News archive for 5th June 2018

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Schools cannot be expected to solve the child obesity crisis, Ofsted chief to say - Telegraph What’s the difference between grammar, private and state education and what is Theresa May’s free school expansion? - The Sun What are grammar schools, why are they so controversial and what is the government’s £50m expansion plan? - The Sun What is Ofsted, how do school inspection reports work and what does the ratings system mean? - The Sun Women perceive disadvantage in competition for leadership roles - Times Higher Education | THE How to survive the interview process - Teacher Toolkit 'Social media is a mental health scapegoat' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'We need experienced teachers now more than ever' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Giving out biscuits ‘improves teacher ratings’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Inspectors praise youth work and education provision at improving YOI - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Daily roundup 5 June: Gypsy communities, terror conviction, and smoothies - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Experts call for reforms as apprenticeship numbers fall - ERSA Quality playground experience matters - UKEdChat Sometimes ‘good enough’ is exactly that - UKEdChat Rules about technology use can undermine academic achievement - UKEdChat Stick with the Apprenticeship Levy - it'll pay off - Training Journal New research finds resilient and reliable IT infrastructure remains key to the future of Edtech in FE colleges - Education & Training Foundation | ETF UK participation in Horizon Europe “not a given” - PIE News Recent graduates mentor school learners to better understand higher education opportunities - Office for Students Collab Group and The Open University announce new partnership - Collab Group Should schools stop observing one-minute silences – for the sake of the children? - Guardian DfE announces new teacher vacancy website for schools - NAHT All Change: Where next for Apprenticeships - Education & Skills Funding Agency Why wellbeing matters when delivering outreach to school learners - Office for Students Criteria or quotas for success? Grade inflation and the role of norm-referencing - Wonkhe If two were three? TEF fan fiction - Wonkhe The new senior staff Remuneration Code for higher education - Wonkhe Employers and education providers voice serious concerns over T Level work placements - AELP Globalisation and individualism: Implications for the inclusion agenda - BERA Manifesto idea #34: Gary Attle - HEPI ESFA to consult on ‘new’ register of apprenticeship training providers - FE Week Why should a primary school separate girls and boys for sports day? | Anna Kessel - Guardian Manifesto idea #33: Harry Anderson - HEPI Can you learn a language with an app? What the research says - The Conversation £270k-a-year head quits academy trust role - Schools Week DfE to review impact of Baker Clause careers duty - Schools Week Urgent levy reform demanded for nursing degree apprenticeships - FE Week Baker clause: providers asked for their experiences - FE Week Labour pledges to prevent academies paying 'poverty wages' while bosses get six-figure salaries - Independent London mayor to use AEB top-slice to lobby for more powers - FE Week New Dundee Frankenstein book for city’s pupils - Scotsman Vocational qualifications widely recognised in university admissions - FE News Academies using 'legal loophole' to reject children in care - HuffPost ‘What does it mean to teach, to learn, to remember the Holocaust?’ - IOE London Blog 'The apprenticeships system needs to evolve' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Colleges Northern Ireland to close - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Awarding bodies must be given a say on T levels' - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE English: ‘New, exciting’ approaches - Times Educational Supplement | TES Revision: ‘Highlighting words isn't the answer’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Academies have 'less freedom than maintained schools' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Force faith schools to twin to boost integration’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Snacks sold by schools ‘undermine healthy lunches' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Labour pledges to end support staff pay ‘scandal’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Strikes end at London's biggest college group - Times Educational Supplement | TES Inspectors praise ‘considerable improvements’ at turnaround school, but slam sponsor for lack of support - Schools Week London’s largest college group ends UCU strike - FE Week Nursing apprenticeships ‘too expensive’, warning for MPs - FE Week SEND in the Early Years: don't miss out on essential guidance - Nursery World 10:15 a.m. The Education Committee examines nursing degree apprenticeships - Commons Select Committee Fears of 'confusion' over PSHE status - Times Educational Supplement | TES T Levels: What do Mr T and Mrs T Have In Common? - FE News Rachel de Souza: on Ofsted rumours and backing for ‘vomit school’ head - Guardian Hostile environment: how risk-averse universities penalise migrants - Guardian 7 things you need to know about period poverty - HuffPost Fruit juice to be axed in school meals overhaul - Scotsman Grammar schools: Even the BBC is waking up to the painful, divisive reality | Melissa Benn - Guardian Keeping the plates spinning over the Whitson holiday - FE News How Oxford and Cambridge can attract more black students - Financial Times Top tips for studying with a child - BBC 90% of heads support compulsory PSHE lessons - Schools Week Giving biscuits to students makes them think you’re a better teacher - Times Newcastle students put sanitary bins in gents for the gender neutral - Times Pupils ‘upset or numbed’ by too many memorial silences - Times Calls for schools to ban fruit juice - Times PSHE must be made mandatory to arm pupils with vital skills | Paul Whiteman - Times GCSE exams and the gender gap in education - Times Scotland: Gordonstoun looks to US and Asia as income and student numbers fall - Times Ireland: For 121,000 students the sun means exam time - Times