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Former Education Secretary Derides 'Self-Defeating' Foreign Student Curbs
Former Education Secretary Derides "Self-Defeating" Foreign Student Curbs
Education
Justine Greening, a Conservative former education secretary, has urged Rishi Sunak to drop the "self-defeating" idea of further restrictions on international students after a major new report recommended that Government retains the graduate route.
Government's Apprenticeship Plans 'Lacking Ambition' Says Industry Body
Education
Government's Apprenticeship Plans "Lacking Ambition" Says Industry Body
Childcare Sector Insists Workforce 'Has To Grow' To Cope With Free Hours Expansion
Education
Childcare Sector Insists Workforce "Has To Grow" To Cope With Free Hours Expansion
Childcare Sector Warns Of 'Postcode Lottery' For Availability Of Free Hours
Education
Childcare Sector Warns Of "Postcode Lottery" For Availability Of Free Hours
Schools Funding Plummets Into Deficit Risking A “Bleak” Future Of Staff Cuts
Education
Schools Funding Plummets Into Deficit Risking A “Bleak” Future Of Staff Cuts
Former Schools Minister Insists Teachers Must Be Paid More To Avert Staffing Crisis
Education
Former Schools Minister Insists Teachers Must Be Paid More To Avert Staffing Crisis
Tory MPs Want Tax Relief And Top Up Payments To Help Nurseries Fund Free Hours
Education
Tory MPs Want Tax Relief And Top Up Payments To Help Nurseries Fund Free Hours
The House Live
Campus hate speech shows that Holocaust education has been an abysmal failure
Education
By Baroness Deech
Campus hate speech shows that Holocaust education has been an abysmal failure
The winner of the next election must deal with the costs of botched and delayed projects
Education
By Meg Hillier MP
The winner of the next election must deal with the costs of botched and delayed projects
Truancy trials – meet the parents hit by the single justice procedure
Education
By Andrew Kersley
Truancy trials – meet the parents hit by the single justice procedure
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New Cabinet Office Minister Says There Is 'Massive Waste' In How Local Councils Are Funded
New Cabinet Office Minister Says There Is "Massive Waste" In How Local Councils Are Funded
Communities
Veteran Tory Wants Conservative Leadership Contests To Be More 'Transparent' To Stop 'Fibbing And Skulduggery'
Veteran Tory Wants Conservative Leadership Contests To Be More "Transparent" To Stop "Fibbing And Skulduggery"
Political parties
Sharon Hodgson’s Betty Boothroyd-Inspired Deputy Speaker Bid
Sharon Hodgson’s Betty Boothroyd-Inspired Deputy Speaker Bid
Political parties
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Supply teacher: How schools became the last outpost of the welfare state
Education
By Sophie Church
Supply teacher: How schools became the last outpost of the welfare state
Britain’s welfare state is in retreat – but should schools plug the gap? Sophie Church visits one outpost to see if the model is sustainable
'The Home Office shouldn’t have anything to do with children': The Children's Commissioner interview
Education
By Sophie Church
'The Home Office shouldn’t have anything to do with children': The Children's Commissioner interview
Children’s commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza tells Sophie Church why Elon Musk needs to take his fatherhood more seriously and why she thinks the Home Office ‘shouldn’t have anything to do with children’
Schools Funding Plummets Into Deficit Risking A “Bleak” Future Of Staff Cuts
Education
Schools Funding Plummets Into Deficit Risking A “Bleak” Future Of Staff Cuts
English state schools plunged into a financial deficit last year, new figures have shown, with teachers’ leaders warning of a “bleak” future.
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Coronavirus
By NASUWT
Step forward for supply teachers on furlough pay
Following campaigning by the NASUWT, colleagues in Crown Commercial Services and The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have now confirmed that supply teachers can be furloughed for periods which include school holidays, provided they meet the eligibility criteria.
Coronavirus
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
IET welcome Government announcement to make remote education accessible
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has welcomed the Government’s announcement that disadvantaged children across England are set to receive laptops and tablets as part of a push to make remote education accessible for pupils staying at home during the coronavirus outbreak.
Coronavirus
By NASUWT
Honour key workers who have lost their lives to coronavirus on Workers' Memorial Day
The NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union is supporting the call for a minute’s silence at 11am on Workers’ Memorial Day-Tuesday 28 April-to remember all those key workers, including teachers and school staff, who have lost their lives to Coronavirus.
A major U-turn on early years funding could leave many key workers without childcare
Coronavirus
By Tulip Siddiq MP
A major U-turn on early years funding could leave many key workers without childcare
Childcare is a fourth emergency service in this crisis, but it is being overlooked, warns the Shadow Minister for Children and Early Years.
Coronavirus
By NASUWT
Bringing pupils into school to undertake assessments is unacceptable, says the NASUWT
It beggars belief that some pupils are being required to travel to school to complete mock examinations and other assessments to support the process of producing centre assessed GCSE and A-level grades for exam boards.
Education
By NASUWT
New NASUWT General Secretary takes up post
Dr Patrick Roach has today formally taken up the post of General Secretary of the NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union.
Coronavirus
By NASUWT
Coronavirus safety failings
Over half of teachers who should have been self-isolating due to Coronavirus have been asked to attend work, a survey by the NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union has found.
EXCL Education Secretary Gavin Williamson urged to provide supply teachers with employment 'safety net' amid coronavirus job crisis
Coronavirus
EXCL Education Secretary Gavin Williamson urged to provide supply teachers with employment 'safety net' amid coronavirus job crisis
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has been urged to provide a "safety net" for supply teachers impacted by the coronavirus crisis.
Coronavirus: Kids eligible for free school meals to get £15 shop vouchers in bid to help struggling parents
Coronavirus
Coronavirus: Kids eligible for free school meals to get £15 shop vouchers in bid to help struggling parents
Parents of children eligible for free school meals will begin getting weekly supermarket vouchers to try to help them through the coronavirus shutdown, ministers have announced.
Teaching unions question the size of government's 'key workers' list and warn schools may not cope
Coronavirus
Teaching unions question the size of government's 'key workers' list and warn schools may not cope
Teaching unions have hit out at the size of the Government's list of "key workers" whose children can still go to school from next week.
Coronavirus
By NASUWT
Misleading claims that schools are closed has caused chaos and confusion
Teachers understand fully the scale of the national crisis and are willing to play their part in helping the country through these unprecedented times, but they want and deserve reassurance that what they are being asked to do is reasonable and safe for them and their families.
Ministers unveil list of 'key workers' whose children can attend school during coronavirus pandemic
Coronavirus
Ministers unveil list of 'key workers' whose children can attend school during coronavirus pandemic
Ministers have unveiled the list of 'key workers' whose children can still go to school during the coronavirus outbreak.
Boris Johnson confirms all schools in the UK will close 'until further notice' as coronavirus crisis deepens
Coronavirus
Boris Johnson confirms all schools in the UK will close 'until further notice' as coronavirus crisis deepens
Every school in the UK are to close "until further notice" as the Government steps up its attempts to tackle the coronavirus crisis.
Coronavirus: Every school in the UK set to close for months on Friday to halt spread of outbreak
Coronavirus
Coronavirus: Every school in the UK set to close for months on Friday to halt spread of outbreak
Every school in the UK is set to close its doors on Friday as ministers step up their attempts to slow down the spread of coronavirus.
If schools close we must ensure children on free school meals do not go hungry
Education
By Carolyn Harris MP
If schools close we must ensure children on free school meals do not go hungry
Parents with limited financial resources must not be burdened by the additional fear of trying to feed their family
We must properly invest in early years education, ensuring equality of opportunity
Education
By Alex Norris MP
We must properly invest in early years education, ensuring equality of opportunity

By investing in early years education we can help address lifelong inequalities caused by educational differences, determining income, opportunities and contributing to patterns of social mobility, writes Alex Norris MP.
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Education
By NASUWT
NASUWT calls for education ministers to extend Coronavirus guidance to include racist incidents

The NASUWT – The Teachers’ Union has written to the education ministers of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, calling on them to extend the Coronavirus guidance that has already been issued to schools to address racist incidents related to coronavirus.
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Education
By NASUWT
LGBTI teachers continuing to face prejudice and abuse in the workplace

More than four in ten teachers have personally experienced homophobia, biphobia or transphobia at work in the last year, the NASUWT - The Teachers’ Union - has found.
Campaigner of the Week: Mike Amesbury MP
Education
By Georgina Bailey
Campaigner of the Week: Mike Amesbury MP

Mike Amesbury MP talks to Georgina Bailey about his PMB for affordable school uniforms
It's time to give white, working class boys a fair shot in life
Education
By Ben Bradley MP
It's time to give white, working class boys a fair shot in life

The Conservative government has broken the so-called “Red Wall”. Now we must smash the in-built prejudices that have sent so many working class, white boys to the bottom of the pile and swept some very legitimate challenges under the carpet

Keir Starmer pledges to keep Labour's policy of scrapping tuition fees if he becomes leader
Education
Keir Starmer pledges to keep Labour's policy of scrapping tuition fees if he becomes leader

Labour will maintain its pledge to scrap tuition fees if Keir Starmer becomes leader.
Changes to early years funding have hit disadvantaged children hardest
Education
By Tulip Siddiq MP
Changes to early years funding have hit disadvantaged children hardest

Failure to give childcare providers the funding they need is a false economy. The Government must change course, or a generation of children will pay the price

The future of higher education funding is up for grabs
Education
By Daniel Zeichner MP
The future of higher education funding is up for grabs

Students deserve a better deal and universities need financial certainty to maintain our research excellence. We must get funding decisions right, says Daniel Zeichner MP
Universities are failing the access challenge and students from poorer areas are missing out
Education
By Lucy Powell MP
Universities are failing the access challenge and students from poorer areas are missing out

Systemic change is needed to broaden the pool of applicants so those from disadvantaged backgrounds can flourish in higher education, writes Lucy Powell MP
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