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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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Partner content
Education
By Universities UK
More than 100 University leaders highlight vital role of EU in Sunday Times letter
Today,103university leaders have written an open letter, publishedin the SundayTimes,whichhighlights how the UK membership of the European Union enhances the positive impact of universitieson our economy, driving growth, generating jobs and ultimately improving peoples lives.
Partner content
Education
By Universities UK
University leaders voice support for EU membership
Following the Prime Ministers announcement that the EU referendum will be held in June, university leaders in the UK have underlined their strong support for continued membership of the European Union.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on Government concessions to assessments at Key Stages 1 and 2
Responding to the Governments concessions to pupil assessments at Key Stages 1 and 2, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
To give every child the best start, the quality of early education matters Partner content
Education
By Save the Children
To give every child the best start, the quality of early education matters
Shadow Minister for Civil Society​ Anna Turley calls for the Government to ensure "early years education is top quality for every child."
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Health
By University of Exeter
Gene could help identify psychosis risk in cannabis users
Researchers at the University of Exeter and UCL (University College London) have identified a gene which can be used to predict how susceptible a young person is to the mind-altering effects of smoking cannabis. The finding could help identify otherwise healthy users who are most at risk of developing psychosis.
Partner content
Education
By University of Hertfordshire
Around five million crowd workers in the UK ‘gig economy’, new research finds
Findings prompt calls for further research into impact on workers rights, consumer protection and tax revenues
Campaign to deliver vital training in basic digital skills launched by charity Partner content
Education
By Good Things Foundation
Campaign to deliver vital training in basic digital skills launched by charity
A campaign to help people improve their basic digital skills has today been launched by the Tinder Foundation - a charity which supports digitally and socially excluded people.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
Teachers question accuracy of baseline assessment – ATL/NUT survey
Baseline assessment does not accurately reflect what four-year-olds can do and disrupts their start to school when many are in education for the first time, according to research* carried out for ATL and the NUT by UCL Institute of Education.
Partner content
Education
By Airbus
Female engineers triumph on UN day
Women engineers are celebrating being the very best of British after a glittering red-carpet ceremony in London.
Partner content
Education
By Universities UK
Universities UK response to UCU report on university leaders’ salaries
A Universities UK spokesperson said: The remuneration packages of vice-chancellors are determined by independent remuneration committees at each individual institution and are publicly available in universities annual reports and accounts.
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Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
Government must act urgently to tackle shortage of teachers - ATL
Commenting on the National Audit Offices report on training teachers, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
Partner content
Education
By National Audit Office
Training new teachers
Government spends 700 million a year on recruiting and training new teachers, but has missed its recruitment targets for the last four years and it needs to do more to demonstrate how new arrangements are improving the quality of teaching in classrooms, according to the National Audit Office.
‘Careers advice failing due to lack of funding,’ union boss warns Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
‘Careers advice failing due to lack of funding,’ union boss warns
Careers advice and education is in desperate need of more funding and needs better support from employers, the general secretary of a leading teaching union will tell MPs.
Partner content
Education
By Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Local Engineer Takes Starring Role in Advertising Campaign
Coca-Cola Enterprises celebrates Sidcup employee in new regional advert
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on the publication of reformed GCSE and A level content
Commenting on the publication of revised subject content for some GCSEs, AS and A levels that will be taught in schools from September 2017, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
Almost half of teachers ‘face physical violence from pupils,’ new study reveals Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
Almost half of teachers ‘face physical violence from pupils,’ new study reveals
Forty-three per cent of education staff have faced physical violence from a pupil in the last year, according to a new survey by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers.
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Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
Education staff facing physical violence from pupils – ATL
Forty-three per cent of education staff said they have had to deal with physical violence from a pupil in the last year, according to a survey by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL).
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Education
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Half of young people say men are better suited to engineering
New research from O2 reveals a significant number of young people believe women are not suited to working as engineers.
Baroness Sharp: Gov't apprenticeship ambitions 'are not enough' to tackle UK's skills gap
Education
By Baroness Sharp of Guildford
Baroness Sharp: Gov't apprenticeship ambitions 'are not enough' to tackle UK's skills gap
Lib Dem peer, Baroness Sharp warns ahead of her House of Lords debate, that the "twin challenges of poor productivity and needing to upskill' an ageing population will not be addressed through increased apprenticeships alone.
Partner content
Education
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Government’s transport apprenticeship drive must focus on quality not quantity

The Government’s new transport skills strategy, which sets out how it will create 30,000 apprenticeships in the road and rail sector by 2020, must focus on quality and not just be a numbers game, warns the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
Fighting for an education: Syria’s lost generation Partner content
Education
By UNICEF UK
Fighting for an education: Syria’s lost generation
A generation of Syrian children are at risk of losing out on education as a result of the ongoing conflict in the region, Unicef has warned. 
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Education
By Save the Children
High quality nurseries 'fundamental' to giving every child 'a chance of success' - Save the Children
Save the Children responds to a report by the Family and Childcare Trust whichcallson the Government to make improving the quality of childcareits top priority.
Partner content
Education
By Chartered Insurance Institute
CII apprenticeships guide launched in wake of changes
Launched today at a conference addressed by the Prime Minister's apprenticeship ambassador Nadhim Zahawi MP, the new employer apprenticeship guide is the latest initiative in the CII's drive to support firms wanting to take on apprentices.
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Education
By Policy Connect
From Bricks to Clicks: new inquiry report explores what student data will mean for higher education.
The UKs higher education (HE) system is one of the best known in the world for high quality education, student experience and world class research. But there is an opportunity for UK HE to do even better: by using data.
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