News archive for 21st October 2017

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'Shocking' level of social inequality at Oxbridge revealed - Evening Standard School tells parents 'leave four-year-olds at the gate unless you have a DBS check' - Evening Standard Collapsing academy trust ‘asset-stripped its schools of millions’ - Guardian Amazing teacher creates inspirational video revealing his pupils' battle to overcome their stammers - Mirror Pupils short-changed by funding gap - NASUWT Malicious allegations must be addressed - NASUWT Pay disparity will leave teachers at early stage of their careers feeling undervalued - NASUWT (Not) securing student success? - Wonkhe Disabled dachsund stars in assembly on resilience and accepting others - Schools Week Bernard Trafford: a variety of unworthy motivations appears to be putting the study of English literature at risk - Times Educational Supplement | TES Jamie Oliver slams school cake and bake sales because they undermine healthy eating message - Mail Is China’s HE strategy too narrow to dominate the world rankings? - Times Higher Education | THE Richard Garner: rocketing salaries in education – justified or not – aren't going anywhere - Times Educational Supplement | TES University professor develops robot teaching assistant named Colin - Schools Week Scotland's leading Historian blasts talk of anti-Catholic bigotry at universities - Herald Scotland Letters: probability theory should be taught a core maths - Financial Times No news on permanent Institute for Apprenticeships boss - FE Week Teachers: is your school doing enough to tackle sexual harassment? - Guardian Secret Teacher: we need to look at the lack of rigour in exam marking - Guardian The Welsh Baccalaureate 'puts students at a disadvantage for top universities' - Wales Online Jamie Oliver blasts school cake and bake sales because they create ‘high fat culture’ over healthy eating - The Sun Pupils face postcode lottery for well-funded alternative provision schools - Schools Week A* or your money back: online learning platform Up Learn expands into schools - Schools Week Why is the good CPD always on the weekend? - Schools Week Ex-CBI chief's backing for £52-a-week Scots private schools - Herald Scotland Private school scraps end-of-year prizes to avoid upsetting 'sensitive students' - Mail North needs top teachers to close the Oxbridge gap - Times Children can learn when they want with ‘unschooling’ - Times Scotland: seven-year-old pupils to be asked how they rate lessons - Times No-frills teaching at Scottish private school will cost just £52 a week - Times