Hazel Shearing

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Education Correspondent at BBC

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Four in 10 universities face financial challenges

6 days ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Hazel Shearing

Industrial disputes over university job losses are underway in several cities [UCU]More than four in 10 universities in England are expecting to be in a financial deficit by this summer, according to new report from the Office for Students (OfS). The OfS, which regulates higher education providers, said universities were closing courses and selling buildings to cut costs, but "significant reform and efficiencies" were needed to turn the tide.
Four in 10 universities face financial challenges

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Hazel Shearing

More than four in 10 universities in England are expecting to be in a financial deficit by this summer, according to new report from the Office for Students (OfS). The OfS, which regulates higher education providers, said universities were closing courses and selling buildings to cut costs, but "significant reform and efficiencies" were needed to turn the tide. It said a drop in international students coming to the UK was the main reason for the worsening financial position.
Four in 10 universities face financial challenges

6 days ago | bbc.com | Hazel Shearing

Four in 10 universities face financial challengesBranwen Jeffreys & Hazel ShearingEducation editor & Education correspondentUCUIndustrial disputes over university job losses are underway in several cities More than four in 10 universities in England are expecting to be in a financial deficit by this summer, according to new report from the Office for Students (OfS).
Teaching union launches legal action against Ofsted

1 week ago | bbc.com | Hazel Shearing

Teaching union launches legal action against OfstedGetty ImagesA school leaders' union says it is taking legal action against Ofsted over proposed changes to the way it inspects schools in England. The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has asked for a judge to review plans for new school report cards, which are due to be introduced in the autumn after Ofsted got rid of its old one or two-word judgements.
College denied access to student loan funding after investigation

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Hazel Shearing

College denied student loan funding after government investigationGetty ImagesThe education secretary has pulled student loan funding from the private Oxford Business College over concerns about admissions practices. Bridget Phillipson said the "management of recruitment and attendance" at Oxford Business College, which is not a university itself but offers courses from some English universities, had "fallen well short".
Teachers will rally against Labour over pay, says NEU leader

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Hazel Shearing

Hazel ShearingReporting fromNEU conference in HarrogateThe UK's largest teaching union will "make Labour MPs pay a high political price" if the government does not offer teachers in England a fully funded, above-inflation pay rise, its general secretary has said. Daniel Kebede said members of the National Education Union (NEU) "expect better from a Labour government" than the pay recommendation ministers have made.
Primary school offer day: How do I find out my child's place?

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Hazel Shearing |Julia Bryson |Nathan Standley

Parents of children starting primary school in England, Wales and Scotland this September will soon be finding out which school has offered them a place. Offer day was 9 April in Northern Ireland, and is 16 April in England, Scotland and Wales. On the day you get the offer, your letter, email or notification should tell you what to do next. In England, a parent or carer has to formally accept the offer by the given deadline.
Teachers in England move a step closer to striking

4 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Hazel Shearing

Each year, the independent School Teachers Review Body (STRB) hears submissions from each side and makes recommendations on teacher pay to the government, who ultimately decide on how much to award. Daniel Kebede, the NEU's general secretary, said Ms Phillipson had the STRB's report "on her desk". "We'd like to see that published at the earliest opportunity, with the funding settlement as well, so that we can come to a conclusion to avoid any further action," he told the BBC.
Teachers in England say they would strike over pay

1 month ago | bbc.com | Hazel Shearing

Hazel ShearingTeachers in England have said they would be willing to strike over the government's proposed 2.8% pay rise this year. The offer was rejected by 93.7% of members of the National Education Union (NEU), England's largest teaching union, who took part in an informal ballot. And 83.4% indicated they would be willing to strike in the vote, which aimed to gauge teachers' mood.
Leave phone bans to head teachers, children's commissioner says

1 month ago | bbc.co.uk | Hazel Shearing

Image source, Getty ImagesBanning phones in schools should be a decision for head teachers and not "imposed nationally by the government", England's children's commissioner has said. Nine in ten secondary schools restrict the use of smartphones, according to a survey of 19,000 schools and colleges commissioned by Dame Rachel de Souza. Dame Rachel said children were racking up hours of screen time at home instead, and that parents needed more help managing their children's online habits.