News archive for 7th May 2017

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Headship Headaches: A brief index of leadership metaphors - Teacherhead Becoming the UK’s first Palestinian vice-chancellor - Times Higher Education | THE Top graduate jobs at law firms, banks and consultancies go to pupils from 10 private schools - Mail A headteacher shares his game plan for Sats week - Times Educational Supplement | TES Russell Group universities ‘vulnerable’ to Brexit brain drain - Times Higher Education | THE Public services students complete 24-hour rowing challenge for fallen police officers - FE Week Matt Bromley: we need to help students bridge the gap between school and college study - Times Educational Supplement | TES Theresa May pledges to expand mental health 'first aid' training into primaries - Times Educational Supplement | TES Area review transition fund shrouded in secrecy - FE Week Top TES articles of the week: it's all about SATs and GCSEs - Times Educational Supplement | TES UWN Africa Edition: 07 May 2017 - University World News Scotland skills 2030: The future of work and the skills system in Scotland - IPPR UWN World round-up: 07 May 2017 - University World News 3 ways to support apprentices' mental health - FE Week Low-attainers ‘harshly’ marked in SATs assessments, study finds - Schools Week Teachers ‘unable to prepare’ as DfE drags feet over approved qualifications - Schools Week The future of schooling - lessons from Dubai - Independent Head The COBIS Future of Schooling Debate - Independent Head USA: grandmother, 72, graduates from Tennessee State University - Mail Becky Barrow: school taught me Hamlet and times tables — but nothing about money - Times Justine Greening lifts lid on bold education plan: "grammars will be for everyone" - Express Fidget spinner craze is turning classrooms into 'fairgrounds' claim teachers - Express Geoff Ho: Pearson CEO should be seriously considering his position - Express New National Union of Students leader is determined to make equality her cause - Guardian Gillian Bowditch looks at the reasons why Scotland's schools are plunging down world league tables - Times State schools mount charge of the poetry brigade - Times Primary school libraries urged to stock books featuring same-sex families - Times Tories vow 'biggest shake-up in mental health care in 30 years - Mirror