News archive for 30th January 2019

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Sensory 'pod' helps Charlie go to school - BBC Does creativity have a dark side? - The Learning Spy Snapchat ‘wholly irresponsible’ for allowing explicit teen images - Scotsman Secondary school performance tables 2018: Disadvantage gap widens in English and maths - EPI Progress 8 for pupils with SEN: Are P8 scores really that low? - FFT Education Datalab A Muslim school will not allow girls to eat lunch until after boys have finished, Ofsted chief says - Telegraph IfA becomes IfATE: Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education - FE News Wales' schools colour codes 2019 revealed - Wales Online Special needs overspend in eight out of 10 councils - BBC Scotland: Ministers agree to review of mainstreaming in schools policy - Mail Review into Scots pupils with extra needs going into mainstream schools - Scotsman How can we give evidence legs in the classroom? Learnings from the Literacy Octopus - NFER New 'No Deal' paper sparks fears across international sector - PIE News Children's commissioner: Children are 'afterthought' for social media giants - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Children's commissioner: Children are 'afterthought' for social media giants - CYPN | Children & Young People Now AoC Chief calls for greater focus on colleges after MP questions lack of funding in further education - AoC | Association of Colleges Reform child mental health care or face crisis, government warned - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Damian Hinds writes to NEU and CES: employment rights - DfE Influence of financial factors on higher education decision making - DfE UK pledges continued support to Commonwealth’s young people - GOV.UK The devolution of the AEB to the GLA - Collab Group Apprenticeship non-levy from April 2019 to March 2020 - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA Update: 30 January 2019 - Education & Skills Funding Agency £38 million T Level Capital Fund launches - DfE Education Secretary urges more faith schools to consider academy conversion - DfE Price comparison site launched to help schools cut energy bills - DfE UK working on ‘domestic alternatives’ to EU research funding - Times Higher Education | THE Academic to lead new global law network - Leeds Beckett University New report by RAEng says UK education system cannot produce enough engineers - Edge Foundation Metacognition in education - UKEdChat Children looking at screens in darkness before bedtime are at risk of poor sleep - UKEdChat Parliament passes accelerated degree proposals - DfE Do home visits boost attainment at secondary? Possibly... - Times Educational Supplement | TES NAHT welcomes the end of floor and coasting standards - NAHT Rona Tutt's SEND summary (January 2019) - NAHT Unions urge 5% pay rise for teachers - The Educator Sats markers told to ease up on 'backwards' commas - Times Educational Supplement | TES Research-informed behaviour interventions - Teacher Toolkit Is UCAS fit for purpose? - HEPI Understanding social transformation and school environments through social network analysis - BERA Prime Minister's claim to respect further education does not stand up to scrutiny says UCU - UCU Local MP says pay rise is long overdue as she gives full support to West Thames College strikers - UCU Steep rise in unconditional university offers - UCU The government must spend more on adult skills - FE Week BP and BHP offered Cambridge University millions despite calls to divest - Guardian Lords approves two-year degree course plan - BBC Outsourcing education to Clarks shoes: only a Tory could think of that | Alice O’Keeffe - Guardian Scotland: Professor takes Scots P1 test and says questions not ‘easy’ - Scotsman Scotland: P1 test questions 'not all easy', expert tells MSPs after sitting assessment - Mail The 7 per cent problem – how to address the domination of private schools - New Statesman Shops and businesses to help children develop language skills - Nursery World Suicide is complex: the media must be careful reporting it - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted's evidence base must include FE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Apprenticeships: Non-levy contracts to be extended - Times Educational Supplement | TES MPs urge DfE to make academy trusts more transparent and accountable to parents - SecEd Ofsted's reforms: Missing the point - SecEd Prime minister: government is ensuring 'respect for FE' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government 'not supporting Ofsted on equalities' - Times Educational Supplement | TES T Level Capital Fund open for bids - Times Educational Supplement | TES Damian, we’re not spending 30 hours a week on email - Times Educational Supplement | TES Demolition of Bristol eyesore makes way for university campus - Guardian Teacher wellbeing: A shared definition - SecEd Diary of an NQT: Some quick homework tasks - SecEd At the chalkface: How dare they… - SecEd Diary of a headteacher: Facing my academy fears... - SecEd Two-year support package to boost retention of new teachers - SecEd Schools get £40m building work boost - SecEd Depression: Remembering happy times can help to build teenagers’ resilience - SecEd Ofsted lacks government support to tackle inequalities, warns director - Schools Week We need to talk about maths! - FE News DfE launches £38m T-levels capital fund - FE Week School closures: Snow forces schools to shut - Mirror The schools closed in Wales because of snow on Wednesday, January 30 - Wales Online Brexit means we must up-skill our workers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Grouping primary children by ability is indefensible - Times Educational Supplement | TES Is job-sharing in a secondary possible? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Call for SEND focus in Early Career Framework - Times Educational Supplement | TES The truth about mental health in schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES We must be active in widening pupils' ambition - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Tories call for reform of mainstreaming policy - Times Educational Supplement | TES Gove reforms 'have created a two-tier system' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Legal action prompts academy to consider isolation unit criticisms - Guardian Students want their curriculums decolonised. Are universities listening? - Guardian As schools are forced to be academies, the will of the people means nothing | Aditya Chakrabortty - Guardian Growth headset? The use of VR and AR in schools - Independent Head Scotland: Eco Schools drive the right environment for children to act on climate change - Scotsman T Levels capital fund - DfE Focussing on what you should and shouldn’t do: Big equality, diversity and inclusion mistake no 2 - FE News History boy - Sutton Trust Two-thirds of students think TEF based on Ofsted-style inspection - Times Higher Education | THE Expanding the mandate of undergraduate education to serve a global world - Times Higher Education | THE Don’t underestimate the value of “what works” in widening participation - Wonkhe Scotland: Tories call for review of mainstreaming in schools - Mail Britain's first female black headteacher - BBC The one about Friends still being most popular - BBC Poorer students less likely to study history at GCSE under government reforms, study says - Independent Children 'afterthought' for social media companies - BBC Clarks shoe shop staff asked to help improve children's language - Guardian Social media urged to take 'moment to reflect' after girl's death - Guardian Starting a new career in your 80s - BBC Looking ahead - 10 global megatrends facing education - BBC Young children spend more time online, but reading remains popular - Nursery World Trans guidance for Scottish schools breaches 11 children's rights, campaigners warn - Herald Scotland Clarks shoe shop staff will train children to speak well - Times Social media ‘must be forced to protect young users’ - Times Canford school fights to keep walkers off golf course for pupils - Times Graveyard nursery loses fight for life - Times Chinese universities are catching up fast | Emma Duncan - Times Scotland: Girls wary of trans pupils are advised to change elsewhere - Times Scotland: Teachers could strike even if given more money - Times