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Articles tagged with: Education
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Education
By Universities UK
New report challenges claims on graduate oversupply
A report published today from Universities UK challenges the idea that there is an oversupply of graduates.
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Education
By Universities UK
Report looks at latest trends in UK higher education
Universities UK published today its latest Patterns and Trends report which presents a range of data on the changing size and shape of UK higher education.
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Economy
By Chartered Institute of Building
Deputy Skills Minister launches construction Higher Apprenticeship in Wales
A new construction higher apprenticeship was officially launched this week by the Deputy Minister for Skills and Technology Julie James AM.
Skills Minister addresses construction industry over ongoing skills crisis Partner content
Economy
By Federation of Master Builders
Skills Minister addresses construction industry over ongoing skills crisis
At a Parliamentary roundtable to launch a new report by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), the Skills Minister and Shadow Small Business Minister discussed with industry experts how apprenticeships could address the ongoing skills shortage in UK construction.     
Statutory PSHE education – not a straightjacket for schools Partner content
Education
By PSHE Association
Statutory PSHE education – not a straightjacket for schools
The PSHE Association calls on the Government to award Personal, Social, Health and Economic education statutory status as a school subject, to ensure substandard teaching of it is eradicated.
Teaching union is ‘concerned’ over £600m cut to ‘essential’ grant Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
Teaching union is ‘concerned’ over £600m cut to ‘essential’ grant
A leading teaching union has today reacted to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement. 
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Education
By Universities UK
Universities UK response to Spending Review announcement
Universities UK responded today to the government's Autumn Statement and Spending Review announcements.
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Communities
By Federation of Master Builders
400K homes at risk from skills shortage, warns FMB
The construction skills shortage could scupper the Chancellors vision for 400,000 new affordable homes, warns the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) in response to todays announcements in the Spending Review.
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Education
By NCFE
Autumn Statement 2015: Awarding Organisation NCFE predicts further cuts to FE
Ahead of the 2015 Spending Review and Autumn Statement, Michael Lemin Policy Leader at national Awarding Organisation NCFE is predicting that the further education sector will continue to be negatively impacted as a result of the announcements due to be made by the Chancellor today.
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Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on the Autumn Spending Review
Commenting on the Autumn Spending Review, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said: The Chancellor has rightly recognised the importance of education in protecting it from the worst excesses of his scythe.
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Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on improving prevention and identification of child sexual abuse
Commenting on the report on child sex abuse by the Childrens Commissioner for England, Dr Mary Bousted said:
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Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on OECD report: Education at a Glance 2015
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
Cutting Further Education funding is no basis for a long term economic plan Partner content
Education
By Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Cutting Further Education funding is no basis for a long term economic plan
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is warning the Chancellor that making further cuts to the Further Education budget will damage his long term economic plan, exacerbate the skills crisis and negatively impact on social mobility. 
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Economy
By Good Things Foundation
New report into economic impact of digital skills launched
A report published today by the Centre for Economics and Research (Cebr) ahead of the 2015 Spending Review for the first time clearly sets out the huge financial and social benefits of everyone in the UK having the digital skills they need to survive in our digital world.
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Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
Unmanageable workloads grinding down teachers and stopping them concentrating on tasks which benefit pupils - ATL
Eighty per cent of school staff say their workload is still unmanageable one year on from the Governments Workload Challenge, according to an Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) survey.
Teachers Poll: Children start school struggling to speak in full sentences Partner content
Education
By Save the Children
Teachers Poll: Children start school struggling to speak in full sentences
A new poll of more than 500 teachers from across the UK has revealed that children are joining primary school without the speech and language skills needed to learn in the classroom or start to read.
Learn to listen: Teaching union urges Government to engage Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
Learn to listen: Teaching union urges Government to engage
The President of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, Kim Knappett, warns that an overwhelming workload is plunging the teaching profession into a recruitment and retention crisis.
Spending Review 2015: Apprenticeship Levy ‘could be devastating’ for construction sector training, industry warns Partner content
Education
By Federation of Master Builders
Spending Review 2015: Apprenticeship Levy ‘could be devastating’ for construction sector training, industry warns
Without financial support for SME builders, the Government’s newly proposed Apprenticeship Levy could cause construction apprenticeships to “nosedive”, the Federation of Master Builders warns.
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Education
By Universities UK
Universities UK response to Nurse review of research councils
Universities UK responded today to Sir Paul Nurse's review on the future of research councils.
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Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on role of school governors
Commenting on the commentary by Sir Michael Wilshaw on school governors, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
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Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on ITT number census 2015 to 2016
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said
Compulsory first aid education - every child is a potential lifesaver
Health
By British Red Cross
Compulsory first aid education - every child is a potential lifesaver
Ahead of its first vote in Parliament this Friday, November 20, Teresa Pearce MP says if the Compulsory Emergency First Aid Education Bill was successful, it "could mean the difference between life and death sometime in the future."
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Education
By London Metropolitan University
London Metropolitan University wins Public Sector Sustainability Award
London Metropolitan University has won Best Energy Management Project at this years Public Sector Sustainability Awards.
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Education
By Universities UK
New taskforce set up to look at violence, harassment and hate crime affecting university students
A taskforce set up to look at violence, harassment and hate crime held its first meeting today.