News archive for 30th November 2018

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Universities minister Sam Gyimah becomes seventh minister latest to quit over Brexit deal - Mirror Sam Gyimah: rising Conservative star who quit over Brexit - Guardian Brexit: Sam Gyimah resigns as universities minister in protest at Theresa May's EU withdrawal deal - Independent The TES Podcast: School funding and attacks on teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Meet the man putting schools in the North East on the map - Times Educational Supplement | TES Northern Powerhouse triumphs at National Apprenticeship Awards - GOV.UK Committee hears from parents on the SEND system - UK Parliament Lords debates funding for schools - UK Parliament Unregistered schools management information - Ofsted Post-16 skills plan and independent report on technical education - DfE School census 2018 to 2019: technical information - DfE 'We're not on the verge of a funding crisis,' says DfE schools tsar - Times Educational Supplement | TES Academies financial management and governance reviews - Education & Skills Funding Agency Academies financial notices to improve - Education & Skills Funding Agency One in three colleges have student visas rejected - Times Educational Supplement | TES 16 to 18 traineeships performance-management point - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA: Inform - Education & Skills Funding Agency Martin Coleman's speech on evolution or fundamental change to governance - Office for Students Make savings to pay teachers, minister tells schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Britain's EU capitulation: The real reason French is taught so much in British schools - Express Project 5-100 universities climb the ranks in computer science, engineering and technology - FE News Without decent pay you cannot have excellence - Times Educational Supplement | TES Don’t ban Christmas presents for teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Syrian refugee, 15, asks people not to attack his 'bully' after online abuse was directed at the 16-year-old - Mail Why new standards will help Scottish colleges excel - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ben Verinder: Don't play into government's hands by blaming principals - Times Educational Supplement | TES Early years teacher trainees drop by a third - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why do we treat early years teachers as second class? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Meet the primary school bidding for Christmas number one - Times Educational Supplement | TES Record number of UK children excluded for racist bullying - Guardian DfE seeks bidders to run comparative judgment ‘alternative’ to KS2 writing test - Schools Week Scotland: Hope for male 'pill' breakthrough after huge cash injection - Guardian The importance of studying arts and media - FE News Scotland: St. Andrew’s Day: Students asked to help find saint’s missing hand - Independent Ofsted Watch: Week of winners and losers in FE - FE Week Government software to withhold up to £4,860 apprenticeship completion payment until employers pay their share - FE Week Healthy Minds – analysis of health outcomes published - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Richard Madden: ‘Being bullied at Scottish school f***** me up’ - Scotsman Policy Eye - highlights of the week ending 30 November - Pearson Survey: Violence against school staff - Voice Celebrating success - THE Awards 2018 - Advance HE Am I actually teaching historical thinking and reasoning? - BERA UKEdMag: Can we all be 100%… 100% of the time? - UKEdChat Outstanding teaching assistant wins national award - Leeds Beckett University Dexter speaks at the National Apprenticeship Awards 2018 - Edge Foundation Forgetting to remember - Learning Scientists Single-academy trust rapped over £60k undeclared pay-offs - Schools Week UK is “lagging behind” competitors - PIE News Ormiston Rivers Academy boy 'stole pupils' data from school laptop' - BBC 4 ways the science of learning could eliminate time drains - Ambition School Leadership 7 in 10 school leaders are working in free time - The Educator In the news: 30 November - UCU You must partner state sector to survive,' private schools told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Check your business development team can thoroughly explain your apprenticeship standards offer to employers - FE News Policy Tracker – Keeping track of what happened in the world of education in November 2018 - Pearson 'Bully' who 'attacked' Syrian refugee at Huddersfield school has fled country - Mirror Parents' complaints about Tax-Free Childcare top 4,500 - Nursery World Tommy Robinson admits he was wrong over Muslim gang claims - Mail No minister, schools are NOT businesses to be streamlined - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'The social benefits of FE must not be forgotten' - Times Educational Supplement | TES College-run academy trusts in trouble - FE Week First minister attacked over education cuts - Times Educational Supplement | TES Researchers ask if simpler marking improves teacher retention - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Striking isn't the answer. But maybe this is...' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Why new standards will help Scottish colleges excel' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Early years teacher trainees drop by a third - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Don't play into government's hands by blaming principals' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why do we treat early years teachers as second class? - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'We're not on the verge of a funding crisis,' says DfE schools tsar - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'You must partner state sector to survive,' private schools told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Lack of funding is harming teacher wellbeing, Ofsted finds - Times Educational Supplement | TES No minister, schools are not businesses to be streamlined - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Without decent pay you cannot have excellence' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Former first minister returns to old university to become chancellor - Mail School secretary guilty of 'assault by beating' for slapping boy's arm loses job - Mirror Ofsted research shows 7 in 10 school leaders work in their free time every day - Schools Week FE commissioner: check with me before appointing a principal - FE Week Numbers training to become early years teachers plummet - Nursery World Syrian refugee 'waterboarded' at school begged for help three weeks before attack after 'bullies pelted him with eggs and set hair on fire' - The Sun UCU strike closes one college and affects five others - FE Week London mayor seeks special treatment amid AEB devolution ‘postcode lottery’ concerns - FE Week New method of exams marking ‘could transform’ teacher workload - Schools Week Revealed: vast majority of loans-only providers are less than good - FE Week Special consideration in GCSE and A Level: summer 2017 exam series - Ofqual It’s now obvious that urgent action is needed to quality assure all loans-only providers - FE Week Scotland: St Andrews’ plea for patron saint’s missing left hand - Scotsman 74% of Sendcos 'lack to time support pupils' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Researchers ask if simpler marking improves teacher retention - Times Educational Supplement | TES PowerPointless: How not to do a training session - Teacher Toolkit HE data: Friend or foe? - HEPI Morale is a question of trust - Wonkhe A way forward for USS - Wonkhe Wonkhe Weekly – E10. Unconditional offers, women, graduate levy, graduate earnings - Wonkhe The perfect Christmas gift for teacher - The Educator Investigation: SEND funding crisis pits parents and schools against councils - Schools Week Minister ‘at war’ over academy CEO pay defends Moynihan’s £440k salary - Schools Week Scots tax cut to match Philip Hammond pledge would cost £1bn - Scotsman Early lessons from those delivering apprenticeships - FE News Head teacher investigated after double life as x-rated drag act revealed - Mirror It’s a Dwan deal: Trust founder’s brother gets rent-free premises for nursery - Schools Week Private school caps value of Christmas gifts for teachers - Schools Week Australia: Schools climate strike - the best protest banners and posters - Guardian Government failed to hit its own teacher recruitment target for sixth year - The Sun Hungary: Threatened university faces final deadline - BBC Bullied Syrian boy says thank you as £130,000 is raised for his family - Times South Hampstead High School asks parents to sign pledge curbing phone use at home - Times Too few maths teachers in schools as golden hello fails to add up - Times Ireland: Childcare costs ‘like a second mortgage - Times