News archive for 18th June 2019

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Ofqual response to Pearson update on A level maths breach - Ofqual T Levels: next steps for providers - Education & Skills Funding Agency Universities Minister questioned on implications of Augar Review for science research funding - UK Parliament Social Mobility Commission admits making little impact - Times Educational Supplement | TES Edexcel boss warns A-level maths cheats - Times Educational Supplement | TES The attainment gap for looked-after children - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why it's time to off-roll Little Johnny - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools advised to spend pupil premium on teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Gove: Give premier league clubs ‘responsibility’ to support free schools - Schools Week Is gender equality possible? - London School of Economics | LSE Extra spending on education in England - the numbers explained - FE News Evidence Safari: How might we motivate adults to learn new skills? - Nesta NEU Cymru call for ‘vision’ during Adult Learners’ week - National Education Union Challenges abound, but so do opportunities – why the MillionPlus voice must be heard - HEPI Together for Education Rally - Jeremy Corbyn and Mayor of London now confirmed - National Education Union Watchdog to review English exams system after A-level leak fears - Guardian Getting a job in FE: four ways to make your CV stand out - AoC | Association of Colleges Anti-equality protests must be stopped by the end of term - NAHT Study shows teacher qualifications positively impact pupil performance - Research Schools Network Improving times table fluency - Research Schools Network AoC Beacon Award applications are now open - Edge Foundation 2019 TEF results: three years of seeking out excellence - Wonkhe Demography not geography - FFT Education Datalab Record numbers of Scottish school-leavers going on to university and college - Herald Scotland Childcare providers and inspections as at 31 March 2019 - Ofsted Philip Hammond 'prepared to quit' over Theresa May's plan for legacy spending spree - PoliticsHome Extra spending on education in England – the numbers explained - Institute for Fiscal Studies | IFS T Level announcement: AoC response - AoC | Association of Colleges Answering the question of value in HE - Advance HE Boris Johnson rebuked over schools funding 'postcode lottery' claim - CYPN | Children & Young People Now LSE academics talk to TED - London School of Economics | LSE Tailor higher education leadership route to suit women, study finds - Advance HE Further maths A-level paper replaced following leak - BBC Why should teachers face drug and alcohol tests? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Edexcel maths A-level paper replaced after new breach - Times Educational Supplement | TES 4 things we learned from the Social Mobility Commission’s education committee hearing - Schools Week Exam board scraps A-level maths paper after leak fears - Guardian Record number of Scottish school leavers moving into work, study or training - Mail Edexcel further maths A-level paper replaced amid cheating concerns - Schools Week Edexcel further maths A-level paper replaced amid cheating concerns - FE Week Schools do face 'budgeting challenges', No 10 admits - Times Educational Supplement | TES Lack of staff-only school toilets branded 'insanity' - Times Educational Supplement | TES We can't afford to lose teachers with experience - Times Educational Supplement | TES Record high in positive school-leaver destinations - BBC How Britain's universities can be the key to our carbon neutral revolution - HuffPost Sir James Dyson donates £19m to his old school in Holt - BBC Top engineering university to open jobs exclusively to women - Guardian Philip Hammond 'threatens to quit' in furious spat over May's final cash splurge - Mirror You’ve set up a successful school. What next? Start a university, of course - Guardian Schools ‘need support of government to help grieving children’ - Guardian School Diversity Week founder: ‘I don’t recall a single teacher using the word gay’ - Guardian Philip Hammond 'considered quitting over Theresa May spending plans' - Guardian Schools 'letting down' bereaved pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Maths and English funding rate for T levels confirmed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Boris Johnson school funding claim rubbished - Times Educational Supplement | TES Second wave of T-level providers revealed - Times Educational Supplement | TES New plan to get children school-ready - Times Educational Supplement | TES Bedfordshire Vice-Chancellor Bill Rammell elected Chair of MillionPlus - MillionPlus We’ve constructed a ruthless exam system where bereavement barely matters | Laura McInerney - Guardian Provider funding for the delivery of T Levels equality assessment - DfE Education Secretary confirms T Level roll-out from September 2020 - DfE Providers selected to deliver T Levels - Education & Skills Funding Agency Essex students 'demand change' to sex complaint policy - BBC The school leading the way on careers education - Schools Week Fear over Augar impact on arts, humanities and social sciences - Times Higher Education | THE UK universities ‘block funding bids’ because of overhead costs - Times Higher Education | THE Prudence is the price of the UK’s generous pensions - Times Higher Education | THE 10:15 a.m. - Oral evidence session re science research funding in universities - Lords Select Committee 'Grow your own' teachers scheme in Scotland bearing fruit - BBC 9:30 a.m. - Oral evidence session re accountability - Accountability Hearings £3.8bn needed to reverse school cuts - BBC Want to reverse cuts and protect school budgets? That’ll be £4.9bn please - Schools Week Child bereavement plans ‘urgently’ needed in schools - Schools Week Children's speech therapy: Call for wider support in Wales - BBC Outlander star Sam Heughan to receive honorary degree - Mail Amidst low take-up predictions DfE to give £30k per T-level and ‘tolerance’ for under-delivery - FE Week T-levels: The colleges selected to run courses in 2021 - FE Week Toxic air in class leaves pupils at risk of dizziness and headaches - Times Why should we believe anything the Tory hopefuls promise on school funding? | Layla Moran - Times Poor courses, not poor students, are to blame for drop-out rates | Nicola Dandridge - Times Poor teaching at universities blamed for student dropouts - Times Oxbridge colleges must learn Oxfam’s lesson | Melanie Phillips - Times May should stop trying to bind her successor’s hands - Times Think tank hails scheme for early school-leavers in Ireland - Times