News archive for 20th February 2020

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Horror show as damning Scottish exams report is unveiled - Herald Scotland Going to university helps you live longer, as study suggests education is the best predictor of life expectancy - The Sun Leading publisher pulls school textbook which asks children to 'reflect' on how Israel caused 9/11 - Telegraph 'It can't go on': students join lecturers on the picket line - Guardian Only ten universities saw a majority of union members vote for strikes, analysis finds - Telegraph If Ofsted told us to jump off a cliff, would we? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tes International podcast: Liz Free and teacher CPD - Times Educational Supplement | TES Driving pupils to be perfect is damaging mental health - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'We're being punished for having a disabled daughter' - BBC Scottish pupils 'should switch off mobile phones' to improve education standards - Herald Scotland 'Apologise or resign,' heads tell Spielman - Times Educational Supplement | TES Experts urge ministers to 'stay the course' with education policies - Herald Scotland Ofqual orders exam boards to publish qualification costs - FE Week UCL to ban intimate relationships between staff and their students - Guardian Nicola Sturgeon challenged over loss of nursery teachers - Scotsman Ofqual orders exam boards to publish qualification costs - Schools Week UK university strikes: ‘grim determination’ on the picket lines - Times Higher Education | THE Students to be given leftover food for free - Times Educational Supplement | TES Banned: Teacher who used 'hummus' as synonym for sex - Times Educational Supplement | TES Spielman's controversial school funding blog in full - Times Educational Supplement | TES 16 to 19 funding allocations supporting documents for 2020 to 2021 - Education & Skills Funding Agency New rulebook confirms fee transparency requirements and clarifies others - Ofqual Ofsted makes registration process more straightforward for childcarers - Nursery World University staff like me love our jobs. But a broken system is forcing us to strike | Charlotte Lydia Riley - Guardian Council in court after stopping disabled girl's free school transport - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Ofqual consults on new ‘clearer’ malpractice and maladministration guidance - Schools Week Provider pulls out of apprenticeships after second Ofsted mauling - FE Week Colleges collect royal honour from Buckingham Palace - FE Week Thousands of university workers strike across UK - Guardian College rocked by shock deficit appoints experienced interim principal - FE Week Williamson: Colleges can bid for £25m from Towns Fund - Times Educational Supplement | TES Secondaries failing to deliver ‘right’ to languages - Times Educational Supplement | TES Seven ways UTCs could be saved - Times Educational Supplement | TES Staff at 15 Scottish universities to walk out in ongoing strike action - Scotsman School staff should look after ‘every penny like their own’, says academy trust CEO - Schools Week Sweating the small stuff applies to finances as well as results - Schools Week As students, we support our striking lecturers in their fight for education | Claire Sosienski Smith - Guardian Derailed: HS2 college face Ofsted grade 4 after dropping legal challenge - FE Week Amanda Spielman’s school funding blog post: The full text - Schools Week Scottish university staff walk out as 'largest ever' strike action begins - Herald Scotland Top 20 countries applying to UK universities revealed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Research shows it's worth skipping class for mentoring - Times Educational Supplement | TES Making the best out of Quick Reads - Unionlearn Students hit by 14-day university lecturers strike - BBC Children in care repeatedly rejected by academies as admissions 'scandal' grows - HuffPost Industrial action: is the force with students this time? - Wonkhe What can be done about degree algorithm variations? - Wonkhe Should you be working 100 hours a week? - Times Higher Education | THE European funding failing to keep pace with enrolment growth - Times Higher Education | THE NSS takes on a new character - Wonkhe UK universities’ global appeal clear from UCAS’ most detailed international analysis ever - UCAS The EU will not tolerate cherry-picking by the UK - Times Higher Education | THE A more collaborative learning design is transforming Arabic MOOCs - IOE London Blog ERC president ‘optimistic’ UK will stay in ‘irreplaceable’ fund - Times Higher Education | THE Ofsted fears schools could 'squander' extra cash - Mail Careers advice: Colleges making ‘positive progress’ against Gatsby benchmarks - FE Week Homer phobia? Oxford considers making Iliad optional - Times School budget cuts are harming pupils, Ofsted chief warns - Times Oxbridge finishes bottom of class for affordable housing - Times Scotland: Student president accused of rigging college election - Times