News archive for 11th February 2020

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Keir Starmer calls for end to 'scandal' of spiralling student debt - Guardian More private school teacher pensions strikes - Times Educational Supplement | TES Free school got DfE go-ahead despite 1600 spare places - Times Educational Supplement | TES Term-time contracts for support staff? They're unfair - Times Educational Supplement | TES School with LGBT+ crossing will 'stand up to hate' - Times Educational Supplement | TES The Guardian view on new GCSEs: bad news for disadvantaged pupils - Guardian London school receives homophobic abuse after painting LGBT+ rainbow on crossing - Mail Ministerial ‘gap’ at the DfE needs to be resolved soon, says Tory MP - FE Week How UK independent schools should prepare for coronavirus disruption - Schools Week Changes in engineering are required to help more women participate - IOE London Blog Majority of children use their phones daily or almost all the time - London School of Economics | LSE Low pay and high stress lead to dramatic drop in early years workers - CYPN | Children & Young People Now #PauseOfsted: NEU backs headteacher-led 'quiet revolution' - SecEd Sex abuse in families: Poor prevention work and staff training is letting down victims - SecEd Coronavirus: UK ELT schools fear losses due to missed bookings - PIE News Large nursery groups 'hungrier' for growth, report suggests - Nursery World Nacro becomes Society for Education and Training Corporate Partner - Education & Training Foundation Bulk of £7.1 billion funding injection will disappear with rising costs and teacher pay rises - SecEd How to make outdoor nurseries work - Times Educational Supplement | TES Apprenticeships: MBAs for a few come at a cost to many - Times Educational Supplement | TES The ‘why’ we are learning ‘what’ we are learning - UKEdChat New MET police guidance for schools and colleges - NAHT Early years workers: poor pay, increasing workload, and low-status forcing staff out of the profession - Nuffield Foundation The skills workers will need in the age of AI - Training Journal Register your interest in WorldSkills UK - Education & Training Foundation Teachers hit by sixth-form college cuts to strike - Times Educational Supplement | TES Voice welcomes NatCen’s early years workforce report - Voice EPSRC to launch pilot call for transformative research projects - Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) New national air quality guidance - National Education Union Striking tomorrow in sixth form colleges - National Education Union Register of end-point assessment organisations - Education & Skills Funding Agency Teachers strike calls for Newport change of heart - National Education Union UUK developing ‘wider framework’ on value beyond earnings - Times Higher Education | THE UK simplifies application process for new research funds - Times Higher Education | THE ESFA: college financial planning handbook and financial plan - Education & Skills Funding Agency Schools trial body-worn cameras to tackle bad behaviour - CYPN | Children & Young People Now School receives hundreds of abusive messages over LGBT+ rainbow crossing - Independent Free school meals could be available to all no matter what you earn, if new rules go ahead - The Sun Ofsted grade 3 forces mega-college to appeal not to be kicked off the T-levels roll-out - FE Week London Assembly calls for free school meals to be made available to all children - Mail Teacher who had sex with former pupil on school trip banned from classroom nearly 15 years later - Independent ‘We are not convinced’ – leaders’ union ASCL won’t back #PauseOfsted campaign - Schools Week UK university spinouts fail to gain from record equity funding - Financial Times Over £100m in levy funds spent on master's for managers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Damian Hinds: Apprenticeship levy needs reform - Times Educational Supplement | TES Former Ampleforth monk admits sexual abuse of pupil - Times Educational Supplement | TES Whiteboard jungle: how can we help teenagers navigate adolescence? - IOE London Blog The cute and scruffy dog who is helping kids in Welsh schools deal with traumatic experiences - Wales Online Banned: Teacher who sent ex-students picture of penis - Times Educational Supplement | TES Want to survive, private schools? Then improve society - Times Educational Supplement | TES Private Muslim primary school is closed down over radicalisation fears - Mail Paramedic students will get £5,000 support payment each year - GOV.UK Sixth form college staff to strike against 16-19 funding cuts in lead up to the budget - FE Week Controversial Muslim primary school where ‘kids as young at 4 at risk of radicalisation’ is shut down - The Sun Girl with cerebral palsy home-schooled for 20 months due to lack of disabled toilets - Mirror Free school meals could be available to all - no matter what you earn under new rules - Mirror A modest proposal to protect private school kids' Oxbridge places – they're being stolen by 'disadvantaged students' - Telegraph DfE property firm’s boss got £30k bonus, despite missed value-for-money target - Schools Week Half-term coronavirus warning to parents amid fears kids could pick up bug - The Sun Understanding the early years workforce: Qualitative research findings - EPI “Leave the apprenticeship levy alone”, say group of UK’s largest employers - AELP The stigma of failure - UKEdChat Leave levy alone, employers urge government - Times Educational Supplement | TES Inquiry into schools’ use of restraint on pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Match early years pay with primary salaries, DfE told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Early years workers forced out of jobs they love - Nursery World UK rated among world's worst for child online safety - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education for all - Nesta The Bilingual Brain by Albert Costa review – enlightening and astonishing - Guardian Pupils draft their own climate bill as anxiety grows over lack of guidance for schools - Guardian The national curriculum barely mentions the climate crisis. Children deserve better | Fiona Harvey - Guardian Figures showing online dangers facing pupils revealed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Don’t dismiss the apprenticeship levy — it could fix the UK's productivity puzzle - City AM Alarm at Ofsted-style plan to rank universities by graduate earnings - Guardian National Numeracy publishes 2019 Impact Report - National Numeracy Could free travel drive the sector to new heights? - FE Week Rebalancing UK research funding regionally: how could it happen? - Times Higher Education | THE Vibrant research cultures do not just emerge by magic - Times Higher Education | THE How university estates can serve the communities that house them - Wonkhe OfS won’t be silent on sustainability - Wonkhe The future of higher education and the implications for students - HEPI British schools issue coronavirus warnings to parents amid fears of half-term holidays to the Far East - Mail Girl home-schooled due to lack of disabled toilets in Monmouthshire - BBC Muslim school chief vows to help white working-class boys - Times Scotland: Glasgow’s Royal Conservatoire suspends course leader over ‘bullying’ claims - Times Scotland: Students scoff at proposal to ban beef from campus cafés - Times Don't judge universities on graduate salaries alone – there's more to success than money - Telegraph