News archive for 8th October 2017

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This much I know about…what the new GCSEs tell us about our students’ attainment - JohnTomsett University of Exeter students investigated over hi-vis jackets making fun of rape and the Las Vegas massacre  - Telegraph Liverpool girl banned from school trip because of diabetes - Mail University students wore hi-viz jackets 'plastered with swastikas and rape jokes' during pub crawl - Mirror Exeter students spark outrage with jackets with rape jokes - Mail Taxpayers 'pay more for university students' now than before £9,000 fees - PoliticsHome Newcastle University to issue digital degree certificates - Public Technology Global: How top schools can help educate the 263m children in the world who are not in education - Independent Head Scotland: career-change bursaries offered to boost teacher numbers - BBC New £20,000 bursaries for science and maths professionals to switch to a teaching career - Herald Scotland Flashbulb lessons: the best lessons are consistent says Aidan Severs - Times Educational Supplement | TES University World News - Africa edition: week ending 08 October 2017 - University World News France: Girl, 10, beaten in French school 'for being Jewish' - Mail University World News - Global edition: week ending 08 October 2017 - University World News Educating Greater Manchester head uses own cash to help halve Harrop Fold’s £3.1m debt - Times Black students less likely to get a first - Times NUS deputy Amatey Doku: the higher education funding model is broken - Times Ireland: Crowdcube’s a square deal for Shaw Academy - Times New university for teachers due to open in Manchester in November - Times A common lesson format. A structure, not a straitjacket - Teacherhead Brazilian scientists protest against research funding cuts - Times Higher Education | THE Seven-year-old girl with diabetes 'banned from school trip because she had to miss class for hospital appointment' - Mirror Defence secretary announces more state school cadet units - Schools Week FE must lead on the EdTech agenda - FE Week Taxpayer bill for students soars - Times The apprentice is back — this time studying for an MBA - Times Ireland: degree apprenticeships offer job hopes - Times Ireland: NUI Galway takes best university crown - Times Ireland: two institutes of technology take the lead in university rankings - Times