News archive for 13th May 2019

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The Tes Podcast: Sats and mental health - Times Educational Supplement | TES Timpson Review: where was the acknowledgment of race? - Times Educational Supplement | TES College facing £6m deficit plans to cut jobs - Times Educational Supplement | TES NI teachers 'should be covered by fair employment laws' - BBC Former teachers' union leader Doug McAvoy dies, aged 80 - Mail Natasha Abrahart inquest: ‘no support’ for vulnerable student - Guardian Call for 16-19 education funding review as report reveals extent of cuts - CYPN | Children & Young People Now A moving target: the challenges of identifying and helping homeless university students - HEPI Unregistered schools management information - Ofsted 'Going global' in higher education - DfE Open academies, free schools, studio schools and UTCs - DfE ESFA funding for traineeships - Education & Skills Funding Agency 19 to 24 traineeships calculator for 2018 to 2019 - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA Education and Skills contracts 2019 to 2020 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Science Research Funding in Universities - Lords Committee launches new inquiry - UK Parliament Sharing our migration story - Wonkhe Blind student facing deportation says Scottish university reneged on support - Guardian 8 tips for supporting the second adult in the classroom - Teacher Toolkit The machines are coming: Automated systems and AI in education - Independent Head Earth surface modeling for education: How effective is it? - BERA Sixth form and college funding - National Education Union John Roan school strike - National Education Union Why more civil servants overseeing academies could empower heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES Evidence-informed approaches to teaching – where are we now? - NFER Kevin Courtney pays tribute to former NUT general secretary Doug McAvoy (1939-2019) - National Education Union Why colleges are so much more than a 'second-chance saloon' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tributes as former NUT leader Doug McAvoy dies aged 80 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities UK board election results - Universities UK NASUWT comments on EPI sixth form and college funding report - NASUWT MFL, Rosenshine, and should education leaders all be former teachers? - Teacher Tapp The crisis cohort’s pay and career prospects have been scarred for up to a decade - Nuffield Foundation Love Our Colleges week of local activity 13 - 17 May - AoC | Association of Colleges William who? Young Scots baffled by country’s key historical events - Times Educational Supplement | TES Revamped nursery buildings ‘nowhere near’ target level - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Fair' Spag test kicks off Sats week - Times Educational Supplement | TES Preparing for degree study: Analysis of Access to Higher Education Diplomas and integrated foundation year courses - Office for Students 'Weak' support for disabled children in Wokingham - BBC Walk inside a plant cell or glide over a coral reef: three ways virtual reality is revolutionising teaching - The Conversation New requirement for international school teacher background checks - Times Educational Supplement | TES It's time we stopped persecuting Britain's real strugglers: the privately educated | Owen Jones - Guardian Churches are open to all. Why aren't faith schools? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Formal exams no better than teacher assessments at predicting pupil success, study finds - Independent Almost 100 academy chains ordered to explain 'excessive pay' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish school offers 'leader of learning' title if new headteacher is not Catholic - Herald Scotland Teacher assessment 'as good as tests' at predicting success - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish schools to serve vegan meals after human rights challenge - Herald Scotland 16-19 education funding: trends and implications - EPI Movers and Shakers: Edition 280 - FE Week ASCL response to EPI report on sixth form and college funding - ASCL Teachers predict pupil success just as well as exam scores - UKEdChat Implementing thinking hats effectively in the classroom - UKEdChat Chancellor has to stop ignoring the evidence: AoC response to new EPI report - AoC | Association of Colleges Time management and well-being tips for teachers - The Educator Behaviour tsar says progressive 'child-centred' teaching methods led to a rise in poor discipline - Mail DfE pledges recruitment process for behaviour network team - Schools Week Prison education? It’s much calmer than an FE college… - FE Week Sixth form and college funding down 16 per cent since 2010 - Independent Is 16-19 education funding worsening skills gaps? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sixth-form deficits 'unsustainable' after 26% funding cut - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why having a journalist on your board can be a risky business - FE Week Has Ofsted listened to its critics? - Times Educational Supplement | TES EPI: Colleges stung by 'sharp, real-terms decline in funding' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish nursery pupils to get vegan menu option - Scotsman ‘Inadequate’ rating for school given £1.8 million by sponsor - Schools Week Developing pupils’ vocabulary is about more than words - Schools Week Government should urgently review the adequacy of 16-19 funding - FE News Diary of a headteacher: Practising ‘tension-free’ leadership - SecEd The economic value of going to university is not declining - Times Higher Education | THE USS pension offer doesn’t go far enough, say UCU candidates - Times Higher Education | THE Higher education is about making lives better. That’s why we need better well-being metrics and yes, maybe even a well-being league table. - HEPI POLAR, MEM and equality: you don’t have to choose - Wonkhe The more universities are thinking about value for money, the better the sector looks - Wonkhe Staffing the Education Select Committee - Wonkhe New sticker move against student violence welcomed in Scotland - BBC EPI: Proportion of sixth form colleges with in-year deficits rockets fivefold in six-year period - FE Week Call to loosen the rules on UK apprenticeship levy - Financial Times Teachers assessing pupils could replace formal exams, study says - Guardian Quotas won't help minority students at university says Tory hoping to be first black London mayor - Mail Majority of schools with sixth forms post deficit as funding plunges 26%, EPI reveals - Schools Week Baseline trial data censored in FOI release - Nursery World Sats are no better than teachers at predicting pupil's GCSE and A-Level results, study finds - Telegraph Fee-paying children get more special needs help - Times State pupils ‘given boost’ for Oxbridge - Times Scotland: Persistent parents win vegan school dinners - Times Scotland: St Martin’s RC Primary School head will be ‘leader of learning’ if not Catholic - Times Ireland: Salons cut plan to charge apprentices a training fee - Times