News archive for 2nd November 2018

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School told pupils to list pros and cons of slavery as homework - Metro Pupil, 15, run over and killed by a school minibus after bosses ignored danger warning - The Sun Teaching metacognitively isn’t a new phenomenon - Research Schools Network EdTech tools: How to choose the right one - UKEdChat UKEdMag: Minimise marking: Focus on feedback - UKEdChat Daily maths questions with #Mathvember - UKEdChat Policy eye - highlights of the week ending 2 November - Pearson Policy Tracker – Keeping track of what happened in the world of education in October 2018 - Pearson When routine bites hard and ambitions are low - Sutton Trust AoC to ramp up pressure following disappointing budget announcement - AoC | Association of Colleges National Union of Students faces bankruptcy over £3m deficit - Guardian Not enough UK employers believe in training and this needs to change - Training Journal IOE research team win BERA Public Engagement and Impact Award - IOE London Blog Wales: Council is fined £300,000 for safety failures after 15-year-old boy is run over and killed by his own school's minibus - Mail National award for supporting young people in space - GOV.UK Universities Minister pledges to transform student choice - DfE Teachers' pay grant 2018 to 2019 financial year allocations - Education & Skills Funding Agency Further Education Commissioner intervention reports - Education & Skills Funding Agency Committee questions education unions and school and college leaders - UK Parliament Lords debates early intervention in children's lives - UK Parliament Wonkfest preview: yes, minister? - Wonkhe DfE: Teacher Recruitment Bulletin (November 2018) - UCET The battle against being educated - BERA In the news 2 November 2018 - UCU Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector is right to call for investment in Further Education - AoC | Association of Colleges Thousands more school children receiving a nutritious breakfast - DfE DfE admits some schools face teacher pay shortfall - Times Educational Supplement | TES Britain's strictest school bans pupil from wearing remembrance poppy - because it was 1cm too big - Mirror Ipswich school reports 'pupil aged 30' to Home Office - BBC School reports boy, 15, to Home Office over fears he’s 30-year-old asylum seeker - The Sun Warwickshire to review dyslexia policy after criticism - Times Educational Supplement | TES Wales : Teacher 'touched a colleague's testicles and ripped his shirt', hearing told - Wales Online Home Office probe after claims high school pupil is 30-year-old asylum seeker - Express The logic of confidence or what we should expect from our schools - Headteachers' Roundtable This school asked students to list the ‘pros’ of slavery as homework - HuffPost Ofsted watch: A trio of ‘inadequate’ providers - FE Week The professor who wants to help teachers stay the course - Times Educational Supplement | TES Secondary school pupil 'could be as old as 30' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Private schools 'delayed from taking pupils in care’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Geoff Barton: Five quick fixes to help teacher retention - Times Educational Supplement | TES Not enough UK employers believe in training and this needs to change - Training Journal Employers start to leave reviews on ESFA’s new Trip Advisor-style feature - FE Week EEF study finds university student tutors can boost pupils’ maths in 12 hours - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ignore the critics, free schools drive up standards - Times Educational Supplement | TES BBC film crew documents England's school funding crisis - Guardian Tuition fees cut to £6,500 but higher for science? - BBC The TES Podcast: The Budget, 'stuck schools' and wellbeing tips - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ipswich school pupil investigated over claims he is as old as 30 - Independent Furious parents 'pull kids out of school' over Snapchat image of a '30-year-old' pupil - Mirror AoC: Top-slices should be higher for ‘risky’ subcontractors - FE Week Autism: ‘Dare to see the reasons behind behaviour’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES British Empire is still being whitewashed by the school curriculum – historian on why this must change - The Conversation Major inquiry into the sustainabilty of the childcare sector launches - Nursery World Principal who jumped ship as financial failure exposed is slammed by FE Commissioner - FE Week Schools 'are under attack from religious groups', head of Ofsted warns - Evening Standard 'Serious corporate failure' at West Nottinghamshire College - Times Educational Supplement | TES FE commissioner called for ‘urgent review’ to hold West Notts College leadership to account - FE Week Scotland: Teachers cannot be expected to put up with violence – NASUWT - Scotsman Plans to place limits on apprenticeship providers described as ‘absurd’ - FE Week FE Podcast: Tackling the FE recruitment crisis - Times Educational Supplement | TES London college slammed for 'poor' leadership - Times Educational Supplement | TES Budget 2018: Hammond revises apprenticeship target - but SMEs gain further incentives - FE News Ex-teachers enlisted to help GCSE resit students in colleges - Times Educational Supplement | TES Cornwall’s post-16 education is scrutinised in secret review - FE Week Make mental health part of inspection, Ofsted told - Times Educational Supplement | TES A level and other 16 to 18 results: 2017 to 2018 (provisional) - DfE Nearly 9,000 childcare providers have closed since 2016 - Nursery World Uni student tutors boost pupils’ maths in 12 hours - Times Educational Supplement | TES In this week's Tes: curriculum battles and the limits of SEND diagnosis - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland seeks views on plan to ban smacking - Times Educational Supplement | TES 500 schools sign up for DfE breakfast scheme - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ex-teachers enlisted to help GCSE resit students - Times Educational Supplement | TES Increase college funding to sustainable levels - all students deserve equality! - Government response - UK Parliament Thinking ahead: responding to 21st century challenges - Wonkhe An end to campus transport misery? E-scooters on campus - Wonkhe 5 ways to send praise home - Teacher Toolkit Providers warned their funding could be pulled following 3aaa staff and apprentice poaching - FE Week Send annual reports to better engage with parents, Carter tells academy trusts - Schools Week Warning notices issued to 148 private schools - Schools Week How is your wellbeing? HE staff views sought for survey - HEPI Scotland: St Andrews gets $10m windfall from parents of former student - Scotsman Sharp rise in number of schools forced to share headteachers - Scotsman Co-designing digital pedagogy with FE staff - FE News Revealed: the lack of diversity in education leadership roles - Schools Week DfE to shell out £10m for 200 ‘external experts’ - Schools Week DfE accused of wasting public money with new £10m ‘register of external experts’ - FE Week Enterprise schemes face tough tests in schools - Financial Times Money-laundering crackdown is launched against top private schools, law firms and estate agents in bid to stop £100billion 'McMafia' racket - Mail Three unnamed British universities are on the brink of bankruptcy - Mail Scottish teachers' pay offer letter 'misleading' - BBC Head teachers should not be allowed to expel pupils because they will end up in gangs, says former Education Secretary Kenneth Baker - The Sun School breakfast club scheme feeding 15,000 children each day and growing - Mail EEF: Weekly maths tutoring boosts progress by three months - Schools Week ‘GoCompare’ style app will level playing field for poorer students, minister says - Independent Universities on the brink in struggle to attract students - Times Boy, 16, charged with murder of lecturer found dead at home - Times Private school anger at dirty money claim - Times Scotland: Teacher shortages leave highers pupils cycling between schools - Times Ireland: Urgent repairs needed at 23 schools - Times Ireland: Exam appeals sped up so pupils do not miss courses - Times Minister backs 'GoCompare'-style apps to help students choose university - Mail 'Wild West' Britain: Children as young as nine fuelling knife crime epidemic warn police - Express Almost half of teachers have taught a child they believed was suicidal - HuffPost