News archive for 1st August 2019

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Police investigating claims carers were cruel to children at special needs residential school in Bristol - The Sun Pension and SEND costs could cut schools' extra £4.6bn - Times Educational Supplement | TES New chief executive for NCG - Times Educational Supplement | TES Banned: Teacher who sent pupil inappropriate messages - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted 'praises the wrong schools', says academy boss - Times Educational Supplement | TES What will Williamson do for schools? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Emirati interns set to embark on internship programmes in the UK - GOV.UK Education Secretary meets apprentices on his first visit - DfE Universities regulator gains full powers to protect students’ interests - DfE Academies planning calendar - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA post-16: intervention and accountability - Education & Skills Funding Agency Students learn bitter lessons from GSM London failure - Financial Times Schools with most disadvantaged pupils could miss out under Boris Johnson's funding pledge, analysis suggests - Independent Did Cambridge student suffer bad reaction to anti-malaria drugs in Madagascar? - Mail Glasgow University signs ‘reparative’ deal with Caribbean institute over slavery links - Times Not everyone believes that school assemblies should be religious | Letters - Guardian University pensions deficit could be £23bn - BBC Schools North East calls for urgent government review into the effects of high impact disadvantage on student attainment - Schools NorthEast UUKi report highlights UK’s higher education “global success story” - PIE News Schools Like Yours: New finance, workforce and exclusions data - FFT Education Datalab Can students change their study habits? - Learning Scientists The Office for Students? You ain’t seen nothing yet! - HEPI Police raids tied to Swansea University ‘wellness village’ probe - Times Higher Education | THE What do programme directors do, and why does it matter? - Wonkhe Asking graduates how they feel continues to be risky - Wonkhe Taking complaints seriously means supporting students to make them - Wonkhe The education policy odyssey of Dominic Cummings - Wonkhe Making best use of teaching assistants - what have we learned so far about supporting schools to put evidence into action? - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Higher education provider goes into administration - Advance HE National Citizen Service Trust drops major provider - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Lifelong learning must be placed at the forefront of education policy, says UCU - UCU Havering colleges join New City College group - Times Educational Supplement | TES Swinney: 'Students must chart their own unique path’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES What will Boris Johnson mean for lifelong learning? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Heads to march for school funding out of 'desperation' - Times Educational Supplement | TES How many leaders does a school need? - FFT Education Datalab Labour calls for action on 'catastrophic fall' in adult learning - BBC NCG announces new chief executive - FE Week 'Sent out in the dark': why disabled graduates struggle to find work - Guardian National Citizen Service cuts ties with largest provider - Schools Week Universities could now face fines of £500,000 as regulator given more powers - Independent How the trade union approach to learning helps workers overcome maths phobia - IOE London Blog Dear Gavin Williamson, it’s time to invest in teachers’ development - Schools Week LGBT teaching row: Extremist groups ‘exploiting’ dispute - BBC The Lifelong Learning Commission - key findings - Times Educational Supplement | TES What is Ofqual? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Horror as student dies after falling out of plane in Madagascar - Express Council invests in SEND provision with new dedicated centre - Nursery World A third of primary school children have never been to a butcher's or greengrocer's - Mail Cambridge University student fought off friend and jumped to death in Madagascar - Mail Cambridge uni student, 19, forced plane door open and jumped to her death - The Sun Are schools discriminating against pregnant teachers? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Northern Ireland training too many teachers - BBC UCU response to interim report of Labour's Lifelong Learning Commission - UCU Devolution of the adult education budget effective from 1 August 2019 - Education & Skills Funding Agency How Oxbridge distorts British life - Financial Times Marsden: Action needed to tackle drop in adult learners - Times Educational Supplement | TES How can universities get men to talk about mental health? - BBC Number of over-16s going into care increases 25% in four years, report finds - Independent We must eliminate bias against researchers who stay put - Times Higher Education | THE Do business schools still have brand value? - Times Higher Education | THE Admissions: a contextualised tale of two reviews - Wonkhe Prison restaurant serves up cut in reoffending - BBC School uniform costs: Scottish children 'asking Santa for basic items' - BBC Labour’s advisory board considering tax credit employer incentives - FE Week Children in care 'should only go to good or outstanding schools' - Schools Week Cambridge student dies after ‘leaping from plane’ in Madagascar - Times Warwick University students ‘use the streets as rubbish tip’ - Times Bristol University spends £20,000 keeping Senate House name the same - Times Teacher who used code to seduce pupil is banned - Times Ireland: Put CCTV in crèches to protect children, senator says after Hyde & Seek controversy - Times Ireland: ‘Free’ education system costs parents a fortune, says charity - Times