News archive for 2nd November 2017

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Sexual attacks in schools: action is taking too long, says MP - Guardian Minister: MPs should check up on safeguarding in schools - Schools Week Ofsted 'does more harm than good', warns top academic - Times Educational Supplement | TES Rape of six-year-old child 'dismissed by teachers as playful activity' - Times Educational Supplement | TES It’s not the long hours that make teachers want to quit, new research suggests - Schools Week It’s not the long hours that make teachers want to quit, new research suggests - Schools Week Can living abroad close the attainment gap for disadvantaged students? - Guardian Sharp fall in applications to Bath University amid pay row - Times Headteacher of school founded by slave trader Edward Colston says he refuses to 'obscure history' by changing its name - Telegraph Unless our education system is doing the best for children from challenging circumstances, it is failing - Times Educational Supplement | TES School application forms 'should give parents more choices - Times Educational Supplement | TES Four in 10 apprentices pay more for their course than they earn in salary, report shows - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools freed from 'scourge of Ofsted teaching style', says Nick Gibb - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted investigates inspection gaps at outstanding schools - Schools Week How face-ageing apps can help pupils to plan their futures - Times Educational Supplement | TES We must reward great teachers – and stop pushing them out of the classroom - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education shake-up and employer investment are key to tackling IT skills shortage - FE News How do we teach children about consent? - HuffPost Secondary school criticised for installing CCTV in pupil toilet areas - Guardian Be less 'uptight' about times tables, urges Singaporean maths mastery expert - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nick Gibb: The power of greater freedom and autonomy for schools - FE News Still much more to be done on apprenticeships - Times Educational Supplement | TES Huge spike in higher level apprenticeship commitments - FE Week Learn how to bring dissection to life in your classroom - FE News University admissions: equal opportunity should not penalise good schools - Telegraph Secondary school pupils who have taken drugs and alcohol has increased - HuffPost As difficult as it is, it's important we discuss the part played by genes in cognitive ability - Times Educational Supplement | TES The power of greater freedom and autonomy for schools - FE News The evidence on achievement gaps over time: contained but not closing - The Staffroom Economic Impact of Russell Group Universities - Russell Group Why university is the place to find your cause - Guardian Anouchka Grose: you don’t need to show children 9/11 footage to teach them the world is bad - Guardian Convicted fraudster gets job teaching maths at South London school - Evening Standard Brexit b***h!' Students shamed for being ‘proud’ Brexiteers on university campuses - Express Schools are referring more pupils to social services - Schools Week Higher education is about more than just teaching - Herald Scotland The headmaster who banned mobile phones... bringing back textbooks - Telegraph Why university is the place to find your cause - Guardian Most schools in Wales 'are struggling to make ends meet' - Wales Online Fall in Key Stage 2 re-marks - Schools Week Primary schools appeal against more than 15,000 KS2 reading test results - Times Educational Supplement | TES Key stage 2 national curriculum test review outcomes: 2017 - DfE Apprenticeship service registrations and commitments to September 2017 - DfE Rastafarian pupil told to cut his dreadlocks off by his school - Evening Standard University pressed on role of man in Trump scandal - Times Graduate school for teachers' launches in bid to spread expertise - Times Educational Supplement | TES Institute for Teaching launches to create ‘expert teachers’ - Schools Week Big tech firms' AI hiring frenzy leads to brain drain at UK universities - Guardian National college report "underplayed" negative trends on drop-out rates - Herald Scotland Brexit-supporting students getting abuse on campus - BBC How internet porn is warping young minds - Mail Elite universities strive for inclusivity – but only up to a point - Times Higher Education | THE College apologises to sacked pilot trainer - Times Nigel Farndale: bad parents’ guide to surviving half term - Times Schools must work harder to stamp out sexual harassment of girls - Times Top university degree adds £177,000 to graduates’ lifetime pay - Times