News archive for 4th June 2019

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Opportunity to provide much needed funds to schools - National Education Union Don’t ban teacher over child sex offence, panel says - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why SEND funding is in crisis - Times Educational Supplement | TES School funding race: Hancock outbids Gove and Johnson - Times Educational Supplement | TES Edinburgh school uniform charity appeals for help as demand doubles - Scotsman Ofqual’s response to government’s review of post-16 qualifications at level 3 and below - Ofqual Drive to unleash potential of North East's youngsters stepped-up - DfE Ofqual: Scrapping BTECs could create 'barrier' - Times Educational Supplement | TES The art project opening pupils’ eyes to climate change - Times Educational Supplement | TES Lecturer dismissed for writing 'racist' on poster - Times Educational Supplement | TES How will Tories spend promised extra cash for schools? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Time to stop neglecting education for adults | Letters - Guardian Could this be the answer to the Stem teacher shortage? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish colleges face 'widening' income gap - Times Educational Supplement | TES The schools minister’s defence of the new GCSEs? Fail - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ex-minister’s academy trust to give up its schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sure Start cut hospital visits for children in deprived areas - Nursery World 9 questions I would like to ask … - Teacher Toolkit Union threatens strike action after college sacked lecturer for writing ‘racist’ on Prevent poster - FE Week Maintenance… of student hardship - Wonkhe Asking the right question - Wonkhe May’s flagship drops anchor - Wonkhe Augar is a disappointment for higher education - Wonkhe Augar’s differential impacts across the devolved nations - Wonkhe Seeking to improve wellbeing in universities may have a damaging effect on applicants with a mental illness - HEPI Government makes statement responding to Augar Review - UK Parliament Muslim teacher has Eid holiday taken away without any notice - Metro Union calls for reinstatement of sacked Sandwell College activist - UCU Every school has a legal duty to eliminate discrimination - NAHT NAHT NI update: industrial action meetings on 13 June 2019 - NAHT Teachers at Wrexham School take strike action - NASUWT Overwhelming support for strike action in Gibraltar - NASUWT 'To be human is to be biased' - implications for designing effective CPD - Research Schools Network Cognitive load theory - why is everyone talking about it? - Research Schools Network Physical activity at a young age can help prevent emotional difficulties later on, study claims - UKEdChat Strike ballots open as Bradford College threatens over 130 jobs - UCU Sector leaders fear arts ‘disaster’ if fee cut means funding cut - Times Higher Education | THE Payment of annual OfS registration fees and initial fees: Technical guidance for providers - Office for Students Sure Start shown to bring health benefits to poorest children - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Marking matters (or does it)? - Teacher Tapp So… you’ve heard of cognitive load theory…? - Teacher Tapp The magnificent 77: studies that every teacher needs to know - Research Schools Network Leading Learning – reflections from leaders of professional development - Research Schools Network Parents horrified over picture of Irish schoolchildren on white supremacist site - Mail West Notts College university centre less than half-full three years after opening - FE Week Head of prestigious Fettes College in Edinburgh steps down over 'boarding-only' plan - Scotsman Lothian schoolgirl's sign design could make life easier for people with 'hidden' disabilities - Schools Week Head of Scottish private school quits after just two years - Herald Scotland Dozens made redundant as ‘good’ apprenticeship provider goes bust - FE Week Ofqual: Removing access to BTECs risks creating ‘barrier’ to student progress - FE Week Welsh teachers strike in key exam period in row over new curriculum changes - Wales Online Number of young people waiting 12 months-plus for mental health care in Scotland trebles - Mail A-level English can lead to a variety of careers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Are we getting pastoral care wrong? - Times Educational Supplement | TES More training isn't a fix-all for education’s problems - Times Educational Supplement | TES Crocodiles live wild in UK, say fifth of 11 year olds - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers asked how to help poorer pupils achieve - Times Educational Supplement | TES Outdoor learning has huge benefits for children and teachers — so why isn’t it used in more schools? - The Conversation Academy trust founded by Tory peer to close - Schools Week Colleges in Scotland face £30m funding black hole - Scotsman Children's centres 'halve hospital admissions gap between rich and poor areas' - Mail Sure Start centres have 'big benefits' for pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES 10:15 a.m. - Oral evidence session re science research funding in universities - Lords Select Committee School toilets ‘not cleaned regularly’ anymore - Times Educational Supplement | TES The Augar report on higher education has a sting in its tail | Jonathan Wolff - Guardian Why does university chief Michael Arthur attract so much hostility? - Guardian Big Issue founder launches magazine to tackle illiteracy - Guardian Our vision is for Scottish pupils with sight difficulties to succeed in school - Scotsman Should only MMR vaccinated children be allowed a school place? - Guardian John Swinney: ‘I don’t see any narrowing of choice in schools’ - Herald Scotland John Swinney: P1 testing introduced 'without any difficulty whatsoever' - Herald Scotland Sure Start: Thousands of children end up in hospital because of cuts to support centres, study finds - Independent Support for lifelong learning should not impoverish the wider system - Wonkhe Oxford’s admissions offer needs to be examined in context - Times Higher Education | THE ‘Regressive’ loan changes seen as hobbling Augar’s prospects - Times Higher Education | THE Guernsey: the next hot spot for international students? - Times Higher Education | THE Journal transparency rules to help scholars pick where to publish - Times Higher Education | THE Teachers strike at Ysgol Bryn Alyn over restructure plan - BBC Financial watchdog warns of financial pressures on Scotland's colleges - BBC 'No spare cash' for Edinburgh classroom support - BBC Sure Start centres 'big benefit' but face cuts - BBC Scotland's colleges face growing funding gap, Auditor General warns - Mail Firms appointed to run English hubs training centre - Schools Week England’s Sure Start scheme cuts hospital admissions - Financial Times Sure Start centres cut health risks for Britain’s poorest children - Times Lie-ins stop teenagers sleeping around, says sexpert - Times We refuse to be silenced about LGBT lessons, say Birmingham protest parents - Times Scotland's colleges sliding into red as budgets fall, says watchdog Caroline Gardner - Times Head brought in to improve a primary school sent an email to The Sun riddled with spelling mistakes - The Sun