News archive for 20th March 2019

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Foreign graduates who stay in the UK after their studies earn up to 50 per cent more than British counterparts - Mail Minister accused of angry reaction following criticism of LGBT education remarks - Mail Andrea Leadsom defends right of parents withdrawing their children from LGBT lessons as four more schools axe the class - The Sun Society has changed – our children's sex and relationships education must too - HuffPost Cabinet minister criticised for LGBT education comments - Times Educational Supplement | TES How a primary on a traffic island became the greenest school - Times Educational Supplement | TES LGBT progress ‘at risk of slipping backwards’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Councils 'struggle to recruit educational psychologists' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why child-led learning 'does not work' and what you should do instead - Times Educational Supplement | TES Jordan Peterson: Controversial philosopher claims Cambridge University buckled to 'political correctness types' - Independent Students work together to win GSK Young Engineer of the Year title - GSA PM must 'condemn' Andrea Leadsom over LGBT education comments, says Labour MP - Mail Students occupy Goldsmiths in protest at institutional racism - Guardian Schools urged to give teachers more flexible working options - SecEd Headteachers reject Ofsted’s plans for pre-inspection visits - SecEd Period poverty funding must go to all schools, campaigners say - SecEd At the chalkface: Certainties are toxic - SecEd Support staff are in crisis - SecEd Reducing teacher workload - DfE Supporting early career teachers - DfE Multi-million pound fund to train more educational psychologists in schools - DfE Colleges to receive £1.8m to boost to help raise standards - DfE ESFA Update: 20 March 2019 - Education & Skills Funding Agency 16 to 19 funding allocations supporting documents for 2019 to 2020 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Consistent financial reporting framework: 2019 to 2020 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Ofsted: Primaries teaching the national curriculum have nothing to fear - Times Educational Supplement | TES Funding formula 'will force ministers to put loads more money into schools' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: College staff on strike are 'best-paid in UK', employers claim - Times Educational Supplement | TES SEND funding 'is a ticking time bomb' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents should be allowed to withdraw children from LGBT sex-education lessons, says Cabinet minister Andrea Leadsom - Mail Tackling the damage done to the UK by private schools | Letters - Guardian ESFA faces legal action following controversial European Social Fund tender - FE Week Nurseries warn 1,140 hour funding 'insufficient' to deliver high-quality care - Nursery World Cambridge University rescinds Jordan Peterson invitation - Guardian Scotland: Government pressured to reveal timetable for minimum student income - Mail Andrea Leadsom says parents should choose when children are ‘exposed’ to LGBT education - HuffPost Lives are ruined by shame and stigma. LGBT lessons in schools are vital | Hannah Jane Parkinson - Guardian Wales: Radyr Primary School pupil behaviour is 'exemplary' says Estyn inspection report - Wales Online Scotland: College chiefs write to lecturers over pay dispute ahead of strike - Mail New partnership opportunity: collaborate with The Bell Foundation to support learners with EAL in your region - Bell Foundation Ofsted’s thinking on Cultural Capital - some concerns and questions - Early Education David Moran steps down as E-ACT chief executive - Times Educational Supplement | TES The danger of growth: should colleges stay small? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Secondary performance tables, ready reckoners and guidance on accountability measures - NAHT Report shows economic benefits of international students - UCU The opportunities and challenges facing further education - Collab Group International GCSE comparability - Pearson Furious MP accuses Tories of ‘dog whistle politics’ over Andrea Leadsom LGBT remarks - PoliticsHome New Russell Group briefing on the post-18 review - Russell Group SATs cause too much pressure and 'should be scrapped' - The Educator Baseline testing: Education requires brave politicians - Teacher Toolkit Philanthropy and privatisation - National Education Union Open University forced to cancel conference following threats from the transgender lobby - Telegraph Global reputation of UK universities declines ahead of Brexit - Times Higher Education | THE What are primary school children being taught about LGBT+ relationships? - Independent The rise of educational forgery - Financial Times E-ACT chief executive David Moran to stand down - Schools Week We need more "real science" in our schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES How a teacher used a drone to bring maths to life - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why a 10-year plan could help fix the skill system - Times Educational Supplement | TES Bake Off judge calls for immediate packed lunch ban - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Insufficient’ educational psychologists to ‘meet demand’ from schools, warns government report - Schools Week Is the pressure on school standards fuelling knife crime? - BBC Parents should have the right to withdraw their children from LGBT lessons, says Andrea Leadsom - Telegraph Northamptonshire asks DfE for more time for funding decision - Nursery World Inspiration boss Rachel de Souza urges heads: ‘Do not be servants of DfE policy’ - Schools Week School tables popular with many parents, but they don’t give the full picture - Herald Scotland Call for DfE to implement healthy schools rating scheme - Times Educational Supplement | TES Kensington and Chelsea College reveals merger plan - Times Educational Supplement | TES We can’t be any clearer: our schools need £5.7bn - Times Educational Supplement | TES 13 colleges to share £1.8m in improvement funds - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs: How to tackle MFL speaking and listening exams - Times Educational Supplement | TES More Birmingham schools suspend LGBT lessons - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents rate early education highly, survey shows - Nursery World Ban screen time for under-twos, expert says - Nursery World Conservative minister Andrea Leadsom says parents should be allowed to prevent children being 'exposed' to LGBT+ rights classes - Independent How every secondary school in Scotland ranks in exam league table - Herald Scotland Edinburgh's top performing state secondary school revealed - Herald Scotland Essay mills prey on vulnerable students – let's stamp them out | Chris Husbands - Guardian Four more Birmingham primary schools suspend LGBT+ lessons after complaints from parents - Independent The 13 colleges to share £1.8m strategic improvement funding - FE Week Parkfield School and No Outsiders: We must learn from Trojan Horse history in Birmingham - Schools Week Young people are demanding revolution and it's time we listened - Metro Buckinghamshire school support company goes into liquidation - Schools Week Government issues new guidelines on sex and relationships education - The Educator Spare a thought for heads of small schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Four more Birmingham schools have cancelled LGBT+ lessons over 'no outsiders' row - HuffPost Academics: it's time to get behind decolonising the curriculum - Guardian AELP: Ban business from using levy for degree apprentices - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Poor pupils improve exam results, but gap with the richest widens - Herald Scotland The top 50 state schools in Scotland 2019 - Herald Scotland Scotland: Pupils who learn lessons in Gaelic come top of the class - Herald Scotland Conference axed after threats from transgender activists - Times Higher Education | THE International students and cheating: how worried should we be? - Times Higher Education | THE Minister pressures PayPal to stop taking essay mill payments - Times Higher Education | THE Government pledge to ‘beat the cheats’ at university - DfE Has Derry’s time come? The case for expanding HE in Northern Ireland’s second city - HEPI How much are your NSS results really telling you? - Wonkhe A brief history of plagiarism and technology - Wonkhe The shameful neglect of adult learners is extremely detrimental to both individuals and society - FE News PayPal urged to block essay firm cheats - BBC Education secretary urges web giants to stop 'essay mills' that allow students to cheat - Mail The good things about ADHD: 'It's my superpower' - BBC Paypal must stop payments to companies that flog student essays, warns Education Secretary - The Sun Stop levy funding for all level 6 and 7 apprenticeships, demands training providers - FE Week Hinds calls on students to report peers who use essay-writing services - Guardian Master’s degrees make no difference to skill set, most employers say - Independent Essay companies try to blackmail students by threatening to expose cheating, watchdog warns - Independent Cambridge cash crisis: Elite university reveals that it will be £30 million in the red this year - Mail Essay mills must be tackled by online giants such as PayPal, Education Secretary says - Telegraph Students ‘locked out’ during Queen’s visit to King’s College London - Times Chinese investors ready to snap up struggling private schools - Times Sex education must be fit for a childhood online | Damian Hinds - Times Scottish school league tables 2019: Edinburgh schools worst at hitting exam targets - Times No Asian head teachers in Scotland - Times Scottish school league tables 2019: results expose the rich-poor divide - Times Scottish school league tables 2019: Hard lessons emerge from patchy data - Times The Times view on Scottish school league tables 2019: Show The Evidence - Times International Baccalaureate school to open this summer - Times