News archive for 2nd December 2019

back to standard EdNews format

Fixing colleges: The next prime minister's to-do list - Times Educational Supplement | TES How colleges can fight climate change - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why a four-day working week would benefit teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES General election 2019: Who gets your vote? - Nursery World Universities split over pay deductions for action short of strike - Times Higher Education | THE Oldham College students bid for Christmas Number 1 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Who is Pisa chief Andreas Schleicher? - Times Educational Supplement | TES The road to 2.4 per cent lies beyond the university - Wonkhe Old, broken and in need of retirement – our education system - The Educator Dear Santa: Teaching hopes for 2020 - Teacher Toolkit Teachers' pension scheme employer contribution grant: further education providers - DfE Teachers' pension employer contribution grant (TPECG) - DfE Pension grant 2019 to 2020: allocations and supplementary fund - DfE PISA 2018: A school’s perspective - NFER The official forecast of student numbers that is so often wrong, it’s nicknamed ‘the hedgehog’ - HEPI 2019 General Election – JUAC’s priorities for asbestos in schools and colleges - Voice The new Ofsted framework - BERA Early years foundation stage profile results: 2018 to 2019 - DfE Continuing exploitation of supply teachers leading to financial hardship - NASUWT NAHT and Place2Be survey on pupil mental health and well-being - NAHT Two-day strike at Tower Hamlets college in row over pay - UCU Hadlow College sells Betteshanger Park for undisclosed sum - FE Week Teaching assistant 'hit with a chair' by pupil did not die from assault or injury - Wales Online Employer commitment to skills training strengthens - Pearson Five things to remember when the PISA 2018 results are released - FFT Education Datalab Tribute to Jack Merritt - Villiers Park Educational Trust Careers education: The next game changer in social mobility - Teach First Immersive learning: When technology and industry knowledge meet - Edge Foundation English Atlas of Inequality challenges assumptions of rich and poor areas - Nuffield Foundation ATS awardees now added to the Professional Status register - Education & Training Foundation Putting evidence to work: A school's guide to implementation - Research Schools Network Number of children in custody drops by 73 per cent in a decade - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Reflecting on how and why we teach - Advance HE Development does matter - Early Education Staying secure on social media: A quick guide for academics - Jisc Teacher Choices needs teacher voices! - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF CPD at the bus stop - UKEdChat Majority of Falkirk district schools to re-open after gas supply issues - Scotsman Ofsted finds ‘many’ employers did not know staff were apprentices - FE Week Five things to remember when the PISA 2018 results are released - IOE London Blog Union Learning Reps share TUC Midlands award - Unionlearn Police investigate teaching assistant's death after school row - Guardian Inside the mission to create an army of Greta Thunbergs (video) - Guardian Stats watchdog warns Tories and Labour over ‘unclear’ manifesto claims - Schools Week School launches legal challenge saying ‘inadequate’ grade over gaming is ‘nonsensical’ - Schools Week Teaching assistant found dead at home days after ‘pupil hit him with a chair’ - The Sun Plenty of schools are still ticking endless boxes - Times Educational Supplement | TES Watchdog criticises school funding claims in manifestos - Times Educational Supplement | TES We asked Wales' former education ministers why our students struggle in international Pisa rankings - Wales Online Teacher who was jailed for grooming a pupil is banned from working with children for 10 years - Mail Have you had a legal battle with your council over SEN funding? - Guardian Oxford University suspends its prison literature course - Mail Cambridge vice chancellor defends prisoner-student scheme at centre of London Bridge attack - Mail Pisa responds to critics with new computer tests - Times Educational Supplement | TES Falkirk gas cut: 13 schools shut in central Scotland as thousands left with no heat - Scotsman Ten reasons why supply teaching is getting worse - Times Educational Supplement | TES More skint supply teachers cut back on food - Times Educational Supplement | TES The rise of EduTube: how social media influencers are shaping universities - Guardian From dog-petting to desk yoga: do 'wellbeing weeks' make university less stressful? - Guardian Literacy through the geographical looking glass - Research Schools Network School improvement ‘fast and slow’ - Research Schools Network Children who own books six times more likely to read above expected level, survey finds - Independent UK school reforms to come under scrutiny as world rankings released - Guardian Movers and Shakers: Edition 299 - FE Week Independent life might not be what you expect - Wonkhe Where are all the new providers? - Wonkhe It’s time to build a civic movement - Wonkhe The thickening fog of the UCAS RPAs - Wonkhe We’re not “alternative providers”, we’re higher education’s SMEs - Wonkhe Things have improved for disabled students, but there’s still much to do - Wonkhe Leeds posts £98 million deficit as pension charges hit UK sector - Times Higher Education | THE Tories and Labour fight battle of ideas on higher education - Times Higher Education | THE A co-operative university – challenging mainstream providers - Wonkhe Seven charts on the £73,000 cost of educating a child - BBC Reverse REF submission rule, says Willetts - Times Higher Education | THE Contest to host Civic University Network launches - Times Higher Education | THE Almost 400,000 children do not have books at home - Times The students who made it to Oxbridge against the odds - Times Scotland: Mother attacks ruling to end girl’s Gaelic education - Times Scotland: Healthy meal plan may not help poor pupils, expert says - Times