News archive for 21st October 2019

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Do progression frameworks really help? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted asked to investigate 'off-rolling' row MAT - Times Educational Supplement | TES Outrage at ridiculous leaflet claiming ‘smiling’ and ‘laughing’ are signs of sexual consent - The Sun Furious mum attacks school over extortionate trip - 'Sets rick kids apart from poor kids!’ - Express No enforcement order against NASUWT over general secretary’s term of office - Schools Week English regulator will poll students to measure value for money - Times Higher Education | THE Erasmus+ changes lives. Don't let students miss out - Times Educational Supplement | TES Preparing for the interview: Advice for NQTs - UKEdChat ITE content and the work of the content advisory group - BERA The public must have a role in forming any UK research missions - Times Higher Education | THE Students celebrate Raisin Monday with traditional foam fight - Herald Scotland Ambition Institute responds to NAHT’s ‘About Time’ report on middle leaders - Ambition Institute The PRU, the boarding school and a unique experiment - Times Educational Supplement | TES Use the school curriculum to tackle racism - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE resits: 2 in 3 students 'make no progress' - Times Educational Supplement | TES The teachers risking their jobs to save the planet - Times Educational Supplement | TES Labour party and independent schools - The Educator Looking for value for money from OfS - Wonkhe Gavin in Wonderland – the Department for Education Guidance on free speech - HEPI Summer-born children: school admission - DfE What did you do in the quality wars? - Wonkhe How can people with criminal records access higher education? - Wonkhe Consultation on rules for Department for Education performance table qualifications - Ofqual The first point of contact - Learning & Work Institute Requests for late entry for summer-born plateau - Times Educational Supplement | TES St Andrews students work themselves up into a lather on Lower College lawn during traditional Raisin Monday celebration - Mail Ofqual plans new rules to tackle ‘vulnerability’ of 14 to 16 technical awards - Schools Week Learning and Skills Policy Update - October 2019 - Unionlearn Council told to pay £4,850 after young girl misses more than a year of school - Mirror Updates on the National Retraining Scheme and off-the-job training entitlement for apprentices - Unionlearn Teaching “cultural capital” in schools is not the path to a more equal society - New Statesman Aberdeen University student group claims smiling, laughing and 'direct eye contact' are signs of consent in leaflet on sex awareness - Mail Let teachers tell truth about climate change - Times Educational Supplement | TES Northern school leaders to be placed in PRUs - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘The way universities are run is making us ill’: inside the student mental health crisis (podcast) - Guardian Furious mum attacks school over extortionate trip - 'Sets rick kids apart from poor kids!’ - Express Why exploration of MAT and LA-level pupil exits data is important - Schools Week The trouble with 'side hustles' at university - Guardian Are working-class students and academics avoiding top universities? - The Conversation Wake-up call: is the government now listening to university experts? - Guardian Apprenticeships: £200 million of NHS levy funds unspent - Times Educational Supplement | TES Movers and Shakers: Edition 294 - FE Week What to expect under the new framework when an inspectors calls - FE Week UK government backs University of Cambridge and Microsoft mission to build better AI - Cambridge Network Teach primary school pupils CPR and other life-saving skills from age nine to tackle low cardiac arrest survival rates - Mail Carlton Bolling College: ‘Trojan horse’ college moves from bottom to top of class - Times Scotland: St Andrews University denies gay pride snub after flags taken down - Times