News archive for 25th October 2018

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Hocus focus - Learning Scientists Apprenticeship and levy statistics: October 2018 - DfE Equality and diversity - DfE Statistics: initial teacher training - DfE Apprenticeships in England by industry sector - DfE London university calls for £100m slavery reparation - BBC Student rep sparks outrage after vowing to tear down a 'mural of white men' honouring those who left British universities to fight in WWI but never returned - Mail Teachers analysis compendium 4 - analysis of recruitment, retention and training within the state-sector teacher workforce - DfE John Swinney accused of trying to bypass teaching unions in pay row - Herald Scotland SU president vows to paint over war memorial to dead students 'as it depicts white men' - Mirror Family of student who died after alcohol-fuelled initiation criticise university - Mail Scotland: Swinney announces independent review of P1 testing - Mail John Swinney: P1 tests to continue until at least next summer despite Holyrood vote - Telegraph Independent review to decide future of P1 testing - Herald Scotland Further education and skills data - DfE Drive to ensure all children can swim by end of primary school - DfE PE and sport premium for primary schools - DfE School improvement monitoring and brokering grant allocations - DfE FE Choices - DfE Let’s shine a light on the opportunities in allied health professions - Office for Students School funding still in crisis: regional school summits - NAHT Home Office reverses decision that would force Newcastle family to move back to Australia - UCU Raise the Rate campaign urges the Chancellor to increase funding for sixth form education - NAHT NASUWT comments on Guernsey secondary school reorganisation proposals - NASUWT Latest information and updates from AQA - NAHT CBI responds to Apprenticeship Levy reform announcement - CBI Collab Group negotiates £200,000 saving for JISC subscription charges - Collab Group Colleges and schools want more cash in the budget - The Educator DfE: TSM data 2019/2020 - UCET Sharp rise in A&E attendances by young people with psychiatric conditions - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Big increase in suicides among vulnerable children known to social services - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Assessment of reporting on equality in colleges and universities in Scotland - Advance HE Bercow Review: 'Grave concerns' over lack of progress on speech and language support - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Universities celebrate Silver Athena SWAN awards as success rate rises to 73% - Advance HE National accolade awarded to Ashby Church of England Primary School - Primary Times Supporting SEND learners by taking a neurodiversity approach - Education & Training Foundation Academy re-brokerage: is it improving outcomes? - EPI Drive to ensure all children can swim by end of primary school - UKEdChat Southampton students' union president apologises after vowing to paint over First World War mural - Independent Education policy and Brexit could wreck our cultural industries - Times Jisc seeks student partners to carry the torch for tech - Jisc Asking the right questions on student lifestyle - Wonkhe Why I care about the gender gap - Teacher Toolkit Wonkhe weekly – E6 TEF, sexual harassment, governance, graduate earnings - Wonkhe School notice boards are hidden fire hazard - Labour MP - BBC Government response to the Education Select Committee’s fifth report of Session 2017-19 on alternative provision - DfE New Schools Network boss resigned after PTE merger rebuffed - Schools Week Hinds attacks Labour over refusal to answer school policy questions - Schools Week Think your child Is getting too much homework? Here's what you can do - HuffPost Number of EU applicants to UK medical schools falls to lowest point in decade, figures show - Independent More than a third of Brits are interested in taking up an education course - FE News Sector Response to Apprenticeship and Levy statistics: October 2018 - FE News Scotland: Horses and outdoor play at new centre for traumatised children - Scotsman A society failing its young women at every stage of education - FE News ‘Deep disquiet’ over gun shop near school in Scotland - Times Educational Supplement | TES Lehain wanted New Schools Network-PTE merger - Times Educational Supplement | TES England an outlier in using teacher assessment for Sats - Times Educational Supplement | TES Let's use KS3 to develop a sense of individuality - Times Educational Supplement | TES Is the policy of academy re-brokerage improving outcomes? - Schools Week 'I'm sick of making redundancies and axeing courses' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Study shows girls' maths ability equal to boys - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Not investing in skills is a false economy' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Employer satisfaction falls across FE, but ITPs still edge ahead of colleges - FE Week Give pupils help to fight exclusions, says watchdog - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Schools can't improve pupils' wellbeing alone' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofqual wants stronger rules on SATs oversight amid cheating reports - Schools Week #ApprenticeshipLevy unusable as £55 million a year goes to waste in creative industries - FE News National tests for youngest pupils to continue - Times Educational Supplement | TES New inspections mean more work, says Ofsted adviser - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children in need: schools refer 119,000+ children to social services - Times Educational Supplement | TES Outrage as University of Southampton Student Union leader vows to paint over mural commemorating WW1 war dead - The Sun Youth Opportunity Index: too many young people missing out on education and employment - FE News Apprenticeships by industry characteristics data: The 5 things we learnt - FE Week New 'early years practitioner' badge for level 2 courses - Nursery World Why I care about the gender gap - Teacher Toolkit Schools refer nearly 5,000 more pupils to social services - Schools Week Headteacher's honest tweets ‘show teens they don’t have to be perfect’ in mental health awareness bid - Evening Standard Monthly apprenticeships update: July starts down 43% on 2016 - FE Week TSM and initial teacher training allocations: 2019 to 2020 - DfE An analysis of recruitment, retention and training within the state-sector teacher workforce - DfE Further education and skills data - Education & Skills Funding Agency FE Choices employer satisfaction survey: 2017 to 2018 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Apprenticeship and levy statistics: October 2018 - DfE Apprenticeships and traineeships data - DfE Apprenticeships in England by industry characteristics - DfE Apprenticeship vacancies archive - Education & Skills Funding Agency Participation and success rates of apprentices and adult learners by ethnicity, gender, disabilities and age - DfE Other statistics published alongside the further education and skills statistics publications - DfE Chancellor urged to #RaiseTheRate of funding for sixth form students - FE News Disadvantage & education - UKEdChat More data, better impact - Sutton Trust Getting a degree doesn’t just lead women to earn more – they work more, pay more tax and marry higher earners - Institute for Fiscal Studies | IFS Record number of applicants for ‘early deadline’ university courses - UCAS A timely investment in the humanities and social science - Wonkhe Degrees of attractiveness: Female graduates marry husbands who are richer and earn 30% more themselves, study finds - Mail Curriculum inspection means more work, says Ofsted adviser - Times Educational Supplement | TES Study shows girls' maths ability equal to boys - Times Educational Supplement | TES Chancellor urged to 'urgently review' music education - Times Educational Supplement | TES Boost 16-18 funding by £200 per student, Hammond told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupil, 15, thrown out of class and made to face wall over short hair mum says is ‘standard cut for black boy’ - The Sun Women drive record applications to Oxbridge and medical schools - Ucas - Guardian Campaign launched to ‘Raise the Rate’ of sixth form funding - FE Week Scotland: John Swinney to make statement on P1 testing - Mail Primary pupils facing five hours of homework a week - Times Evangelicals rejected in student vote - Times The women graduates who gain a first-class husband - Times Children are developing a nature deficit disorder | Caroline Lucas & Mary Colwell - Times Social mobility drives are all talk and no action | Jenni Russell - Times Ireland: Builder behind defective schools allowed to bid for other projects - Times Schools and colleges call on chancellor to ‘Raise the Rate’ of sixth form funding - Schools Week