News archive for 29th October 2018

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“Little extras”: A failure of presentation, not policy - Schools Week Budget 2018: Spending more money on potholes than pupils ‘inexplicable’, say heads - Schools Week Chancellor pledges £400m for 'little extra' for schools - BBC Budget 2018: Sneaky Philip Hammond promises more cash for schools - but there's a massive catch - Mirror Budget 2018: What’s in it for schools? - Schools Week Budget 2018: Apprentice minimum wage set to rise again - FE Week Budget 2018: Philip Hammond slammed for giving more cash to potholes than schools - HuffPost Budget 2018: How much has Hammond pledged to schools and teachers? - Express Phonics ‘first and fast’… but at what cost? - BERA 2018 Budget response - Russell Group Education and early years let down by another disappointing Budget - Voice The new meaning of progress - Teacher Toolkit Crass comments reveal the Chancellor's school funding blind spot - Schools NorthEast Recruiting and retaining enough teachers is a key challenge currently facing England’s education system - NFER NEU comment on the Budget Speech - National Education Union Adopting a more inclusive approach to support disabled students - Advance HE IPPR North comment on Autumn Budget - IPPR Free school slammed by Ofsted after refusing to enter any students for GCSEs - Telegraph Five questions Ofsted must answer on the new framework - NAHT Budget adds insult to injury for schools - NASUWT ASCL comment on the Budget - ASCL Building a diverse and highly-skilled workforce for the future - AoC | Association of Colleges Addressing the BME attainment gap in universities - Universities UK University and College Union response to chancellor's Budget statement - UCU School leadership podcast October 2018 - NAHT Deals for schools - DfE Budget 2018: Apprenticeship fees halved to 5% for small businesses - FE Week National Apprenticeship Awards: Who will be crowned the rising star of 2018? - Education & Skills Funding Agency Aspire Achieve Advance 3aaa apprenticeship training provider termination of contracts - Education & Skills Funding Agency What teachers tapped this week #57 - 29th October 2018 - Teacher Tapp Oxbridge failing disadvantaged students, critics claim - Telegraph High needs strategic planning - DfE Early years initial teacher training (ITT) providers - DfE Further education: flexible learning fund - DfE Budget 2018 – our response - Learning & Work Institute Sham Oxford college caught selling fake degrees - Telegraph Budget 2018: Schools get £400m capital bonus for ‘little extras’ - Schools Week Budget does not address the big challenges ahead: AoC's response to the Autumn Budget - AoC | Association of Colleges Reading Planet to save UK schools money with new match funding initiative - Primary Times €187m Erasmus+ funding boost for the UK - PIE News Youth mobility boosts economy – BETA - PIE News Budget adds insult to injury for schools - PoliticsHome Sector Response to the Budget. SME's now have a 5% contribution for Apprenticeships. - FE News Poorest families struggling to afford school uniform in Scotland - Herald Scotland Kirsty Williams visits Vietnam to promote Welsh universities in key market - Welsh Government More than two in five childcare settings on less funding than in 2013 - Nursery World Early years sector 'systemically underfunded', study finds - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Hidden education costs impacting on poorest families in Scotland - Mail Teacher bursaries waste millions - The Educator Some good budget-time reading? Try Vicky Olive’s HEPI report on University Cross-Subsidies - HEPI 'The little extras' – an extraordinarily tone-deaf choice of words - Times Educational Supplement | TES Budget 2018: #LittleExtras funding 'deeply insulting' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Budget 2018: What it means for further education - Times Educational Supplement | TES Budget: Employer apprenticeship contributions cut - Times Educational Supplement | TES Four in 10 teachers struggle with behaviour - Times Educational Supplement | TES Budget 2018: £400m to help schools buy 'little extras' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'PowerPoint is not evil, but it is does make us lazy' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Inclusion is being squeezed out of our schools' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Why do we find love so difficult in education?' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Teachers want to quit. What can we do about it?' - Times Educational Supplement | TES #SmileUntilChristmas: teachers' top 10 wellbeing tips - Times Educational Supplement | TES Surely no one reads all the info schools must publish online? - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Colleges are the natural places for investment' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Private schools, take pupils in care or risk tax' - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘When looking at the big data, don’t forget individuals’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES College pay strike: ballots to be reissued - Times Educational Supplement | TES Unions project schools facing cuts onto Parliament - Times Educational Supplement | TES Revealed: Another four apprenticeship providers banned from taking new recruits - FE Week Greater London Authority’s adult education budget tender launched - FE Week What can schools expect from the Budget? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Helping young people be 'future ready' - Nesta A teacher wellbeing oath - Teacher Toolkit What does teaching mean to you? - The Educator Early years sector 'systemically underfunded', study finds - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Need to know: What can schools expect from the Budget? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Initiating fresh action on student hazing - Wonkhe Myths and realities of sector finance - Wonkhe Beyond the brown bear: stewardship, collaboration and cost control - Wonkhe Internships lead students to understand more about aviation - Cambridge Network Scientific research transforms lives. Why is that so often forgotten? | Jess Cole - Guardian Teachers’ pay demand gets short shrift from Mackay - Scotsman Helping young learners to shape their future at WorldSkills UK LIVE - FE News More students seek mental health support, analysis shows - BBC All schools and A&Es to get mental health units - Times Autistic teenagers ‘locked in padded cells and abused’ - Times Scotland: Minister defends teacher pay offer in face of protest march - Times Scotland: Student who died on beach ‘left at bus stop by police’ - Times Ireland: Structural problems found at fifth school after inspection - Times Settings told to up sticks by landowners - Nursery World Campaigners unite to save day nurseries - Nursery World Editor’s view - No waiting game - Nursery World