News archive for 21st May 2019

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Apprenticeship system failing the disadvantaged, say MPs - Financial Times School hires a ‘therapy dog’ to help snowflake teachers unwind from the stresses of exam season - The Sun Students in affluent school districts are getting more time to sit their SATs - Mail Ofsted’s new inspection arrangements to focus on curriculum, behaviour and development - UKEdChat Children who walk to school less likely to be overweight or obese, study suggests - UKEdChat Editing – making it better - UKEdChat Self-explanation - Research Schools Network Firms posing as young women offering students chance to cheat their degrees - Mirror Honours bestowed for contribution to ETF and FE presented - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Teachers' student loan reimbursement: guidance for teachers and schools - DfE Mathematics early-career payments: guidance for teachers and schools - DfE Graduate Outcomes (LEO): Postgraduate Outcomes in 2016 to 2017 - DfE KS1 assessments data collection 2019: technical specification - DfE UCAS launches new adviser portal as university applications for 2020 go live - UCAS Anti-Sats campaigners want to ‘educate’ MPs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Fortnight to decide on Sats as union sets ballot date - Times Educational Supplement | TES How we break down the barriers to Oxbridge entry - Times Educational Supplement | TES Oxford schemes for the disadvantaged 'are a big step in the right direction' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education Secretary Damian Hinds says 'exam stress is good, it prepares you for life' - Mirror Scottish teachers’ mental health struggles 'extremely worrying' John Swinney admits - Herald Scotland West Midlands Police chief constable slams protests LGBT Muslim outside primary school - Mail St Alban's Primary closure in Cardiff will 'rip the heart' from the community, say campaigners - Wales Online Protests against primary school's LGBT teaching to continue, vow organisers - Mail Timpson Review reflections, part two: Not all pupils who have been permanently excluded end up in alternative provision - FFT Education Datalab Scottish teachers' mental health struggles extremely worrying, John Swinney admits - Mail A patchy picture: support for care leavers in higher education - Wonkhe Eight years later - Teacher Toolkit ISC statement on Oxford University's plans to widen access to pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds - Independent Schools Council | ISC In praise of POLAR - Wonkhe What’s in a definition? The challenge to curb antisemitism on campus - Wonkhe Tes FE podcast: Are college staff teachers or lecturers? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ros McMullen: 'I am retiring early because I can no longer defend the indefensible' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Rona Tutt's SEND summary (May 2019) - NAHT Mental health support: ‘You literally have to be suicidal’ - SecEd Careers Hubs to expand after £2.5m investment - SecEd How we’re helping young people across the UK to 'Reach Up' - Coca-Cola European Partners - PoliticsHome MPs urge ethical use of data to benefit society - Jisc NAHT submits joint union response to Isle of Man pension consultation - NAHT Maladministration investigations - NAHT Oxford University’s sea-change on widening access: leadership and management of a quiet transformation  - HEPI Tops Day Nurseries acquires 30th setting - Nursery World Timpson Review reflections, part one: Not all pupils who end up in alternative provision have been permanently excluded - FFT Education Datalab We must do more to end confusion of SEND system, admits minister - Times Educational Supplement | TES Meet the man defining the college of the future - Times Educational Supplement | TES LGBT row: School no place for protests, says police chief - Times Educational Supplement | TES LGBT+ lessons: Senior police officer demands end to protests outside Birmingham schools - Independent LGBT lessons: police chief calls for end to Birmingham protests - Guardian Birmingham LGBT protest mediation stalls as dispute escalates - Schools Week Want black students to feel at home? Don't ignore the little things - Guardian Ofsted is no more scientific than a theatre critic - Times Educational Supplement | TES Train specialist SEND teachers, minister suggests - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Ubiquitous’ non-punitive approach to behaviour ‘often ineffective’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why Ofsted needs powers to inspect academy chains - Times Educational Supplement | TES Oxford University must become more diverse. But we’re already on the right path | Alan Rusbridger - Guardian Nick Gibb is ‘persuadable’ to SEND-specific teacher training route - Schools Week Oxford University to help disadvantaged gain admission - Mail Schools still a hotbed of bullying despite drop in number of expulsions - Express Headteachers' fury of having to feed and dress pupils with some arriving at school hungry - Mail 10:15 a.m. - Oral evidence session re science research funding in universities - Lords Select Committee Oxford University to offer free year of study to disadvantaged students with lower grades - Independent ‘Divided Oldham’? Inside the school that defies Farage’s narrative - Guardian ‘It’s cut-throat’: half of UK academics stressed and 40% thinking of leaving - Guardian Average schoolgirl takes three days off each term due to period-related issues, study finds - Independent For poor children, lunch is a rushed butty. For the rich, it’s orchestra and standup | Laura McInerney - Guardian Two new specialist maths schools get the go-ahead - Times Educational Supplement | TES New schemes to get poorer students into Oxford - Times Educational Supplement | TES One in four Oxford places set for poorest students by 2023 as university announces 'sea change' in admissions - Evening Standard ‘I became suicidal’: students accused of cheating by UK tell of 'living hell' - Guardian Facing up to the challenges of the reformed functional skills - FE Week The playground politics of the parents’ chat group - Financial Times Interview: Robert Halfon, chair of the education select committee - Schools Week 10:00 a.m. - Oral evidence session re special educational needs and disabilities - Accountability Hearings UK plans quality mark for PhD supervisors - Times Higher Education | THE The UK’s international education strategy needs more internationalisation - Times Higher Education | THE Oxford wants one in four students to be from poorer backgrounds - Times Higher Education | THE English fee cut ‘could torpedo Welsh funding settlement’ - Times Higher Education | THE UK and Canadian universities lead world on sustainability - Times Higher Education | THE Regulators probe claims about university pension plan - Financial Times Academy withdraws pupils from A-level exams over poor mocks - BBC Oxford University promises 25% of places to disadvantaged - BBC Oxford steps up push for less privileged students - Financial Times One in four Oxford University places will be ring-fenced for the poorest students by 2023 - Mail ‘Welcome to the world of free schools’: report reveals chaotic inside story behind closed academy - Schools Week Oxford university targets 250 state school pupils in widening access push - Schools Week Oxford University agrees to let in disadvantaged students with lower grades - Telegraph Two more specialist maths schools announced - Schools Week Birmingham school protesters ‘threw eggs at gay rights group’ - Times Oxford to take 1 in 4 students from deprived backgrounds in new admissions programme - Times Ireland: Foreign students up by 45% despite visa concerns - Times