News archive for 10th April 2019

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Wales: Cardiff University sex education talk cancelled after concerns - BBC Wales: Bangor University axes chemistry course and other jobs - BBC Nottingham Trent wins inaugural Guardian university of the year award - Guardian Defending parents’ rights in the sex ed debate is a straw man - LKMco Church MAT directors quit after being told to listen to 'the community' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Rural schools struggle to break poverty-attainment link - LKMco New leader of the National Union of Students is elected - Mail Recognition of professional qualifications: guidance for regulatory bodies - DfE Teachers' pension scheme employer contribution grant: further education providers - DfE Teachers' pension employer contribution grant (TPECG) - DfE Teachers' Pension Scheme protected to ensure it remains among most lucrative - DfE ESFA Update: 10 April 2019 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Knife crime and school exclusions: Committee writes to Secretary of State - UK Parliament EU teacher supply protected for no-deal Brexit - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: ​​​​​​​Primary schools hit by ‘collapse’ in music teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES What if we all boycotted Ofsted inspections? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher wins £250K payout after falling off table - Times Educational Supplement | TES Extra state support refused for university pensions - Financial Times Why are more children still in nappies when they start school? - Independent Wales: Cardiff University bans speaker who says LGBT lessons are 'ideological indoctrination' - Wales Online New NUS president has said that she wanted to 'oppress white people' and have an 'Islamic takeover' - Telegraph NUS approves measures to plug £3.6m deficit - Guardian Primary school hires a professional nappy changer for children who can't use toilet - Mail Scotland: More classrooms needed in Aberdeen and Edinburgh to cope with baby boom - Times Institutes of Technology – Any initiative that brings together universities, FE colleges and employers to deliver higher level STEM subject training is a positive step - FE News ASCL welcomes funding for teachers' pension scheme - ASCL UCU response to government decision not to support universities facing increased pension costs - UCU UUK, GuildHE and UCEA respond to government announcement on Teachers' Pension Scheme funding - Universities UK MillionPlus comment on the DfE’s Teachers’ Pension Scheme funding announcement - MillionPlus CBI responds to 12 new Institutes of Technology - CBI British Academy chief executive resigns after investigation - Times Higher Education | THE … and parents are a child’s first and best teacher - Early Education What next for curriculum? - BERA Skills training boost with 'Institutes of Technology' - The Educator 6 ways to improve relationships with parents - Teacher Toolkit Councils must monitor school exclusions to tackle knife crime, claims Halfon - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Government refuses to help English post-92s with pension costs - Times Higher Education | THE Ofsted chief accepted for 'settled status' - BBC A vocabulary led curriculum - Research Schools Network UWE Bristol students 'sought help' before deaths - BBC Feltham YOI violence renews calls for closure - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Government unveils plans for social media regulator - Public Technology IOE academics contribute to international education conference - IOE London Blog Zamzam Ibrahim: Newly elected NUS president vows to fight racism and rising student fees - Independent Government investment in IoTs a welcome sight but much more needed - AoC | Association of Colleges The apprenticeship levy is set to run out. Changes are needed - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE pledges extra money to cover increased teacher pension costs - Times Educational Supplement | TES The time when my PRU was asked to take on a nursery pupil… - Times Educational Supplement | TES Rise in unconditional offers sparks call for new system of post-qualification university applications - SecEd From £17,88 to £5,32 per-child – low-level mental health support funding is 'postcode lottery' - SecEd Social media companies have 'spent too long ducking responsibility for the content they host' - SecEd Private schools could have 'phased withdrawal' from teacher pensions - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Charging for revision 'risks widening the attainment gap' - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK looks to tackle skills gap with 12 technology institutes - Financial Times Lawrence Dallaglio: School exclusions are a pipeline to prison - Mail It's sobering and shaming that teenagers know more than their parents about history | Adrian Chiles - Guardian Government will proceed with £95k public sector pay-off cap - Schools Week Schools, put down your begging bowls. Unite and protest instead | Holly Rigby - Guardian DfE confirms it will ‘fully fund’ £830m teacher pension contributions rise next year - Schools Week Lord Agnew will take MFL teacher visa suggestion to Home Office - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government moves to protect EU teacher supply under no-deal Brexit - Times Educational Supplement | TES Knife crime: Hinds told to give councils more power to monitor exclusions - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Population surge sparks 'urgent need' for extra school classrooms - Herald Scotland Government to fully-fund college pension cost increase - FE Week Let councils ‘scrutinise’ school approaches to exclusions, says Halfon - Schools Week Teaching equality in school - news round-up - NAHT The edtech strategy is a great leap – but in the wrong direction - Schools Week School forced to hire nappy-changer because pupils aged 5 aren't toilet trained - Mirror Most primary schools won't meet Ofsted's expectations - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Concerns raised over pupils with additional support needs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Staff confidence falls at inspection and curriculum body - Times Educational Supplement | TES Apprenticeship funding band reviews to include updated ‘affordability measures’ in wake of budget warnings - FE Week Pre-school children to march on Number 10 in baseline protest - Nursery World Ireland's attempts to secularise its schools have turned to farce | Emer O'Toole - Guardian Mental health spending leaves children facing postcode lottery - Nursery World Drive your kids to school? You face being fined £60 if your child is late - Express Schools and their pupils are clear – no one is an outsider - Schools Week Are school exclusions linked to knife crime? - The Educator Growing postcode lottery in SEND provision - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupil mental health spending cut by 60% of councils - Times Educational Supplement | TES The first 12 Institutes of Technology - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ex-prosecutor could step in to mediate LGBT education protests - Schools Week Scotland: Development of children in deprived areas twice as likely to raise issues - Scotsman German overtakes French as the language most sought-after by employers - Independent The first twelve Institutes of Technology announced - DfE Scotland: Fears for poorer pupils as schools charge for Easter exam revision - Herald Scotland Staff confidence plummets at Education Scotland quango - Herald Scotland Change timetables to help disabled students, says minister - Times Higher Education | THE UCL backs new Bartlett dean facing age discrimination case - Times Higher Education | THE Reducing student fees is one thing ... but deciding how you do it is another thing altogether - HEPI 'Institutes of Technology' to boost skills training - BBC Children's mental health services 'postcode lottery' - BBC Why do we like magic when we know it's a trick? - BBC Children who need help with mental health face postcode lottery – study - Guardian Kids face a 'postcode lottery' for mental health support, report warns - HuffPost The winners and losers in the £170m Institutes of Technology competition - FE Week Head teachers get final say on LGBT lessons - Times Honorary degrees cheapen the efforts of real students | Jawad Iqbal - Times Scotland: Toddlers in poorest area six times as likely to have development issues - Times