September 2016
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Beyond results day: Why we should offer alternative routes to GCSEs
Fay Gibbin offers her thoughts on contending with the Government’s GCSE regulations for childcare professionals and how we can help young people accomplish more through alternative routes.
Video killed the learning star
If you are my vintage, you will recall the classic song from The Buggles, Video Killed the Radio Star. As most of you know, this song is a reference to concerns about 20th-century inventions and machines.
The Government ‘does not have a clue’ what is going on in schools
The largest teacher’s union in the UK argues that rather than becoming consumed in a debate about educationally and socially divisive structural change.
Tories are offering nothing but meaningless soundbites, says Angela Rayner
British universities have fallen in the latest international rankings as concern persists about the potential impact of Brexit on the country’s higher education sector.
Dame Julia Goodfellow sets out vision on how universities can thrive post-Brexit
The president of Universities UK (UUK) has said that universities can continue to thrive post-Brexit, given the right support from government.
Leaked memo shows government plans to open new grammar schools
Ministers are hatching plans to open new grammar schools, a leaked government memo has revealed.
Karl McCartney MP: We must ensure schools and colleges are ‘boy-friendly’
Karl McCartney MP explains why parliament and Government needs to address the ever-increasing gender education gap.
Sir Michael Wilshaw: Calls to bring back grammar schools are ‘tosh and nonsense’
England’s top schools watchdog has hit out at plans to bring back grammar schools – saying claims they help poorer pupils are “tosh and nonsense.”
Urban areas facing ‘apprenticeship desert’ unless programme reforms are fixed
The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) say the government’s proposals for funding apprenticeships will put provision for young people in disadvantaged urban areas at risk.
