News archive for 29th October 2019

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Election 2019: Labour’s Ofsted and Sats bonfire - Times Educational Supplement | TES December election 2019: What does it mean for schools? - Schools Week Election 2019: Lib Dems to scrap Sats and league tables - Times Educational Supplement | TES £800m scheme for university technical colleges failing as many half empty, watchdog warns - Independent Apprenticeship funding: 4 options to fix the system - Times Educational Supplement | TES Heads' outrage at school photo retouching service - Times Educational Supplement | TES T levels: Coca-Cola official questions subject choices - Times Educational Supplement | TES Future Leader schools top Northern Powerhouse Partnership’s ‘fairer league table’ - Ambition Institute Skills for all - Nesta NFER appoints new Director of Operations - NFER Mirror Mirror on the wall: the function of data in constructing child subjectivity - BERA Researchers' theory predicts the lifespan of liquid droplets - Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Review of SEL assessments for secondary pupils - Best Evidence in Brief What are the best self-regulated learning strategies for Chinese pupils? - Best Evidence in Brief Renewed partnership needed to kickstart lifelong learning - CBI Sad, just sad - UKEdChat MPs call for action to break link between knife crime and exclusions - SecEd Our education system doesn’t work for children with dyslexia - PoliticsHome Teacher subject specialism training (TSST) courses - DfE DfE's £400m school facilities fund is 'too little, too late' - SecEd Education Committee begins evidence publication for Adult Learning inquiry - Education & Training Foundation How do GCSE grades relate to PISA scores? - FFT Education Datalab Digital feedback in primary maths - Best Evidence in Brief Apprenticeship budget overspend: small employers to face cap on starts - FE Week High school supply teacher banned for coming to school drunk - Mail Banned: Teacher who had sex with former pupil - Times Educational Supplement | TES Can school readiness tests predict future success in school? - Best Evidence in Brief Just 15% of children hit five-a-day target - Times Educational Supplement | TES Election 2019: Tories hope to cash in on school funding - Times Educational Supplement | TES When did airbrushing your child's school photo become a thing? - Guardian Suicidal children 'overlooked' by global government policy, research finds - Mail What should schools teach? - The Learning Spy Nine in 10 students 'satisfied with college' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Fake university website for College of Suffolk shut down - BBC I started my charity when I was 16, so I know Gen Z will give more if we ask them - Guardian Regional rep challenges establishment candidate for NASUWT leadership - Schools Week Include academic freedom and freedom of speech in university rankings - Montrose42 Northern schools 'penalised by Progress 8 tables' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Top ranked schools in 'fairer' league tables - Times Educational Supplement | TES Adult education: 6 ways to improve skills devolution - Times Educational Supplement | TES Faith and grammar schools plummet in 'fairer' tables - Times Educational Supplement | TES More than half of 'underperforming' schools would improve if pupil backgrounds were considered, study finds - Independent Britain has millions more graduates – so why has the economy got so little to show for it? - Telegraph Providers call for improvements in future procurements of devolved Adult Education Budget - AELP How the people of Rochdale launched their own fightback against sexual abuse and poverty - Guardian Temporary work at £9 an hour. No wonder lecturers are balloting to strike - Guardian Urgent action needed to fix apprenticeship levy and prevent ‘creeping rationing’ of training post Brexit - sector response - FE News How do GCSE grades relate to PISA scores? - IOE London Blog What hypocrisy, I think guiltily, as I jet off to academic conferences far and wide | Jonathan Wolff - Guardian What are universities hiding about Vice Chancellor pay? - Wonkhe Research supervisors are important and undervalued - Wonkhe Scholars want sabbaticals and placements to fight climate change - Times Higher Education | THE Big variation across Europe in cost of publishing with ‘big five’ - Times Higher Education | THE One in five providers concerned about procurement process for devolved AEB - FE Week Pupil background 'should be part of league tables' - BBC Secondary school league tables flawed, says study - Financial Times Half of ‘underperforming’ schools do better when progress 8 includes pupil background - Schools Week Instagram can never remove all self-harm images, admits boss Adam Mosseri - Times Council beats new grammar school ban by allowing ‘satellite’ expansion - Times Ireland: More than half of primary schools have inadequate broadband speeds - Times