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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
The Professor Will See You Now: On the role of an MP
The Professor Will See You Now: On the role of an MP
By Professor Philip Cowley
Parliament
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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.
Education news
Young people ‘at breaking point’ over school pressure Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
Young people ‘at breaking point’ over school pressure
The Association of Teachers and Lecturers and NUT hosted a fringe meeting yesterday at the Liberal Democrat Conference to discuss the growing pressure on young people in education.
Partner content
Education
By London Metropolitan University
Disasters Emergency Committee Chair to provide insights on leading one of the UK’s leading humanitarian charities
Clive Jones CBE, the Chair of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), will provide an exclusive look at emergency response organisation at a special event at London Metropolitan University on 24 September 2015.
Partner content
Education
By London Metropolitan University
London Met ‘best in England’ for reducing carbon emissions
London Metropolitan University is the best performing higher education institution (HEI) in England for reducing carbon emissions, according to a new report published today.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL on Government’s report on assessment without levels
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on New Schools Network’s call for a “parental trigger” to challenge school performance
Commenting on the New Schools Networks suggestion that greater power should be put into the hands of parents to challenge school performance, Nansi Ellis, assistant general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
Partner content
Education
By Law Society
Proposed changes for entry to the solicitors profession would disproportionately affect poorer students, warns Law Society
Any move towards choosing new routes for entry to the solicitors' profession must be made following proper consultation with the profession, the Law Society warned today.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
Ofsted’s key stage 3 report is too simplistic and unfair on schools – ATL
Commenting on Ofsteds report on key stage 3 education for 11- to 14-year-olds, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
A strong university sector is fundamental to a strong economy Partner content
Education
By Universities UK
A strong university sector is fundamental to a strong economy
The Chief Executive of Universities UK writes ahead of the Comprehensive Spending Review and suggests that huge cuts to the UK universities budget will reduce their global reputation for excellence.
Richard Harrington MP: Our ambition for 3 million new apprenticeships in the next five years Partner content
Education
By Find a Future
Richard Harrington MP: Our ambition for 3 million new apprenticeships in the next five years
The Prime Minister's Adviser on Apprenticeships Richard Harrington MP writes for Find a Future in support of Team UK who took part in WorldSkills São Paulo 2015 and how the UK will deliver 3 million new apprenticeships over the next five years.
Partner content
Education
By Universities UK
New Universities UK President calls on government to support universities’ transformational impact
The new President of Universities UK (UUK) will tell delegates at UUK's annual members conference today [Wednesday] that strong support from government is essential for universities to play a full role in transforming peoples lives and helping the economy to grow.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on TUC study of working hours
Commenting on a new study by the TUC, which found the number of people working excessive hours has risen by 15 per cent since 2010, Adrian Prandle, director of economic strategy and negotiations at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
Regional Schools Commissioners’ roles ‘vary widely,’ new research reveals Partner content
Education
By National Foundation for Educational Research
Regional Schools Commissioners’ roles ‘vary widely,’ new research reveals
England’s eight Regional Schools Commissioners face different and challenging roles that reflect a wide variation of issues in each region, according to new research published today by the National Foundation for Educational Research.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on summer-born children and school starting age
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
Baroness Sharp: Cuts to Further and Higher Education will not increase productivity or retraining
Education
By Baroness Sharp of Guildford
Baroness Sharp: Cuts to Further and Higher Education will not increase productivity or retraining
Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Sharp of Guildford writes about her question in the House of Lords today: 'Reversing the decline in the number of part-time and mature students at higher education institutions'.
Minor changes can have a ‘significant impact’ for summer-born children
Education
By Stephen Hammond MP
Minor changes can have a ‘significant impact’ for summer-born children
Conservative MP and former minister Stephen Hammond MP writes about his adjournment debate tonight on ‘summer-born children and Department for Education guidelines’.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
Give teachers back time and trust – ATL president
The Government needs to trust teachers, give them the time to do the things that most help students to learn, and give them the time to share best practice, says Kim Knappett, the new president of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL).
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL on new wave of free schools
Commenting on the Governments announcement about the next wave of free schools, Mary Bousted, general secretary at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
New project to help children be ready for school Partner content
Education
By Home-Start
New project to help children be ready for school
A leading childrens charity, Home-Start, is launching a new project called Big Hopes Big Future to combat the growing problem of children starting school without the skills they need to start learning.
Partner content
Education
By University of Exeter
Butterfly wings help break the status quo in gas sensing
The unique properties found in the stunning iridescent wings of a tropical blue butterfly could hold the key to developing new highly selective gas detection sensors.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL welcomes incoming president
Excessive workload and constant changes in education leaves teachers with little time to do work that benefits students learning, warns the incoming president of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL).
Slow literacy progress shows need to invest in early years Partner content
Education
By Save the Children
Slow literacy progress shows need to invest in early years
Save the Children has responded to the publication of new child literacy figures showing a rise of two percentage points in the number of children reading well at age 11 (from 78% to 80%).
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on key stage 2 statistics
Commenting on the latest key stage 2 assessment statistics, Nansi Ellis, assistant general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
Partner content
Education
By NASUWT
Government's obsessive penalisation of pubic service workers continues
Commenting on the letter from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to the Chairs of the Public Sector Pay Review Bodies, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT the largest teachers union in the UK, said:
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL on condemning teachers to a pay freeze
Adrian Prandle, Director of Economic Strategy and Negotiations at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
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