News archive for 14th January 2018

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Cambridge University under fire for pandering to stressed ‘snowflake’ students scared of exam halls - The Sun Britain's top primary school bans hijabs for girls under eight - Mail Medical students urged to volunteer as NHS winter crisis worsens - Guardian University World News - Global edition: week ending 14 January 2018 - University World News University World News - Africa edition: week ending 14 January 2018 - University World News Our Open University has become a daydream | Letters - Guardian Beware the return of the grammar school zombies - Schools Week Hinds needs to finish the revolution Blair started - Policy Exchange Returning to school and work after the break - Learning Scientists UCAS application deadline 2018: When is the UCAS deadline to apply for university? - Express Snapchat is prioritising profits over protecting children, police chief warns - Telegraph Britain’s best state primary school, St Stephen’s in Newham, bans hijabs for girls under eight and outlaws fasting on school grounds - The Sun Why it's time to stop worrying about the speed of the learning 'journey' - Times Educational Supplement | TES The Guardian view on contemporary art in schools: a joyful idea reborn - Guardian Scottish high school sparks debate over pheasant-butchering lesson - Scotsman The five forms of feedback I give to teachers most often - Teacherhead How can it be, that in 2018, pupils are having to pay to study music at GCSE? - Times Educational Supplement | TES We Don’t Need Permission - LeadingLearner Chartered status: when will the government subsidies end? - FE Week Long read: Should we scrap GCSE mocks? - Times Educational Supplement | TES I open the mock exam paper and feel close to laughter at the sheer impossibility of it - Times Educational Supplement | TES Being a principal is exhilarating, but the job consumed, distracted and drained me' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Suffolk schools to lose millions as council plans free transport cut - Schools Week Lower the bar to raise expectations in Scotland - Times Sir Keith Burnett: why we need a commission for higher education - Times Private schools find ‘tutor-proof’ selection test - Times Nurseries expel toddlers to sin bin - Times St Stephen’s in Newham bans hijabs for girls under 8 - Times Tories to rethink tuition fees within months - Times Now students pay thousands, firsts are on the rise. Fancy that | Vanessa Thorpe - Guardian Ireland: universities ‘need own minister’ - Times Damian Hinds set to scrap cap on faith schools - Mail Top university posts photos of exam halls - Mail