News archive for 29th January 2020

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Boris Johnson pledges £5,000 per pupil to every secondary school in England under new law - The Sun ‘School Gains?’ – Downing Street launches rival to union funding cuts website - Schools Week The more you examine teacher pay, the worse it looks - Times Educational Supplement | TES New law means LAs must pass minimum funds to schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government officials warn boarding school will be closed unless they sack 'strictest headmaster' - Mail The top 100 apprenticeship employers - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Finding your brave' for Children’s Mental Health Week - Times Educational Supplement | TES No fine for AQA despite another breach of marking rules - Times Educational Supplement | TES Academy trust probed by DfE on pay gives CEO £33k rise - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education less elitist, but we still have a way to go... - Mirror University staff prepare for fresh strikes in row over pay and pensions - Guardian CITB: annual priorities letter 2019 to 2020 - DfE ECITB: annual priorities letter 2019 to 2020 - DfE Guide to national funding formula - DfE UK sector must shape up on employability outcomes - PIE News Support international grad employability, UK HEIs urged - PIE News New OfS report suggests university access gap could halve in five years - Sutton Trust Record participation in postgraduate student survey - Advance HE Compendium of case studies published to enhance graduate employability - Advance HE Access all areas - Jisc SEND funding is trapped in a vicious downward spiral, we need a national strategy - PoliticsHome How can we use knowledge to reduce social inequality? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why we need to celebrate teachers' (non-exam) successes - Times Educational Supplement | TES How high fives and rainbows make pupils ready to learn - Times Educational Supplement | TES MPs urge Government to put children's needs at the heart of new mental health legislation - Nursery World Government announcement on funding - National Education Union Seven new insights into teacher autonomy - NFER Staff at another 14 universities can join strike action - UCU NFER on teacher autonomy - National Education Union ISC statement: 'Transforming opportunity in higher education' report from the OfS - Independent Schools Council | ISC Anger at Goldsmiths' restructure plans to cut frontline staff and recruit senior managers - UCU ESFA Update: 29 January 2020 - Education & Skills Funding Agency National Student Survey: Procedures for investigating allegations of inappropriate influence - Office for Students ESFA demands final off-the-job hour data to ‘support the work of audit’ - FE Week Minister tells bosses at independent school: 'Sack the head or I'll consider shutting the school' - Wales Online AQA admits two further rule breaches over re-marks, but won't get another fine - Schools Week College support staff reject AoC's 'poor' 1% pay rise - Times Educational Supplement | TES Gaming career in sights of most children, survey finds - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK minister met surveillance firm accused of enabling Uighur abuses - Guardian Scotland: Sturgeon misses all education targets as Ruth Davidson warns of SNP distraction tactic - Express High costs and debt still a barrier to postgrad study - Guardian Charity grants to crowdsourcing: how to pay for a postgraduate degree - Guardian Top universities agree targets to improve access for disadvantaged students - Mail Teachers have second-lowest autonomy of 11 professions - Times Educational Supplement | TES Top unis agree disadvantaged pupils admissions targets - Times Educational Supplement | TES New study suggests teacher autonomy over their professional development is strongly linked with job satisfaction and retention - NFER Plans to boost disadvantaged university students could ‘discriminate’ against better-off pupils, private schools say - Independent Use more praise than punishment, study tells teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES The best way to protect your digital devices - Teacher Toolkit How much should taxpayers contribute to your higher education? - HEPI The government confirms the extension of the risk protection arrangements to local authority schools - NAHT Transforming opportunity in higher education - Office for Students How play boosts success and happiness in children - UKEdChat Praise, rather than punish, to see up to 30% greater focus in the classroom - UKEdChat School pupils will be less disruptive if teachers offer praise rather than punishment, study suggests - Independent Significant link between SEN and looked-after children - SecEd Niente senza gioia – nothing without joy - SecEd Parents 'in the dark' about school accessibility plans for disabled children - SecEd Education experts warn of bid to boost numbers of disadvantaged students getting to Oxbridge - Mail An OfS analysis of access and participation plans - Wonkhe Northern Irish universities ‘need more than fees soundbites’ - Times Higher Education | THE Enrol more mature students to hit access targets, says OfS - Times Higher Education | THE ScreenSkills is ready to help educate the next generation of film professionals - Wonkhe Top universities to give more places to disadvantaged - BBC Private schools criticise plans to get more poor students into university - Guardian Teachers with more freedom are happier, and 5 more NFER findings - Schools Week Middle-class pupils will be squeezed out of Oxbridge, says Office for Students - Times New Catholic school challenged over ‘bias’ - Times Lesson for teachers: praise turns pupils into a class act - Times Scotland: John Swinney set to miss target for improving deprived schools - Times