News archive for 22nd April 2017

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Schools use 'authoritarian' language in newsletters as they try to assert dominance over pushy parents - Telegraph Ten thousand march for science in London - Financial Times Students who avoid making eye contact could be guilty of racism, Oxford University says - Telegraph Post Brexit, European students will continue to have access to student loans and grants - Express 'Evidence not arrogance': UK supporters join global March for Science - Guardian The minimum wage has gone up; but are apprentices getting paid? - FE Week Research evaluation ‘actively contributes’ to gender inequality - Times Higher Education | THE National charity opens London's first-ever autism college - FE Week What I’m really thinking: the school-trip teacher - Guardian Secret Teacher: I'm tired of justifying the value of vocational subjects - Guardian Welsh Education Secretary urges PM not to include foreign students in immigration target - Wales Online Consent should be part of sex education, says MSP - Scotsman Schools are paying £8,000 for a window blind and £2,000 for a tap due to PFI - Mail Three Scottish colleges hit serious financial problems - Herald Scotland Primary teachers set to be cut despite school recruitment crisis - Herald Scotland Exam regulator rejects rationing of high grades - Times School forced to pay £2,000 for a sink under PFI - Times University course to fast-track maths and science teachers - Herald Scotland