News archive for 28th February 2018

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National Offer Day: 100,000 pupils set to miss out on their first choice school, analysis shows - Telegraph Colleges to be hit by further strikes - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities Minister hits out at bid to ‘decolonise’ courses and make them ‘less white’ - Mail Universities minister warns against 'decolonising' curricula to avoid 'unfashionable' subjects - Telegraph Politicised students are a nightmare for the government – any ​attempt to neutralise them is doomed - Guardian Part time nursery place in Wales tops £6000 per year - Coram Family & Childcare Plateauing childcare prices spare Scottish parents from Britain wide price surge - Coram Family & Childcare Learn, Teach, Model retrieval practice - Learning Scientists The future of learning - UKEdChat Simple ways for a teacher to stay on task in the classroom - The Educator The adult learner - Training Journal Head congratulates parents who keep pupils home to play in the snow - Times Educational Supplement | TES OfS regulatory framework for higher education: AoC responds - AoC | Association of Colleges Universities should stop making unconditional offers, says Minister - HuffPost Myanmar: Virtual Reality teacher training takes off - PIE News UK now top destination for Turkish students - PIE News LSE ranked top university in Europe for social sciences - London School of Economics | LSE Students should be compensated for strikes, says minister - Mail Childcare prices surge at double rate of inflation, undermining Government’s new investments - Coram Family & Childcare Critical thinking skills: Essential for the future - HEFCE UCL Institute of Education remains first for Education in QS subject rankings - IOE London Blog Universities should pay back students for strike, says minister - BBC DfE confirms ITT applicants WON’T be assessed on suitability to teach - Schools Week Daily roundup 28 February: Maths premium, drug and alcohol courts, and serious case review - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Global: QS World University Rankings show US still top, but Asia rising - PIE News All schools should adopt gender-neutral uniforms, say Lib-Dems - Times Educational Supplement | TES Mum slams school after son, 6, is made to wear fluorescent bib so teachers 'know he's autistic' - Mirror 50 reasons to celebrate the UK’s education technology success - Jisc Teacher training providers must now 'maximise' recruitment to get Ofsted 'outstanding' rating - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Trust in teachers remains high, but I wonder if that's still true of school leaders?' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Reports of high CEO pay at academies has undermined public confidence. School leaders must work to rebuild trust - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities should pay back fees for strike, says minister - BBC Universities are facing winds of change, minister warns - Mail Transferring from the further education to the higher education sector - FE News Any teacher lacking aspiration for their pupils is outnumbered by hundreds who think big for their students - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Heads want teachers to be more flexible over their working hours - Times Educational Supplement | TES More than half of children in England and Wales bullied about appearance - Guardian UK universities stronger in arts than sciences, rankings suggest - Guardian World university subject rankings: the UK is back on top - Guardian QS world university rankings 2018: sociology - Guardian Education provision: children under 5 years of age, January 2017 - DfE UK universities stronger in arts than sciences, rankings suggest - Guardian World university subject rankings: the UK is back on top - Guardian University strikes: Students set to receive 'direct compensation' over lectures missed due to action, minister says - Independent Transcript of debate on the appointment of the board of the Office for Students - They Work For You Pay rise of up to 2% will bring sixth-form college teachers in line with school colleagues - Times Educational Supplement | TES Texting FE students boosts outcomes, according to new study - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nursery deputy found guilty of fraud - Nursery World Keep children off school and make snowmen, says Reigate Grammar head - Times Lowest-paid sixth-form college teachers to get 2% pay rise - Schools Week Childcare costs: Parents of children under two pay the most - BBC Low-paid sixth-form college teachers get 2% payrise - FE Week Ofsted pays men 8% more than women – and 21% more in bonuses - Times Educational Supplement | TES Advanced Maths Premium can open more doors for young people - Sector Response - FE News National Offer Day: We missed the deadline for secondary school applications, what are our options? - Telegraph Men are paid 8% more and get 20% larger bonuses at Ofsted - Schools Week Ofsted confirms new stricter rules for grade 3 providers - FE Week Council steps-up cash row - SecEd Social media giants blasted for poor cyber-bullying response - SecEd Minister warns academies over levels of executive pay - SecEd Stark differences in per-teacher CPD spending - SecEd Academies: Shortage of trusts and sponsors among concerns highlighted by National Audit Office - SecEd USA: Florida massacre pupils return to classroom - Times Trials of Realistic Mathematics Education - SecEd World Book Day 2018: teachers, send us pictures of your costumes - Guardian How our gender biases lead us to ignore the mental health needs of young boys - Metro More data does not always mean more accountability - Wonkhe Will growth in transnational education continue? - Wonkhe Apprenticeship Standards and Qualifications – IfA ‘Rules’ - FE News Further talks agreed in bid to resolve dispute over lecturers’ pensions - Herald Scotland Use of mobile phones in exams fuels annual rise in cheating - Herald Scotland Education minister admits Toby Young should never have been given universities watchdog role - The Sun MPs meets degree apprenticeship students at University of Warwick - Parliament Government's planned test for four-year-olds will be 'damaging', education experts warn - Independent DfE doubles advanced maths premium to £1,200 - Schools Week DfE doubles advanced maths premium; funding incentive - FE Week Schools to get up to £2,400 for each extra A-level maths student - Times Educational Supplement | TES College lecturers take strike action - Times Educational Supplement | TES The cost of sending a child to nursery part-time rises by 7 per cent in one year and now costs £122 a week - Mail Ireland: Students fail to win more time for test - Times Edinburgh principal faces revolt by 300 professors over pensions - Times Take home schooling out of the shadows - Times Funding threat to Toby Young’s free schools charity the New Schools Network - Times Fierce debate over headteacher's message to pupils that missed out on school trip to Wembley - Mirror The cost of a nursery place rises above inflation - Nursery World Scotland: More teachers are helping students to cheat in exams - Times