News archive for 8th August 2019

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Apprentice fund shortfall sparks fears over training - Financial Times Government to fast-track spending review to deliver PM's pledges - Guardian National curriculum assessments at key stage 2: 2019 (provisional) - DfE Why are UK children unhappier than they were 20 years ago? - Mail ESFA: business update - Education & Skills Funding Agency Problem must be recognised to improve future exam pass rates - Herald Scotland Private tutors banned from acting as scribes for pupils in their exams, amid claims they are used to cheat - Telegraph School in Cardiff so skint it has sent out letters to parents asking for money - Wales Online UK to ease visa restrictions on top scientists post-Brexit - Guardian The Gove gang are back in business - Times Educational Supplement | TES National Audit Office asked to investigate BMet - Times Educational Supplement | TES A levels: Only 1 in 10 parents understands clearing - Times Educational Supplement | TES National Audit Office to probe college finances - Times Educational Supplement | TES Turn away from tenure’s dark side - Times Higher Education | THE Meet Team UK: Hairdressing hopeful McLavy aiming to bob above the competition - FE Week Six ‘quick wins’ for Gavin Williamson - Schools Week Teachers threaten new strike at Coatbridge health fears campus - BBC Rona Tutt's SEND summary (July 2019) - NAHT UK promises fast-track visas post-Brexit and makes ERC cash vow - Times Higher Education | THE What are the drivers to inspire more girls to study computer science? - BERA Teachers will not return to work if campus health concerns are not addressed - NASUWT New visa route for research and post-study work - Russell Group Building the academic community together: the benefits of being a mentor - Advance HE FutureLearn & University of Glasgow launch online degree - PIE News Support teachers to tackle bullying of SEND pupils, urges report - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Former government whip is new youth justice minister - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Private-tutor GCSE, A-level loophole closed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Druid Heath's disused Baverstock Academy costs council £241k - BBC The farming retreat helping children with special needs - BBC National Audit Office to investigate ‘management of colleges’ financial sustainability’ - FE Week I went undercover as a teacher and saw classes of 60 children with only one teacher, freezing cold classrooms and crumbling walls - The Sun One of Wales' most over subscribed schools isn't as good as it should be - Wales Online T levels: what subjects can you take? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Major primary MAT could be stripped of school - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher struck off for Facebook messages to girl - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why are more and more pupils self-harming? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Self-made millionaire offers two students a life-changing opportunity in The Secret Teacher - Mail Childbase opens nursery in China - Nursery World What will the apprenticeships of the future look like? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers’ expectations help students to work harder, but can also reduce enjoyment and confidence – new research - The Conversation Student Loans Interest and Repayment Threshold Announcement - DfE Safeguarding: is your school tackling 'county lines'? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pedagogy Focus: Abraham Maslow - Times Educational Supplement | TES Two sides of the same coin? Brexit and future student demand - HEPI What will Brexit mean for student demand? - HEPI Elitist Britain: Segregation in schooling & privileged pathways to power - Sutton Trust Funding for science research in universities in jeopardy, warns Lords Committee - UK Parliament More children back in school during the holidays - BBC Anxious pupil left with little education for 9 months - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities face severe financial consequences if tuition fees cut to £7,500, peers warn - Independent How the UK and Australia could collaborate to compete in digital transformation - Wonkhe Regulator warned GSM of loss of loan access before it went bust - Times Higher Education | THE UK ‘could avoid’ post-Brexit recruitment ‘doomsday scenario’ - Times Higher Education | THE When will lifelong learning come of age? - Times Higher Education | THE Peer-to-peer abuse: Victim's parents call for changes to guidelines - BBC Tuition fees cut could be devastating for universities, say peers - Guardian Drug tests on remains of Cambridge student who fell from plane in Madagascar - Times Scotland: 67% enough for an A in Higher maths - Times