News archive for 17th January 2017

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Betsy DeVos hearing prompts fears for campus sexual assault protections - Guardian Student unions recruit 'working class officers' to bridge working and middle class divide on campus - Telegraph Sussex university failed duty of care to assault victim, inquiry finds - Guardian ASCL fights robustly for schools funding - Guardian Creating body confident schools is the first step in tackling body image anxiety - Huffington Post One in five secondary pupils checks social media in the middle of the night, study finds - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why making languages non-compulsory at GCSE is a step backwards - Telegraph DfE advertises for over 100 paid advisors to help with Sainsbury reforms - FE Week Time to take on greed: why business schools must engage in intellectual activism - Guardian Knowsley planning return of A-levels after shut down - BBC Netflix: is it every student’s worst addiction? - Guardian Academy chain boss to head England's biggest school exam board - Times Educational Supplement | TES Cambridge University recruits ‘Lego Professor of Play’ to run new education and development centre - Huffington Post Are students justified in banning the sale of newspapers on campus? - Guardian 'Patchy' careers advice in state schools is damaging social mobility, MPs warn - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ormiston chief Toby Salt takes top role at exam board AQA - Schools Week We must teach children about life online if they are to thrive in the real world - Telegraph If the government wants more two year degree courses it needs to incentivise providers - Montrose42 Restricting the flow of students to the UK is not in the interests of the wider UK economy - Telegraph PM Brexit speech: UK will ‘welcome’ deal on European research - Times Higher Education | THE Ontario may limit growth of some graduate programmes - Times Higher Education | THE Daily roundup 17 January: Broadband, body anxiety, and professor of play - CYPN | Children & Young People Now State of Rural Services report published - AoC | Association of Colleges UK to control immigration from EU, says May - PIE News Report slams ‘one-dimensional and flawed’ international university rankings - PIE News Breakfast clubs 'lifeline' for working parents - Nursery World Thousands of young people face a “lost opportunity” because they can’t access top jobs, unless firms take potential employees’ background into account - Sutton Trust Industry professionals to lead technical education panels - DfE Lords examines Higher Education and Research Bill - UK Parliament Assessment Review Group publishes report on the future of assessment - NAHT Alternatives to full-time schooling - NAHT Special deal for NAHT members starting the Families First Quality Award - NAHT Response to Theresa May speech on Brexit - Universities UK Response to The PM's Brexit speech - Russell Group Cuts, cuts, cuts. Headteachers tell of school system ‘that could implode’ - Guardian Lego professor of play: apply now for the most coveted job in education - Guardian Work needed to improve SQA and tackle impact of exam system on workload - Voice Don’t let the Home Office stand in the way of good policy - HEPI What determines university choice, and what is its monetary value? - Wonkhe First European nursery chain takes slice of UK market - Nursery World You can see the cuts in the NHS but the cuts in schools are as dire | Laura McInerney - Guardian No talking in class – it’s time to listen to teachers - Scotsman HEFCE to invest £10.7 million per year for university museums, galleries and collections - HEFCE Rural teenagers' 75 minutes to get to school - Mail SQA 'urgently needs to build trust' - BBC Body anxious teens avoid PE, says report - BBC Body image anxiety is damaging the lives of children as young as 11, Be Real Campaign warns - Huffington Post Social mobility inquiry finds thousands of talented young people missing out on top jobs - Huffington Post Poor public transport puts rural schools out of reach - BBC MPs call for unpaid internships ban - BBC Must do better: MSPs issue damning report card to SQA - Herald Scotland Call for urgent improvement at Scotland’s exam body - Herald Scotland Check job applicants’ school background, MPs tell employers - Schools Week Rural areas 'suffering' through lack of access to FE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exam board has lost trust of teachers, MSPs claim - Times Bruton to break down schools’ baptism barrier - Times