News archive for 24th June 2019

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Chris Grayling and Cabinet Ministers join forces to block Theresa May’s ‘outrageous’ £27billion school funding push - The Sun Elitism in Britain, 2019 - Social Mobility Commission Elitist Britain 2019 - Social Mobility Commission 7 reasons why extra-curricular sport is a must - Teacher Toolkit Addressing the 'evaluation deficit' in schools (part two) - Nesta Addressing the 'evaluation deficit' in schools (part one) - Nesta Social mobility in Great Britain – more heat than light? - NFER Letter to David Hughes, Chief Executive of the Association of Colleges (download) - UCET AELP launches ‘Good to Great’ support programme for independent training providers - AELP Impact of adverse working practices revealed - NASUWT Help Ofqual evaluate 2019's GCSEs, AS and A levels - NAHT Statement reaffirming UCU's commitment trans inclusion - UCU The importance of Taking Teaching Further - Education & Training Foundation | ETF New practitioner-led toolkit launched for apprenticeship standards - Education & Training Foundation | ETF The International Physicists' Tournament: a peek into postgraduate research - Advance HE Postgraduate outcomes - Advance HE The future aerospace engineer - GOV.UK Universities recognised for excellence in cyber security - GOV.UK International Women in Engineering Day - GOV.UK CERTA surrenders Ofqual recognition - Ofqual Less school funding under Boris Johnson, Labour claim - Times Educational Supplement | TES Academy failed by Ofsted for off-rolling pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Public anger over private schools | Letters - Guardian ESFA to consider scrapping levy transfer funding restriction for 16-18 year-old apprentices - FE Week Two more schools rapped by Ofsted for off-rolling - Schools Week Fourth consecutive grade three Ofsted report for college surviving on bailouts - FE Week Has Brexit vote hit UK university rankings? | Letters - Guardian Do universities and businesses have common goals? - Wonkhe A fairy tale or a horror story: the curious proposal to remove capped marks - Wonkhe Unknown pleasures: exciting new uni rankings - Wonkhe Religious studies GCSE leak not our fault, says AQA - Times Educational Supplement | TES Functional skills policy is 'bonkers', says Ofsted - Times Educational Supplement | TES Everything hinges on the spending review, and 3 other things we learned at education questions - Schools Week Two-thirds of adults don't know pupils' exercise target - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tes Awards: New teacher of the year award winner - Times Educational Supplement | TES SEND tribunal appeals double in four years - Times Educational Supplement | TES Trailblazers to create new early years apprenticeship standard - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Sefton criticised over SEND leadership failures - CYPN | Children & Young People Now AELP chair accuses DfE of ‘institutional bias’ in T-levels policy - FE Week Schools can do more to protect teachers from burnout - Times Educational Supplement | TES What is the role of a college lecturer? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher workload: how we can really bring about change - Times Educational Supplement | TES Revealed: Extent of private pupils' careers advantage - Times Educational Supplement | TES Akala: Schools need ‘universal code’ on exclusions - Schools Week Andy McNab: ‘At 16, I read my first book – and it changed my life’ - Guardian What is the phonics check pass mark? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Strike at Scottish exams body averted but still a possibility - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schooling for refugee children: how MOOCs support teachers in the world’s most challenging situations - IOE London Blog Minister calls on IfA to ‘collaborate’ and be ‘more responsive to training provider needs’ - FE Week Phonics check 2019 pass mark announced - Schools Week Peer assessment: Is it all that? - The Educator Great CPD. Poor CPD. What are the signs? - Teacherhead Spending review submission for skills focuses on productivity and social mobility - AELP Should gambling be added part of the PSHE curriculum? - UKEdChat Movers and Shakers: Edition 285 - FE Week AELP: Our 10-point funding plan for skills training - Times Educational Supplement | TES The four new key judgments of our inspection framework - FE Week Recognising success boosts students' confidence - Schools Week REF: 15% of academics in survey ‘made to change research focus’ - Times Higher Education | THE Journal articles ‘should cost £300 to publish’ - Times Higher Education | THE Beyond getting bums off seats – moving forward on executive pay - Wonkhe The sector has to act now on the climate emergency - HEPI 'East End Eton's' head asks private school parents to give £3,000 to get its pupils into university - Mail ‘People are scared of looking foolish’: how maths anxiety is holding us back - Guardian Girls will see a path for themselves if we show how engineering makes a difference - Guardian Majority of nurseries plan to spend less on training staff - Nursery World Tops launches reusable nappy campaign - Nursery World The Big Picture - Outside chance - Nursery World