News archive for 16th August 2019

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National Apprenticeship Awards 2019 regional finalists announced - Education & Skills Funding Agency Policy Eye - highlights of the week ending 16 August - Pearson Why we introduced a clearing hotline for apprentices - Times Educational Supplement | TES Immigrant salary plan 'could harm teacher recruitment' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Most parents unaware of their child's post-GCSE plans - Times Educational Supplement | TES Edinburgh limits pupil climate strike approval to once a year - Guardian Pupils can only miss one day of school a year for climate strikes - Scotsman University applications from 18-year-olds at record high - Guardian The Guardian view on A-levels: end the guesswork in university admissions | Editorial - Guardian Chartered Institution for FE in breach of bye-laws after ‘minor technical error’ delays accounts’ publication - FE Week West Kent and Ashford College enters administration - BBC Maths and tech specialists need Hippocratic oath, says academic - Guardian Ofsted watch: ‘Insufficient’ week for new private providers - FE Week Apprenticeships, BTECs and NVQs: a guide to your options after GCSEs - Telegraph GCSE results Q&A: Expert advice on retakes, re-marks and dealing with disappointment - Telegraph Not every ‘smart’ pupil suits university, says academic - Times Educational Supplement | TES What is WorldSkills Kazan? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Can apprenticeships unlock Scotland's productivity? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Dispute-plagued school improvement network closes - Times Educational Supplement | TES Climate activists told they can strike only once a year - Times Educational Supplement | TES Use Google to book your place at university - Leeds Beckett University The September spending round, a college checklist for Treasury and DfE - AoC | Association of Colleges UK’s PSW offering comparatively “poor” - PIE News Sixth form exam results: defeating stereotypes, all-rounders & amazing futures - GSA Dentists call for all schools to ban sugary foods - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Licence fees to almost double for cash-strapped UTCs - Schools Week Ofsted criticised for using ‘small’ apprentice sample in damaging monitoring report - FE Week 'Students don't see the value': why A-level English is in decline - Guardian Clearing scholarships: Unis criticised over offering money for places - BBC Teachers can only improve themselves. But how? - Teacherhead Edinburgh youth climate strikers allowed one school day off a year - BBC Scottish council clampdown on pupils going on climate strikes - Mail Record number of students seek university through clearing - BBC Tes FE podcast: How can teachers stay up to date? - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Serious mismanagement' found in school closure dispute - Times Educational Supplement | TES West Kent and Ashford College enters administration - Times Educational Supplement | TES Cash-strapped college group finally appoints permanent chief executive - FE Week High Court places West Kent and Ashford College into administration - FE Week Packing Christmas cards knocked the pseudo-intellectual snob out of me | Marc Burrows - Guardian Just Childcare continues rapid expansion - Nursery World University should be a place for intellectual challenge, not virtue signalling - Telegraph When is GCSE results day 2019? Dates, times and how to resit exams - The Sun Dental surgeons urge schools to go sugar-free - Nursery World Ten highest paying jobs for new graduates - Mail Pedagogy focus: Phonics - Times Educational Supplement | TES Things that are worth remembering on exam results day - The Educator Ex-student sues Cambridge University over harassment complaint - BBC Reinventing the wheel? Why civic engagement looks a lot like public engagement - Wonkhe Top universities replace UK school-leavers with foreign students - Times Higher Education | THE Scottish council urged to 'see sense' over proposal to limit pupil climate strikes - Mail Universities accused of offering 'bribes' in the mad scramble to lure students - Mail A-level results day 2019: Universities offer students £4,500 cash to fill places - Times Grammar crackdown ‘penalises dyslexics’ in GCSEs - Times A-level results: Brexit boosts politics entries - Times A-level results day 2019: Heads teachers attack use of unconditional university offers - Times Scottish high school head teacher criticised over bullying gets top rugby post - Times Scottish university calls time on union bar amid rise in teetotal students - Times