News archive for 3rd November 2016

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Area Reviews: rebuild for resilience - FE Week MPs hope power of prayer will scrap pupil database changes - Schools Week Nicky Morgan: I had to ‘fend off ideas’ from Downing Street - Schools Week Government told to ‘come clean’ on EBacc consultation findings after six-month delay - Schools Week Executive headteacher of 8 local authority primaries paid more than £330,000-a-year - Schools Week University of Edinburgh to hold US election event - Scotsman Rise in appeals against ‘tougher’ Key Stage 2 SATs tests - Schools Week UKES 2016 - undergraduates engaged in their courses but only half feel equipped for the world of work - HEA Brexit will make UK universities more expensive, says Vince Cable - Independent Three ways to reach out with good advice - HEFCE Higher education minister and deputy accused of fraud - University World News Schools in debt as funding gap bites - BBC Wilshaw writes letter condemning heads for failing to stop pupil fight - Schools Week I'm an A-level drop-out, but it didn't stop me from going to uni - Guardian Three controlled explosions have been carried out at schools - Wales Online A quarter of pupils 'write only for school' - BBC New coalition of parents and teachers calls for 'toxic' Sats to be suspended after pupils left in tears - Times Educational Supplement | TES Fears that decline in pupils writing outside school could affect attainment - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education Secretary announces extra investment in social care - DfE Grammars help white working class boys into top universities - Mail How long to vice-chancellors stay in post? - HEPI Do universities favour grammar or state school pupils? - Telegraph Healthy eating crucial for pupils’ success, says NAHT - NAHT Welsh government urged to address supply of maths teachers - ASCL New statutory requirements for the content of school websites - NAHT Are England's teachers being paid enough? - Guardian Ofqual letter explains new GCSE grades - NAHT Strike ballot at University of Aberdeen in row over job losses - UCU Justine Greening named as 'MP of the year' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Wales leading the way in the information age with support from Jisc - Jisc Former head paid £375,000-a-year for leading trust with nine primaries - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities are a top target for cybercriminals | Charlie McMurdie - Jisc 'My son works until midnight': parents around the world on homework - Guardian Wake up, Theresa May: international students are not economic migrants - Huffington Post SFA: course directory - SFA A gold star to any parent who rebels against homework | Tom Bennett - Guardian Stop blaming schools and universities for the lack of women in tech - Guardian New mathematics initiative launched to boost standards in Welsh schools - Wales Online History lessons - BBC Fresh bureaucracy row in Scottish schools - Herald Scotland How universities are tackling sexual violence on campus - BBC