News archive for 29th April 2019

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Tory blasts students bunking school for climate protests - 'They fly to Barbados!' - Express Third of UK graduates overqualified for their job - Guardian Routes into Construction for Women - GOV.UK Further education skills index - DfE Support for FE and sixth-form colleges - DfE Modular versus linear GCSEs: does the structure of exams matter? - Ofqual Relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education: FAQs - DfE Ofsted launches point-in-time surveys - Ofsted Summary of OfS strategy on student information, advice and guidance - Office for Students Business plan 2019-20 - Office for Students Opposition pushes Government on tuition fees for EU students - UK Parliament FE Commissioner visits and reports - DfE Northern Ireland teachers to be offered 4.25% pay rise - BBC Sats: 'Why do supporters ignore the damning evidence?' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tory MP highlights ‘urgent’ calls from teachers for more funding - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Subject choice squeeze 'hits most families' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers split on whether reformed GCSEs cause extra pupil stress - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs: Scrapping modules has led to more mocks - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: BBC show broke rules with illiteracy claim - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tory MPs speak out over school funding pressures ahead of spending review - Independent GCSE reforms led to more mock exams, report warns - Schools Week Mother claims refusing to educate unvaccinated children is 'against their human rights' - Mail Cabinet row over plans to charge EU students more for tuition after Brexit - Mail Headteacher defends plan to slaughter pigs raised at school's farm - Guardian 'No decision' on post-Brexit EU student fees, says minister - BBC Letter to Geoff Barton, ASCL General Secretary, on knife crime and school exclusions (pdf) - UK Parliament Tory minister fails to rule out hiking tuition fees for EU students after Brexit - Mirror School worker collapses and dies after man threatens her during row with staff - Independent School leadership podcast April 2019: Attaining the highest quality CPD in schools - NAHT Supporting successful learning in primary and secondary schools - UCET Scotland: Young musician flashmob protests against instrumental tuition fees - Scotsman The gift of giving - Wonkhe Votes for students: getting everyone on the register - Wonkhe Challenging consumerism through education as human development - BERA How teaching has evolved during the last decade - The Educator 10 reasons why spelling is a step too far! - Teacher Toolkit Register as an early adopter: relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education - NAHT Replacing NCA tools with a new digital portal – user feedback needed - NAHT Further strikes and ballots at London colleges this week - UCU Latest graduate labour market statistics published - Advance HE CAMHS beds provision in the UK 'ranked below eastern Europe' - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Do detentions work? - The Learning Spy ‘Stay in school and become a scientist’ Hinds tells climate strikers - Schools Week Teachers offered escape from Ofsted and national insurance - Times Educational Supplement | TES Shaping higher education policy with survey data - Advance HE Children 'forced to go to faith schools against parents' wishes' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Call to end ‘draconian use of isolation booths’ to punish pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES How Brexit uncertainty is 'hurting colleges' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ex-minister says Government risks appearing ‘against young people’ if it hikes EU student fees after Brexit - PoliticsHome An introduction to the economics of school choice - CfEE | Centre for Education Economics Oxford University unit to address technology’s impact on democracy - Public Technology BAME young carers need more support, says charity - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Resources to support the development of local ESOL partnerships - Learning & Work Institute Genies, GCSEs, and the 11% of primary schools doing SATs booster classes - Teacher Tapp Using DIRT as a learning journey - UKEdChat New toolkit for post-16 phonics - Education & Training Foundation Swansea triumphs at Whatuni Awards - PIE News UK plan to increase EU student fees ‘awful news for universities’ - Times Higher Education | THE More than half a million pupils have not drunk during school day to avoid using toilet, study suggests - Independent BBC host Andrew Neil broke broadcasting rules with false Scottish literacy claim - Mirror BBC and Andrew Neil are rapped by Ofcom after misleading viewers with 'false' claim Scottish schoolchildren are 'illiterate' - Mail Church of England leaders 'turned a blind eye' to child abuse claims against teacher - Mail Early years sector asked to unite in fight for fairer funding - Nursery World Almost a third of graduates 'overeducated' for their job - BBC All About Children adds four nurseries, as it continues rapid expansion - Nursery World DfE has finally found an organisation to inspect the quality of unregulated apprenticeships - FE Week Primary school to slaughter its pet pigs – but lesson plan not to everyone's taste - HuffPost Three Ds to a first at uni should be celebrated - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Let parents decide when a child starts school - Times Educational Supplement | TES New DfE Skills Index shows significant decline since 2012 - FE Week Education funding cuts bring a human cost - Times Educational Supplement | TES Private schools claim to help the taxpayer. But they serve only the rich | Robert Verkaik - Guardian Public schools under the cosh - but the push back begins - Montrose42 FE's impact on UK productivity continues to drop - Times Educational Supplement | TES Genies, GCSEs, and the 11% of primary schools doing SATs booster classes - Teacher Tapp Genies, GCSEs, and the 11% of primary schools doing SATs booster classes - Teacher Tapp How teaching has evolved during the last decade - The Educator How can you bring engineering to life in your classroom? - Teacher Toolkit School failings leave dyslexic pupils feeling ‘stupid, unvalued and guilty’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'I am called a bad teacher and my students overturn desks and chairs' - Guardian Instagram and Snapchat are fuelling teenage eating disorders with ‘dangerous ideas of perfection’ says Education Secretary Damian Hinds - The Sun Schools boss tells children to stop complaining about exams because 'stress and hard work are part of life' - Mail Movers and Shakers: Edition 278 - FE Week England’s highly centralised skills system is a problem - FE Week What if… we really wanted to diversify access to our universities? - HEPI Which types of school are more likely to off-roll students? - Schools Week Access and participation in focus - Wonkhe Taking care of business – the OfS 2019-20 business plan - Wonkhe Complaints to ombudsman for England and Wales up by fifth - Times Higher Education | THE London branch campuses ‘offer much less’ than parent institutions - Times Higher Education | THE EU students face fees rise after Brexit - Times Campus complaints rise as students seek value for money - Times Private school heads must become influencers | Libby Purves - Times University of Liverpool 'discriminating' over deadline extensions - BBC Private and voluntary nurseries must buy music licences - Nursery World Concern over change to Ofsted appeal process - Nursery World