News archive for 8th September 2016

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Nicola Sturgeon backs plans for access to school counsellors - Scotsman Jim Duffy: Troubling problem of why kids are forced to do maths - Scotsman Children need three hours exercise a day - Finland - BBC Denbigh High School defends 72 exclusions over uniform - BBC Get snappy with a Maths Workout this autumn - Unionlearn Top 10 grammar schools for GCSE results - Telegraph New grammar schools needed to stop rich families dominating best state schools - Telegraph We moved house and now our primary school offer is under threat - what can we do? - Telegraph Scottish universities “concerned” by exclusion from visa pilot - Scotsman University of St Andrews chief defends admissions policy - BBC Colleges making up English and maths GCSE shortfall given lifeline with free e-books - FE News Bristol unionlearn event puts skills and apprenticeships in the spotlight - FE News Brexit sparks uncertainty for Scottish universities over European students - Herald Scotland Starting university - what to know and what to avoid - BBC The school system is already loaded in favour of middle class families - open up private tuition to poor pupils - Telegraph Samaritans give schools lesson in preventing emotional distress - Wales Online Universities to hide applicants' names in anti-bias trial - BBC Education Secretary's clarion call to universities post-Brexit - Wales Online Middle classes will be 'squeezed out of universities' under plans to increase poorer student numbers - Herald Scotland