News archive for 31st August 2019

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Schools rated 'outstanding' to face routine Ofsted inspections after 10-year gap in scrutiny is revealed - Telegraph Students at top universities investigated for offensive online remarks nearly trebles, figures suggest - Independent Fears for Britain’s standing in world of science as students shun chemistry degrees - Guardian Improving secondary science: Strategies to retain and retrieve knowledge - Research Schools Network First investment in 16-19 in over a decade - AoC response - AoC | Association of Colleges The government's 31 August announcement on college funding - AoC | Association of Colleges After NUS cuts, will the student voice still be heard in the UK? - Times Higher Education | THE What makes someone influential? - Teacher Toolkit Year 11 exam results reveal independent school pupils’ success - Independent Schools Council | ISC ASCL comment on 16-19 funding announcement - ASCL Chancellor needs to dig deeper to solve funding crisis in further education - UCU Virtual school heads: section 31 grant determination letters - DfE Chancellor announces £400 million investment for 16-19 year olds’ education - DfE Does the FE funding boost mean colleges can afford to increase wages? - FE Week School’s back – but some parents can’t keep up with cost of branded uniforms - Guardian Sajid Javid pledges £400m further education funding - BBC School should be a pause button for fast-paced pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exclusions: Out of sight, out of mind, out of funds - Times Educational Supplement | TES FE base rate to increase from August 2020 for first time since 2013 to £4,188 - FE Week Colleges receive £400m boost from chancellor Sajid Javid - FE Week Association of Colleges gives cautious welcome to chancellor’s FE funding boost - FE Week Boris Johnson unveils £14bn boost to give every youngster ‘a superb education’ - Express Relationships at school: The adults - Teacherhead Sunderland school suspended more than half its pupils in a year - Guardian What's the best tech to take to university? - Guardian Scotland must get ‘fair’ share of billions announced for schools in England - Scotsman Schools handed extra £14bn as PM promises ‘superb’ education for all - Times Rip-off school uniforms to become more affordable for parents - Mirror FE college helped me become chancellor. I want others to expand their horizons too | Sajid Javid - Guardian