News archive for 8th November 2018

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Millennials fail GCSE financial skills test aced by Baby Boomers and 16-year-olds - Independent Key stage 2 national curriculum test review outcomes: 2018 - DfE Schools causing concern - DfE Apprenticeship Pay Survey (APS) 2018 - DfE A level and other 16 to 18 results: 2017 to 2018 (provisional) - DfE Sex education plans risk 'ghettoising' religion, Church of England warns - Telegraph Scots schools to be world’s first to offer LGBTI inclusive education - Scotsman Millennials have worse money skills than teenagers, report claims - Independent 'World first' as Scottish schools to adopt LGBTI inclusive education - Mail 'World first' as Scottish schools urged to teach LGBTI issues - Herald Scotland Graduate outcomes: Necessity is the mother of invention - Wonkhe Apprenticeship Pay Survey to determine whether employers are adhering to rules on fair pay - FE News Plan for optional SATs resits in year seven scrapped - NAHT Teachers work more hours than public estimates - The Educator National School Meals Week - Teacher Toolkit Ambition School Leadership and Institute for Teaching announce new appointments - Ambition School Leadership Are you an ethical leader? - Schools NorthEast DfE’s sex education proposals doomed to failure, say women’s groups - Schools NorthEast Our next generation needs practical skills as well as smarts - Edge Foundation Improving writing - UKEdChat Government unveils secure school plans - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Carers and careers in higher education: What works? - Advance HE Great teaching in UK universities celebrated - Advance HE Helping people from ethnic minority backgrounds into work - ERSA I've run out of money at university – what can I do? - Guardian NUS Scotland statement on Scottish government plan to improve educational experience of LGBTI young people - FE News Excluding difficult children from the classroom alienates those who need the most support - HuffPost ETF Perceptions Survey is now open - FE News Oxford University denies it rejected Stormzy scholarship - BBC Why do some schools still ban girls from playing football? | Anna Kessel - Guardian Greatest fear parents have for children is their mental health, poll finds - Evening Standard Colleges split on Saudi Arabian vocational programme - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hike in pension costs could cost colleges £142 million - Times Educational Supplement | TES The free school movement is a broad church - Times Educational Supplement | TES Church warns against 'ghettoising faith' in sex education - Times Educational Supplement | TES Stormzy: University of Oxford rejected my scholarship offer - HuffPost Scotland claims ‘world's first’ inclusive LGBTI education - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Ofsted's new framework: what it will mean for FE' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Too often, school removes all the fun from learning - Times Educational Supplement | TES Girls ‘should be taught about orgasms’ in sex ed - Times Educational Supplement | TES How eco-friendly is your school? - Times Educational Supplement | TES College bosses' 'unreasonable' demands cause stress - Times Educational Supplement | TES Four tips for returning from maternity leave - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Exclusion is the first step on a dangerous road' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools must reach out to Traveller families - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE: College pension contributions to rise by an extra £142m per year - FE Week Scotland: Music charges are ‘deepening inequality’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teach schoolgirls about orgasms, says Labour MP - Guardian Requests for KS2 SATs marking reviews fall - Schools Week Stormzy: Oxford University turned down my scholarship offer - Guardian UK teachers work 'some of the longest hours in the world' - Times Educational Supplement | TES What is neurodiversity and what should schools be doing? - Times Educational Supplement | TES British public thinks teachers deserve a £7,500 pay rise - Times Educational Supplement | TES Fines for partying won’t make students better neighbours | Coco Khan - Guardian Seven building blocks to running quality apprenticeships - Sutton Trust Stormzy: Oxford University denies turning down grime star’s scholarship offer for black students - Independent Family matters for students - Wonkhe Bullying ‘follows’ LGB people from school to work - Cambridge Network From Madonna's Sex to Lady Chatterley: inside the Bodleian's explicit book club - Guardian Misuse of public funds? - FE News Education Secretary urges Labour MPs to rebel against Corbyn's plans to scrap free schools - Mail Where do teachers get the most respect? - BBC Martin Lewis launches first ever financial education textbook - FE News Teachers work almost a full day more in hours per week than public estimates - Mail Children are being 'datafied from birth' - BBC British teachers work harder than peers in most other countries, study finds - Independent Refusing academic visas is threat to UK’s reputation, say scientists - Times Universal credit: Children left hungry as their families find work doesn’t pay - Times New portraits show off changing face of Magdalen College - Times Woman’s Hour host Jenni Murray pulls out of Oxford talk after being accused of transphobia - Times Ireland: Majority of nine-year-olds choose screen time over physical activity - Times Ireland: Primary school to remain closed over safety concerns - Times Ireland: Seven out of ten back junk food advertising ban - Times