News archive for 27th October 2017

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Labour FLIP FLOP: Corbyn says he'd axe tuition fees but ducks existing student debt pledge - Express The Global Search for Education: how are we doing on the gender agenda? Millennials weigh in ... - Edmodo New book challenges assumptions about autism - Leeds Beckett University Tackling the gender gap in business - Scottish Government Update: how open and accessible is university research? - Universities UK Markers wanted for key stage four National Reference Tests - NFER In the news: 27 October 2017 - UCU Were student loans designed by the rich to soak the poor? - HEPI HM Chief Inspector and Chair of Ofsted questioned - Ofsted The most difficult thing is the total loss of control': Meet the Now Teach career switchers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils in alternative provision have 'greater sense of purpose' than those in mainstream schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES MAT plans 4 free schools to tackle ‘inadequate’ alternative provision - Schools Week Oxford University vice-Chancellor has spent £70,000 on expenses since taking up post last year, figures show - Telegraph Yes, we must decolonise: our teaching has to go beyond elite white men - Guardian Don't blame university bosses for racial inequality, Oxford's African and Caribbean Society says  - Telegraph Unstunned halal meat banned in Lancashire school meals - Metro Scottish primary school bans children from wearing masks at Halloween disco - Metro Do you struggle to support yourself as an academic? Share your stories - Guardian Christian thrown out of university over anti-gay remarks loses appeal - Guardian Ofsted watch: Anxious wait for loans learners after private provider’s damning grade four - FE Week Council faces Muslim boycott of school meals in halal row - Daily Mail Policy Tracker: keeping track of what happened in the world of education in October 2017 - Pearson Teachers: your guide to learning strategies that really work - Guardian Report: university admissions in context - Sutton Trust Government ‘developing fundamental British values curriculum - Schools Week Fundamental British Values: What are they and how should we teach them? - The Learning Spy Kings College London Student Union Hires £12-Per-Hour Safe Space Marshals To Police Offensive Speech - HuffPost UK Top 4 for Durham University Business School in The Economist Which MBA? Ranking 2017 - FE News Teaching qualification helps student boost career prospects - FE News What did your careers adviser ‘tell’ you? How we can build a careers strategy from more solid foundations - FE News King’s College spends £12-an-hour on ‘safe space marshals’ - The Sun Plagiarism is rife in academia, so why is it rarely acknowledged? - Guardian Newsnight: remainer university lecturers ‘bullying’ students and telling them how to vote - Express Building word confidence: everyone read, say, understand, use, practise. - Teacherhead Use discount codes and special offers to attract students - Times Educational Supplement | TES First Minister denies ‘crashing U-turn’ on full-time college courses - Herald Scotland Council cutbacks to close renowned Edinburgh music school’s doors - Scotsman Inconsistent approach to academy growth shows 'a system out of control - Times Educational Supplement | TES Overseas students could be offered loans to study in Brexit Britain if their country agrees to free trade deal - The Sun University admissions: the art of the personal statement - BBC Did asbestos in Oxford library kill professor? - Daily Mail iPads trigger 'flight or fight' reaction in children - Daily Mail Disturbing questions about British universities and Brexit - Mail Students from EU 'to get £13,000 Brexit loans from the UK' - Daily Mail Schools using equity fund to ‘shore up’ damage done by cuts - Times Educational Supplement | TES Mental health: Pupils struggling to receive help, government-backed report finds Adi Bloom - Times Educational Supplement | TES Funding threat to Edinburgh music school - Times Scotland: universities promise to act on tackling sex assaults - Times EU students could be offered loans after Brexit - Times Academy trusts generate surplus of £500m - Times Anger as online sugar daddies target students at Sorbonne - Times School leaders lack time to vet mental health services, CQC warns - Schools Week The sky’s the limit for girls if we teach them to shoot for the moon - Times Educational Supplement | TES Team UK didn’t just skill the competition: they inspired us all - Times Educational Supplement | TES Review highlights shortcomings in children's mental health services - CYPN | Children & Young People Now