News archive for 24th May 2017

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USA: UC Berkeley professor fired nearly two years after sexual harassment claims substantiated - Guardian Pledge of free breakfasts for pupils could cost more than £60m, Tories admit - Mail Many reasons to celebrate - MillionPlus Staffordshire student writes about celebrating 25 years of modern universities - MillionPlus Landmark Supreme Court victory over teachers' pay deductions - NASUWT Student resilience – it’s all about empowerment - Wonkhe Teachers must stop Manchester attack from fuelling extremism, says husband of murdered MP - Times Educational Supplement | TES Benefit sanctions are forcing teachers to buy food parcels for hungry kids, says ex-Tory aide - Mirror Thailand: Minister allows foreign universities in special zones - University World News Two locations shortlisted for new 2,000 student technology campus in Cardiff - Wales Online We abandon free school dinners at our peril | Comment - Guardian May's manifesto pledge on free school breakfasts 'undercosted' - Guardian Teachers win Supreme Court case in landmark ruling over 'unfair' pay deductions - Independent Safe spaces: university culture wars - British Council Universities tackle the challenges posed by megacities - British Council Innovation Districts and higher education - British Council How do you measure the benefits of internationalisation? - British Council Teachers put off running schools by stress and poor pay, MSPs hear - Express A year to get your act together: how universities and colleges should be preparing for new data regulations - Jisc Fall in number of school nurses as student population increases - SecEd Just missing out on grammar school hits university hopes, study suggests - SecEd Co-authors of School Food Plan speak out against Tory free school meal policy - SecEd Teenage entrepreneur develops free revision app - SecEd NQT jobs scheme to proceed after legal challenge dismissed - SecEd Boost Scottish promotion prospects, SSTA leader says - SecEd National Academy for Educational Leadership - SecEd Technical and creative subjects suffering in majority of schools - SecEd Chetham’s School of Music students pay touching tribute to Manchester bombing victims with impromptu Oasis ballad - Huffington Post Thousands set to join national day of action over school funding - Times Educational Supplement | TES Students totally baffled by weird geography exam question about dishwashers - Mirror An inner city school has launched a campaign to change its reputation - and it's working - Wales Online A £7.8m new Welsh-medium primary school will be built in Cardiff - Wales Online Mental health under the spotlight - the power of the parent-school partnership - Huffington Post Global: Innovation districts must leave no one behind locally - University World News Global: African academic diaspora collaboration drive scales up - University World News Nigerian wins award for tutor app - BBC Conservatives admit they don't know how much school breakfasts pledge will cost - Independent Conservatives back-track on £60m for primary school breakfasts - Schools Week Teachers win 'landmark' legal victory over strike pay - Times Educational Supplement | TES Supreme Court rules on wages of striking staff - Schools Week The Terrorism threat: what education institutions should consider - FE News Tories pledge free breakfasts for all primary pupils but fund only a quarter - Times Educational Supplement | TES National provider enters redundancy consultation with staff - FE Week Election 2017: Conservatives’ free school breakfast pledge ‘costed at just 7p per meal’ - Independent Which language would ease our way in the post-Brexit world? - Guardian Libya: Disgruntled university staff strike over unpaid bonuses - University World News 2017 National Student Survey: Publication of data - HEFCE IPads 'help improve young pupils' skills' - BBC £200m falling as gently as snow : Levy accounts are now active - FE News Researchers must not be short-changed by Brexit, warns Royal Society president - Mail MillionPlus comment on the Technopolis report on EU research and innovation funding in the UK - MillionPlus Nicky McPherson: Life in Scotland fab for my English family - Scotsman Birmingham University to open campus in the Gulf - BBC Lorraine Thomson: Academics ready and able to help business - Scotsman Working parents ‘should get time off’ to help their school - Herald Scotland Catholic school monk ‘caned boys until they were bleeding’ - Times US rivals take aim at Scottish university’s expensive courses - Times Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills - Times Educational Supplement | TES