News archive for 26th September 2018

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Oxford university graduations delayed after women refused entry for not wearing socks - Independent EuroSkills 2018: Team UK's flag-bearer Elizabeth confident after day one - FE Week School brawl that saw cops swarm gates exploded when a ‘pupil had headscarf ripped off her as two girls fought’ - The Sun Headteachers to march on Downing Street in a mass protest over school funding - Mirror British universities failing to tackle staff sexual misconduct - report - Mail Parents seek legal action against government over ‘national crisis’ of special needs cuts - Independent Great teaching. The power of diets - Teacherhead FE sector in anxious wait as date announced for Budget 2018 - FE Week Global rivals catching up as British universities suffer year of ‘stagnation’ - Times Edinburgh University drops two places in world league table - Scotsman Scotland: College lecturers reject 2.5% pay offer - Herald Scotland 16 to 18 English and maths progress measure qualifications - DfE School census 2018 to 2019: technical information - DfE Education provision: children under 5 years of age, January 2018 - DfE Perceptions of vocational and technical qualifications - Ofqual High needs funding arrangements: 2019 to 2020 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Industry Placement Capacity and Delivery Fund: principles for high quality industry placements - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA financial assurance: monitoring the funding rules - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA Update: 26 September 2018 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Regional winners from across the country are announced - Education & Skills Funding Agency Children knowingly put at risk in many Northern Ireland schools - NASUWT Teachers need time to understand the new Ofsted framework - NAHT Strikes on at Lewisham Southwark College as last-minute talks fail to resolve pay dispute - UCU Voice comments on Labour’s childcare plans - Voice NEU comment on Jeremy Corbyn speech to Labour Party conference - National Education Union Planning with wellbeing in mind - Teacher Toolkit Headteachers to march on Parliament over school budgets - The Educator How to target maintenance grants - Wonkhe BTEC’s back alright - Wonkhe Success starts with good architecture - Wonkhe Councils set to 'trailblaze' projects to tackle child obesity - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Parents in England seek legal action over special needs funding cuts - Guardian Using technology to revolutionise young people’s understanding of the world of work - Education and Employers Britain’s dying dream of social mobility - Sutton Trust International applications to Welsh HEIs down – UCAS - PIE News International mobility ‘essential’ to research – report - PIE News Oxford scores hat-trick in THE rankings, but Asian competition intensifies - PIE News Lewisham teacher receives gold award from top British athletes - Primary Times THE podcast: World University Rankings 2019 results - Times Higher Education | THE World University Rankings 2019: results announced - Times Higher Education | THE ‘New metrics needed’ to encourage interdisciplinary research - Times Higher Education | THE LSE rides high in the rankings - London School of Economics | LSE Words may be mightier than the sword - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Girlguiding defends controversial transgender policy - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Response to Labour’s commitment to invest in childcare - Teach First New partnership to raise aspirations of students in Calderdale - Leeds Beckett University Leeds academics discuss ‘Right to be Active’ for care-experienced children - Leeds Beckett University Might improved school performance grow on trees? - UKEdChat Children found capable of using the ‘wisdom of crowds’ - UKEdChat Scrap the apprentice minimum wage, AELP demands - FE Week Forget university rankings, open days are the biggest factor in student choice - The Conversation UK surpassed for first time as second most-represented nation in #THEUniRankings - FE News Ofqual survey into perceptions of vocational qualifications: 7 key findings - FE Week Scottish universities slip down global rankings - Herald Scotland Britain surpassed for first time as second most represented nation in university rankings - Independent College pension contributions likely to rise by over 40% from 2019 - FE Week Call for nurseries to sign petition to axe business rates - Nursery World Head teachers explain funding protest to parents - BBC ETI blames industrial action for delay in inspection follow-ups - SecEd 'A National Education Service is good in principle' - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘It’s time for Labour to up its game’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES What Labour's academies plan would mean for teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish lecturers reject pay offer - Times Educational Supplement | TES Staff to walk out at college in pay row - Times Educational Supplement | TES Watch: Call to end individual school accountability - Times Educational Supplement | TES Is it a school’s job to prepare pupils for work? - Times Educational Supplement | TES EuroSkills 2018: Team UK aiming for top 10 spot - Times Educational Supplement | TES Should we scrap homework? - Times Educational Supplement | TES SEND funding cuts trigger wave of legal action - Times Educational Supplement | TES EuroSkills 2018: Meet Team UK - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Teachers must look for physical signs of trauma’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Reading and writing 'boost pupils’ mental health' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Illegal off-rolling of students: Yet more evidence emerges - SecEd Ofsted chief: ‘We have not placed enough emphasis on the curriculum’ - SecEd Subject squeeze hitting poorer pupils hardest - SecEd I can't agree with Rob Delaney about homework – it's a vital part of primary education - Telegraph Hinds: Labour academies plan is ‘reckless’ - Schools Week Row over plans for new London school in toxic air hotspot - Evening Standard Reading and writing 'boost pupils’ mental health' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Using the law to tackle essay mills - HEPI First-generation students less likely to pick arts and humanities - Times Higher Education | THE University complaints process ‘failing sexual harassment victims’ - Times Higher Education | THE Universities 'must create culture of constructive failure' - Times Higher Education | THE Separating teaching from research ‘unsustainable’ - Times Higher Education | THE The struggle for autistic children to get an education should not happen | Betty Light - Scotsman Party conferences must focus on social mobility - FE News Evidence-based secondary science guidance published - SecEd Head teachers explain funding protest to parents - BBC Children who do not read and write in free time likely to have worse mental health - Independent Universities failing to tackle sex harassment by staff, says report - Guardian Secretary who slapped pupil loses her job - Times Children who love reading feel happier, says study - Times Exodus of teachers is a lesson for politicians | Alice Thomson - Times Scotland: Labour promises £20 ‘bung’ to teach young about money - Times Scotland: Measures to tackle obesity need more bite | Melanie Reid - Times Ireland: ‘Record student sexual assaults as separate category,’ says rape charity - Times Ireland: Exam marking error utter disgrace, student tells court - Times Ireland: Infants stuck in front of screens when too young, campaign warns - Times Ireland: Ranking for universities ‘inconsistent’ - Times Ireland: Power naps for students in sleep pod - Times