News archive for 25th February 2018

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British schools linked to an Abu Hamza 'terror academy' are still running - Mail USA: Teacher suspended for filming fight between students on his phone instead of doing anything to stop it - Mirror This much I know about…how Manchester’s disadvantaged students beat York’s every time - JohnTomsett USA: School bans backpacks to make it safer after deadly Florida shooting - Metro Britain's first university well-being tsar hands out 'happy badges' to students - Telegraph What should an Ofsted inspection framework for multi-academy trusts look like? - Schools Week Ofqual now expects teachers to play the role of moderator as well as everything else – it's not acceptable - Times Educational Supplement | TES I was overwhelmed but my school wasn't equipped to support those of us who were struggling with stress' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Australia: Why the right and left can't stop sounding off about phonics - Guardian Schools encouraged to invite apprentices in for National Apprenticeship Week - Schools Week Fury as university shells out £1,600 to relocate new vice-chancellor’s dog from Australia - Express Using film to enhance English learning - UKEdChat Peer or self-assessment? Benefits and challenges - UKEdChat Weekly digest #98: Science of learning initiatives - Learning Scientists Mum’s the word for bridging the disadvantage gap - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children struggle to hold pencils due to too much tech, doctors say - Guardian University World News - Global edition: week ending 25 February 2018 - University World News University World News - Africa edition: week ending 25 February 2018 - University World News University of Surrey ‘Spent £1,600 on bringing new boss’s dog to Britain’ - HuffPost University spent £1,600 on bringing new boss's dog to Britain - Mail University bosses racked up £8m in expenses - Mail Making unconditional offers well before the exams creates uncertainty and unfairness in equal measure - Times Educational Supplement | TES Get assessment right and reduce workload at the same time. - Teacherhead Hackers break into schools' CCTV system and stream footage of pupils live on the internet - Mail Teaching in FE is a laughing matter - Times Educational Supplement | TES Welcome to Wonkhe 4.0 - Wonkhe Inside the university lecturers' strike - Herald Scotland Sturgeon education guru backs school mobile phone ban - Herald Scotland University bosses have raked in £7m in expenses and perks even with their fatcat salaries - The Sun Education secretary Damian Hinds plans crackdown on illegal schools as fears of radicalisation grow - Times The review into university funding - Times Sturgeon has faith in Catholic education - Times Brains for remain: the 1,400 academics who signed up - Times The Observer view on the shambolic way universities are run - Guardian