News archive for 22nd December 2017

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Home Office blocks Canadian from teaching Gaelic in Hebridean primary school - Telegraph Mosques launch legal challenge against an council’s bid to ban halal meat in schools - Telegraph Rounders is being replaced by cricket at girls’ schools as it is seen as a 'leisure activity' rather than a sport, leading head says - Telegraph Oxford University accused of backing apologists of British colonialism - Guardian Ofsted Watch: ‘Good’ tidings for FE providers before Christmas - FE Week Ban on unstunned halal meat in Lancashire schools is put on hold - Guardian Foster children face a lottery of care in a system that is under pressure - Telegraph New GCSE 9 to 1 grades are here - Ofqual Local authority interactive tool (LAIT) - DfE Open academies and academy projects in development - DfE Church academies: model documents - DfE Model articles of association for academy trusts - DfE Support for NAHT and NAHT Edge members over the Christmas and New Year school closure period - NAHT Ministerial reply on the non-levy apprenticeship ITT outcome - AELP This much I know about…being teased by colleagues - JohnTomsett Thinking differently for REF 2021 - HEFCE Mind the gap: how to save the UK’s technological future - New Statesman Daily roundup 22 December: Geographical divide, child sexual exploitation, and special measures - CYPN | Children & Young People Now How to teach children morals - The Conversation Access to high performance schools in England - The Staffroom US may restrict int’l STEM students to curb intellectual theft - PIE News MPs call for establishment of national fostering college - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Former headteacher wins national carol-writing contest - Times Educational Supplement | TES Vice-chancellors enriched by deficit-hit pension scheme - Telegraph Ministerial reply on the non-levy apprenticeship ITT outcome - FE News Rushing students through university and fixating on science is not the way forward | David Cannadine - Guardian The Tes podcast: Review of 2017 - Times Educational Supplement | TES MPs to investigate mental health provision for young people - Times Educational Supplement | TES MPs to hold inquiry into school mental health support plans - Schools Week Education and Health Committees scrutinise mental health provision for young people - FE News We don't see women as leaders – and it's holding them back in our universities | Sabrina Spangsdorf - Guardian When my industrial partner pulled out, my PhD went down the drain | Anonymous academic - Guardian Is this the most inspiring school in Britain? - Guardian The 10 most influential figures in education in 2017 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Canadian Gaelic teacher denied her dream job on Scottish island - Herald Scotland Career swap: Why high-flying professionals choose to be teachers - BBC UK's zombie children are glued to screens for almost five hours a day thanks to the rise of smartphones and tablets - Mail University boss paid £468,000 got an extra £50,000 for running pension scheme for academics - Mail Committees scrutinise mental health provision for young people - Commons Select Committee Primary school uses Minecraft to teach Bronze Age history - BBC Learners left unable to work as training provider goes off the rails - Times Educational Supplement | TES Primary support staff bear the brunt of pupil violence - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Pay more attention to pedagogy,' inspectors told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education committee finds care system failing foster children - Nursery World AI can spot failing schools and GPs - Times Scotland: SNP’s education promises are being broken, says Davidson - Times Scotland: It’s the final straw for Ullapool pupils concerned about plastic in the ocean - Times