News archive for 8th May 2017

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How many of these SATs exam questions designed for year six pupils can you answer? - Mirror UVAC position statement on government procurement pause – non-levy employers - UVAC Pre-General Election tours - free for 18-24 year olds - UK Parliament SEND: updates and highlights from April 2017 - NAHT Student immigration poll - Russell Group Conservatives’ mental health proposals are just sticking plasters - ATL Teachers call for an end to ‘political interference’ - Scotsman It's time to stop demonising SATs - we need to test 11-year-olds - Telegraph Putting evidence at the heart of policymaking - NFER Heads survey reveals ‘thousands’ of school jobs cut due to funding squeeze - Times Educational Supplement | TES USA: '7,000 bodies buried' beneath Mississippi university - BBC Easy is easy, hard is hard - The Learning Spy Want to avoid crippling student debts? Here’s where you should study - Metro Preventing school cuts would put extra penny on income tax, says IFS - BBC NUS vows to make students a ‘force to be reckoned with’ with huge voter registration drive - Huffington Post "I'm in charge of worrying - you don’t need to": Teacher's inspirational 'homework' for pupils facing SATs exams - Mirror Diversity and inclusion in schools is the law - Huffington Post CMRE think tank – increased selection is not a viable strategy for the education system - Montrose42 USA: From Nicki Minaj to Alec Baldwin: the stars paying for students’ education - Guardian Teach First: 'Pay new teachers more and write off their debt' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Troubled UTC Plymouth pauses recruitment at 14 - Schools Week Sats: Reading test 'kinder' than last year - Times Educational Supplement | TES Theresa May sticks to 100,000 a year net migration target - Financial Times Smart drugs at university: share your stories - Guardian Principal leaving UTC as year 10 recruitment stopped - FE Week Three-quarters of primary leaders lack confidence in SATs, survey finds - Schools Week MSPs to hear views of teachers in education workforce inquiry - Herald Scotland Migration: it will be up to the next generation to change the picture - IOE London Blog Why are my wife and I quitting teaching? Brutal cuts, bad policies and stressed kids | Peter Foggo - Guardian The true impact of SATs exams: 'My daughter should be daydreaming and be full of wonder - not full of stress' - Mirror 10 ways of helping pupils cope with exam stress - Wales Online NUS president Malia Bouattia: 'it was the most difficult year of my life' - Guardian US: three quarters of students say study abroad improves employability - PIE News Should students take notes on a computer? - Edudemic The reasons for the dominance of global university rankings - IOE London Blog Labour announces £1.25bn plan to boost child health - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Brexit will be ‘top challenge’ for schools in coming years - Schools Week A further education manifesto for 2017 - FE Week Meet the teachers running in the General Election 2017 - Schools Week France: France's new first lady sets her sights on education reform - Mail Schools and colleges combine to launch Support Our Sixth-formers campaign - FE News Enterprising young people missing out - FE News Could you answer these primary school maths questions? (video) - BBC Support Our Sixth-formers campaign launched - FE Week EBacc belongs in the past, not post-Brexit Britain - FE News School leaders want £200 funding uplift per sixth-former - Schools Week Colleges call for cash to address post-16 funding 'crisis' - Times Educational Supplement | TES