News archive for 6th June 2018

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Meet the low-ranking university boss with a huge £290k salary - Mail Too much time in the classroom causes short sight, research shows - Financial Times Short-sightedness increases with every year in education - Independent David Lammy criticises Cambridge University 'spin' after open letter - Mail Oxford overtakes Cambridge for first time in QS world rankings - Guardian Bolton University boss given £66,000 pay rise last year - Guardian University of Bolton's bentley-driving vice chancellor pockets £66k pay rise - Independent How to optimise your brain for exam season - Telegraph Scotland’s private schools eye international expansion as market booms - Scotsman Al Sharpton attacks Oxford University for failing to admit enough black students: 'How could you be so bright and so dumb at the same time?' - Independent Bolton University boss with yacht is handed £66,000 rise - Times We all need to be concerned when the voice of FE gets quieter - Times Educational Supplement | TES Dozens more colleges record TEF success - Times Educational Supplement | TES Breaking down behaviour - Teacher Toolkit University boss with yacht is handed £66,000 rise - Times University bosses' pay rules 'woefully inadequate' - BBC Doomed Perry Beeches academy trust had a £1.5 million deficits - Schools Week How the OfS will address value for money - Office for Students 2018 TEF awards highlight excellence across all areas of the higher education sector - Office for Students Teacher Recruitment Bulletin - DfE Amanda Spielman at the Bryanston Education Summit - Ofsted TEF Results 2018: alternative providers and further education ratings - Times Higher Education | THE Survey shows students want universities to prioritise investment in teaching and staff - UCU Controversial Bolton University head given 30 per cent pay rise - UCU For the attention of NAHT Edge members in Northern Ireland - NAHT Tackling gaps in BME students' achievements at university - Universities UK Elite universities improve teaching scores after requesting to be judged again in government rankings - Independent Where’s best for an ambitious young person: Love Island or Oxbridge? - Guardian Experiences of the new GCSEs and A levels, the story so far... - National Education Union Committee of University Chairs' Remuneration Code - Russell Group Opportunities for a skilled London - Collab Group Mayor of London launches Skills and Adult Education Strategy - AELP Daily roundup 6 June: Car seats, police custody, and plastic - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Academisation of state education has reduced freedom and autonomy for schools - London School of Economics | LSE AELP expands its legal support services for full members - AELP US and UK back on form in QS global university rankings - University World News Universities Minister Sam Gyimah blasts Oxbridge over 'staggering' lack of black students - PoliticsHome DfE exceeds 2.3% public sector apprenticeships target - FE Week Research and innovation, the Welsh way - Wonkhe TEF Awards 2018 – Full list - Wonkhe A first look at what the 2018 TEF3 data tells us - Wonkhe Fun with flags – TEF3 style - Wonkhe World in Motion? It’s time for the QS 2019 Global Ranking - Wonkhe Our manifesto conclusion by Diana Beech - HEPI Response to the release of TEF 3 results - HEPI Top 5 tips for SEND teachers - UKEdChat Manifesto idea #35: Helen Smith - HEPI Employers use just 10% of their apprenticeship levy funds in first year - FE Week Supporting EAL learners - SecEd £9m flagship free school to close just four years after opening - Independent £270k-a-year head quits academy trust role - Schools Week Glasgow University signs new deal with Smithsonian Institution - Scotsman Oxford and Cambridge's failure to take in more black and disadvantaged students is 'staggering' says universities minister - Independent Oxford students seeking more 'diverse' applicants - BBC Londoners on less than the living wage of £19,890 can access free training next year - FE Week How Russia is using international students as a weapon in the new Cold War - The Conversation Reception baseline trial will take place in September - Nursery World Female graduates are dropping out of the arts. What's the solution? - Guardian Academy chain refuses to take on ‘too risky’ Durand school - Evening Standard Collaborative Academies Trust will lose all but one of its schools - Schools Week Committee of University Chairs publishes report on vice-chancellor pay - FE News The Importance of LMI in the Government's New Education and Employment Strategy for Prisons - FE News Oxford's 'staggering' failure to accept more black students condemned by Tory universities minister - Mirror Free school that left pupil behind on school trip to close - Schools Week What is a knowledge-rich curriculum? Principle and Practice. - Teacherhead Majority of Scots teachers would not recommend the career to others - Scotsman 'Pinball kids’ at higher risk of exclusion, gangs and grooming - SecEd Free school project hijacked by MATs as parent role diminishes - SecEd Call for PSHE to tackle disfigurement issues - SecEd Jobs website pilot aims to save schools up to £75m - SecEd Demand for places increases in Northern Ireland - SecEd Teachers in Scotland move closer to ‘strike readiness’ in row over pay - SecEd New rules on UK vice-chancellors’ pay ‘woefully inadequate’ - Times Higher Education | THE Teaching excellence framework (TEF) 2018: results announced - Times Higher Education | THE Schools should resist pressure to participate in baseline assessment pilots - Early Education That Love Island Oxbridge comparison says more about you than modern Britain - New Statesman Office for Students: new code on senior pay ‘a positive step’ - Office for Students Need to know: what’s in London’s skills strategy? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Voluntary code on vice-chancellors' pay is "woefully inadequate", says UCU - UCU Brexit funding gap could hit Welsh colleges - Welsh Government Highlighting Dundee’s part in creation of Frankenstein - Scotsman Teachers at ‘breaking point’ over workload - Scotsman Teachers conference raises concerns over members workload - Scotsman How to encourage more young women to pursue careers in STEM - FE News 'Don't take up teaching' say majority of teachers - Herald Scotland Scots council slammed for using pupils as library staff says it will teach them leadership - Herald Scotland Analysis: John Swinney’s war on workload still a long way from being won - Herald Scotland Prize winner urges teachers to apply for one million dollar award - Herald Scotland Children's word of the year revealed - BBC Uni minister slams Oxford and Cambridge over ‘staggering’ diversity failures after race row - The Sun University bosses' pay rules 'woefully inadequate' - BBC New voluntary code ‘woefully inadequate’ to curb excessive pay of university vice-chancellors, union says - Independent Universities to adopt watered-down code for vice-chancellors' pay - Guardian Universities to tackle ‘pressing problem’ of BAME students being less likely to qualify with top degrees - Independent Cambridge and Oxford urged to tackle lack of diversity - Financial Times Oxford and Cambridge threatened with fines for lack of diversity - Times Most programmes to stop radicalisation are failing - Times Universities treat students like cash machines | Alice Thomson - Times