News archive for 10th September 2018

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Scotland: Shake-up call after school safety fears - Herald Scotland 'I smashed my kids' iPads' - BBC The gap between reality and rhetoric at Ofsted | Letters - Guardian Taking pride in working-class roots in Britain’s universities | Letters - Guardian Tuition fees review to wait on loans decision - BBC Scottish teachers in new strike threat over pay - Herald Scotland Childcare providers 'reluctant' to offer two-year-old places - Nursery World SEN pupils make 'weak' progress in Birmingham, report says - BBC Schools warned over new ‘harmful’ Transgender Trend stickers - Schools Week Wales: Katie Hopkins angers parents as she stages picture with children outside school without permission - Mirror How to help bereaved children start a new school year - NAHT Increase to employer contribution rates for the Teachers’ Pension Scheme likely but implementation deferred until September 2019 - NAHT Next steps on the mental health green paper - government responds to consultation - NAHT Employers misusing data rules to stifle workers' rights - NASUWT Rona Tutt's SEND summary - what happened while you were away - NAHT Prevalence of mental health issues within the student-aged population - EPI What teachers tapped this week #50 – 10th September - Teacher Tapp Queen Mary and A*STAR forge partnership - PIE News IOE honours outstanding contributors to education sector - IOE London Blog Media focus on knife crime 'fuelling excessive arrests of black children' - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Uniformed youth groups to expand with £5m funding boost - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Quality early years provision 'leads to fewer emotional difficulties' - CYPN | Children & Young People Now National reference test in 2019 - Ofqual Academy national non-domestic rates (NNDR) claims - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA: course directory - Education & Skills Funding Agency Private school head says sorry for ‘misguided’ Volvo vs. Jaguar advert - Schools Week Hinds backs under-fire Ofsted, and 5 other things we learned at education questions - Schools Week How to settle students into the new school year - The Educator Teachers warned not to ‘express political views’ - The Educator What have people been reading about higher education in 2017/18? - HEPI The state of education technology (EdTech) in higher education (HE) - Wonkhe Alexa, how can I get a 2i? - Wonkhe How to create a happy classroom - Teacher Toolkit Private school apologises for ‘snobby’ advert about buying dad a Jaguar - Metro The Engineering Professors’ Council calls for changes to degree apprenticeships - FE News Community links: the answer to your budget crisis? - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Colleges need a national brand' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Some Scottish teachers 'in line for 10% pay rise' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Why are Ofsted and the DfE split on curriculum?' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofqual: 'Our exams system is as good as any' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Academy chain accused of misusing government funds - BBC Government invests £5m to increase places for disadvantaged children in youth organisations - GOV.UK 'Salary supplements would fix teacher shortages' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Why now is the right time to examine school accountability' - Times Educational Supplement | TES How to succeed as a middle leader - Times Educational Supplement | TES Measuring attainment gaps ‘meaningless’, expert says - Times Educational Supplement | TES Chair of English teachers' group accused of 'elitism' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Call for autism funding to be ring-fenced - Times Educational Supplement | TES New social mobility commissioners due next month - Times Educational Supplement | TES Damian Hinds insists providers have enough funds to deliver the 30-hour scheme, despite closure fears - FE News Pupils turn to nature for mental health solutions - Times Educational Supplement | TES 78 Industry experts appointed to T-level panels - Times Educational Supplement | TES Academy national non-domestic rates (NNDR) claims - FE News Wider approach needed to encourage more female engineering apprentices - FE News New blow for ‘unreliable’ Ofsted - Times Higher Education | THE Schools ‘making cuts’ to fund teacher pay rise - Times Educational Supplement | TES T levels not 'a mess', Hinds insists - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Use inspectors to improve school libraries' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teaching worldviews could enhance Religious Education in schools - The Conversation School census 2018 to 2019: funding report guides - DfE Leading industry experts to design new T Levels - DfE Information re non-executive appointments to DfE's public bodies: April 2018 - March 2019 - DfE New study shows financial benefit of part time degrees - FE News T Level panels: membership - DfE Schools ‘manipulating GDPR to stifle teachers’ rights' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Appointments to the School Teachers’ Review Body - DfE Alternative provision census 2019: guide - DfE National reference test 2019 dates revealed - Schools Week College pension contributions set to rise from 2019 - FE Week T Level panels: membership - DfE UNISON calls for new government inquiry into academy chain accused of misusing public funds - FE News FE and skills inspections and outcomes: management information - December 2015 to August 2018 - Ofsted SFCA: Pensions rise could cause 'crisis' for colleges - Times Educational Supplement | TES School accountability 'doing more harm than good' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: ‘Scrap national tests for youngest pupils’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils leave parents in the dark over school life - Times Educational Supplement | TES Genes 'may bias school league tables' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Girls can find spark for engineering apprenticeships later, report finds - Times Educational Supplement | TES Do value-added measures of school and teacher performance reflect genetic differences between students? - BERA Teaching children to differentiate fact from fiction online - Primary Times School Librarian of the Year 2018: Finalists unveiled - SecEd Five problems with Ofsted - Times Educational Supplement | TES New blow for ‘unreliable’ Ofsted - Times Educational Supplement | TES Achieving an Ofsted 'good' in a deprived area was ‘brutal’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES T-level employer panel members for 2022 and 2023 - FE Week 'Why now is the right time to examine school accountability' - Times Educational Supplement | TES T Level panels: membership - FE News Need to know: Gypsy and Roma educational inequality - Times Educational Supplement | TES ESFA funding claims and reconciliation - Education & Skills Funding Agency Working-class lecturers should come out of the closet | Melanie Reynolds - Guardian Parties unite to deal fresh blow to P1 testing plans - Scotsman Maximum expectations against limited support - How can FE teachers and assessors become more digitally capable? - FE News The gamified generation has hit business school - Financial Times The words you'd love to hear your children say - but never do - BBC Bright Tribe investigated over false government funding claims - Schools Week Bright Tribe academy trust accused of fiddling taxpayer - Times Professors call for overhaul of degree apprenticeships - Times Children need more than exams to prosper | Libby Purves - Times Scotland: Sleep-deprived pupils get lessons on bedtime routines - Times Government announces new measures to boost funding for small businesses - FE News