News archive for 19th November 2018

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Student officer suspended after photos of offensive T-shirts at social were published - Independent Mothers admit they lie and even pretend to be divorced to get their children into the right school - Mail Former academy head given £850,000 payoff - Guardian Student leader who vowed to paint over mural to the 'white men' who fought in World War One resigns - Mail Education experts call for a 'take your son into university day' - Guardian DfE slammed for 48-hour ‘fire sale’ of troubled Durand academy - Schools Week Written Statement from Sam Gyimah with an update on student finance - DfE Six things we learned about embattled academy trusts - Times Educational Supplement | TES FErret: Keep an eye on Ofsted for the hidden drama at AoC - Times Educational Supplement | TES Royal Academy of Music was wrong to sack professor, 59, for calling violinists 'gypos' in email to 800 students, tribunal rules - Mail 'Most' money from leisure centre on academy grounds going to ex-head in £850k deal - Times Educational Supplement | TES School sends police round to homes of students who aren’t showing up for class - The Sun DfE troubleshooter ‘hugely embarrassed’ by Bright Tribe scandal - Schools Week Grime talent appreciated at Oxford University | Letters - Guardian Durand Academy leisure centre profits still going to ex-head under £850k ‘special payment’ deal - Schools Week School inspection ‘more stressful’ in England than Scotland - Times Educational Supplement | TES College students scoop top prizes at AoC Student of the Year Awards - AoC | Association of Colleges AoC and ITN partnership showcases vital role of colleges - AoC | Association of Colleges Students unaware of fast-track degrees – NARIC - PIE News Standardised scores 101 – Understanding how standardised scores are calculated - CEM | Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring While participation in adult learning is in decline, Festival of Learning aims to show that barriers can be overcome through its award winners’ stories - Learning & Work Institute Former Durand primary may lose income from site buildings - Times Educational Supplement | TES The exclusion debate - Teacher Toolkit Banish gender stereotypes - Teacher Toolkit Shifting the dial on diversity in innovation: five key ideas from Breaking the Mould - Nesta Supporting Exams Officers - Ofqual Learner and employer satisfaction surveys - Education & Skills Funding Agency Learner satisfaction survey guidance - Education & Skills Funding Agency Half of young people do not feel prepared for world of work – CBI/Accenture/Hays survey - CBI We have a responsibility for tomorrow’s society as well as today’s individuals, says leading school Head - GSA Ofsted now risks spreading itself too thin - NAHT Enough is enough! March for Education - National Education Union How to use connected learning? - The Educator ‘Bored bankers’ urged to apply as maths teachers - The Educator Learner satisfaction survey – sample size calculator - Education & Skills Funding Agency Academies accounts return - Education & Skills Funding Agency Subject knowledge enhancement (SKE): course providers - DfE Teaching internship scheme for teaching: 2019 - DfE Accelerated degree courses: assessment of impact - DfE Accelerated degrees: widening student choice in higher education - DfE Initial teacher training (ITT): marketing and recruitment guide - DfE Review of TEF: terms of reference - DfE Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework - DfE Basic need allocations - DfE Veterans Strategy consultation highlights Further Forces work - Education & Training Foundation | ETF How 'comfortable' is your organisation in having difficult conversations? - Advance HE 2018 PTES report: Key findings (infographic) - Advance HE Interfaith Week 2018: Reflecting on inclusion and safeguarding - Advance HE Five ways AI will enable lifelong learning and transform the workplace - Training Journal 4:00 p.m. - Academy school accounts and performance examined by the Public Accounts Committee - Commons Select Committee What teachers tapped this week #60 - 19th November 2018 - Teacher Tapp Our house, is a very, very, very fine house… - UKEdChat Young people's access to work experience 'remains patchy and inconsistent' - CYPN | Children & Young People Now A new kind of university experience - New Statesman Suicide prompts school internet search warning - Times Educational Supplement | TES Spending review 'make or break' for colleges - Times Educational Supplement | TES Mum criticises school for sending police to see parents of kids who miss classes - Mirror Deaf boy's amazing reaction to Makaton bedtime story - BBC Written Statement from Sam Gyimah re appointment of TEF reviewer - DfE Leeds Trinity University lecturers 'told not to use frightening capital letters' - Mirror Troubleshooter takes over at Cornwall College Group - FE Week Thousands expected at school funding crisis rally - Times Educational Supplement | TES Andreas Schleicher: Want to improve education? Give teachers professional freedom - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Headteachers told to drive the search for ‘huge’ savings - Times Educational Supplement | TES Primary teachers have highest psychological distress - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why the Helena Kennedy Foundation still matters - Times Educational Supplement | TES Times tables check: why rote learning won’t get pupils top results - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Call for expensive Christmas gifts for teachers to be ditched - Scotsman WorldSkills UK national finalists 2018 announced - FE News Welsh Government steps up support to tackle online safety - Welsh Government Supporting Exams Officers - Ofqual Debt projection puts almost half of NI schools in the red - BBC Half of young people feel unprepared for work - Times Educational Supplement | TES Need to know: Teach First’s new strategy - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teach First targets disaffected professionals and lapsed teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Not a lot’ DfE can do on recruitment crisis, warns Teach First - Times Educational Supplement | TES Female teachers plagued by 'imposter syndrome' head warns - Times Educational Supplement | TES Campuses warn against metrics-only knowledge exchange framework - Times Higher Education | THE Plan S chief: universities, not open access push, hurting ECRs - Times Higher Education | THE Dame Shirley Pearce to lead teaching excellence framework review - Times Higher Education | THE Movers and shakers: Edition 261 - FE Week Parents should not let their outdated stereotypes influence their child's career, leading headmistress says - Telegraph Gifts for teachers should be banned, say parents - Herald Scotland Skills world: Tom talks to Eileen Milner, about funding, apprenticeship reforms, and the changing role of ESFA - FE News Creating quality career opportunities: The rising stars of English business - FE News KEF clusters: helping fair comparison in a diverse sector - Wonkhe Freedom of speech helps charity, and society thrive – but it’s not an absolute right - Wonkhe KEF consultation closer - Wonkhe Adding to the confusion on freedom of speech - Wonkhe Think about impact of behaviour policies on mental health, heads told - Schools Week 'I don't want to be the UK's only black female history professor' - BBC School funding: Why it costs £73,000 to educate a child - BBC Parents struggle to handle children's tech habits - BBC Half of young people do not feel prepared for world of work - FE News Bored bankers sought for maths teacher shortage - Times Parents left in dark over ‘inhumane’ meat - Times Universities urged to offer cheaper two-year courses - Times I needed help to save me from far-right fanatics, says teenager - Times White British five-year-olds bottom of class in reading - Times Faith schools ‘owe success to wealthy pupils’ - Times Scotland: Islands seek head teacher for 15 pupils - Times Ireland: Sex education must address the harm of pornography - Times