News archive for 13th December 2016

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Oxford student union denies telling students to use gender-neutral pronoun - Guardian Students oppose bill to limit funding of second degrees - University World News Cheating teachers on the rise: Number of staff illicitly helping children pass exams trebles - Telegraph Inside the second chance high schools for 21 year-olds - Times Educational Supplement | TES Primary school pupils rap up their own Christmas charity single - Times Educational Supplement | TES Stop playing off refugees against students - DSW - University World News Imperial College London's female rugby players were humiliated by sexist behaviour, inquiry finds - Telegraph Swinney welcomes teacher numbers boost in light of 'challenges' - BBC Oxford's 'ze' - whether fact or fiction - is a symptom of the wider student bubble - Telegraph Jews are world's best-educated religious group, study reveals - Guardian 28% of P7 pupils ‘not achieving required levels of literacy’ - Scotsman Scottish schools data published for first time - BBC Fewer schools punished for exam malpractice, but penalties for staff soar - Schools Week Top maths teachers call for more funding for Singapore 'mastery' method - Telegraph Imperial College London vows to tackle sexism after report reveals bullying and discrimination on campus - Huffington Post 28% of P7 pupils 'not achieving required levels of literacy and numeracy' - Herald Scotland Exam malpractice by school staff up by 48% - Times Educational Supplement | TES Imperial College criticised for ‘culture of misogyny and bullying’ after women’s rugby team humiliated - Evening Standard Longfield calls for abolition of young offender institutions - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Private school’s proposal offering up to 10,000 free places - EducationInvestor New research highlights damaging impact of exclusions on young autistic people - IOE London Blog Life chances can be determined by age three - Nursery World Data collection maintenance schedule - SFA FE data library: education and training - SFA FE data library: apprenticeships - SFA NAO confirms school budgets being pushed beyond breaking point, says NAHT - NAHT Asbestos management in schools - NAHT End the misuse of assessment, says NAHT - NAHT Expanding selection 'a distraction' says NASUWT - NASUWT Joint unions statement on school funding - NAHT Joint unions statement on school funding - Voice Joint unions statement on school funding - NUT Selective education green paper - NUT ‘If they call you a pig in the police it’s not personal. As head, it was very personal’ - Guardian Forty years after the Ruskin speech, education needs another moment | Fiona Millar - Guardian Oxford University Student Union says we should scrap 'he' and 'she' in favour of 'ze' - Express Scottish schools ‘spend £540 less per pupil’ than five years ago - Scotsman The challenges of assessing teaching excellence: Universities will game the system - Telegraph Toby Young’s flagship free school trust woos other schools amid financial chill | Warwick Mansell - Guardian Nicola Sturgeon ripped apart for introducing ‘impossible’ flagship education policy - Express How big should the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education be? - FE Week Scotland: Schools have £540 less per pupil - Times Keep children out of court, ministers told - Times