News archive for 12th January 2018

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School checks students' bags at the gates for junk food - Mirror Cambridge don claims rapid grade inflation is down to tuition fees and students working harder - Telegraph When it comes to schools, Nicola Sturgeon lacks the guts to take on McBlob - New Statesman Students: bring your pets to campus - Wonkhe We need realistic evaluations of HE access - Wonkhe Open data is about more than a licence - Wonkhe Nescot accepts former £360k a year principal was unfairly dismissed - FE Week The beautiful tributes from children after the death of their primary school teacher - Wales Online School support staff urged to reject pay offer - Times Educational Supplement | TES Advanced learner loans facility requests - Education & Skills Funding Agency Sutton Trust students get places at US unis - Sutton Trust Sutton Trust students get places at US unis - Sutton Trust Iran bans teaching of English in primary schools - PIE News Global network aims at STEM engagement - PIE News Ten top tips to make your university accessible to all learners - Jisc Mediation – the postgraduate course that's never been more vital - Guardian Russell Group vice chancellor pay - Russell Group The SpringBoard Bursary Foundation impact assessment: year 4 - NFER The tools to talk about gender - ATL Good news that Cambridge primary will not become an academy - National Education Union UCL’s eugenics conference shows why students have a right to “no platform” - New Statesman Lack of duty on schools 'could compromise safeguarding shake-up' - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Daily roundup 12 January: Zahawi visit, Medway trial, Greening - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Life lesson: two MPs on how to keep teachers in the profession - PoliticsHome Dealing with a crisis - Headteachers' Roundtable ‘Personal touch more important than data when selecting a school’, advises NAHT - NAHT Brexit risks 'major disaster' for biggest exchange programme in the world - Times Educational Supplement | TES In the news: 12 January - UCU Re-brokering of WCAT schools - National Education Union Gloucestershire grammar schools accused of growing ‘by the back door’ - Schools Week Could an online postgraduate course be right for you? - Guardian What makes a good postgrad open day? - Guardian Never too old for new tricks: the joy of being a mature student - Guardian The long-term impact of effective teaching - The Staffroom How to make the most of an internship - Villiers Park Educational Trust Ofsted inspections of multi-academy trusts: outcome letters - Ofsted 16 to 18 traineeships and adult education budget growth requests - Education & Skills Funding Agency Would some undergraduates be better off not going to university? - UK Parliament The Blue Planet effect: why marine biology courses are booming - Guardian GSE: Top teachers talk top tech to try - Edmodo Research organisations questioned on quality of apprenticeships and skills training - Commons Select Committee 'How skipping helps good behaviour in schools' - BBC Is the value of a degree decreasing? - Edge Foundation Cash-starved Ofsted underspends budget and suggests extra inspections - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sam Freedman's open letter to the new ed sec: ‘Start by improving teacher recruitment and retention’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government in crisis talks over company that provides vital services to schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Fewer parents get preferred primary school place in a fifth of areas - Times Educational Supplement | TES Long read: The battle for Reception - Times Educational Supplement | TES Toby Young saga shows how social media can be bad for your career - The Conversation Could Hinds’ experience make T-levels work? - FE Week Ofsted watch: Two providers climb out of ‘inadequate’ but one slumps the other way - FE Week Government search site is flooded with hundreds of ‘locations’ for the same providers - FE Week Catholic schools' leader to become CEO of troubled Plymouth Cast academy trust - Times Educational Supplement | TES Canadian teacher at Scottish school has visa fast-tracked - Scotsman Damian Hinds: The new sheriff in town - Schools Week Sir Alan Tuckett: Former NIACE CEO, Founder of Adult Learners' Week - FE Week More parents applying for 30 hours, but thousands still without a place - Nursery World Academy trust with ‘very small’ schools warned over ‘limited capacity’ for improvement - Schools Week Insufficient evidence NCTL grants used for the purposes intended - FE News Education Committee to hear from research organisations on quality of apprenticeships and skills training - FE News Getting culture right Part 2: Understanding group psychology - The Learning Spy ‘No academy boss should be paid above £250,000,' warns Sir Anthony Seldon - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nadhim Zahawi will have responsibility for early years and social care - Nursery World Major academy chain cuts teachers by 13 per cent and spends more than £1m on staff pay-offs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Graduates to earn less than new pensioners, Prudential research shows - Times Why the sector needs Milton to stay at the helm of apprenticeship and skills - FE Week Confusion reigns over secretive ‘selective schools team’ - Schools Week Struggling college awarded £21m to make merger work - FE Week The Tes podcast: Reshuffle and wrestling - Times Educational Supplement | TES Atkins’ aides: Principals appointed to advise DfE - FE Week Non-levy tender appeals are lucky for some - FE Week School inspections and outcomes: latest management information - Ofsted Policy Eye - Highlights of the week ending 12th January 2018 - Pearson Policy Eye - Highlights of the week ending 12th January 2018 - Pearson Trolling on social media is never a good look – that applies to academics too - Guardian Academy executives cutting their own pay by up to 40% - Times Educational Supplement | TES Gaelic plan for Edinburgh school branded ‘social cleansing’ - Scotsman Boss of England's most systematic MAT tells how he is risking his job by rescuing Wakefield schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES End-Point Assessment or End-Point Achievement? - FE News Academy trust bosses cash in with almost 30 heads on more than £150k - The Sun Fat cat university bosses raking in £332,000 each — with some salaries reaching up to £500,000 - The Sun Universities accused of dumbing down higher education by doling out first-class degrees too freely - The Sun Primary schools are being asked to trial lessons in identifying ‘fake news’ - Schools Week Colleges earn £57m from international work - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education budgets ‘on a precipice’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Letters: suggestions for the new education secretary - Times Alternative provision shouldn’t stop at 16 – adults need help, too - Times Educational Supplement | TES Alternative provision shouldn’t stop at 16 – adults need help, too - Times Educational Supplement | TES University heads paid £332,000 - Times