News archive for 31st January 2020

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Warning that exam cheats could use 'smart' sunglasses - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why flawed curriculum design needs substantial change - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tes podcast: new document sparks Ofsted controversy - Times Educational Supplement | TES Poverty index hides some pupils who need help most - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted staff to wear body cameras to visit suspected illegal schools - Guardian Ofsted inspectors to record school visits with body cameras - Independent Policy Eye - highlights of week ending 31 January - Pearson Policy Tracker – Keeping track of what happened in the world of education in January 2020 - Pearson Young people and students discuss democratic engagement and voter ID - UK Parliament Data protection for education providers - DfE Qualified teacher status (QTS): qualify to teach in England - DfE British schools overseas: inspection reports for accredited schools - DfE Early years foundation stage profile results: 2018 to 2019 - DfE ESFA: college financial planning handbook and financial plan - Education & Skills Funding Agency Local authorities: pre-16 schools funding - Education & Skills Funding Agency The ETF and Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 award four new Technical Teaching Fellowships - Education & Training Foundation | ETF CPD and teacher autonomy - Teacher Development Trust | TDT Social mobility and youth social action: Whole Ed 2020 - CfEY | Centre for Education & Youth Ambition Institute responds to Ethical Leadership Framework - Ambition Institute The future of our global universities - Russell Group One year on from the Lambeth College and London South Bank University merger - HEPI How will Brexit affect universities, from student fees to Erasmus to research funding? - Telegraph Weekly news: 31 January 2020 - UCU Brexit day is here; but where next for the UK's immigration system? - Universities UK EU and UK research and higher education organisations plan a strong future relationship post Brexit - Universities UK NASUWT opens hotline for teachers across Wales to report concerns about pupil indiscipline - NASUWT E-mails at school! - UKEdChat The three admission phases for new arrivals using English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Bell Foundation Report reveals local education spending trends - Times Educational Supplement | TES Williamson: 'Schools don't have enough teachers' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Erasmus+ is priority for UK, as UUKi confirms fee freeze campaign - PIE News New Government figures reveal true scale of children's centre closures - Nursery World Experts examine use of gender identity treatment for young people - CYPN | Children & Young People Now What does Brexit mean for children and young people? - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Restraint and self-harm in youth custody at five-year high - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Reflection can be more than writing - Advance HE LSE IDEAS ranked number one university affiliated think tank in world - London School of Economics | LSE Professor Andrew Wathey CBE appointed interim Chair of the Student Loans Company - Student Loans Company Inspections of unregistered schools: guidance for inspectors - Ofsted Halfon: FE must recognise ‘step forward’ in funding even if it’s not a ‘giant leap’ - FE Week Sustainability missing from EYFS reforms - Nursery World Scottish University lecturers vote to strike over pay row - Herald Scotland Universities call to keep European research links - BBC Confused about Brexit? These pupils explain all - Times Educational Supplement | TES On Brexit Day, remember those who now feel less at home - Times Educational Supplement | TES Does teachers’ job satisfaction affect student results? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Plight of SEND families shames me, admits Halfon - Schools Week Scotland latest: SNP are 'failing' kids as indyref2 push ramps up - Express Boy, 6, walked mile home alone after staff lost him during lesson on road safety - Mirror Ofsted watch: Major energy company among swathe of ‘good’ results - FE Week College’s T-level delivery in jeopardy - FE Week Inside story of new governor’s fight to halt school exclusion - Evening Standard Wales school colour codes 2020: These are the schools ranked green - Wales Online Leading trust investigating claim pupil 'encouraged' to leave - Schools Week Study in the European Union - DfE Studying in the UK: guidance for EU students - DfE Tes FE podcast: GCSE resits, social mobility and OCD - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Not schools' job to sort settled status after Brexit' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why we need a paradigm shift in school improvement - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted to wear bodycams on visits to illegal schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Enough is enough – it's not all about exam results - Times Educational Supplement | TES Crackdown on 16-18 residential data in wake of cladding concerns - FE Week Wales school colour codes 2020: These are the schools ranked amber - Wales Online Wales school colour codes 2020: These are the schools ranked yellow - Wales Online Coupland: ‘Public funding for management apprenticeships is perfectly legitimate’ - FE Week Wales school colour codes 2020: These are the schools ranked red - Wales Online Ofsted's illegal schools taskforce to trial body cameras for inspectors - Schools Week Summer-born children more likely to struggle with basic skills, figures suggest - Mail Is September too early for Ofsted inspectors to call? - FE Week Is Ofsted being political over off-rolling decisions? - Times Educational Supplement | TES What are the rules? Ofsted's off-rolling confusion - Times Educational Supplement | TES Off-rolling evidence was found at major MAT - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted amends ‘inadequate’ grade after curriculum inspection complaints - Schools Week CEO pay in the spotlight again as academy boss gets £60k rise - Schools Week NCG deficit hits £11m after axing pair of ‘poor-quality’ training providers - FE Week An argument for reading more and writing less - Times Higher Education | THE Live updates as colour codes for Wales' schools are published today - Wales Online Get paid while you learn and bag your dream job with an apprenticeship - The Sun Education: More schools 'green' in Wales performance ratings - BBC 11% of 15-18s encouraged to take up an apprenticeship - FE Week Professor at St John’s College, Oxford, turns oil row into a heated debate - Times