News archive for 3rd January 2020

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Tens of thousands more pupils will be given free breakfasts in £12million grant to help poorer families - Mail Poor white working class boys - spot the double standards? - Montrose42 Prince George and Princess Charlotte go veggie one day a week at their £6k-a-term school - The Sun 'A fresh pair of eyes': The private schools inspector - Times Educational Supplement | TES Meet the man on a mission to make a success of UTCs - Times Educational Supplement | TES The 'quiet' student - how we describe our students - UKEdChat Join us in our fight for fair funding for schools - Voice As childhood obesity numbers continue rising, what can parents and teachers do? - Primary Times Almost 19K students globally receive IB results - PIE News EDSK 'Runaway Training' report on apprentice levy - AoC responds - AoC | Association of Colleges Parents in deprived areas less likely to use funded childcare - Nursery World Scottish government says childcare expansion on track, despite some delays - Nursery World From academisation to zero tolerance via Ken Robinson - Times Educational Supplement | TES Highest-paid college principal retires with immediate effect - FE Week Should end-of-term lessons be any different from the normal? - The Educator How accurate were predictions for higher education in 2020? - HEPI 'I regret not doing my apprenticeship sooner' - BBC Ofsted watch: Premier League and national laboratory providers score well over festive period - FE Week How can we create a 'socially just' school system? - IOE London Blog The challenge of educating the left-behind boys - Financial Times Half of apprenticeship courses in England are ‘fake’ and ‘don’t help young people get jobs’ - The Sun More students taking International Baccalaureate - Times Educational Supplement | TES Three ways for school leaders to deal with failure - Times Educational Supplement | TES How to teach online safety through (almost) any subject - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why colleges should be at the heart of local economies - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish education can 'do better' with English reforms - Times Educational Supplement | TES Rise in university dropout rates is concerning, minister warns - Mail Teacher training framework sets bar 'worryingly low' - Times Educational Supplement | TES New tool to help teachers tackle workload stress - Times Educational Supplement | TES £1.2bn spent on 'fake' apprenticeships - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE to boost funding for arts and cultural education - Times Educational Supplement | TES Runaway training: Why the apprenticeship levy is broken and how to fix it - EDSK Dundee's Abertay University shows biggest rise in proportion of students dropping out in past five years - Scotsman Multi-million-pound culture boost for children in schools - DfE Can you work out the true cost of a university education?  - Financial Times Europe needs more research investment if it is to be climate-neutral by 2050 - Times Higher Education | THE £1.2 billion wasted on ‘fake apprenticeships’ - Sector response to EDSK 'Runaway Training' report - FE News Warning over 'fake' apprenticeship courses - BBC Two-thirds of universities and colleges have seen increase in student drop-outs - The Sun Period poverty: £3.3m for free sanitary products in Wales - BBC Millions spent on 'fake' apprenticeships, says report - Guardian Gibb commits £5m to continue culture and music schemes - Schools Week Over £1bn already wasted on ‘fake apprenticeships’, claims former adviser to skills ministers - FE Week Two in three universities report a surge in students quitting - Mail Half of apprenticeships funded by levy are ‘fake’, think-tank warns - Financial Times Unconditional offers blamed for increase in students dropping out of university - Times Fake apprentices exploit £3bn levy - Times Vernon Bogdanor: Greater Scottish devolution won’t fix SNP’s education and health failings - Times