News archive for 24th February 2022

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Radical plan for university applications after A-level results is rejected - Telegraph Emma Duncan: It’s right to tweak not trash our university system - The Times IOE at 120: war and peace, 1912-1922 - IOE London Blog Lower earning graduates in England will see student loan repayments more than double - Financial Times Watchdog warns of exam board staff ‘burnout’ after Covid chaos - Schools Week Student loan system must be fair to the taxpayer as well as students - PoliticsHome London gains new housing provider in Stuhomes - PIE News Sutton Trust responds to the government’s planned consultation on higher education - Sutton Trust Sweeping changes to student loans to hit tomorrow’s lower-earning graduates - Institute for Fiscal Studies | IFS EPI comments on proposals for higher education reform - EPI Leading sector bodies scoop WorldSkills UK diversity award - Education & Training Foundation Top 7 reasons to study at college - Activate Learning Consultation outcome: Post-qualification admissions in higher education - proposed changes - DfE England student loan changes will hit poor hardest, official analysis finds - Guardian Open consultation: Lifelong loan entitlement - DfE Higher education reform: equality impact assessment - DfE Lifelong loan entitlement: impact assessment - DfE Apprenticeships and traineeships: February 2022 - DfE Open consultation: Higher education policy statement and reform - DfE Ofqual seeks views on regulatory approach for level 3 qualifications - Ofqual Secretary of State letter to Ofqual on level 3 qualifications - DfE Higher and Further Education Minister Michelle Donelan speech on the Augar Review - DfE UCAS response to Department for Education’s announcement on post-qualifications admissions - UCAS Comment on on the Governments response to the Augar Review - Collab Group Why FE should lead on higher technical quals - Collab Group MillionPlus comment on the government’s higher education reforms - MillionPlus Third cycle for Higher Technical Qualifications announced - IfATE ASCL comment on government announcement on post-qualifications admissions - ASCL Online safety: Responding to ongoing concerns affecting schools and colleges - ASCL Destination measures: Insights for schools and colleges on former students’ career outcomes - NFER Abandoning university admissions reform 'another nail in the coffin' for widening access to working class communities - UCU Russell Group response to announcement on post 18 education system - Russell Group GCSE thresholds for eligibility for student loans could transform access and participation - HEPI More questions than answers on the Lifelong Loan Entitlement - Wonkhe BERJ announces winners of its 2021 Editors’ Choice Award - BERA There’s a giant student-shaped hole in the government’s Augar response - Wonkhe In the Augar response ministers are trying for a third way between capping opportunity or letting the HE market run amok - Wonkhe Developing a software ecosystem for a more secure digital future - UKRI Podcast: Augar response special - Wonkhe How Luxembourg is using ‘non-formal’ learning to help improve education and care for children - OECD Children’s minister to face MPs on children’s care homes - UK Parliament Ofqual proposes stricter controls on BTECs that survive qualifications cull - FE Week Ofqual proposes stricter controls on BTECs that survive qualifications cull - Schools Week Ministers fail to reveal tutoring figures despite MP demands - Schools Week English and maths grade requirements put pressure on schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES SNP Education Secretary dismisses school survey reinstatement - Herald Scotland Ukraine invasion: Edinburgh University tells its exchange students studying in Russia to leave country - Scotsman Students to pay off loans into their 60s, plans say - BBC WorldSkills UK announces winners of equity, diversity and inclusion awards - FE Week Post-18 education funding: the changes and their effects - Guardian Student loan repayment: Graduates on low and middle incomes to lose more than £15,000 due to threshold changes - i News Wales: Parents win parking fight after using garden chairs to barricade school run cars - Mirror PQA is off the table – so let’s get on with reforming admissions - Wonkhe To revise your first answer on a multiple-choice test, or not, that is the question - Learning Scientists Why FE should lead on higher technical qualifications - FE News Augar review: What schools need to know about university shake-up - Schools Week Ofsted declines 1 in 5 deferral requests despite government advice - Schools Week Government takes post-qualification admissions off the table - Mail Student loan changes will hit lower earners hardest, experts warn - Mail Lifelong learning loans consultation finally launched - FE Week Michael Rosen to promote the importance of reading to under-fives in new role - Nursery World Busy Bees to recruit 700 new apprentices - Nursery World Teachers most likely to quit over poor management - Times Educational Supplement | TES Post-qualification admissions reforms in England scrapped - Times Higher Education | THE Augar response: number cap options include graduate earnings - 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Lynn McNair, early years leader and researcher - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE and A level students in Wales will find it easier to get top grades this year according to exam board - Wales Online Pupils who fail maths and English GCSEs could be blocked from student loans - Metro Warning over impact of university entry reforms on disadvantaged pupils - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Reforms should hit exploitative universities instead of poor students - New Statesman Ministers scrap plans for post-qualification admissions - FE Week Ministers scrap plans for post-qualification admissions - Schools Week Ofsted rejects almost 1 in 5 Covid inspection deferral requests - Times Educational Supplement | TES Huge numbers of children in Wales have missed a week or more of school this year - Wales Online Report: Strengthening early childhood education and care in Luxembourg - OECD University students to pay back loans sooner and for longer in major shake-up of funding - Evening Standard National Numeracy welcomes three new trustees - National Numeracy Student loan ban criticised as it could block access to university for many - Express Opinion: Rigid and flexible? - EYE | Early Years Educator How to read today’s expected announcements on higher education from the Westminster Government: 10 points of note - HEPI UK Government risks shutting down access to higher education - UCU Post-16 Education review announcements - AoC response - AoC | Association of Colleges UUK response to government’s announcement on funding for post-18 education - Universities UK ASCL comment on changes to the higher education system - ASCL Students will be repaying loans in their 60s under latest plans - Telegraph Fairer higher education system for students and taxpayers - DfE NI fair employment legislation: Bishop backs ending teacher exemption - BBC Martin Lewis: Student loan changes amount to ‘lifelong graduate tax’ with grads to pay ‘into their 60s’ - i News SNP Education Secretary under pressure over sex harassment - Herald Scotland After all the hope and fear over Augar, the sector now has something solid to work with - Wonkhe At last, the university tanker is being turned - Telegraph ‘Shocking disparities’ in support for deaf pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Get on with it’ – government unveils lifelong learning plans - FE Week Graduates face ‘stealth tax’ that sees them paying back student loans until they are sixty - The Sun Students in England to pay back loans over 40 years instead of 30 - Guardian UK government prioritising savings in review of post-18 education - Guardian Graduates to pay more as repayment threshold on loans lowered - Financial Times Augar response: ‘highest earners benefit’ in student loan revamp - Times Higher Education | THE Grade requirements for student loans would be attack on working class learners - Mail Student loan repayments to start at £25,000 - Mail Shocking disparities in support for deaf pupils revealed - Mail Millions hit by 'stealth tax' and forced to pay for 40 years in student loans crackdown - Mirror Students set to shoulder £100k bill for degrees - The Times New entry requirements are ‘madness’, universities say - The Times Scotland: Pupils view sexual harassment at school as normal behaviour - The Times Scotland: Teacher accused of fat-shaming children faces being struck off - The Times