News archive for 24th January 2017

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Isle of Wight school absence case 'should have been dropped' - BBC Cable warns of 'appalling' record on skills - BBC One in 10 nursery schools in England face closure over next few months - Guardian Ministers criticised over drop in number of full-time college places - Herald Scotland Protecting pupils’ hearts and minds - Huffington Post Amnesty urges end to persecution of Darfuri students - University World News Campaign issues cultural ‘call to arms’ to boost arts learning in England - Guardian Strictly's Darcey Bussell backs report calling for arts education to be protected - Times Educational Supplement | TES Research round-up 25 January 2017 - NAHT GCSE maths revision guides pulped after investigation finds them 'littered' with mistakes - Independent Becoming a headteacher: four things future leaders need to know - Guardian GCSE maths revision guides 'littered with 90 errors' - Express Rhodes Must Fall Activist Joshua Nott Accepts £40,000 Rhodes Scholarship At Oxford University - Huffington Post Devolving pay and conditions for teachers in Wales risks brain drain - Voice A public sector that show the way? Part 2 - Voice International students and the Brexit risk - Voice Chartered College of Teaching opens its doors - NAHT NUT Cymru Respond to Estyn Report - NUT Parents short-changing girls on pocket money, survey shows - BBC Brexit case prompts lawyers to create citizenship lessons - BBC Teaching 'weakest aspect' of education in Wales - Estyn - BBC New Scottish colleges data: 8 things we've learned - Times Educational Supplement | TES A GCSE maths revision book contained 90 errors - Wales Online Sex education could become compulsory in schools to protect children against pornography and sexting, minister hints  - Telegraph Taller pupils do better at school, study finds - Times Educational Supplement | TES Catholic primary school bans four-year-old Muslim girl from wearing a hijab - Independent Former business secretary Sir Vince Cable launches politics and economics course at the University of Nottingham  - Telegraph Paris, Shanghai, Rome … teacher takes children out of school for a better education - Guardian University sponsors may dump deprived schools - Guardian Schoolchildren set to learn about Brexit in new citizenship lessons programme - Express School whistleblowers, your cover is blown | Warwick Mansell - Guardian It's time we talked about lifetime learning - FE Week Understanding changes to universities’ financial reporting - Wonkhe Prompt payment data for DfE - DfE Schools financial health and efficiency - DfE Lords examines Higher Education and Research Bill - UK Parliament Youngest children in class more likely to be treated for ADHD - Nursery World Gender pay gap starts early with 20% disparity in pocket money – study - Guardian Anger after leaked report shows Scottish university missed out on funding for new campus - Herald Scotland Universities to drop grades for disadvantaged students in top courses such as medicine and law - Herald Scotland Scotland's top universities urged to drop entry rules in key courses for disadvantaged students - Herald Scotland Barristers launch PR drive in schools to explain why judges are not the 'enemies of the people' - Telegraph These are the schools Wales' chief inspector has highlighted as having the best teaching - Wales Online How to teach your pupils Brexit - Times Educational Supplement | TES Elementary errors force maths guides to be pulped - Times Climbdown on testing ‘risks ruining school reform’ - Times