News archive for 16th September 2019

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Funding shortfall prompts warning on apprenticeships - Financial Times Why won't the unions defend private-school jobs? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Baseline: Almost 200 schools drop out of pilot - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government criticised for 'multi-level class' inaction - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why Ofsted is looking beyond 'zero tolerance' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Illegal school head given 120 hours community order - Times Educational Supplement | TES Brexit won’t disadvantage Scottish universities, pledges Gavin Williamson - Scotsman SEND and alternative provision: is policy on the right path? - EPI Knife crime: safeguarding children and young people in education - Ofsted Responses to research into knife crime - Ofsted Teacher Recruitment Bulletin - DfE National Apprenticeship Awards 2019 regional winners announced - Education & Skills Funding Agency Behaviour, multiplication checks & the Teacher Tapp guide to avoiding observations! - Teacher Tapp Inspectors criticise SEND services in South Tyneside - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Going through the mill - Jisc Shining a spotlight on crime - Advance HE Getting my teaching ‘mojo’ back - UKEdChat Helping young adult carers on their pathway to independence - Learning & Work Institute A climate change curriculum to empower the climate strike generation - The Conversation UK universities “very concerned” about no-deal Brexit despite extensive preparations - PIE News Northern Ireland - industrial action update - NAHT Satisfying employers’ appetite for graduates - HEPI Promote openness for Britain to thrive, says MillionPlus Chair - MillionPlus Majority of universities well-prepared for no-deal Brexit; but continue to fear negative impact - Universities UK Do employment metrics measure up? - Wonkhe Free sanitary products in schools could become law - Times Educational Supplement | TES Khan: 'We want to be in charge of apprenticeships' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities' lack of mental health care 'intolerable' says former minister - HuffPost Complete the school census (guidance) - DfE Ceara Thacker: Dead student's father hits out at university - BBC New rules make school ‘feel like prison’, parents say - Metro Parents 'concerned about cost of school' - BBC London AEB tender funding allocations - FE Week Why trainees are under too much pressure to find a job - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schoolboy killer warns teenagers not to carry knives - Times Ministers to consider post-results university admissions - Schools Week Education Secretary backs review of university admissions - DfE Spend on SEND and mental health, parents tell schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Proposed changes to EYFS could be 'detrimental' - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK students waiting up to three months for mental health care - Guardian Williamson backs 'worrying' unconditional offers review - Times Educational Supplement | TES Secondary Scottish education must be reviewed, MSPs say - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sadiq Khan: Extend skills devolution for London - Times Educational Supplement | TES Movers and Shakers: Edition 289 - FE Week Starting school can be a traumatic experience – for the parents | Emma Brockes - Guardian Education secretary backs review of university admissions - Guardian Repeat freshers’ week to combat first-year loneliness ‘epidemic’ fuelling student mental health crisis, says report - Independent Why Scotland must reconsider religious segregation in schools - Scotsman Is it possible to create a bully-free school? - The Educator John Swinney orders 'independent' review into Scottish secondary education after inquiry finds catalogue of failings - Telegraph The 3 key principles to helping students form good habits - Schools Week Government to consider scrapping university offers based on A-level predictions - Independent Practical collaboration must be the way forward for apprenticeships - FE Week Universities hit by brain drain as no-deal looms - Herald Scotland John Swinney's education review is welcome - if it is truly independent - Telegraph SNP launch review into schools after concerns over subject choice - Herald Scotland Majority of universities well-prepared for no-deal Brexit; but continue to fear negative impact - Universities UK UK universities stockpiling in case of no-deal Brexit - Times Higher Education | THE Lib Dems ‘moving towards’ graduate tax policy for England - Times Higher Education | THE Interview - Chris Caws, development manager, Youth Sport Trust - Nursery World Proposed EYFS changes ‘not supported by evidence’ - Nursery World Campaigners dismiss DfE Baseline research - Nursery World Children should be allowed to skip school to attend protests, say British teachers - Telegraph Only half of UK universities ready for no-deal Brexit – study - Guardian Students could apply for university places after A-level results - Mail Universities 'in dark' over student mental health needs - BBC Scottish education subjects review ordered - BBC Unconditional university offers could breach consumer laws - Times Your halls aren’t ready so stay home, Portsmouth freshers told - Times Scottish universities expecting the worst from a no-deal Brexit - Times Irish universities spent €1.5m on luxury flights for academics in a year - Times