News archive for 1st August 2017

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Pity all us poor university chiefs: Boss who drives a Bentley, sails a 30ft yacht and earns £222,000 says vice chancellors are not paid enough - Mail Teach pupils about breastfeeding, say Royal College doctors - BBC University chiefs should not be ashamed of their salaries, says yacht-owning vice-Chancellor - Telegraph A £30m design has been revealed to replace a £9.5m building part-funded by the taxpayer in 2003 - Wales Online Call to change attitudes to breastfeeding - Nursery World Roasting a chicken, Facebook privacy settings, Doomsday prep: life skills all school kids should learn - Guardian Neil Carmichael takes job at political lobbying firm PLMR - Schools Week UK Home Secretary calls for report on EU migration - PIE News Everything is awesome? Using LEGO® to trigger reflection in Higher Education - HEA Majan University College partners with the Higher Education Academy (HEA) - HEA A bold and radical skills policy is key to delivering an economy that works for everyone - IPPR Fulbright Award applications open for UK citizens - Fulbright Commission Daily roundup 1 August: Breastfeeding, autism register, and summer meals - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Managing audiovisual research data – five things you need to know - Jisc The Spotify of the textbook world takes off as Bibliotech is go - Jisc Social mobility is in your genes, finds new study - The Conversation Dr Alison Birkinshaw becomes AoC President - AoC | Association of Colleges What’s the evidence on….teacher retention and recruitment - Education Media Centre | EMC Why leadership and management matter - The Staffroom Diversity and social cohesion in Oldham secondary schools - DfE Common transfer file 17: specification and schema - DfE Register of apprentice assessment organisations: how to apply - Education & Skills Funding Agency Individualised Learner Record (ILR): check that data is accurate - Education & Skills Funding Agency UK education and skills companies in Odisha - FE News 'My bursary was essential': readers on ending healthcare training bursaries - Guardian Union Learning Fund Prospectus Round 19 - 2017/2018 - Unionlearn 2018/19 Union Learning Fund open for bids - Unionlearn £35 million of innovative employment schemes to benefit thousands of disadvantaged people - FE News What's your favourite children's book? Twitter teachers debate - Times Educational Supplement | TES A busy day for mergers as 21 colleges join 10 partnerships - FE Week Students paying '£1,000 an hour' for tuition - BBC Hartpury College considers bid for university status - Times Educational Supplement | TES What are the new GCSEs and what do the changes mean? - Independent Collab Group announces partnership agreement with Babington Group - FE News Ethnically mixed schools boost integration, but the lunchtime divide still exists - Schools Week Ethnically mixed schools create more positive attitudes, DfE research finds - Times Educational Supplement | TES Millennials are no better with technology than their parents, study finds  - Telegraph University given one of the UK's lowest teaching ratings paid vice chancellor £1.7 million - Telegraph Dialogic teaching – what’s that? - Montrose42 University cleaners trained to spot students at risk from extremism - Evening Standard When do A-Level 2017 results come out? Results Day date and everything you need to know - Mirror Doctors call for familiarity with breastfeeding to be part of PHSE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Student's racist rant risks making situation worse - Express ESFA: course directory - Education & Skills Funding Agency Labour is right not to make social mobility an educational goal | Selina Todd - Guardian Out with the old school? The rise of ed tech in the classroom - Guardian 'Did he mislead voters?' Thornberry grilled over Corbyn promise to write off student debt - Express Shaky science shouldn't dictate international student numbers - Guardian David Laws: ‘The quality of education policymaking is poor’ - Guardian ‘We felt we had no option’: school trips halted over terror fears - Guardian Academics at Scottish uni call for law against high heels at work - Scotsman RSC to take ‘unprecedented’ decision on whether a primary can leave its trust - Schools Week George and Amal Clooney to help fund Syrian refugee schools in Lebanon - Guardian Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills - Times Educational Supplement | TES Political pressure surrounding new pupil tests “risks” their successful roll-out - Herald Scotland Teach First set to bid for new Scottish fast-track course - Herald Scotland Edinburgh University enters clearing for first time to help disadvantaged students - Herald Scotland Breastfeeding ‘should be a school subject’ - Times Craig Calhoun, head of poorly-rated London School of Economics, earned £1.7m - Times Outdoor child’s play is good for everyone - Times Axing grants for nurses is an act of self-harm - Times Breastfeeding lessons at 11: Top doctors say it should be taught in school to make the practice more widespread - Mail