News archive for 9th May 2019

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Children miss out on making friends amid shorter school break times, study finds - Independent Black students reluctant to apply to Cambridge University 'due to lack of Afro-Caribbean hairdressers' - Telegraph Travelodge has 3,000 student jobs up for grabs - The Sun Chelsea’s goal – and why it may inspire you to enter the 16th National Apprenticeship Awards - FE Week College board criticised for boosting senior staff pay and conditions during ‘merger explorations’ - FE Week Address the injustice of racial inequalities in school exclusions | Letters - Guardian Suicidal student not seen by health workers for over a month - BBC Former free schools chair broke the law over £500k payments to own company, report finds - Schools Week Parents tackle air pollution in the playground - Times The Welsh language A-level problem as numbers plummet - Wales Online University of Winchester staff to strike over job cuts - BBC Scotland: Falkirk pupils found to spend ‘excessive’ time on phones and social media - Scotsman Teacher given £10k payout after being 'hit by a football' - Wales Online Extinction Rebellion founder cleared over King's College protest - Guardian Our GCSE system and its devastating collateral damage - SecEd Time making tips for times tables - Teacher Toolkit Principal Fellowship: what difference does it make? - Advance HE School admissions 'discriminate against looked-after children' - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Opening up the treasure trove of student feedback - Wonkhe NDAs, ministers and offers, wellbeing (Podcast) - Wonkhe Higher education provider data - estates management: 2017 to 2018 - DfE Council chief faces MPs over SEND challenges - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Teacher Recruitment Bulletin - DfE New programme to protect children at risk of exploitation - DfE Register of end-point assessment organisations - Education & Skills Funding Agency Investigation report: Manchester Creative Studio and Collective Spirit Free School - Education & Skills Funding Agency Academies investigation reports - Education & Skills Funding Agency Developing a framework for initial teacher education and beyond: Phases and strands - BERA New sporting excellence apprenticeship set to kick start footballing careers at professional clubs - IfATE Recurrent funding for 2019-20: Initial allocations - Office for Students Guide to funding 2019-20: How the Office for Students allocates money to higher education providers - Office for Students Strikes on the cards at Winchester University after UCU members back industrial action - UCU Helping all children to be fine in school all the time - Research Schools Network Enhancing social and emotional health and wellbeing in the early years - Research Schools Network Working with parents to support children’s learning: context - Research Schools Network Taking school work home - UKEdChat Parental engagement via KS2/3 SSIF maths project - Research Schools Network Strikes off at Lambeth College as deal reached on pay and conditions - UCU UCU response to pension scheme proposals from USS board - UCU English and maths rule change welcomed by colleges - Times Educational Supplement | TES The Tes FE UCU general secretary election hustings - Times Educational Supplement | TES Gendered language is a barrier to women in school leadership - Times Educational Supplement | TES When implementing retrieval and spaced practice in the science classroom, change won’t happen overnight - Learning Scientists OfS announces initial recurrent grants to providers for 2019-20 - Office for Students USS offers new pension options after cutting deficit estimate - Times Higher Education | THE Pearson and other for-profits gain direct UK government funding - Times Higher Education | THE Entire class to boycott Sats exams as parents protest against ‘constant testing’ - Independent Primary school Sats are necessary to show that taxpayer money is being well spent, Ofqual chair says - Telegraph Jamie Oliver supports mum whose kids were fed bread and butter for lunch - Metro You’re hired! Apprentice for Cabinet minister given permanent position - FE Week Men in the Early Years website goes live - Nursery World Scotland: Ruth Davidson demands more support for school leavers.ly/ZaXV30oGQlY | TES - Mail Universities risk 'damaging' students by giving them unnecessary counselling, report finds - Telegraph Two more career civil servants made regional schools commissionersv - Times Educational Supplement | TES Three-quarters of primary teachers say pupils anxious about school - Times Educational Supplement | TES Prioritise primary 3Rs funding for tough areas, Treasury told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children with SEND are 'real priority' in spending review - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE paper loss criminal matter, not 'blunder', says exam board - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK teachers most tech-savvy in developed world - Times Educational Supplement | TES UCU strikes off after college agrees pay rise - Times Educational Supplement | TES The government is using a sticking plaster on child poverty. Major surgery is needed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ultimately, exam-factory schooling is responsible for the student mental health crisis - Times Educational Supplement | TES New framework for training in infant mental health launches - Nursery World Students are increasingly turning to religious leaders for mental health support - The Conversation UCU deal reached with university-backed college to increase pay but reduce teaching time - FE Week Two senior civil servants appointed as RSCs - Schools Week 'It's a dangerous time': can UK and US universities survive funding cuts? - Guardian Porn isn’t a great way to learn about sex – but where else do young people work out how to do it? - Guardian National scheme to fight child exploitation - Times Educational Supplement | TES Thousands calling Childline about exam stress - Times Educational Supplement | TES Dispatch from a crisis: 'It’s like the entire system is made for failing' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools' mental health crisis ‘out of control’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Austerity means my autistic son's educational future is at risk - HuffPost Finalists announced for The Herald's Higher Education Awards - Herald Scotland Future skills for Wales - Wonkhe The (hidden) cost of everything and the value (for money) of nothing - Wonkhe New report calls for universities to start tracking the well-being of their staff - HEPI Measuring well-being in higher education - HEPI UK schools are failing on higher education preparation – so universities must help - Times Higher Education | THE Thinktank wants national survey of university staff well-being - Times Higher Education | THE Europe ‘losing ground’ to US and China on AI research - Times Higher Education | THE Seven unlikely jobs heads do besides running schools - BBC Number of English universities in financial deficit increases - BBC Hinds pledges £2m to help schools tackle child exploitation - Schools Week Universities ready to fight ‘unlawful’ curbs on offers - Times Three quarters of Scots want ban on cars at school gates - Times Scotland: Rowdy pupils shoehorned into classes, teachers warn - Times