News archive for 24th April 2017

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School holidays leave 3 million children at risk of hunger, report says - Guardian Up to three million UK children risk hunger over school holidays - Independent Students should not have to worry about graduate employment while at university, outgoing head of UCAS says - Telegraph Up to three million children could go hungry during school holidays, MPs warn - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children should be put to work from the age of 11, new report recommends - Express Transgender students should not have to declare birth gender when applying to university sports teams, NUS expected to rule - Telegraph May resists cutting students from migration target - Financial Times Go back to your campuses and prepare for disappointment - Wonkhe National Foundation for Educational Research appoints new Chair of Board of Trustees - NFER ASCL Code of Ethics Project: what are schools for? - ASCL Why I don’t want to see private schools abolished - GSA How can schools prevent purdah purgatory paralysing student achievement? - Villiers Park Educational Trust General election: Male university students more likely to vote Tory than female peers - Independent Final year uni students: paying back your student loan - Studential A first step to loans justice for learners in the lurch - FE Week National Union of Students in new anti-Semitism row after series of offensive tweets - Independent School testing plans 'setting up pupils to fail' warns trade unionist - Herald Scotland Outrage as Ukip calls for school-based medical checks for girls at risk of FGM - Times Educational Supplement | TES Private schools can help social mobility | Letters - Guardian Global: UN warns of millions missing school in conflict zones - BBC The NUS doesn't represent the average student – because there's no such thing - Guardian Headteacher accused of using school funds to splash out on New York trip and laptop, court hears - Telegraph Oxford University accused of targeting autistic students after claiming lack of eye contact is ‘racist’ - Huffington Post Rebalance schools to reflect importance of mental health, charity tells politicians - Times Educational Supplement | TES What do teachers think differentiation is? - The Learning Spy Global: Why we joined the March for Science - Guardian Australia: Universities demand 'No more cuts' after A$4bn saved - University World News From Miss Trunchbull to Mr Chips: top teachers on stage - in pictures - Guardian The Queensferry Crossing – a path to success! - FE News Oxford University under fire for offering £500 'British history' essay prize, but only £75 for 'African' equivalent - Independent USA: Milo Yiannopoulos to return to UC Berkeley with controversial ‘free speech week’ - Huffington Post Supported learners walk the catwalk to celebrate diversity in fashion - FE Week In challenging times, young Londoners are volunteering to get ahead in the job market  - Telegraph DfE blasted for flip-flopping on GCSE maths and English resits - FE Week Oxford University staff warned not looking a student in the eye is 'racist' - Independent University students warned ‘looking away could be racist’ - Scotsman Bestselling writers to critique pupils' stories in competition - Times Educational Supplement | TES Crammed in like sardines? Share your experiences of school class sizes - Guardian Generation game: what can students and the elderly teach each other? - Guardian Movers and Shakers: Edition 205 - FE Week Providers criticise 'vague' free childcare guidance - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Tax-Free Childcare goes live - Nursery World DfE publishes 30 hours guide for early years providers and councils - Nursery World 15 top educators to follow on Twitter in 2017 - Edudemic Regular bedtimes stop children from becoming overweight, study finds - Telegraph One in four school staff lack a degree in the key subject they teach: Recruitment crisis sees number surge over the past two years - Mail Medicine, dentistry and law courses dominated by women in Scotland - Herald Scotland Council backs down over pupil fund to help children from poorer backgrounds - Herald Scotland