News archive for 29th November 2016

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Stop using iPads in lessons to prevent bullying, minister says - Telegraph EuroSkills: The journey to Gothenburg - FE Week Quarter of sponsored academies miss floor target or judged inadequate in first two years - Times Educational Supplement | TES A blow to state schools and the solar industry | Letters - Guardian The importance of Polish lessons in a post-Brexit world | Letters - Guardian The 11 UK universities which produce the most employable graduates - Independent 'Physical literacy' programme aims to stimulate pupil learning - Herald Scotland EC announces members of High Level Group on research - University World News Public Accounts Committee: More measures needed to assess the success of Apprenticeships - FE News Government continues judging RSCs on academy conversion rate – despite conflict of interest concerns - Schools Week It's official: your school's marking policy is probably wrong - Guardian How the education gap is tearing politics apart – podcast - Guardian New principal of Scotland's oldest university targets more students from poor backgrounds - Herald Scotland St Andrews University's new principal targets more students from poor backgrounds - Herald Scotland TES Independent School Awards: the winners revealed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Chairs letter to Secretary of State re PSHE status - UK Parliament Chinese universities look to learn from US campus sport - Times Higher Education | THE International student enrolments in Canada up 11% - Times Higher Education | THE Two thirds of students influenced by north-south divide in university choice - Telegraph Which languages should be taught in schools and why? | Sarah Marsh - Guardian Area review reports and recommendations finally published - FE Week Lecturer warns of threat to research transparency - University World News Research round-up 29 November 2016 - NAHT There’s an epidemic of sexual assaults in our schools. Yet nothing is done | Laura Bates - Guardian Year 5 girls fall behind boys in maths for first time since 2007, TIMSS data shows - Schools Week Nativity pay - BBC 'Teachers worried my self-harm was contagious' - BBC Ministers criticised over school sexual harassment response - BBC Seven ways to develop leadership qualities in your students - Huffington Post College-Employer partnerships: the key to preparing young people for work - FE News New law needed to protect children from sexual harassment and violence - UK Parliament Children and young people’s mental health – role of education - UK Parliament TIMSS 2015: No improvement since 2012 and younger girls falling behind - Schools Week Timss: England's pupils do less homework and seven other things we learned from today's study - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools - NUT New law needed to protect children from sexual harassment and violence - UK Parliament England’s performance in TIMSS 2015: a 20 year story of improvement? - IOE London Blog One in seven teenagers neglected by their parents, Children's Society report finds - Huffington Post Successful employer engagement - FE News Here’s why some Dutch university students are living in nursing homes - The Conversation The global(ised?) re-rise of student politics and protest - Wonkhe English pupils improve results in international maths and science exams - Guardian Government response on pupil sexual harassment draws criticism - CYPN | Children & Young People Now New research project aims to unravel the parallel unfolding of cognitive development and mental health in children - IOE London Blog NLW a challenge for childcare employers - Nursery World Call for expressions of interest: fieldwork for an evaluation of UIFSM - EPI Revealed: World pupil rankings in science and maths - TIMSS results in full - Telegraph Timss: At-a-glance tables reveal world's top ranked countries in maths and science education - Times Educational Supplement | TES Timss: England slips in global maths rankings as Asia excels - Times Educational Supplement | TES Timss: Bad news for Finland but Russia and Kazakhstan soar - Times Educational Supplement | TES Case for statutory PSHE becoming unarguable, says NAHT - NAHT Emphasis on exams is a flaw in our education system: Employers must try and fix the gaping hole between school and work - Telegraph RAISEonline: primary phase concerns this year - NAHT Singapore tops global education rankings - BBC TIMSS League Tables point to teacher recruitment problems in England, says NAHT - NAHT Government failure to act on free school meal registration a lost opportunity, says NAHT - NAHT NASUWT comments on sexual violence and harassment in schools - NASUWT The 11-plus and access to grammar schools - EPI NASUWT members start first wave of rolling strike action - NASUWT International study highlights England's teacher recruitment crisis - ASCL Universities – meeting the consumer rights challenge - Universities UK Primary schools in Northern Ireland continue to rank among the best in the world in maths - NFER 'Lost generation' of children with additional support needs (ASN) if funding cuts continue - Voice ATL comment on Government response to ‘sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools’ report - ATL Tilda Swinton blasts Harry Potter for ‘romanticising boarding schools’ - Scotsman Should new schools be able to select all children by faith? - Guardian University isn’t a “one-size-fits-all” - FE News World rankings in primary and secondary maths and science published - National Numeracy Individualised Learner Record (ILR): check that data is accurate - SFA Qualifications regulators work together through important reforms - Ofqual International comparisons of education - DfE Academics must reply to the Marlon Brando crew - Guardian TIMSS 2015: national report for England - DfE Further education area reviews: policy and reports - DfE Children and young people’s mental health – role of education - UK Parliament New law needed to protect children from sexual harassment and violence - UK Parliament Projected fall in Scottish school inspections criticised by Tories - Scotsman RSC Guide: Dominic Herrington, south-east and south London - Schools Week RSC Guide: Martin Post, north-west London and south central England - Schools Week Government accused of lack of 'robust action' to tackle school harassment - Mail Many teenagers 'neglected by disinterested parents' - BBC Government 'not doing enough' to combat sexual harassment in schools - Guardian AELP Briefing Paper No 43 - Autumn statement 2016 - AELP School in row over £1 charge for nativity play - Times Government refuses MP call to make strategy on sexual harassment a statutory requirement - Schools Week