News archive for 10th May 2019

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Lack of Afro-Caribbean hairdressers ‘puts black students off applying to Cambridge’ - Independent Labour MP pulls out of Oxford Union debate with Katie Hopkins after students call for boycott - Independent Break time cuts could be harming children’s development - BBC DfE response on AP ‘disingenuous’, says Timpson review adviser - Schools Week DfE in fresh effort to get academy chains to cut executive pay - Guardian Autistic children in NI schools trebles in a decade - BBC The Guardian view on shrinking breaks: the right to relax | Editorial - Guardian Scotland: Lecturers to strike next week after pay talks break down - Scotsman Gender-neutral language aimed at women apprentices - Financial Times Ofsted set for SEND inspection U-turn - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers face ‘unjustified’ drug and alcohol tests - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tes FE podcast: Why 'vocational' should be revived - Times Educational Supplement | TES School pupils face £80 fines for dropping litter - BBC Could overseas training help England's teacher recruitment crisis? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Minister fears impact of reduced lunch breaks - Times Educational Supplement | TES Gagging clauses rise in large academy trusts as minister questions ‘endemic’ use - Schools Week Charities unite to call for more funding in early years - Nursery World The challenge of being a teacher with Tourette's - BBC Academy that lost £746k in a year handed government financial warning - Schools Week OTLA projects explore how the digital capability of students can support staff in their use of technology in their practice - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Teen girls more vulnerable to bullying than boys - UKEdChat Opportunity areas: Children and Families Minister Nadhim Zahawi questioned - UK Parliament Government orders non-compliant trusts to reduce excessive salaries - DfE Apprenticeship assessment? Don't leave it to chance - Training Journal Minister visits Christ the King Sixth Form College to learn of Centres for Excellence in Maths progress - Education & Training Foundation Scottish exam workers back strike action - Herald Scotland Why INSET days fail - UKEdChat Grappling with collaborative learning - Research Schools Network Ireland: ELT student numbers down, but total weeks reach record high - PIE News Pathways to law: Making a difference - Sutton Trust Policy Eye - highlights of the week ending 10 May - Pearson Break time cuts could be harming children’s development - Nuffield Foundation Anxiety found to be key factor in youth unemployment - CYPN | Children & Young People Now League table pressure influences off-rolling, say teachers - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Eton is teaching pupils to say 'thank you' as it launches new gratitude and empathy lessons - Mail Curriculum is – or should be – at the heart of educational practice - BERA Individual greetings for pupils open up ‘potential for assault’ on teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils 'don't get gravity’ of mobile phone exam ban, says Ofqual - Times Educational Supplement | TES Old SEND terms were awful. But are ours better? - Times Educational Supplement | TES In the news 10 May 2019 - UCU Teachers facing 'unjustified' drug and alcohol testing - NASUWT Crisis in teachers' mental health in Scotland - NASUWT 31 trusts fail to justify pay – but DfE admits it’s powerless to act - Schools Week 24% of teachers have witnessed 'off-rolling' - The Educator Graduate labour market statistics: 2019 - DfE Graduate Outcomes (LEO): Postgraduate Outcomes in 2017 to 2018 - DfE Letter to heads: Let's have a successful exam series - Ofqual ESFA letters to academy trusts about high pay - Education & Skills Funding Agency Education, Health and Care Plans: England 2020 - DfE Apprenticeship and levy statistics: May 2020 - DfE Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2019 - DfE Minister questioned on Government response to Committee's report - UK Parliament Ofsted watch: Two providers straight in with ‘good’ in uneventful week for FE - FE Week Experts downgraded risk of Bristol student killing herself, inquest hears - Guardian Here’s how exclusions accountability could work … - Schools Week Anti-LGBT lesson campaigners threaten to withdraw pupils - Mail Unfunded support staff pay rise leaves specialist schools struggling - Schools Week Eton teaching pupils to say 'thank you' as part of new empathy lessons - Independent Parents boycott Sats tests at Bealings primary school - BBC School shares blame for cheese allergy death, says coroner - Guardian Nearly half of Scottish teachers 'seeking medical help for stress' - Herald Scotland University holds ‘happiness classes’ after spate of suicides - Metro Concerns over failing schools make no impact on local elections - Schools Week What should British universities do about benefits received from past wrongs? - The Conversation Break time cuts could be harming children’s development - IOE London Blog Breaktimes cut by up to 65 minutes a week, and 6 other findings from a landmark study - Schools Week Teachers 'walking away from the job to salvage their mental health' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools must stop excluding pupils, says former murder investigator - Times Educational Supplement | TES Final Team UK line-up for WorldSkills 2019 revealed - FE Week A quarter of teachers have experienced off-rolling - Times Educational Supplement | TES One in four teachers say pupils are being forced out to boost school rankings - Guardian Open University extends free functional skills offer to level 2 - FE Week Guardian University Awards 2019 (video) - Guardian Schools cut short break times 'to cram in more lessons', study finds - Evening Standard Scania hits out at planned cut to heavy vehicle apprenticeship funding band - FE Week Cambridge don sacked after he was accused of publishing 'racist pseudoscience' over his writings - Mail Awarding bodies may call for new independent funding approval process citing ‘lack of transparency’ - FE Week University of Bristol to offer happiness lessons that count towards degrees after spate of suicides - Independent Despite the extra bureaucracy, ESFA right to require more data on every apprentice - FE Week Shrinking breaktimes: is pupil well-being diminishing too? - IOE London Blog Research for Ofsted finds that a quarter of teachers have seen off-rolling happen in their schools - UKEdChat Break times shortened in England schools - UKEdChat Teachers say parents need help to resist off-rolling pressure - Ofsted Off-rolling: exploring the issue - Ofsted Should the SATs be boycotted? - The Educator Moulton College’s future in doubt after a second grade four - FE Week TUC offers bursaries to help union students - Unionlearn Using metacognition in A Level PE - Research Schools Network Eton pupils given lessons in gratitude - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools ‘railroad’ vulnerable parents into off-rolling, say teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exam stress higher because pupils ‘mentally fragile’, says Ofqual chair - Times Educational Supplement | TES Shorter breaktimes may be harming pupil wellbeing - Times Educational Supplement | TES School playtime is becoming a thing of the past for a generation of children, new report finds  - Telegraph IfA to trial ‘gender-neutral’ language in bid to boost female STEM applicants - FE Week ESFA pulled £3m funding pledge when academy refused to join a MAT - Schools Week Shrinking break times in English schools 'impacting social skills' - Guardian Scotland: Teachers hit out over new tests for alcohol and drug use - Herald Scotland Springer Nature proposes model for open access transition - Times Higher Education | THE Supporting students leaving care - HEPI Evidencing the role of sport and physical activity - Wonkhe Reframing university sport as a public good - Wonkhe 66% of primary school children feel anxious about homework and lessons, research finds - The Sun School break times 'cut short to cram in more lessons' - BBC One in four teachers witness 'off-rolling' at their schools - Mail Schools cut break times by an hour over 22 years - Mail Ofsted: Quarter of teachers have witnessed off-rolling - Schools Week School break time cuts 'could be harming pupils' social development' - Mail One in four teachers in England say they have witnessed ‘off-rolling’ - Guardian Brexit could cost universities £7million a year if fees go up for EU students - Mail Cambridge scholar Noah Carl ‘sacked for questioning sacred left’ - Times Illegal exclusions on the rise, say teachers - Times Academy schools told to cut pay of heads and chief executives - Times Scotland: Teachers threaten to quit over parking levy - Times Philip lends name to bursary foundation for Gordonstoun - Mail