News archive for 21st November 2019

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Labour plan to scrap uni tuition fees destroyed – ‘Not paying for 18-year-old layabout!’ - Express Shocking ignorance – 10% of children believe eggs are laid by cows - Express Labour promises to raise the FE funding rate and reform the apprenticeship levy - FE Week Brit kids 'think eggs are laid by cows and don't know chips come from potatoes' - Mirror Independent teachers back Labour plans - Times Educational Supplement | TES Election school funding pledges unspun - Times Educational Supplement | TES Independent teachers back Labour plans - Times Educational Supplement | TES Rooney makes his WorldSkills UK LIVE! debut - FE Week Prince Andrew quits as chancellor of Huddersfield University after student-led campaign - Independent For the joy of it. Just run. - Headguruteacher Three FE colleges win Queen’s Anniversary Prizes - FE Week Atheist parents are robbing their children of access to our shared heritage - Telegraph One in five GCSE and A-level pupils granted extra time for exams - Guardian How academics can improve their quality of life - Times Higher Education | THE Duke of York steps down as Huddersfield chancellor - Times Higher Education | THE What should schools make of the Labour Party manifesto? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Independent schools fear 'abolition by stealth' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Brexit or not, MFL cannot be optional for Britain - Times Educational Supplement | TES Headteacher jailed for child abuse images - Times Educational Supplement | TES Breaking down workplace barriers for people with learning disabilities - ERSA Priti Patel condemned for claiming the Government should not be blamed for poverty - PoliticsHome More students overlooking UK, say agents - PIE News The Labour Party's manifesto for 'real change' - AoC responds - AoC | Association of Colleges There's an app for that - Learning Scientists Education and training statistics for the UK: 2019 - DfE Further education and skills inspections and outcomes as at 31 August 2019 - Ofsted Calls for clarity over Ofsted off-rolling judgements - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Election 2019: Labour party pledges £845m to improve children's mental health - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Election 2019: Education leaders praise Labour's vow to reverse school cuts - CYPN | Children & Young People Now ADCS calls for shake up of ‘failing’ youth mental health services - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Almost 700 children at risk of domestic violence every day, study shows - CYPN | Children & Young People Now ADCS president calls for review of head teachers' powers to exclude pupils - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Children’s awareness and understanding of conflict-related groups in divided education systems - BERA Calling academics who want to write about higher education - HEPI ISC response to the Labour Party manifesto - Independent Schools Council | ISC School Cuts welcomes Labour funding - National Education Union Labour Party Manifesto - National Education Union Labour pledges 5% for teachers and £10.5bn for schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities UK on developments in Hong Kong - Universities UK Universities UK responds to Labour manifesto - Universities UK University leaders make formal commitment to working with UCU on long-term USS pension scheme reform - Universities UK University strikes on after universities refuse to deal with pensions, pay and working conditions - UCU Eight days of strikes at Scottish universities on from Monday - UCU Collab Group statement on Labour party manifesto - Collab Group The Labour Party's manifesto for 'real change' - sector response - FE News University strikes: Institutions brace for student compensation claims as tens of thousands of staff walk out - Independent Seizing the opportunity to offer more people the chance of success through higher technical education - Universities UK Labour announces school funding plans - Mail Candidates getting GCSE and A-level extra time up by 9% - Times Educational Supplement | TES Labour's election manifesto: EMA and levy reform - Times Educational Supplement | TES Training providers lose millions through devolution - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sharp rise in pupil numbers in special schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Labour manifesto 2019: the full list of schools policies - Schools Week To avoid blazes like Bolton's, we must radically overhaul student housing | Eva Crossan Jory - Guardian Labour to raise school spending by £10.5bn and give teachers a 5% pay rise - Schools Week Labour launch manifesto – read what it says about FE and skills - FE Week Late A-level entries drop to lowest rate in a decade - Schools Week Prue Leith sparks fury over packed lunch ban: 'Not every parent can afford to pay!' - Express Glasgow colleges to deliver first regional curriculum - Times Educational Supplement | TES Cardiff school gets its own beautiful spaniel puppy for pupils - Wales Online Investigation: Pupils ‘at risk’ as special school staff left to ‘fill gaps’ in medical care - Schools Week Muslim students need exam adjustments during Ramadan - Wonkhe Is small still beautiful in the age of the mega-university? - Times Higher Education | THE University reputation ‘less important’ for graduate recruiters - Times Higher Education | THE Universities urged to radically cut flights to help climate - Times Higher Education | THE Ten rules for succeeding in academia through upward toxicity - Times Higher Education | THE Lib Dems seek to sidestep fees trauma with HE review pledge - Times Higher Education | THE Academics forced to act as ‘fourth emergency service’ for stressed students - Financial Times Skills leaders call for changes to T-level curriculum ahead of launch next year - FE Week Tutors’ strike to hit university student deadlines - Times Ireland: Teaching union unhappy over minister’s special needs pledge - Times Parents ‘being disenfranchised’ by new Irish language schools - Times