News archive for 22nd November 2017

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The golden thread made real in a moment of pedagogic magic! - JohnTomsett Murdered teacher’s family warn ‘it could happen again’ after insufficient investigation - Express Bath University vice-chancellor survives vote of no confidence - Guardian Scotland: Secondary school hires university students to teach maths classes - Express Oxford college bans student representatives from joining secretive dining societies as it undermines inclusivity - Telegraph Student’s complaint about 'chav' club night backfires after peers brand her a 'social justice warrior' with no sense of humour - Telegraph Coroner leading murdered teacher Ann Maguire inquest calls for social media 'contracts' so parents can check teenagers' Facebook accounts - Mirror Computer science teachers to be trebled, Chancellor announces - Telegraph Children need courses in computing and finance | Letters - Guardian Budget: Education's share of public spending set to fall for fifth year running - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ashes legend Matt Prior: Teachers deserve 'respect' instead of being 'beaten down' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Budget: Teachers doubt impact of maths cash - Times Educational Supplement | TES Budget: Newly qualified teachers left '£3,000 worse off' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Missed opportunities' before Ann Maguire murder, inquest jury finds - Times Educational Supplement | TES The 'unsafe space' school: 'To think they’re going to be brainwashed is an insult' - Telegraph Children 'banned from Christmas tree tradition' after Ofsted slates school as 'inadequate' - Express Autumn Budget 2017: Chancellor accused of ignoring early years funding crisis - Nursery World Girls are missing days of school because they can't afford a tampon: Teenager urges the Government to start talking about periods for a change - Mirror Vocabulary: too big to ‘teach’? - SecEd Northern Ireland schools facing debt troubles - SecEd DfE takes on recruitment duties as NCTL closure announced - SecEd Workload action call to boost retention rates in Wales - SecEd University of Bath staff and students to protest next week if no resignations - UCU UCU responds to Chancellor's budget statement - UCU #Budget2017: A good Budget for a country in tough times - CBI The Autumn Budget - some useful initiatives but short of what is needed - AoC | Association of Colleges ASCLNI calls for action to end industrial dispute in schools - ASCL ASCL Budget response - ASCL Trebling of school suspensions for assaults - NASUWT Chancellor fails to grasp the nettle over crisis in teaching - NASUWT Comment on today’s budget announcement - NAHT Free PSHE and drama resources help to tackle bullying-related issues - SecEd Protection pledge for pupils on free school meals as Universal Credit switch approaches - SecEd Accountability: Low-level gaming is ‘rife’ and teaching to the test ‘endemic’ - SecEd FOI: early years dataset as at 31 August 2017 - Ofsted Daily Roundup 22 November: Same-sex couple adopters, suicidal children and workplace skills - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Reading extends teenagers' vocabulary, whatever their background - IOE London Blog National pupil database: user guide and supporting information - DfE Autumn Budget 2017: Philip Hammond's speech - GOV.UK Sense of place - Sutton Trust AoC response to Budget - AoC | Association of Colleges Disappointing Budget fails education and early years - Voice Budget 2017 - Russell Group The budget won’t help us – so what now? - Schools Week School boost as Maths teachers backed in Budget with £600 for every A Level pupil - Express Social participation in children with neurodisability being examined by researchers at Leeds Beckett - Leeds Beckett University Invest in education to calm Brexit uncertainty - Teach First Autumn Budget 2017: ‘Don’t dilute apprenticeship levy spend’ - AELP NEU reaction to Budget Autumn 2017 - National Education Union New report highlights the HE sector’s commitment to teaching excellence - The Staffroom Why you should be a skeptical science consumer - Learning Scientists Autumn Budget 2017: our response - Learning & Work Institute Warrington to offer schools ‘wireless-as-a-service’ - Public Technology Youth prisons blighted by staff shortages and lack of support, say inspectors - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Sector slams Budget for failure to tackle funding shortage - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Post-study work crucial post-Brexit – UUKi - PIE News Wales: drop in Asian student numbers - PIE News Edge comment on the 2017 autumn statement - Edge Foundation Our response to the Autumn Budget - Teach First Statement from the support our sixth-formers campaign partners on the Autumn Budget announcements - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA "Houston, we have a problem" - National Education Union Budget 2017 - Russell Group Budget 2017: Inflation-busting apprentice minimum wage rise - FE Week Everybody knows someone who has broken - Times Higher Education | THE Boost for maths and computing in schools - Financial Times Forced academisation of primary schools is 'immoral' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Budget response: Chancellor 'missed opportunity', FE leaders say - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools offered £600 for every extra A-level maths student - Mail Budget 2017: £8.5m to explore new maths resit approaches - FE Week Aberdeen history teacher who made lewd remarks struck off - Mail Budget 2017: Greening will write to teacher pay body ‘shortly’ - Schools Week Girls who attend single-sex schools are less likely to tolerate sexual harassment, leading head teacher claims - Telegraph Grammar school creates an 'unsafe space' where students can discuss sexism and Mein Kampf - Telegraph Boosting skills would drive UK growth and productivity - FE News Budget: No pay rise for teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sector response to the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget 2017 - FE News Budget: Heads say extra maths cash is 'drop in ocean' - BBC Budget: Chancellor announces £20m for T-level preparation - Times Educational Supplement | TES Budget 2017: What's in it for schools? - Schools Week Extra £20m in budget for colleges to prepare for T-levels - FE Week Primary school children banned from decorating Christmas tree after school was given 'inadequate' Ofsted rating - Telegraph Budget 2017: Extra £20m for colleges to prepare for T-levels - FE Week Girls are better than boys at solving problems in teams, finds new global study - Independent Sacked children’s mental health tsar who wants schools to use gender neutral language - The Sun DfE invites bids to develop and run £10m Reception baseline - Nursery World Students showcase new skills at Highways England charitable event - GOV.UK Inside a new school for children with special educational needs - BBC 'Ridiculous!' This Morning viewers slam former mental health tsar who insists that teachers should stop using gendered terms - Mirror Teacher who made lewd and racist comments to pupils struck off - Scotsman Thousands of graduates feel they received poor value for money - Mail Cautious schools can join academy trusts as ‘associate members’ - Schools Week Is identity politics fomenting intolerance? - Montrose42 University vice-chancellors deserve more pay, not less. Here’s why | David Blanchflower - Guardian ‘What works’ in education does not always chime with what Ministers want to hear - IOE London Blog Autumn Budget: Colleges to receive £600 for every extra maths student at level 3 - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Signal-blocking phone pouches' for St Patrick's pupils - BBC Financial forecasts reveal the choices ahead for universities - Wonkhe Will smaller specialist universities drive place-based industrial strategy? - Wonkhe Academics as policy entrepreneurs? Prepare to fight for your ideas (if you want to win) - Wonkhe UK universities 'face disaster within weeks' without clear Brexit plan - Guardian Budget 2017: Colleges to get level three maths funding boost - FE Week Budget: More money for schools that attract 'extra' A-level maths students - Times Educational Supplement | TES With help from the industrial strategy, universities can drive regional growth - Guardian 2VCs on ... are university degree models stuck in the past? - Guardian Ditching the sets: why we're teaching mixed ability lessons for science - Guardian Scouts Scotland support call for LGBT teaching in schools - Scotsman University students teaching maths at crisis-hit school - Scotsman Teachers should not remind kids of gender and must avoid saying ‘boys’ and girls’, says ex mental health boss - The Sun Budget 2017: fixing the north-south divide in R&D funding - Financial Times What is effective CPD? - FE News Scottish private boarding school unveils Chinese expansion - Herald Scotland Scottish pupils perform well in new international league table - Herald Scotland 'Impossible' New Zealand maths exam even flummoxes teachers - Guardian Schools' £600 boost for every A-level maths pupil - Mail Phonics 'fundamentalism' is based on flawed science, says education expert - Times Educational Supplement | TES Budget 2017: Philip Hammond to give schools cash for teaching more maths pupils - Times Faiz Siddiqui sues Oxford over ‘inadequate’ 2:1 degree - Times Teacher ‘lost two jobs over rape acquittal’ - Times Girls have all the answers in problem-solving tests - Times School in Canterbury offers ‘unsafe space’ to study Hitler - Times Children attempting suicide in order to access mental health care - Times Oxford uproar over new student block on Merton College site - Times No vice-chancellor is worth more than £350,000 a year - Times Nigerian governor to sack 22,000 teachers who failed test for nine-year-olds - Times Scotland: Superhead plan to solve schools crisis - Times Scotland: MSP Andy Wightman and George Watson’s College escalate bullying row - Times