News archive for 26th April 2019

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This much I know about…how our school’s values underpin how we all behave - JohnTomsett The Tes Podcast: Exclusions, grammar schools and games - Times Educational Supplement | TES Private schools: record fees and 5 other findings - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers in pyjamas live-stream bedtime stories via Facebook to children - Mail Major private school chain quits Teachers’ Pension Scheme - Schools Week 100,000 parents sign petition demanding Government’s 15 hours of free childcare to start at nine months rather than age three - The Sun Don't need this pressure on: Towards intelligent, sustainable accountability - Teacherhead Policy Tracker – Keeping track of what happened in the world of education in April 2019 - Pearson Policy Eye - highlights of the week ending 26 April - Pearson Careers and Enterprise Company will continue to rely on public cash, admits DfE - FE Week Careers and Enterprise Company will continue to rely on public cash, admits DfE - Schools Week Lesbian visibility day is important for all educators - National Education Union MillionPlus & UCET: the Recruitment and Retention Strategy and the ECF - UCET March of the four year olds by more than a score - BERA Ofsted watch: Solid start to the summer term for most providers - FE Week In the news 26 April 2019 - UCU Scotland: Protest in Inverness against classroom support shake-up - BBC University of Liverpool seeks virtual learning environment - Public Technology Call for watchdog to develop policies to improve childhood nutrition - CYPN | Children & Young People Now UK remains top in German agent survey, despite Brexit - PIE News Researchers find school choice does not achieve social mix across schools - UKEdChat An innovative approach to learning in the Isle of Man - Edge Foundation As Ofsted's new framework looms, teachers must demand better CPD - Times Educational Supplement | TES Number of UK private school overseas campuses up 23% - Times Educational Supplement | TES How team sports can protect pupil mental health - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE ‘concerned’ at teachers' lack of awareness about peer abuse guidance - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities ‘must operate like thinktanks’ to influence policy - Times Higher Education | THE English’s dominance in research publication ‘far from complete’ - Times Higher Education | THE Privacy notice: international teacher recruitment programmes - DfE Recruit a qualified maths or physics teacher from abroad - DfE ESFA: Inform - Education & Skills Funding Agency Nick Gibb: “In politics, we’ve got to stop just being negative. We’ve got to talk about what we are in favour of" - PoliticsHome Committee question Lord Agnew and National Schools Commissioner Dominic Herrington - UK Parliament Relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education: FAQs - DfE Opportunity areas: Education Committee to hold roundtable discussion - UK Parliament Does government really care about level 2 and 3 apprenticeships? - FE Week Pupils could be banned from schools without MMR jab - The Educator Providers raise caution over petition calling for free childcare for babies - Nursery World ‘Insufficient’ Ofsted monitoring report published for NCG’s private provider - FE Week What does a ‘high quality’ ITE curriculum look like? - Schools Week Harrogate College to leave Hull College Group - Times Educational Supplement | TES Anne Milton: 'We are bringing about a breakthrough in careers' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: It's only right to stop private school tax breaks - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE slammed for refusal to investigate defunct Manchester UTC as paperwork fails to materialise - FE Week DfE didn’t look into failed UTC’s finances - Schools Week As the wheels fall off plans for the first PhD level apprenticeship, have employers been ejected from the driving seat? - FE Week Small businesses criticise UK apprenticeship levy - Financial Times How to improve teaching practice? An experimental comparison of centralised training and in-classroom coaching - CfEE | Centre for Education Economics Scottish university unveils £100m waterfront campus - Herald Scotland Troubled Hull College Group to de-merge one of three colleges - FE Week UCU calls on FE Commissioner to consider de-merging London colleges from NCG - FE Week May facing immigration bill revolt to prevent cap on foreign student numbers - HuffPost Children's centres face ongoing decline in numbers - Nursery World Jisc and Springer Nature renew transformational deal securing open access for UK higher education - Jisc ESFA takes control of investigation into Hadlow’s former deputy principal - FE Week Delta DID ‘flatten the grass’, emails show - Schools Week 700 pupils get into grammar schools without 11-plus - Times Educational Supplement | TES Manual skills are in decline, research finds - Times Educational Supplement | TES Timpson report delayed by row over schools’ exclusion powers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Top tips for brilliant lesson planning - The Educator DfE to review Institute of Technology ‘cold spots’ - FE Week Let foreign students work in the UK for two years after graduation, says former universities minister - PoliticsHome Physical mathematics - UKEdChat The government's plans to cut student fees threaten life-changing research | Stephanie Smith - Guardian ISC Census 2019: European pupil numbers rise despite Brexit - Independent Schools Council | ISC Private school fees set for biggest rise in five years after Treasury’s ruling on teacher pensions - Telegraph Harris schools swamp ESOL exam with native English speakers - Schools Week Plans for PhD-level apprenticeships thrown into doubt - FE Week Skills Commission Inquiry heads to Lincolnshire - FE News Cross-party backing for UK post-study work visa amendment - Times Higher Education | THE UK stands by hybrid journals in ‘read and publish’ Springer deal - Times Higher Education | THE Sociotechnical co-evolution of an e-learning innovation network - BERA Is your institution’s culture a ‘network of mutual non-aggression treaties’? - HEPI Private schools save the public £20bn a year, it;s claimed - Mail Sri Lanka bomber's UK university chief raised terror fears about students three years ago - Mail Two degrees now needed to get higher pay - BBC Private schools save taxpayers £20bn a year by educating pupils that ‘would have gone to state schools’ - The Sun Small business outline ‘serious concerns’ with stretched apprenticeship budget - FE Week Fee‑paying schools ‘save billions for the taxpayer’ - Times Private schools offer a resolute riposte but scrutiny will increase - Times School ban threat to children not given MMR jab - Times Let overseas students work for two years, urge cross-party MPs - Times Britain needs more overseas students - Times Ireland: Special needs school faces closure as insurance bill rises 700% - Times Ireland: Universities overstate their degree of influence | Eoin O'Malley - Times Ireland: UCC buys €17m city site for new business school - Times