News archive for 1st May 2019

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‘Flattening the grass’ MAT to launch new behaviour policy - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted must stop giving schools a single grade - Times Educational Supplement | TES Cambridge college sacks researcher over links with far right - Guardian DfE ‘increasingly’ quizzing academy trusts about merger plans - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Prospect of ‘parent rebellion’ turning heads off innovating - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE accused of hiding teacher workload implications of baseline - Times Educational Supplement | TES Peacehaven parents stage day of action to save local schools - Guardian Scotland: Delivery of Curriculum for Excellence to be reviewed by MSPs - Mail Warwick University students in exam mix-up - BBC Bristol told student to leave before he fell to his death, inquest told - Guardian Contextual admissions – a fuller story - HEPI The origins of further education in England and Wales - BERA NEU Cymru would welcome collective bargaining as workers’ rights - National Education Union How to get the most out of your school IT - Independent Head Ranker’s delight: the all new CUG 2020 league table - Wonkhe The essentials of lesson planning - The Educator Why university governors need to start talking about cyber security - Advance HE MPs urge £3bn council funding injection in Spending Review - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Off-rolling: One in 12 students ‘disappeared’ from mainstream schools - SecEd Parents and teachers back LGBTQ primary lessons - Leeds Beckett University Implementing curriculum change - Research Schools Network This government wants to throw EU students under the bus – student reps like me won't let them - HuffPost School gives boys bread and butter after mum failed to pay lunch bill on time - Metro Using Ofsted’s IDSR: early years foundation stage profile to key stage 4 - Ofsted Secretary of State speech at International Education Strategy event (transcript) - GOV.UK ESFA Update: 1 May 2019 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Education Secretary sets out plan for international education - DfE Contextual admissions: Promoting fairness and rethinking merit - Office for Students "The most important issue of our time," Opposition calls to declare climate emergency - UK Parliament Is there more that can be done in primary schools to change stagnation of social mobility? - Education and Employers Kate Middleton is all smiles on first royal job since the Easter break as she opens school for excluded kids - The Sun Society does not properly value the skill required for high-level apprenticeships - PoliticsHome Is a National Education Service economically possible? - PoliticsHome University of Bristol student, 19, fell to his death from a bridge - Mail Digital skills are crucial, but fundamental flaws need fixing - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted confirms no changes will be made to inspection grades - Nursery World Careers education: What should young people learn and when? - LKMco Student dismissed from university by letter fell to his death from bridge - Mirror UCU says radical alternatives needed in review of education funding - UCU Radical change required to close the BME gap - Wonkhe Coaching questions - Teacher Toolkit Labour ticked off by schools watchdog for lying to voters about education record - The Sun Final pay offer promises 1.8 per cent minimum rise for UK staff - Times Higher Education | THE Wales: Disgruntled student staged TalkTalk hack after college rejection, court told - Mail Kate opens 'game-changing' £40m centre for young people´s mental health charity - Mail Bristol University student 'received no support' before death - BBC Student union leaders demand government abandon any plan to charge EU students more after Brexit - HuffPost Scotland: Anger as council moves to cut principal teachers - Herald Scotland Opportunity areas suffer from lack of cross-government support, MPs warned - Schools Week May has completely failed to tackle the UK's burning injustices, says Corbyn - Mail Where Welsh universities rank on the ultimate league table - Wales Online OGAT to praise pupils more in behaviour system shake-up - Schools Week Cambridge offer for Romanian teen came to UK to be a rocket scientist - Evening Standard MPs call for funding rise of £3.1 bn for children's services - Nursery World Leadsom to report to Cabinet on first 1001 days review - Nursery World Schools in deprived areas 'restricting subject choice for pupils' - Mail Scottish Qualifications Authority appoints new chief executive - Mail It's time to end the negative cycle of GCSE resits - Times Educational Supplement | TES New Scottish qualifications chief appointed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Anti 'gaming' reforms led to low attainers taking an extra GCSE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Student turned to cybercrime after college rejection - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Councils 'could be forced to refund illegal music fees' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers over 30 are too expensive to keep - Times Educational Supplement | TES Poverty is holding Britain’s young people back. They deserve so much better | Lola Okolosie - Guardian Cambridge's slave trade inquiry should make us all reflect on Britain's colonial crimes - HuffPost New boss of Scottish exam body unveiled - Herald Scotland Cambridge's slave trade inquiry is not enough – it must be followed by concrete action - HuffPost St Andrews named as best Scottish university as new league tables revealed - Herald Scotland Cash may be going out of fashion, but children still need to understand how money works - IOE London Blog The Duchess of Cambridge will open a school for youngsters kicked out of mainstream education - Mail Cambridge University is investigating its links to slavery - what exactly does that mean? - HuffPost Major academy chain faces vote of no-confidence from staff - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE English and maths resits 'setting students up to fail' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children's services 'at breaking point' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 10:00 a.m. - Oral evidence session re opportunity areas - Accountability Hearings Unis urged to lower offers for poorer students - Times Educational Supplement | TES LSE ranked top in London in Complete University Guide - London School of Economics | LSE Children’s services at breaking point – Government must back local authorities with funding that meets demand - UK Parliament Lowering bar for disadvantaged students has failed to redress imbalance in university admissions, regulator says - Independent Scotland: Teachers warn subject squeeze is now hitting Highers - Herald Scotland OfS urges English elite to go further on contextual admissions - Times Higher Education | THE How to make the apprenticeship levy fit for purpose - FE News Five tech trends transforming higher education - Wonkhe Accused of cheating: another immigration scandal? (podcast) - Guardian Universities should be 'bolder' in admission criteria for poorer students - Mail Children's services 'at breaking point', MPs say - BBC Students from wealthier areas are six times more likely to get into top universities, study reveals - The Sun Universities called on to reduce entry grades poor students to help them gain a place at Oxbridge - Mail Universities told to be more flexible about pupils’ A-level results - Guardian Cambridge slave inquiry ‘cannot ignore colleges’ - Times Free school meals were my lifeline. Now children depend on food banks | Lord Bassam - Times Cambridge academic Noah Carl sacked over ‘racist’ study - Times Student watchdog demands US system for poorest - Times Scotland: Private schools warn fees will rise to keep best staff - Times Scotland: Pupils unable to take preferred subjects, survey shows - Times Scotland: St Andrews in top three UK universities - Times