News archive for 7th October 2019

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Banned: Teacher who touched pupils in lessons - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE 'dropped the ball' on plan for music, says adviser - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted criticises 3-year GCSEs and low EBacc entry in new inspection report - Schools Week DfE looking to appoint extra principals and consultants to ‘enable more colleges to be supported’ - FE Week Minister orders summit with developers over student homes delay - Guardian Dumb and dumber: all new dumbest university rankings 2019 - Wonkhe A roadmap through the worlds of quality assurance and student engagement - Wonkhe What happens when a student is not fit to practise? - Wonkhe Tips for encouraging questioning in the classroom - The Educator White Elephant #7: Looking the elephant in the eye – a few thoughts - HEPI Rona Tutt’s SEND summary (September 2019) - NAHT Inspiring women VR pioneers - Jisc Growing minority of teachers in Northern Ireland working across sectarian divide - UKEdChat Families lose landmark SEND case against Government - Nursery World Response to DfE consultation on improving higher technical education - Ofqual Teenage mental health research gets £35m funding boost - CYPN | Children & Young People Now IOE academic awarded prestigious European research prize - IOE London Blog Trying and learning: a lesson from the classroom - Advance HE How much abuse do teachers receive? (and other findings…) - Teacher Tapp UK risks falling behind post-Brexit as new survey shows number of adults improving their skills has fallen to record low - Learning & Work Institute National Reference Test dates announced for 2020 - NFER UNESCO World Teachers' Day - an NQT perspective - NFER SEND court case - National Education Union T Level transition programme framework for delivery 2020 to 2021 - Education & Skills Funding Agency New plans demonstrate greater ambition in tackling equality gaps - Office for Students Voting opens to find the Rising Star of 2019 - Education & Skills Funding Agency T Level campaign launches to help accelerate young people to ‘NexT Level’ - DfE Families lose court case over government SEND funding - Times Educational Supplement | TES T levels: how will they be graded? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Report cash crises earlier, Agnew tells colleges - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted comes down hard on UK’s leading firm of financial compliance advisers - FE Week Principal goes on ‘leave of absence’ at college under investigation for nepotism and ‘financial wrongdoing’ - FE Week Families lose high court challenge over special needs funding - Guardian More than 100 Durham students put into temporary accommodation days before arriving - Independent Families lose challenge over special-needs funding - BBC In praise of uncertainty - The Learning Spy Government launches drive to attract T-Level students - Nursery World Liberty: ‘Secret’ Prevent database ‘destroys’ trust between teachers and pupils - Schools Week Parents of children with special needs lose High Court fight against government over funding ‘crisis’ - Independent SEND campaigners lose High Court case against government funding cuts - Schools Week T-level action plan: 5 things we’ve learned - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted quashes Jewish school's 'inadequate' rating - Times Educational Supplement | TES Student housing failures 'deeply concerning' - BBC Air purifiers reduce sick absence, say teachers - Evening Standard T Level action plan - DfE Introduction of T Levels - DfE Trio share medicine Nobel for work on how cells sense oxygen - Times Higher Education | THE UK universities in landmark deal to buy energy direct from windfarms - Guardian Movers and Shakers: Edition 292 - FE Week It’s everyone’s role in colleges to embrace cyber security - FE Week Taking primary teacher effectiveness to the next level - Schools Week Academic freedom is under threat around the world – here’s how to defend it - The Conversation Teachers more important to young people than social media stars on YouTube and Instagram – say parents - Herald Scotland High Court to rule on challenge over special educational needs funding - Mail DfE reveals who will be allowed to deliver T-levels in 2022 – but there is a catch - FE Week Universities under fire as accommodation crisis hits students - Times Boom in university admissions has driven student housing shortage - Times Students are forced to live in budget hotels - Times Schools are failing to prepare students for university life - Times Relationship advice? It’s a subject that some teachers find particularly sticky | Kevin Maher - Times Ireland: 150 academics declare support for Extinction Rebellion’s week of protests in Dublin - Times Youth mental health research given £35m cash boost by Government - Express Funding: initial teacher training (ITT), academic year 2020 to 2021 - UCET