News archive for 29th May 2017

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Election promises on school funding – do the Party pledges cut it? - ATL Journals’ statistics rules ‘help tackle reproducibility crisis’ - Times Higher Education | THE The Guardian view on higher education: trouble ahead - Guardian 5 Bond characters you'll find in every school - Times Educational Supplement | TES John Tomsett: how, despite our best efforts, we are failing the students who need us most - JohnTomsett Happiness lessons can make pupils unhappy, experts warn - Times Educational Supplement | TES University principal warns staff over 'protectionist' opposition to New York campus plans - Herald Scotland The revision diet: what's the best food and drink to help students focus? - Guardian How to protect students from fake news - Edudemic Universities in UK, Australia push for deeper HE ties post-Brexit - PIE News Out of the darkness - Teacherhead Dangerous craze fuelled by social media sweeping UK schools - Scotsman Could Tehran be a future knowledge hub to match Beijing or Delhi? - Times Higher Education | THE Retirement? Adult education is the key to career rejuvenation - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Doughnut’ catchment areas could be new Tory plan - Schools Week Most children will need Welsh-medium education by 2030 to reach target of one million Welsh speakers, research claims - Wales Online Why do some college leaders fail in their ambition to improve their colleges? - FE News Forget exams: pupils put their brains to work by building a robot - Herald Scotland How evidence-based are the Conservative manifesto proposals on grammar schools? - IOE London Blog Tories accused of 'sleight of hand' on manifesto grammar schools data - BBC 'Staggeringly high' numbers of teachers threatening to quit the classroom - Independent Universities are wrong to lower entry requirements for disadvantaged students, say undergraduates - Independent New York gets tough over Scottish university invader - Times Southampton University is top of table for fund managers - Times Ireland : we must address baptism barrier to schools, says Richard Bruton - Times Tories use 'sleight of hand' to justify grammar schools manifesto pledge - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tories use 'sleight of hand' to justify grammar schools manifesto pledge - Times Educational Supplement | TES Leading schools put touch typing on the timetable to make pupils more employable - Mail