News archive for 27th September 2019

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University of Edinburgh criticised for hosting 'blatantly' racist event - Scotsman Mum slams school for 'neglect' after son forced to poo behind a bush - Mirror We should focus on what schools need, not what they are - Times Educational Supplement | TES Fall in applications from aspiring maths teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES I want free schools to help other schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES First college to win Careers and Enterprise Company award - FE Week Who were the winners of The Careers & Enterprise Company Annual Awards 2019? - Schools Week Signposting the hinterland: practical ways to enrich your core curriculum. - Teacherhead What does it feel like to be Right-wing on a Left-wing campus? - Telegraph Ofsted watch: Popular Italian restaurant chain served delectable report - FE Week Nursery offers Thomas Cook staff free childcare - Nursery World How to close the gap between learners? - The Educator Commuting students – enhancing a different student experience - HEPI Abolishing private schools is not the education fight we need - Financial Times Removing barriers to technical education and boosting quality - IfATE Industrial action exposes bullying and harassment in Glasgow schools - NASUWT First steps of the Essential Digital Skills CPD programme - Education & Training Foundation In the news: 27 September - UCU Policy Eye - highlights of the week ending 27 September - Pearson Reflections of a new SEND manager - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Hull College Group ‘independent’ investigation into leadership led by college’s own lawyer - FE Week Student of the Year Award finalists announced - AoC | Association of Colleges Education inspection framework - Ofsted National Apprenticeship Awards 2019 regional winners announced - Education & Skills Funding Agency Researchers create computer game that can help improve children’s maths and science achievement - IOE London Blog LSE to go emission-free - London School of Economics | LSE Fine-tuning resources at Morley College - Jisc Policy Tracker – Keeping track of what happened in the world of education in September 2019 - Pearson How Ofsted decides which providers to inspect - Times Educational Supplement | TES Brexit means loss of access to barred-teacher database - Times Educational Supplement | TES Our apartheid education system is a burning injustice - Times Educational Supplement | TES T levels are full of promise, but need proper clarity - Times Educational Supplement | TES How prepared are colleges for cyber attacks? - Times Educational Supplement | TES My son had to do a poo in a bush because his school locks the toilets - Wales Online Sprinklers installed in just 3% of schools that had fires in last 5 years - Schools Week Would abolishing private schools really make a difference to equality? - The Conversation The rise in private tutors is a sign of aspiration. It should be welcomed, not scorned - Telegraph Almost 1 in 3 teachers report kids being withdrawn from RE, and 4 other NATRE survey findings - Schools Week Top of the class: Labour seeks to emulate Finland's school system - Guardian The Tes podcast: phonics results, Ofsted and GCSEs - Times Educational Supplement | TES PM criticises Scottish education 'grave inadequacies' - Times Educational Supplement | TES School bike-share scheme for pupils is a 'UK first' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 1.3 million disabled children face 50:50 chance of the right support - Nursery World Colleges blame poor publicity and bad design for low traineeships take-up - FE Week DfE confirms EYFSP publication date - Nursery World Advanced learner loan cap is deterring students, college warns - FE Week A boom in renewables education as Scotland upskills - Herald Scotland Britain faces £33 billion yearly losses by 2030 unless it delivers 21,000 computer science graduates each year - The Sun Sector bodies align with call for DfE to switch funding for 16-18s - FE Week Williamson backs ‘Rolls Royce-level’ degree apprenticeships for teachers - Schools Week Small-group reading helps reduce disadvantage gap - Times Educational Supplement | TES Two-thirds of latest SEND inspections uncover failings - Times Educational Supplement | TES Calls for more checks on SEND services that fail - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils pulled from RE lessons to study other subjects - Times Educational Supplement | TES SEND inspections: How the system is failing - Times Educational Supplement | TES Did DfE mislead Parliament over no-deal Brexit preparations? - Schools Week Lord Agnew: I will not hesitate to step in on college spending - FE Week ‘The way universities are run is making us ill’: inside the student mental health crisis - Guardian Ofsted’s new framework: From watchdog to service dog? - Schools Week TUNDRA, fees, initiations, midwives (podcast) - Wonkhe ‘Ethical internationalisation’ absent from national agendas - Times Higher Education | THE Why universities need to declare an ecological and climate emergency - Times Higher Education | THE ‘Universities must network or face closure,’ says ex-Utrecht rector - Times Higher Education | THE Over half of young people now going to university for first time - Independent Finally, half of young people at university - Times While the wealthy use tutors, poor pupils sink or swim - Times Ireland: 90% of childcare workers ready to leave over pay - Times Ireland: Lecturer sexually harassed by students wins €10,000 - Times