News archive for 20th September 2018

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Schools warn parents over 'woman in white van trying to entice children by offering sweets' - Mirror Why do some children struggle with reading? - The Learning Spy DfE given just 48 hours to rescue high-profile college from cash crisis - FE Week Middle class parents have 'snobbish' and 'outdated' attitudes to vocational studies - Telegraph Parents' fury at new school rule that left children 'too traumatised to go to class' - Mirror Civil service launch pioneering economics degree apprenticeship - FE News ‘Bullied’ schoolboy, 14, was found hanged in school toilet by his sister as dad calls for headteacher’s resignation - The Sun Academy’s new start delayed by deficit discussions - Schools Week Refugee children face long delays accessing education in UK - Guardian Aberdeen council to defy John Swinney and scrap P1 school tests - Scotsman Ofsted has lost two thirds of its inspectors amid complaints that the job has become like a 'treadmill' - Telegraph Further education students are shunning the web and turning to staff and each other for digital skills support - FE News IfA launches first content review of apprenticeship standards - FE Week £120k in functional skills grants up for grabs - Times Educational Supplement | TES IfA to review 12 digital apprenticeship standards - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'The day my husband was suspended from headship' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Brent Council offers ‘drone pilot apprenticeship’ - Public Technology New guide to support greater inclusion in universities and colleges - Advance HE Councils plan £900m of cuts including children's services and early years - CYPN | Children & Young People Now England’s teachers have the lowest job satisfaction - The Educator Why has politics turned nasty? - Montrose42 University research partnerships can be negative for BME communities - Wonkhe A load of fries - but where's the Big MAC? - Russell Group Supporting Exams Officers - Ofqual The changing nature of young children’s learning ecologies, experiences and implications for pedagogy in the digital era - BERA Civil Service launch pioneering economics degree apprenticeship - GOV.UK Social mobility and opportunity areas - DfE School inspection update: academic year 2018 to 2019 - Ofsted Teacher subject specialism training (TSST) courses - DfE Improving secondary science - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Walking in Memphis – the Student Loans Company in Darlington - Wonkhe Wonkhe Weekly – The higher education podcast - Wonkhe Students need clarity when choosing a university - Wonkhe Maintaining enthusiasm - UKEdChat Highlighting with reservations - Learning Scientists Why don’t employers still train their staff? - Unionlearn Glasgow School of Art accused of systemic failings over fire - Guardian Heartbroken father of 'bullied' pupil, 14, who hanged himself in school loos calls for head to quit for 'failing to act' - Mail Record 40% of London school leavers head off to university - Evening Standard “Off-rolling” shows a dark side of the schools market. Labour is right to want to fight it - New Statesman Student buildings still covered in Grenfell-style cladding - Guardian National learning analytics service seeks to boost student attainment and cut drop outs - Jisc Manchester group on expansion trail - Nursery World FM challenged on education after Government defeat on P1 testing - Mail FE commissioner backs pay rise for college staff - Times Educational Supplement | TES Swinney: teachers must decide when tests are sat - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'We need to rescue PSHE - here’s how' - Times Educational Supplement | TES How to make parents feel part of school life - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'The polarised exclusion debate is putting teachers at risk' - Times Educational Supplement | TES First Minister’s Questions dominated by education - Times Educational Supplement | TES When it comes to fees, what do students think? - New Statesman Few pupils 'would tell teachers about online risk' - Times Educational Supplement | TES What is a head of department? Let me count the roles… - Times Educational Supplement | TES Has 'Baby Shark' destroyed your school yet? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Immigration plan ‘won’t #LetThemTeach’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE scheme to rate textbooks ‘would be devastating' - Times Educational Supplement | TES National tests 'not about big data for government' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tell us: how is your school publicising budget cuts? - Guardian Could means-tested fees help poorer students get into university? | Nick Hillman - Guardian Headteachers have more power to discipline staff - Schools Week The state of education provision across the developing world - FE News How investors can help every child go to school - Financial Times Exciting new look Climbing Frame website ready to support learners - Unionlearn Certificates awarded for all vocational qualifications - Ofqual Statistics on vocational and other qualifications - Ofqual Ofsted Chair delivers landmark lecture at London South East Colleges - FE News Targeted tuition fees: Is means-testing the answer? - HEPI Ofsted's experience is draining away - Times Educational Supplement | TES 2VCs on ... will Brexit damage UK universities? - Guardian UK sector eyes end to foreign student stagnation as rivals profit - Times Higher Education | THE The week in higher education – 20 September 2018 - Times Higher Education | THE Shift towards precarity predicted in US and Australia, but not UK - Times Higher Education | THE London students to be ‘hyper-diverse’ by 2030 - Times Higher Education | THE Academics urged to rethink research links with ethnic minorities - Times Higher Education | THE Inquiry starts into Edinburgh Royal High School future - Scotsman Mis-sold, expensive and overhyped: why our universities are a con - Guardian More Scots going to university as gap between rich and poor narrows - Herald Scotland Three in four London students 'from ethnic minorities by 2030' - BBC "Lifelong learning revolution" needed to tackle 210,000 worker gap - FE News National learning analytics service seeks to boost student attainment and cut drop outs - FE News Record number of students through clearing as universities scramble to fill course places - Independent Northern Ireland: Pace of child mental health reform glacial - Mail Call to scrap tuition fees for the poor - Times ‘Bully killed allergy boy with cheese’ - Times Scotland: Ministers vote to end P1 testing but Swinney is not for turning - Times Scotland: Testing times for Swinney - Times Scotland: Squats and sit-ups help fat children to avoid obesity - Times Scotland: Education and training ‘vital to deliver skills for the future’ - Times Scotland: Art school ‘unfit’ to look after Charles Rennie Mackintosh building - Times Ireland: Stephen Byrne resits leaving certificate to highlight trauma students face - Times Ireland: ‘Teach small business digital skills to improve ecommerce’ - Times More than 90% of girls in UK worry about going to school on their period - HuffPost