News archive for 5th November 2018

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School music crisis as hundreds of tutors axed - Herald Scotland Headteacher acclaimed by Tories is banned from teaching - Guardian We should allow bad universities to fail, as long as we protect their students - Telegraph ’12-year-old brother’ of ’30-year-old’ asylum seeker has also been removed from school where they were studying - The Sun Early career continuing professional development (CPD): research - DfE Teacher Recruitment Bulletin - DfE Teachers working longer review: final report - DfE Consultation into regulating Basic Digital Skills Qualifications - Ofqual Future assessment of GCSE computer science - Ofqual More support for school leaders to tackle workload - DfE Let’s have perspective in tuition fees debate | Letters - Guardian Three steps to better assessments - Times Educational Supplement | TES It’s clear: the Tories still don’t think poor people need an education | Zoe Williams - Guardian Assembly: outdated, ineffective and a waste of time - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teaching ban for two salaries Perry Beeches head - BBC 'Are we finally seeing an edtech revolution?' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Green light to cut pointless lesson planning - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Protect education funding up to 18' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 5 things today's BTEC results tell us - Times Educational Supplement | TES New teachers face ‘shock’ in second year - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers consider industrial action after one-off bonus in Budget for ‘little extras’ - Independent Former 'superhead' Liam Nolan banned from teaching - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE pledges new action to cut teacher workload - Times Educational Supplement | TES Computing GCSE could be paper based due to bad school IT - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hammond 'surprised' by reaction to 'little extras' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government has ‘no vision for FE or lifelong learning’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Ofsted could solve the teacher crisis – here's how' - Times Educational Supplement | TES FE teacher bursaries attract 1,062 trainees - Times Educational Supplement | TES 40% more MFL teacher trainees needed for 2020 - Times Educational Supplement | TES What teachers tapped this week #58 – 5th November 2018 - Teacher Tapp New framework launched to help FE and Training staff to develop their practice using technology - Education & Training Foundation MPs launch inquiry into early years funding - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Parents, are we preparing our kids for college properly? - The Educator The Education Select Committee on value for money in higher education: our response - Learning & Work Institute Value for money in higher education - Russell Group Parents at school where ’30-year-old asylum seeker’ is studying for GCSEs are keeping their children home - The Sun Jonathan Simons reviews “Life Lessons: The Case for a National Education Service” by Melissa Benn - HEPI NEU comment on teacher workload - National Education Union Three education unions to simultaneously consult members after Budget fails to address funding crisis - National Education Union Autumn Budget 2018 - AELP UCU response to MPs' report on value for money in universities - UCU Report confirms that use of crude data targets in teachers' performance management must now end - NASUWT Three education unions to simultaneously consult members after Budget fails to address funding crisis - ASCL Top physicist leads calls for more female engineers and scientists - GSA Warning over teacher workload burnout - The Educator 25 years researching teaching and learning - Teacher Toolkit IfA undecided on Dame Asha board replacement - FE Week Innovate with a business-academic partnership: apply for funding - GOV.UK How to register and use the apprenticeship service as an employer - Education & Skills Funding Agency Nearly 90% of postgraduates are positive about teaching delivery - Advance HE Philip Hammond sparks fresh row as he urges unhappy teachers to give ‘little extras’ cash to other schools - PoliticsHome Government expands teacher training programme to address LGBT bullying - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Furious parents remove children from school over claims 'intimidating' 30-year-old asylum seeker 'father-of-two' was posing as 15-year-old pupil - Mail Short inspections of further education and skills: guidance for providers - Ofsted Further education and skills inspection handbook - Ofsted Wales: Teacher 'touched a colleague's testicles and ripped his shirt', hearing told - Wales Online Time to stop being coy about sex – and give young people the truth | Lola Okolosie - Guardian Former head of academy chain banned from teaching after receiving 'second salary' - Independent Former Perry Beeches ‘superhead’ Liam Nolan banned from teaching - Schools Week Wales: Female teacher 'ripped open male colleague's shirt and grabbed his testicles in sexually motivated attack' at a parents' evening - Mail Ofqual: ‘Not possible’ to use non-exam assessment in computer science - Schools Week By ignoring colleges, the Budget ignored the UK skills crisis - New Statesman Blueprint by Robert Plomin: latest intelligence genetics book could be a gift for far-right - The Conversation Gender stereotypes: Teen called lesbian for playing football - BBC Scotland: Fresh £5M in funding to help connect Scottish businesses with academia - Scotsman Forget the apprentice minimum wage, it’s an apprentice living wage we need - FE News Campaigners 'heartbroken' over decision to close Tower Hamlets nurseries - Nursery World New teachers need more tailored support to help ‘practice shock’, NFER report finds - Schools Week Schools must rethink zero-tolerance on knives - Times Educational Supplement | TES Age is ‘no barrier’ to teachers’ ability, finds long-awaited working longer review - Schools Week Ofqual launches consultation on regulating fully-funded digital skills training - FE Week Scotland: Parents fight to end 'crude' postcode lottery over nursery funding - Herald Scotland Why we delayed the start of school for our son - Herald Scotland Why a diagnosis should not dictate the intervention offered to SEND pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Autistic girls need more school support, expert says - Times Educational Supplement | TES Analysis: Child’s needs must come first – not funding - Herald Scotland DfE urges teacher trainers to scrap ‘burdensome’ workload for trainees - Schools Week Living wage rises provide a fair day's pay for a fair day's work - FE News Reducing teacher workload - DfE Reducing workload in schools: joint letter to all school leaders - DfE Teacher workload advisory group report and government response - DfE Addressing workload in initial teacher education (ITE) - DfE Government's universities regulator should step in to curb sky-high bosses' pay, say MPs - PoliticsHome 10 behaviour management tips for children with ADHD - Teacher Toolkit Finding new sources of income - Wonkhe Merger and acquisition – the elephant in the room? - Wonkhe Myths and realities of sector finance II: balances and borrowing - Wonkhe Higher skilled roles rise, as skills gaps grow - CBI Universities must focus on value for money - UK Parliament New jobs board website offers teachers way out of profession - Schools Week Second parliamentary committee calls for means-tested student grants to be reinstated - Guardian Need to know: What are the unions doing about funding? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Businesses pulling out of apprenticeships - Times Educational Supplement | TES Labour: Schools face £1.7bn cut over five years - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE pledges new action to cut teacher workload - Times Educational Supplement | TES A new world of intelligent opportunity: How AI can transform the education sector - FE News Strikes could follow unions' survey on funding crisis - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE pays £260,000 for a school building to sit empty - Schools Week Two Islamic schools are reported to the education watchdog for segregating boys and girls during lessons and break times - Mail Universities blasted by MPs for not giving enough value for money or helping poor students - The Sun Cut teachers' paperwork so they can focus on developing British children, Education Secretary and Ofsted chief demand in joint letter - Mail Education Secretary Damian Hinds calls for billions more investment after Chancellor promised more cash for potholes than schools in his Budget - Mail Children with learning disabilities 'failed by society' - BBC Parents prioritise careers that make a difference - FE News 'Self-harm contract' set out rules for kids hurting themselves at school - HuffPost Universities UK response to education committee report on value for money - FE News Universities must focus on value for money and supporting disadvantaged students - sector response - FE News Too many students left with debts for 'too little payback' - BBC Firms to increase investment in staff training amid UK skills gap - City AM Higher skilled roles rise, as skills gap grows – CBI/Pearson Annual Report - FE News £860 million to widen access to university and further education colleges for 2018/19 - sector response - FE News Unions take action as analysis reveals school cuts of millions of pounds - Nursery World Unions make ‘unprecedented’ move over school spending, as new figures show funding down £1.7bn - Schools Week DfE to reduce data collection, and 6 more responses on workload - Schools Week Mothers taught to be first line of defence against extremism - Times Dean in row over claims of Christ Church bullying - Times Oxbridge rivalry gets more spirited with gin - Times Burnout warning over teacher workload - Times MPs denounce universities as poor value and inflexible - Times Scotland: Glasgow School of Art’s ‘forbidden’ events revealed - Times Universities ‘not providing value for money’, MPs’ report says - Independent