News archive for 6th August 2019

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Parents ‘in limbo’ ahead of Coatbridge school safety review findings - BBC Collaborative research and perceptions of disability - LKMco Children and young people’s mental health: The role of schools - BERA Governance: How do you support governors or non-executive directors? - AELP NASUWT comments on Scottish exam results - NASUWT Skills shortages in the UK economy - Bulletin 5 - Edge Foundation Capable leaders would admit what has gone wrong with the Scottish education system - Telegraph Ireland: Online visa renewal system launched - PIE News London is world’s best student city (again) - PIE News No student is more special than another - Advance HE Teachers’ pension scheme - DfE Database of trainee teachers and providers (DTTP) - DfE GCSE 9 to 1 grades - Ofqual Motivating factors - Office for Students Degree apprentices are positive about their career prospects, according to new exploratory research - Office for Students Degree apprenticeships: Motivations research - Office for Students SQA results 2019: I can't stand people recalling exam failures - Times Educational Supplement | TES SQA results 2019: Key statistics - Times Educational Supplement | TES Every FE college must have expert governors - Times Educational Supplement | TES SQA results 2019: Higher computing entries fall by 21% - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities see rise in non-EU admissions - Herald Scotland Pupils overcome cancer treatment and having to learn the language to show they can make the grade - Herald Scotland First Minister’s special delivery to hail success of kids in care system - Herald Scotland Exam success for teenage asylum seeker - Herald Scotland Teenage cancer patient makes the grade - Herald Scotland Scottish exam pass rates fall almost across the board - Mail Durham student writes dissertation on existence of God in eight hours and gets a 2.1 - Independent Nicola Sturgeon accused of 'complacency' as Higher pass rate drops for fourth year in a row - Telegraph Parents devastated by closure of Bristol special needs school - Guardian UK Government’s Chevening Scholarships for Argentina open - GOV.UK When is A-level results day 2019? Date, grade boundaries info and all you need to know - Evening Standard SQA results 2019: Huge rise in practical maths uptake - Times Educational Supplement | TES SQA: Exam changes 'had no significant impact’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Part-time teachers set to benefit from pay ruling - Times Educational Supplement | TES T levels: when will they be introduced? - Times Educational Supplement | TES The African streetchild plucked from the harsh streets of Uganda before gaining a place at one of Wales’ poshest private schools - Wales Online Scottish teenage asylum seeker excels in Highers despite deportation fears - Herald Scotland Chevening relaunches in Greece: apply now for 2020/2021 - GOV.UK The children’s commissioner is wrong about children in care and school Ofsted grades - Schools Week Scottish exam rates fall for fourth year in a row - Guardian Number of international students winning places at universities in Scotland reaches record high - Independent Study shows benefits of eye tests for children with autism and SEND - Nursery World Government takes advice from MPs on primary PE - Nursery World Maths learning app offers some promising results - Best Evidence in Brief AmeriCorps volunteers and pupil maths achievement - Best Evidence in Brief Research on writing approaches for pupils in Years 3 to 13 - Best Evidence in Brief Growing up digital - Best Evidence in Brief More 'robust intervention' needed from Government to increase healthy voucher take-up - Nursery World 'Back to school' make-up class cancelled after backlash - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish exam results day 2019: Higher attainment falls - Times Educational Supplement | TES Is it a good idea to push students into doing degrees? - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Back to school’ make-up class for 12-year-olds in John Lewis store cancelled amid backlash - Independent DfE urged to give more time for KS2 reading test after word count soars - Schools Week Scottish exam results: Pass rate falls for Highers but rises for National 5s - BBC Scottish universities welcome the world on results day - UCAS Scottish exams: Results show slight dip as attainment levels fall - Herald Scotland Scottish results day: 'At the time of writing this I'm nervous' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pedagogy Focus: Lev Vygotsky - Times Educational Supplement | TES The sector is right to embrace contextual admissions; but it also needs to take student opinion with it - HEPI Scottish exam results: Clearance advice for pupils who may have missed out on their desired grades - Herald Scotland ‘This is oppression’: gagging orders used to muzzle teachers - Guardian Call for universities to stop lobbying against admissions overhaul - Guardian Teacher banned for 'spanking' and 'pulling' remarks - Times Educational Supplement | TES There is a way out of the schools LGBT protest mess – but ministers need to get behind it | Colin Diamond - Guardian Half of papers describing psychiatry trials ‘spin results’ - Times Higher Education | THE Journal’s plan to review preprints aims to kill ‘desk rejects’ - Times Higher Education | THE Research leadership is a castle built on shifting sand - Times Higher Education | THE SQA exam results: Pupils across Scotland to find out grades - Herald Scotland Raising the bar in policy engagement - Wonkhe Scottish exams: School pupils receive results - BBC Scotland: Teacher claims more staff were driven out by High School of Dundee’s culture - Times