News archive for 25th November 2019

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Labour pledges review of BAME representation among teachers - Schools Week Jeremy Corbyn promises children will be taught about evils of British Empire - Telegraph The groovy prog isn’t the issue; it’s the bad trad - Teacherhead Teachers told not to go alone to 'brutal' Ofsted checks - Times Educational Supplement | TES The loss of small schools would be incalculable - Times Educational Supplement | TES Labour pledges national plan to recruit BAME teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES The Guardian view on university strikes: A battle for the soul of the campus - Guardian University staff launch 8-day strike across UK - Financial Times China wants deeper educational links with Britain - Financial Times How to perpetuate educational injustice: Increase the number of grammar schools - The Educator The Conservative Manifesto: Our response - Nesta So what exactly are the manifestos promising on higher education? - HEPI New Ofsted Framework - National Education Union 50,000 more nurses? 3m apprenticeship target a lesson in how key Conservative manifesto ‘guarantees’ do not add up - FE Week Statutory RSE & Health Education - SecEd EYFS consultation - Solving the EYFS puzzle - Nursery World Tory manifesto pledges to ‘consider carefully’ Augar plans - Times Higher Education | THE Statement on Conservatives 2019 manifesto - Collab Group Solid support for strikes sends clear message to universities, says UCU - UCU Labour’s Race and Faith Manifesto - National Education Union NEU state of school and college buildings survey - National Education Union University lecturers' strikes: Students on how it affects them - BBC Sector response to Conservative party manifesto Right to Retrain and a £3 billion National Skills Fund pledge - FE News Bridging the tech skills gap with engagement and empowerment - FE News Election pledges, performance-related pay and three other remarkable findings from this week - Teacher Tapp Four new board members appointed to Ada Lovelace Institute - Nuffield Foundation The problem with mocks - UKEdChat An evidence-informed approach to curriculum design - Research Schools Network Pre-16 schools funding: local authority guidance for 2020 to 2021 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Conservatives manifesto: Party pledges £1bn for childcare - Nursery World “Class ceiling” costs working-class graduates £1,700 - new research - Social Market Foundation | SMF Mathematics Mastery evaluation report - FFT Education Datalab Magic Breakfast evaluation report - FFT Education Datalab Girls’ schools top national performance tables - GSA Is quick, cost-effective and robust evaluation of education interventions possible? - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Why we need a 'long-term, sustainable skills system' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Accountability is a headache for heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK strikes: staff on picket lines ‘fighting for future of HE’ - Times Higher Education | THE ‘Solid’ support for strikes as staff rally over pay and pensions - Times Higher Education | THE Election 2019: Conservative manifesto lacks focus on children and young people, sector leaders warn - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Election 2019: Conservative manifesto pledges £14bn for schools and crackdown on youth violence - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Enterprise: An approach to enhancing employability - Advance HE Delivering a digital education - Jisc The next London Challenge - Social Market Foundation | SMF Most teachers unaware of school asbestos, poll suggests - Times Educational Supplement | TES The AoC conference with no politicians was refreshing - Times Educational Supplement | TES Bust 'rich boys in top hats' myth, private schools told - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Journey to Outstanding may be harder’ - Nursery World Teachers taking on unpaid extra duties to satisfy ‘brutal’ new inspections, warns NEU - Schools Week ‘Galling’ £111m arts premium plan is ‘too little too late’ – Barton - Schools Week Eight-day strikes at 12 Scottish universities begin - BBC These are the 12 top performing independent schools in Scotland for exam results - Scotsman Boris Johnson's childcare policy branded 'uninspiring insult to working parents' - Mirror Students join picket lines to support striking lecturers - Times Students: Don't complain about your striking lecturers – join them - Guardian Half of teachers say school buildings unfit for purpose - Times Educational Supplement | TES Election 2019: Why the parties are offering real choice - Times Educational Supplement | TES University strikes: Picket lines and cancelled lectures as tens of thousands of staff walk out - Independent University strike: tens of thousands of staff walk out across UK - Guardian General Election 2019: Where do the main parties stand on education? - Metro Six million tonnes of asbestos are still in schools, hospitals and homes in the UK - Mail University workers start eight-day strike at 60 UK institutions - Mail Men pictured openly injecting drugs in front of children near Manchester school - Mirror Strikes begin at these 12 Scottish universities - Scotsman Universities unite in high-level strategy group to govern negotiations with publishers - Jisc Welsh university staff walk out over pay, pensions and working conditions - Wales Online Staff at Scottish universities begin eight days of strike action - Mail Solid support for strikes sends clear message to universities - UCU University staff to begin eight-day strike over pay, conditions and pensions - Mail Volunteering is best way to make pupils think globally - Times Educational Supplement | TES All migrants deserve support – not just the ‘good’ ones | Furaha Asani - Guardian Movers and Shakers: Edition 298 - FE Week My 5 priorities for FE that should go first in the next education secretary’s in-tray - FE Week UK academia's links to Chinese defence firms 'harmful for national security' - Guardian What schools can learn from Game of Thrones on mottos - Schools Week A university manifesto for the next government - Wonkhe A manifesto for the 21st century university - Wonkhe The Wonkhe Higher Education manifesto briefing 2019 - Wonkhe Student grants must return – and be extended - Wonkhe Citation counting is killing academic dissent - Times Higher Education | THE European universities ‘should maintain place for local language’ - Times Higher Education | THE Horizon Europe cuts ‘would undermine innovation agenda’ - Times Higher Education | THE University staff in Wales walk out over pay, pensions and working conditions - Wales Online UK children exposed to more asbestos than other countries - report - Guardian University lecturers are to cause chaos by launching an eight-day strike - Mail University staff strike over pensions and pay - BBC School holiday camps may be cheaper thanks to VAT ruling - Times Hidden asbestos threat for nurses and teachers - Times Artist ready to sue university over trans rights speech ban - Times Scotland: Teacher unfairly dismissed after cancer treatment - Times Young Irish graduates favour work-life balance over career progression - Times