News archive for 28th March 2019

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Limit pupils’ lunch portions to save money, say Agnew’s cost-cutting advisers - Schools Week Protests over LGBT+ classes ramp up at Birmingham school as MPs back more inclusive curriculum - Independent What words are used in the teaching profession? - Teacher Toolkit 77% of re-inspected ‘outstanding’ schools degraded - The Educator Artificial intelligence, ethics and education - Independent Head Salary data doesn’t pay the bills - Wonkhe Why a grade threshold for higher education study is neither necessary or defensible - HEPI Do trainee teachers harm pupil attainment? - BERA GSA school crowned winner of major cyber competition - GSA Provider finances: evidence from early years providers - DfE 30 hours free childcare: spring term 2019 - DfE Supporting Exams Officers - Ofqual Earnings continue to grow for recent graduates - DfE Government on track to create one million new school places this decade - DfE Statistics: national achievement rates tables - Education & Skills Funding Agency Statistics: further education and skills - Education & Skills Funding Agency Eileen Milner speech to Association of Colleges (AoC) Governance Summit 2019 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Primary teacher training applications fall 6% - Times Educational Supplement | TES Behaviour: school staff being assaulted ‘on a daily basis’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher banned over bogus qualification claims - Times Educational Supplement | TES Academies ‘blackmail’ teachers to take worse pensions - Times Educational Supplement | TES Primary school pupils will learn about sexual orientation after landslide commons vote - Mail Grade one college chief executive says sorry after dodgy data exposed - FE Week Scotland: Girl, 12, arrested after bringing knife into primary school playground - Mirror Women earn 50p for £1 made by men at some multi-academy trusts - Guardian Scotland: Lecturers vote to withhold assessment results - Times Educational Supplement | TES Don’t kill off BTECs just to bolster T levels - Times Educational Supplement | TES MATs should step into political 'vacuum', says ex-Ofsted chair - Times Educational Supplement | TES Call to put workload recommendations into law - Times Educational Supplement | TES College lecturers to escalate industrial action in pay row - Mail Minister says 'ambulance chasers' have no place in EHCP appeals - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents continue protests over LGBT-inclusive teaching in schools - Mail Apprenticeship providers rail against Level 3 impasse - Nursery World Inhuman resources: arrival of the avatars - Times Higher Education | THE Scotland: Student assessments targeted as college lecturers escalate strike action - Herald Scotland UK success in latest ERC round spotlights Brexit risks - Times Higher Education | THE UK ‘driving forward’ plan for post-Brexit alternative to Erasmus+ - Times Higher Education | THE Allow councils to improve failing schools, says ADCS - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Scotland: Teachers assaulted by pupils on a daily basis, Education Secretary told - Mail Underfunding pushing up costs for parents, suggests new research - Nursery World Metacognition in the mathematics classroom (part 2) - Research Schools Network Lessons from the science of learning in the field - Learning Scientists ‘Good luck with it’: damning verdict on UK’s ERC alternative plan - Times Higher Education | THE Start preparing now to reap the benefits of Education 4.0 - Jisc Disgraced Fiona Onasanya among MPs who voted against improved LGBT education in schools - HuffPost Apprenticeship numbers rise but criticism of system grows - Telegraph Three-quarters of 'outstanding' schools lose top grade - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why early childhood intervention is a risky business - Times Educational Supplement | TES Jo Grady to stand in UCU general secretary election - Times Educational Supplement | TES One-eighth of nursery schools in deficit - Times Educational Supplement | TES Adult education devolution is creating a postcode lottery - Times Educational Supplement | TES Proportion of state-funded schools over capacity falls - Mail More than half of poor children in the UK are under five - Nursery World Muslims know what it’s like to fight for equality, so let’s support the push for LGBT lessons - Metro Paywalls block scientific progress. Research should be open to everyone | Jason Schmitt - Guardian Apprenticeships starts continue to rise - Times Educational Supplement | TES Apprenticeships benefit the "already-haves" - Times Educational Supplement | TES Private Islamic school's library books promoted 'hatred' towards gay people - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Independent schools at ‘competitive disadvantage’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Apprenticeship numbers rise in England after levy woes - Financial Times £45k-a-year private school warned over ‘serious regulatory failings’ - Schools Week We aim to harness the power of a diverse and balanced workforce - Jisc If the Erasmus scheme closes after Brexit, how else can I study abroad? - Guardian Primary children to be taught about LGBT issues after historic vote - Metro School capacity improves slightly as secondaries prepare for population bulge - Schools Week Jisc helps independent commission answer the question: what does the college of the future look like? - Jisc Monthly apprenticeships update: January starts up 15% but down 21% on 2017 - FE Week Ofsted: Just 23% of reinspected outstanding schools kept their grade - Schools Week Childcare providers in London less likely to offer the 30 hours - Nursery World New Independent Commission on the College of the Future launched - AoC | Association of Colleges Schools leader launches defence of academy trusts - Times Educational Supplement | TES Commission on the 'college of the future' unveiled - Times Educational Supplement | TES The secret life of a students’ union advisor - Wonkhe Did postgraduate loans make any difference? - Wonkhe English regulator ‘will be proactive to stop university closures’ - Times Higher Education | THE ‘Good luck with it’: damning verdict on UK’s ERC alternative plan - Times Higher Education | THE The THE-Microsoft survey on AI - Times Higher Education | THE The 16 members of the ‘College of the Future’ commission - FE Week Government bankruptcy expert wanted as universities rack up debts - Times