News archive for 24th June 2017

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Government 'drops new fire safety guidelines which would have made sprinkler systems non-compulsory in new schools' following Grenfell Tower tragedy - Mail Schools teach chess to help ‘difficult’ pupils concentrate - Guardian This much I know about...how curriculum, assessment and teaching & learning are so inextricably linked - JohnTomsett Schools increasingly using unqualified staff to cover teacher absence - NUT Schools that work for everyone? The challenges for comprehensive education. #educationfest - Teacherhead College uses student's art project as a learner recruitment tool - FE Week Achievement rates at Learndirect fall under minimum standards - FE Week Striking out on their own – the challenges facing new students - Guardian Off to uni? Leave the kitchen sink behind - Guardian How to make your university money last - Guardian Finding enough work placements is difficult, colleges warn - Times Educational Supplement | TES Let students use study drugs and let's sell them at Boots, says Cambridge scientist - Independent School forced to apologise after pupils told to write their own suicide notes - Independent Prison education reforms on hold for another year - FE Week UK's top language teachers recognised at annual German Teacher Awards - Schools Week How to choose the uni – and the life – that suits you - Guardian ‘Pick a subject you love’ - Guardian “Understanding” and Occam’s razor - The Learning Spy Leaving for university: ‘I did get homesick, but I didn’t linger on it’ - Guardian Get it right together – how parents can help pick the right university - Guardian Secret Teacher: my school is an echo-chamber for leftwing views - Guardian Al-Madinah free school rebrands, but can't shake financial troubles - Schools Week Homework habits: what we have learned at Michaela - Schools Week Lessons on transgender life 'just confuse primary pupils' says education expert - Mail Minister hits back at ‘exaggerated abuse’ from school reform critics - Herald Scotland