Deputy Prime Minister @DominicRaab says Nadhim Zahawi has been clear that he has paid all the tax he owes on time and in full, amid reports that the former Chancellor had to pay millions to HMRC to settle a dispute. More here: trib.al/P3HNTX8

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The beginner’s guide to Chris Hipkins, our next prime minister

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A graduate of the prestigious Victoria University of Wellington Te Herenga Waka, Hipkins was also president of Victoria’s students association

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Chris Hipkins, New Zealand’s education minister, is to replace Jacinda Ardern as prime minister

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Chris Hipkins set to become next prime minister of New Zealand

Minister selected by Labour party to succeed Jacinda Ardern after her shock resignation on Thursday

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Resignation speech: “Politicians are human. We give all that we can, for as long as we can, and then it’s time. And for me, it’s time.”

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‘For me, it’s time’: Jacinda Ardern’s resignation speech in full

'Thank you to New Zealanders for giving me this opportunity to serve, and to take on what has and will always be the greatest role in my life.'

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Amazing: Jacinda Ardern resigns as prime minister of New Zealand

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Jacinda Ardern resigns as prime minister of New Zealand

Labour leader to stand down no later than 7 February, saying she ‘no longer had enough in the tank’ to do the job

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Mass school strike to take place on 1 February after National Education Union teachers vote for industrial action

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Teachers in England and Wales vote to strike as nurses prepare further action

Thousands of schools set to close as NEU members plan mass strike on 1 February, followed by regional stoppages

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18 days of strikes at many UK universities over the next two months, over pay and pensions

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Universities to be hit with 18 days of strike action before April

UCU announced that more than 70,000 staff at 150 universities across the UK will strike for 18 days between February and March in disputes over pay, conditions and attacks on pensions. The precise...

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The Sutton Trust

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Jan 11

With inflation soaring, the rate at which maintenance loans will rise falls far short of what is needed to support students. Lower income students are less able to rely on family support to make up the shortfall in funding - they will be impacted the most by this announcement.

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The government has announced that student maintence loans in England will rise by a miserly 2.8% in September, at a point when inflation is above 10%

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The Russell Group estimates that cost of living inceases will leave students around £1500 a year worse off - so a 2.8% increase is "disappointing" in its words.

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The maximum maintence loan for a fulltime student away from home outside London goes up by just £271, less than £23 a month - less than many rent increases alone.

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The government has announced that student maintence loans in England will rise by a miserly 2.8% in September, at a point when inflation is above 10%

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Adding together the level 3 (A-level/BTecs and equiv) and level 4 qualifications, more than half the adult population now has a post-16 qualification, and more including apprenticeships.

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That means more than 16 million people aged 16+ out of the 45 million in England and Wales have at least a level 4 qualification (eg BA or equivalent), as of 2021

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Good education news (it happens!) - the ONS's census data shows a drop in the proportion of adults in England and Wales with no qualifications (23% in 2011, now 18%), and a big rise in those with a degree or similar: up from 27% to 34% ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati

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Yet for some reason creating a new standalone qualification - without any resources or incentives for students to take it or schools to offer it - hasn’t taken off. It’s a mystery.

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A mere 8 years ago the DfE and minister Nick Gibb were launching a “core maths” qualification for post-16 students that was going to solve this problem by … let’s see … 2020.

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So anyone quizzing the prime minister today might want to ask if he’s read Professor Sir Adrian Smith’s report and what he thinks of its conclusions assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl

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A DfE-commissioned review of post-16 maths in 2017 reckoned it would take 10 years to enable compulsory maths for 16-18 year olds, that it would take considerable effort and new funding and require a lot more maths teachers:

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Also, in international rankings England does pretty well in maths! Better than France and Italy and others that enforce maths teaching to the end of school. (Miles below the likes of China and Japan but then so is everyone)

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TIMSS 2019 International Reports – TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center at Boston College

IEA's TIMSS 2019 International Results in Mathematics and Science are findings from the seventh assessment cycle of TIMSS, the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study conducted at the...

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As Sam Freedman said:

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Not much detail in the Times write up and it won't happen pre-election so I wouldn't worry about it if I were a school/college leader. thetimes.co.uk/article/rishi-

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This policy has “John Major cones hotline” written all over it - but to be fair to John Major at least the cones hotline actually happened. Unlike this, which won’t happen.

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points out, it’s not even a new idea: a Cameron-Gove backed commission headed by

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was pushing for this a decade ago. But nothing happened.

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Mandating students to take maths up to the age of 18 (in England) isn’t a bad policy - but without massively retooling A-levels it risks being just an extraneous bolt-on.

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Rishi Sunak to propose maths for all pupils up to age 18

PM to set out plan to enhance numeracy for pupils in England in first policy speech of 2023

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This isn’t good for Twitter - if even verified government ministers can’t get a hijacked account back after 12 hours, they will stay off Twitter because of the security risk.

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Still not fixed but even the hacker has got bored or gone to sleep. Last tweet was a reply to Mr Beast.

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No sign of the hack ending - the hacker has now changed Keegan’s avatar to that of Elon Musk

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Uh oh. Either the education secretary’s account has been hacked hard … or

@GillianKeegan

is so into dogecoin that she’s been spamming Elon for the past hour 😬

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A statement from the university: "The University of Buckingham is in a sound financial position. Student recruitment remains buoyant. Our January 2023 intake is already 25% up on last year’s."

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I think this is the first time the OfS has imposed a "monetary penalty" or fine. £37,000 represents 0.1% of the University of Buckingham's revenue.

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There's a long read from

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on how Buckingham came to be in financial difficulties

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How much trouble is the University of Buckingham in? | Wonkhe

Auditors have concerns about the finances at the University of Buckingham - but should students be warned? Jim Dickinson reads the just published 2019 accounts

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The Office for Students bares its teeth: the University of Buckingham is fined £37,000 for filing its audited 2019 accounts nearly three years late, despite being given three extensions: officeforstudents.org.uk/news-blog-and-