News archive for 1st October 2018

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What does no-deal Brexit mean for students in the UK? - Express Private school parents are unfairly criticised by 'virtue flagging' friends, leading headmaster says - Telegraph ‘It is illegal and we will take action’ – minister’s message to schools on off-rolling - Schools Week Cambridge University set to give poorer students who fail entry requirements chance to study - Independent 'Let's make the most of our Euroskills champions' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Vital teaching funds lost to supply agencies | Letters - Guardian Preston's College shares their top ten tips for augmented and virtual reality - Jisc 100 book recommendations from BookTrust to get children reading - Primary Times World Space Week: Primary pupils reach for the stars in UK space challenge - Primary Times Cambridge University plans scheme to open door to poorer students - Guardian School staff buy food for children who would go hungry without their help, survey reveals - Independent Education economics in the developing world - CfEE | Centre for Education Economics NFER Classroom launches free ‘Assessment Hub’ resource for teachers - UKEdChat Three reasons why Finland’s universities are among the best in the world - UKEdChat What teachers tapped this week #53 – 1st October 2018 - Teacher Tapp Teacher Tapp for trainee teachers - Teacher Tapp CEOs outstanding contribution to social mobility celebrated at retirement event - Villiers Park Educational Trust Schools must budget for rise in pension commitments - Financial Times Package of measures unveiled to boost apprenticeships - GOV.UK £5m Youth Performance Partnerships to boost performing arts - GOV.UK Government support to boost skills and prosperity - GOV.UK Local Industrial Strategies: policy prospectus - GOV.UK Further education and skills inspection handbook - Ofsted Staffing and employment: advice for schools - DfE Initial teacher training: marketing toolkit - DfE Free schools: how to apply - DfE Ofsted launches point-in-time surveys - Ofsted National Careers Service area-based contracts funding rules - Education & Skills Funding Agency Qualifications: eligible for public funding - Education & Skills Funding Agency Independent special schools and colleges - Education & Skills Funding Agency How arms companies are getting into classrooms - and why they must be stopped - HuffPost Academies accounts return - Education & Skills Funding Agency Apprenticeship funding bands - Education & Skills Funding Agency Advanced learner loans qualifications catalogue - Education & Skills Funding Agency ILR guides and templates for 2018 to 2019 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Academies land and buildings collection tool - Education & Skills Funding Agency Autumn 2018 NAHT Cymru Newsletter - NAHT Two thousand school leaders march on Downing Street - NAHT Employers hit back at apprenticeship transfer fund policy - FE Week New survey: Violence against school staff - Voice NFER Classroom launches free ‘Assessment Hub’ resource for teachers - NFER NEU unveils billboards with questions for the Education Secretary during Conservative Party Conference - National Education Union A test of good teaching - Cambridge Network British Science Festival heads to Chelmsford - Cambridge Network How can we help young people make better decisions about their futures? - Nesta Consensus, what consensus? - Wonkhe Campaigning to end the trouble at t’mills - Wonkhe Take part in the verbal feedback research project - Teacher Toolkit Creating a 21st century, dyslexia-friendly university - Wonkhe Physics does have a women problem – and it's not rocket science to work out why - Telegraph Ofsted bats away claims of favouritism in curriculum research row - Schools Week Pupils forced to spend whole days inside after school insists it’s not their job to fix dangerous playground - The Sun Stand up and be heard - Advance HE EuroSkills 2018: Russia tops medal table - FE Week All new apprenticeship standards to be introduced by August 2020 - FE Week Greater London Authority to launch adult education budget tender next week - FE Week Adventure Learning Academies Trust gives up its 5 schools - Schools Week Government to publish ‘school sport action plan’ - Schools Week Access to childcare in deprived areas deteriorates, study finds - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Sector Response: Extra £90M in funding and 25% of Apprenticeship Levy able to be transferred to supply chain - FE News University launches investigation into sex work support group's stall at freshers' fair - Independent 'Further education isn't a cost. It's an investment' - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE grade 9 'leaves pupils feeling stressed and stupid' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Private schools 'can help UK through crippling uncertainty' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher had sex with pupil on plane, court told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Two-fifths of teachers would quit for job overseas - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Politicians don't hear our complaints about cuts' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Legal battle to halt millions in SEND cuts begins - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hinds: DfE can’t do much to ease teachers' workload - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers should ‘call out’ Ofsted inspectors on workload, says minister - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hammond pledges £100m for National Retraining Scheme - Times Educational Supplement | TES High-profile college principal quits after warning over finances - Times Educational Supplement | TES Are women doing all the menial tasks in schools? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Chancellor announces apprenticeship levy reforms - Times Educational Supplement | TES Bristol Uni reveals 94% of students sign up to 'mental health alerts' for parents - HuffPost Apprenticeship funding bands: 30 band structure - FE News Plan for more dyslexia teachers 'in tatters' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hinds: ‘We must re-put the case for school autonomy’ - Schools Week Failing colleges that merge 'can expect' Ofsted monitoring visit - FE Week Dame Asha quits West Notts college amid financial crisis - FE Week Childcare access falls in disadvantaged areas, new report reveals - Nursery World Hundreds of school staff buying food for hungry children - Nursery World Headlice epidemic warning for UK schools as NHS axes treatment for children - Mirror 'They have been failed': first UK school to address early-life trauma planned - Guardian Freshers' Week at Newcastle University is changing - BBC ‘Essay mills’ may be morally dubious, but it was good to work for one | Sam Hickford - Guardian Need to know: This week's HMC conference - Times Educational Supplement | TES Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2018 - DfE If the evidence for lifelong learning is so persuasive, why aren’t policymakers persuaded by it? - HEPI How to inject your classroom with creativity - Teacher Toolkit How to improve parental involvement in the classroom - The Educator WorldSkills UK – the power behind a winning team - FE News Chancellor set to announce apprenticeship levy changes - FE Week Movers and shakers: Edition 255 - FE Week Katharine Birbalsingh says teachers' fear of being called racist is holding back black kids - HuffPost Need to know: This week's HMC conference - Times Educational Supplement | TES Blazing a trail for young people through new sector specific apprenticeships - FE News Students with dyslexia are talking their way to success - FE News Lawyers call for government to close sixth form exclusions loophole - Schools Week Six ways technology can boost productivity in FE - FE Week Teachers to be given extra volleyball and zumba coaching - as they're told to get pupils fit - Mail 'Huge demand' for British private schools sees more than 70 now operating abroad - Mail Hammond to announce shake-up of apprenticeship levy - Financial Times Social media behind rise in child sleep disorders - Times Grenfell-style cladding to be banned from new buildings - Times Plans to curb social media use are a ‘cop out’ - Times More private schools rush to open branches abroad - Times Students given careers advice on sex work - Times Tech giants ‘tempt pupils from work’ - Times Philip Hammond to pledge shake-up of unpopular apprentice levy - Times Scotland: Companies ‘face skills gap’ - Times School teachers are buying food for hungry pupils, shocking survey reveals - Mirror One university ditches EYT, while numbers rise at another - Nursery World One university ditches EYT, while another commits to it - Nursery World Sector gives cautious welcome to Labour childcare pledges - Nursery World The big Picture - Look and learn - Nursery World