News archive for 4th January 2018

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What is pedagogical knowledge and does it matter? - Montrose42 PM urged to leave international students out of migration figures - Guardian We must reverse the ‘outcome oriented’ educational monster we have unleashed | Cathy Davidson - Guardian Teachers' union joins criticism of Toby Young appointment - Guardian New Year's Honours for Leeds Beckett alumni - Leeds Beckett University Longfield calls for schools to help children combat social media pressures - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Daily roundup 4 January: Mental health, child slavery, and energy drinks - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Government announces £90m for youth employment initiatives - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Blow for Theresa May as senior Tory MPs threaten rebellion over inclusion of foreign students in immigration figures - PoliticsHome UK PM facing renewed calls to remove students from migration stats - PIE News Corbyn ally Angela Rayner admits poor white boys have suffered from Labour’s obsession with women and minorities - The Sun What are free schools, how many are there in the UK and what is Theresa May’s expansion plan? - The Sun Emotional intelligence: an essential component of education - The Staffroom ESFA e-bulletin: 4 January 2018 (issue 201) - Education & Skills Funding Agency Ban on energy drink sales to under-16s welcomed - NASUWT Parents are wrongly being told they can’t claim 30 hours of free childcare due to glitch with HMRC’s website - The Sun UCU comment on Toby Young appointment to the Office for Students board - UCU Office for Students consultation responses - Russell Group A guide to UK league tables in higher education - HEPI New guide explains the mysteries of university rankings - HEPI New Year data resolutions - Wonkhe Are textbooks really needed anymore? - The Educator USA: Controversy over school-shooting 'video game' for teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Reshuffle rumours suggest Justine Greening could depart DfE - Schools Week Huge interest in Cyber Discovery programme as over 20,000 sign up in first six weeks - FE News Who is Toby Young? Free schools campaigner and journalist whose appointment to university watchdog role sparked controversy - The Sun Parents home educating their children in Wales will have to join a register - Wales Online Waitrose bans sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under-16s - BBC Public Accounts Committee calls for evidence ahead of Learndirect hearing - FE Week Teachers and trainers urged to start 2018 by getting the recognition they deserve - FE News HESA and Jisc collaborate with the Guardian and the Times to produce interactive higher education league table dashboards - Jisc What Toby Young outcry means for the new university regulator - The Conversation Labour: 'Tackling sex and race discrimination has left white working-class boys' results behind' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted expands on Bold Beginnings messages in sector meeting - Nursery World English, maths and science teacher training applications all drop by a quarter - Times Educational Supplement | TES Toby Young’s new job ‘will undermine’ efforts to tackle sexism in schools - Schools Week Revealed: UK parents are spending over £4,000 on school trips - FE News Waitrose bans sale of energy drinks to under-16s - Guardian Toby Young's 'sexist' comments are 'unacceptable', union tells Greening - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Alarming' new stats show teacher recruitment down by a third - Times Educational Supplement | TES Slow down you move too fast, you got to make the meaning (sic) last - IOE London Blog Government scraps early years expansion fund - Nursery World White working class boys 'at bottom of heap' because of focus on minorities and women - Express Schools 'should help children with social media risk' - BBC Research every teacher should know: growth mindset - Guardian To understand our post-Brexit and Trump world, we need academic inquiry - Guardian Free speech works both ways – as Toby Young is finding out | Dawn Foster - Guardian Councils readvertise teaching jobs as thousands of posts not filled - Scotsman Councils struggle to fill thousands of teaching posts - Herald Scotland Priorities for youth training and employability - FE News UK – OK? UK wide Apprenticeship programmes - FE News Scottish universities attack 'immoral' essay cheat companies - Herald Scotland Next steps for apprenticeships and skills development - FE News Lucy Kellaway: how I learnt to love guff - Financial Times Secondary school starters 'unprepared' for social media - BBC The children aged ten who are addicted to social media - Mail Starting again - BBC Secondary school pupils 'ill-equipped to cope' with stress of social media - Guardian Schools ‘must prepare’ pupils for pressures of social media - Schools Week Schools failing to prepare pupils for social-media 'cliff edge' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Social media 'cliff-edge': Nine ways for schools to help pupils cope - Times Educational Supplement | TES Twelve things we learned today about pupils' use of social media - Times Educational Supplement | TES Waitrose bans sale of energy drinks to under-16s - Times Beach schools springing up around Britain - Times Scotland: Teaching crisis as hundreds of jobs advertised twice - Times