News archive for 4th April 2019

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Living near the country's best state schools can more than double the price of your home - Mail Matthew Purves at the Schools and Academies Show - Ofsted School buildings nationwide to be refurbished through dedicated funding - DfE Higher education provider data: Business and community interaction: 2017 to 2018 - DfE Statistics: 16 to 19 attainment - DfE Level 2 and 3 attainment by young people aged 19 in 2018 - DfE School capital funding - DfE Qualifications perception survey - latest results released - Ofqual A new Ofsted regime – but the same old problems - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted: New inspections 'could drive more heads out' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Milton reluctant to 'constrain' apprenticeship system - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hinds seeks advice for young entrepreneurs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Lecturers to be registered by teaching council - Times Educational Supplement | TES Colleges are at breaking point. We must take risks to survive - Times Educational Supplement | TES Off-the-job training in apprenticeships? Clear as mud - Times Educational Supplement | TES School funding: 'Income generation' as important as education, MAT boss warns - Times Educational Supplement | TES Annual Apprenticeship Conference 2019 (pdf) - FE Week Four in 10 UK adults regret not taking maths more seriously at school, poll claims - Independent LocatED shortlists up to 20 school sites to be sold off under pilot scheme - Schools Week Scotland: Crowdfunding appeal launched for legal challenge to school music fees - Herald Scotland Wales: Teachers 'cleaning schools to raise cash' in Vale of Glamorgan - BBC Schools warned not to share pupil data on Capita’s file transfer systems ‘until further notice’ - Schools Week Headteachers cleaning toilets, half days and redundancy threats - the dire state of cash-strapped Welsh schools - Wales Online Fewer than one in three headteachers think GCSEs prepare students for work, survey finds - Independent Wales' Education Minister tells struggling schools: 'This is what austerity looks like' - Wales Online Scepticism over European hunger for UK collaboration post-Brexit - Times Higher Education | THE 10 tips for ‘teaching’ job interviews - Teacher Toolkit Government review of unconditional university offers "perfect opportunity" for radical overhaul - UCU Who will blink first in the battle over admissions? - Wonkhe The 5-sided flashcard - Learning Scientists Requires improvement: A new role for Ofsted and school inspections - EDSK Peer review should be a two-stage, science-first process - Times Higher Education | THE NAHT responds to Ofsted's inspection framework consultation - NAHT Invitation to participate in focus groups with the Equality and Human Rights Commission - NAHT Universities must help secure a sustainable future for our planet - Universities UK MillionPlus comment on the OfS Financial Sustainability of Higher Education Providers report - MillionPlus Devolved skills in London: an opportunity for innovation - Collab Group DfE wants to help 20 schools sell off land for housing - Times Educational Supplement | TES Funding uncertainty hampers academy planning, DfE admits - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Loaded' questions in Ofsted survey anger teacher trainers - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE faces legal action over pupil isolation booths - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Only three in 10 heads think GCSEs prepare pupils for work - Times Educational Supplement | TES Updated ISC statement: Exam reforms and IGCSEs - Independent Schools Council | ISC Exploring grade inflation: protecting the value of HE qualifications in the UK - Advance HE Advance HE publishes analysis of disabled staff experiences in Scottish colleges - Advance HE ‘A new era for schools’ – government unveils £10m education technology strategy - Public Technology Financial sustainability of higher education providers in England - Office for Students Just three in 10 headteachers say GCSEs prepare students for work - The Educator Financial forecasts, cybersecurity, apps (podcast) - Wonkhe Travellers move onto £35million university campus opened by Harry and Meghan last year - The Sun AoC ‘disappointed’ local sustainability reviews won’t include schools - FE Week First Minister accused of being 'in denial' about Scotland's schools - Mail Students at colleges in Scotland ‘panicked’ by latest strike threat - Scotsman Nicola Sturgeon in ‘complete denial’ about Scots education system - Scotsman We've been let down by Ofsted's inadequacies for too long - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers refusing to discuss ‘controversial’ Brexit with pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES School vaccinations linked to ‘dramatic’ fall in cervical disease - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education is curriculum and curriculum is education - Times Educational Supplement | TES NCB named early years partner lead by DfE - Nursery World Tenth UTC closure announced - FE Week Tenth UTC closure announced - Schools Week Scotland: Crowdfunding bid launched for legal challenge against instrument tuition fees - Scotsman Less than a third of heads think GCSEs prepare pupils for work - Schools Week Dogs in the classroom – coming to a school near you soon? - The Conversation Long-awaited Level 3 early years appenticeship standard approved - Nursery World Female graduates expect to earn almost £4,000 a year less than their male peers in their first job - Mail 9:30 a.m. - Debate on a Motion relating to Restrictive Intervention of Children and Young People - Accountability Hearings SEND funding cut by 17% per pupil across England - Times Educational Supplement | TES ASCL response to IPPR North report on SEND cuts - ASCL Universities’ high-value data can be obtained by hackers in under two hours - Jisc Unpaid internships – paving the way into politics? - Sutton Trust Schools Like Yours: extra KS2 and KS4 data added, plus a new version for special schools - FFT Education Datalab The long-run impacts of a universal childcare program - CfEE | Centre for Education Economics Plans that work: Employment outcomes for people with learning disabilities - IPPR Universities' cyber defences overcome by hackers in just two hours, test finds - Mail Delivering the digital transformation responsibly - HEPI How safe is your data? Cyber-security in higher education - HEPI The DfE EdTech strategy – abort, retry, fail? - Wonkhe Hackers breach UK university defences ‘within two hours’ - Times Higher Education | THE Support for entrepreneurship in UK universities in freefall - Times Higher Education | THE Most European universities failing to monitor open access costs - Times Higher Education | THE English universities warned over ‘unachievable’ student number plans - Times Higher Education | THE Learned societies’ insulation from modern university culture has its dark side - Times Higher Education | THE Universities’ high-value data can be obtained by hackers in under two hours - HEPI Senior civil servant admits budgets for schools are 'not generous' - Mail More than 200 school playing fields are sold off in nine years - Mail 'Unrealistic' universities risk going bust by failing to plan for a slump in student numbers - Mail Hackers beat university cyber-defences in two hours - BBC SEND funding cut by 17% in three years, warns IPPR report - Schools Week Universities over-estimating future student numbers, regulator says - Guardian Funding for pupils with special educational needs drops 17% - Guardian Universities are failing to protect themselves from cyber-attacks, report warns - Telegraph Scotland: Kelvinside Academy unveils plans for new 'school of innovation' - Herald Scotland ‘Over-optimistic’ forecasts putting universities at risk - Times MPs can reach Leave voters by taking further education seriously | James Kirkup - Times Brexit shambles provides timely lesson for students | Max Jeffery - Times Cambridge has double standards on free speech - Times Scotland: Rector wants sultan’s degree revoked over stoning gay people - Times Scotland: Degrees at last for Edinburgh Seven, medical students denied by sexism - Times We don’t know which schools lack teachers, Scottish officials admit - Times Ireland Minister - Schools won’t be forced to cancel Christmas - Times Ireland: Universities honoured for societal change - Times Universities are overestimating on student recruitment, watchdog warns as bankruptcy fears loom - Telegraph