News archive for 11th September 2019

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National Reference Test 2020 - Information for schools - DfE National curriculum assessments: key stage 2, 2019 (provisional) - DfE Area review: end of programme report - DfE Ministerial portfolios confirmed at Department for Education - DfE World's largest genetics research project to fight deadly diseases and new offer for international students - DfE ESFA Update: 11 September 2019 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Oxford professor launches legal fight after he was 'forced' to retire aged 69 - Mail Nick Gibb to take on early years - Times Educational Supplement | TES Banned: Teacher who came to school drunk - Times Educational Supplement | TES What will the 'refreshed narrative' of CfE achieve? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted: Harris rapped for 'inappropriate' exam entries - Times Educational Supplement | TES Could Christine Blower be Labour’s schools minister? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Oxford named as best university in the world, new rankings show - Telegraph Edinburgh University ranked best in Scotland in global list - Herald Scotland Oxford top of global university rankings - BBC Nick Gibb’s ministerial brief expanded to include early years - Schools Week Charlotte Church faces probe over school classes at home - BBC Lord Agnew to help with FE and skills brief at DfE - FE Week Nearly two in three British universities in top 200 slip down rankings and Brexit could make it worse, experts say - Independent ‘Unregistered’ private school issued two warnings by Ofsted - Metro THE World University Rankings 2020: results announced - Times Higher Education | THE UK universities welcome U-turn on student visas - Guardian Challenge and celebration as education’s world leaders land in Wales - Education matters Using non-judgemental listening - Teacher Toolkit The truth about teachers' salaries: Are they really underpaid? - Teacher Tapp The Office for Students’ new regulatory order - Wonkhe How do students view gaming and gambling? - Wonkhe What do young people really want from their education? - The Educator 15 things worth glancing at in the new Education at a Glance - HEPI National Audit Office on SEND - National Education Union Post-study work visas – what we really know - Wonkhe SEND system is 'unsustainable', says NAO - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Money is not the solution to the teacher shortage – or is it? - BERA DfE uses Snapchat to continue languages revival at GCSE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted slams Welsh college's apprenticeships in England - Times Educational Supplement | TES What would an alternative to GCSE English look like? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Qualifications body under fire for Saudi Arabia links - Times Educational Supplement | TES UCU responds to international student visa announcement - UCU UUK response to announcement of a new post-study work visa - Universities UK Our response to international student visa announcement - CBI "Fantastic news" on post-study work - Russell Group “Unequivocally good news”: UK reacts to PSW - PIE News Boris Johnson rips up Theresa May's student visa curbs in bid to attract 'brightest and best' - PoliticsHome Diary of an NQT: All aboard the NQT rollercoaster - SecEd National reference test 2020 dates revealed - Schools Week Drunk teacher who hugged, kissed and ‘danced inappropriately’ with pupils at school prom banned from classroom - Independent Why teachers' workload would rise without cap on hours - Times Educational Supplement | TES The truth about teachers' salaries: Are they really underpaid? - Teacher Tapp Funding pledge: We’re not out of the woods yet - SecEd Research studies highlight online harms - SecEd Active teens perform better in school over two years - UKEdChat Questions raised over Ofsted’s capacity to routinely inspect outstanding schools - SecEd MillionPlus welcomes return of the post-study work visa - MillionPlus A levels see worrying decline in English - SecEd Exam malpractice: The true picture - SecEd Diary of a headteacher: Dealing with redundancies - SecEd At the chalkface: Roll-up, roll-up! It’s back to school - SecEd British Council welcomes post-study work visa announcement - British Council Academic institutions and the skills factor - Training Journal Diary of a Headteacher: The weight of the exam results... - SecEd Action urged over nitrates in school food - SecEd Climate strike students take on councillors - SecEd Immigration status: Ministers reverse May-era student visa rules - BBC Student visa rethink aims to please both business and Brexiters - Guardian UK work visas for foreign students: all you need to know - Guardian Welsh college rapped by Ofsted - FE Week Parents claim their children don't have time to eat after school cuts lunch break - Wales Online 'I almost regret coming to the UK to study' - BBC Steiner celebrates 100 years in education - Nursery World Pupils 'struggling with Scottish national tests' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Could Ofsted become a saviour for the school system? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Child poverty: Radical action needed, say experts - Times Educational Supplement | TES Applications for Chevening scholarship will be accepted until 5 November 2019 - GOV.UK British Chevening Scholarship awarded to 53 Pakistani scholars - GOV.UK Nurseries and schools urged to get out in the garden - Nursery World Educational exports: the story so far - Financial Times Welsh primary school placed in special measures due to 'fractured working relationships between staff' - Wales Online First Harris academy rated below ‘good’ as Ofsted flags entry to ‘inappropriate’ qualifications - Schools Week Forgotten Third Commission recommends scrapping GCSE English Language - ASCL ASCL comment on SEND report - ASCL Six ways to educate pupils on period poverty - Times Educational Supplement | TES Third of teachers unprepared to talk periods - Times Educational Supplement | TES Foreign students will be given two years to stay in UK in screeching Tory U-turn - Mirror GCSE English language 'should be replaced' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 7 ways DfE has been told to improve the SEND system - Times Educational Supplement | TES Unsustainable SEND system 'fails to meet pupils needs' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children with special needs are marginalised at school, says NAO - Guardian Tollcross Primary School and nursery closed after Fountainbridge building fire and 'explosion' - Scotsman Student visa U-turn as Theresa May’s harsh immigration legacy dismantled - Scotsman Oxford physicist fights ‘unfair’ compulsory retirement - Times Higher Education | THE How to survive in the era of academic overproduction - Times Higher Education | THE Special needs pupils without care plans 'vulnerable' - BBC Needs of children with SEND not being met, warns National Audit Office - Nursery World Replace GCSE English language with ‘passport to English’, says ASCL commission - Schools Week The ‘Forgotten Third’ deserve the dignity of a new type of qualification - FE Week Commission calls for ‘demoralising’ GCSE English to be replaced - FE Week ‘Shocking failure of SEND system’ highlighted in damning NAO report - Schools Week The ‘Forgotten Third’ deserve the dignity of a new type of qualification - Schools Week Tuition fees in England are among the highest in the world - Mail Visa climbdown allows overseas students to stay for longer - Times Extra funding must go to schools in the most deprived communities | Russell Hobby - Times Scotland: Gas blast suspected as flats near school burn - Times Heriot-Watt to investigate hiring of abusive academic - Times