £54m bailout amid job strikes - FE Week Increases in minimum wage lead to faster automation of jobs - London School of Economics | LSE More walkouts expected at combative UCU Congress - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Apprentices' wages don't pay the bills' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tes FE podcast: Post-18 review and prison education - Times Educational Supplement | TES More walkouts expected at combative UCU Congress - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government open to new GCSE in British Sign Language following campaign - Independent Head teacher banned for helping pupils cheat in SATs - BBC Should Ofsted observe lessons? - The Learning Spy Paedophile private tutor, 49, who molested young girls as their parents were paying him to prepare them for 11-plus exams is jailed - Mail Policy Tracker – Keeping track of what happened in the world of education in May 2018 - Pearson Richmond becomes first university in UK to award British and US degrees - Evening Standard Nottingham University investigates 'uni girls love rape' message - Guardian UCU to ‘ballot members nationally’ over pay claim - FE Week University of Nottingham investigates ‘uni girls love rape’ message left on toilet floor - Independent University guide 2019: league table for electronic and electrical engineering - Guardian 'Uni girls love rape': Shocking message spelt out on university halls of residence bathroom floor - Mirror Scotland: Stirling City Deal cash will fund university expansion - Scotsman Adult education budget (AEB) - Increased flexibility for learners in receipt of low wage - FE News PeoplePlus in talks to buy Learndirect - FE Week UCU calls for cap on college principals' pay - Times Educational Supplement | TES How to register as a PCDL learning provider - FE News Basic maths Centres for Excellence - FE News Black applicants 'face more university fraud claims' - BBC Endorsement or bribery? Undergraduates three times more likely to receive an offer after 'string pulling' - FE News Free for all? Free schools fail to deliver original purpose - FE News Drop prejudices against grammar schools, urges headteacher in BBC documentary - Evening Standard Carlisle nursery opens first franchise nursery in China - Nursery World Confusion And Inefficiency On Free Schools Must Come To A Swift End - HuffPost UCAS publishes report analysing its verification service - UCAS Free schools fail to deliver original purpose - Sutton Trust Scotland: Cameron Wyllie: If patients treated GPs like parents treat teachers... - Scotsman A-level attainment, or high-level aspiration? - Wonkhe How to attract the best students - FE News Robust end-point assessment organisations are the key to world-class apprenticeships in England - FE News Crossing the thresholds: Engagement and inclusivity in liminal spaces - HEA Scotland: Pupils 'relying on the internet' for sex education rather than schools - Herald Scotland Scotland: Government blames universities for lack of progress on recruiting poorest students - Herald Scotland Black students applying to university are more likely to have bids flagged for false or misleading information - The Sun Flagship free schools policy failing to deliver on promise of parent-led education, report finds - Independent Black students are far more likely to face a fraud probe when applying for university - Mail London’s leading universities fall in the world rankings - Mail Twins in school: To separate or not to separate? - BBC Parents 'not involved' in new free schools - BBC Free schools not delivering on promise of innovation, study finds - Financial Times Ucas admits failures after new data reveals black students more likely to have university applications investigated - Independent Ucas criticised over fraud screening of black applicants - Guardian Only one in five free schools set up by parents, shows report - Guardian Scotland: Musicians join clamour for free lessons in state schools - Times To help poor white pupils, target the parents - Times Free schools have ‘failed to deliver change’ - Times Black applicants make up half of cheats, says Ucas - Times Britain slipping in university world rankings - Times Gibb ‘open to’ a British sign language GCSE - Schools Week Most free schools open in areas of need, and 4 other things we learned - Schools Week Children exposed to TV junk food adverts despite ban - Financial Times SNP humiliated over university targets - Times