News archive for 6th November 2019

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1 in 4 college students drops out of course - Times Educational Supplement | TES Claims about improving attainment 'not fully accurate' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Don’t play HE off against FE in election battle - Times Educational Supplement | TES How to get an 'outstanding' grade in new Ofsted regime - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE 'Grinch fund' to save Xmas plays from election - Times Educational Supplement | TES Senior leaders 'quit' super school Abertillery Learning Community amid job cuts controversy - Wales Online The Guardian view on academia and autocracies: stand firm - Guardian DfE reminds schools to ‘avoid partisan activity’ as election looms - Schools Week Cambridge don quits after outcry over sexual harassment ban U-turn - Guardian UCU pays tribute to retiring STUC general secretary Grahame Smith - UCU Five strike days announced at Coventry University in appraisals row - UCU Contextualised attainment at Key Stage 2 - FFT Education Datalab Do proposed adjustments to grading in GCSE languages go far enough? - FFT Education Datalab Do older Leave voters get gradually replaced by younger Remain voters, such as students and recent graduates? - HEPI Response to the Smith-Reid report - Russell Group Multi-academy trusts in England: What drives them to grow? - BERA Tips for teachers: How to manage stress - NFER Summer born pupils - Teacher Toolkit How does paternity leave in education sector vary around the world? - The Educator Paternity leave - The Educator Despite the pressures, how can we keep great teachers in teaching? - NFER Making news toolkit for schools - National Education Union More students apply to study medicine - BBC Pre-election guidance for schools and multi-academy trusts - DfE Ofsted publications during pre-election period - Ofsted Pearson publishes the 2019 BTEC results data - Pearson Labour manifesto to include private school tax hike - Times Educational Supplement | TES Racism in Scottish schools highlighted by new report - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers need greater support to innovate and create - Times Educational Supplement | TES Future of Ofsted moves centre stage in election battle - Times Educational Supplement | TES Professional Standards continue to improve FE teaching standards – new survey finds - Education & Training Foundation Putting people at the heart of digital strategy - Jisc The trouble with employability - enterprise for employability - Advance HE Conservative Party admits IoT claim was an error - FE Week Instrument lessons set for axe in Dumfries & Galloway schools - Scotsman Paying for a private sixth form education: how much difference does it make? - IOE London Blog Early intervention services under threat - SecEd Election: Don't 'talk down' our schools, say heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES Astrea Academy Trust chief stepping down - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofqual’s MFL GCSE grade change ‘doesn't go far enough’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Subject uptake reduces across ‘entire senior phase’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nativity play warning over school polling stations - BBC Relationship between church and school under scrutiny - SecEd Headteachers set for industrial action in Northern Ireland - SecEd ‘The fourth partner’: Safeguarding arrangements must prioritise schools - SecEd Funding need is ‘immediate’ for Welsh schools - SecEd French and German GCSE grading to be less severe from 2020 - SecEd Laid bare: The injustice of school league tables - SecEd Free schools: The debate continues - SecEd Research round-up: November 2019 - SecEd Education must not be used as a political football, school leaders warn - Mail Astrea’s founding chief executive to step down after 4 years at helm - Schools Week ‘Startling and systematic bias’ in Ofsted ratings - Times Educational Supplement | TES Accountability: Peer review should be the norm - SecEd University staff in Wales will strike for eight days later this month - these are the dates - Wales Online Careers education: A little less spin, please - SecEd John Swinney and Nicola Sturgeon 'misled parliament' over school subject choice cut - Telegraph Brexit Party scholar: quite a few academics are secret Brexiteers - Times Higher Education | THE Widening participation should include those with a criminal record - Times Higher Education | THE Chinese government is accused of trying to gag UK universities - Mail China tries to gag UK universities - Times Bonus marks for French and German GCSE pupils - Times UCL students call time on Phineas Maclino statue - Times Dozens of families warned amid abuse claims at Jack and Jill nursery - Times Scotland: Eight days of university strikes over pay and pensions - Times Ireland: Half of homeless men ‘expelled or suspended at school’ - Times