News archive for 13th June 2018

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The average pay for teachers, who said they were underpaid, hits £38,400 which is far more than the UK average salary of £28,600 - Mail Don't be afraid to take phones off teens, says Eton head - BBC UK university figures show up to fivefold rise in first-class degrees - Guardian End-of-term ‘trashing’: where's the harm in Oxford students letting off a little steam? - Telegraph Getting outdoors - Teacher Toolkit Eton College pupils told to hand over their mobile phones at night - Guardian Girls more likely to be bullied than boys, English schools survey finds - Guardian ‘No need to finish your A-levels,’ universities tell school pupils - Schools Week Former minister rails against FE funding proposal - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'History helps students to explore gang fears' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Business schools fear they are next target in senior pay furore - Times Higher Education | THE Daily roundup 13 June: Fake news, social impact, and courtroom evidence - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Minister and businesses defend apprenticeship levy - Sutton Trust Shining a light on hidden course costs - HEPI Artist’s design inspires new school building - Cambridge Network What’s in a name – how much does the word “university” matter? - Wonkhe Deputy Mayor for Business outlines the Mayor's Skills for Londoners Strategy - CBI NAHT responds to government's announcements on governance and accountability - NAHT Physical education external provision in Irish primary schools - BERA Improved mental health support for children in care - DfE School children flood in for new defences tour - GOV.UK Talking transition - UKEdChat The new cross-government action plan for carers - Learning & Work Institute Managing behaviour and bullying in schools case studies - DfE Approaches to preventing and tackling bullying - DfE Announcement of a new 'start-up' visa - Russell Group Mum who paid extra for new home furious as child misses out on school place - Wales Online Merger partner found for FE college incorporated just four years ago - FE News Oxford University criticised for suggesting students's generosity has led to more homeless people in city - Independent Micha Frazer-Carroll: students don’t get ‘value for money’ - Guardian Nursery takes on group of three settings - Nursery World People Power: Does the UK Economy Have the Skilled People it Needs for the Future? - FE News The psychological impact of the grammar school test – new research - The Conversation Provider bites back at ‘factually inaccurate’ Ofsted monitoring report - FE Week Strikes end at New City College after new pay deal - Times Educational Supplement | TES Open letter sees government on defensive before apprenticeship figures announced Jude Burke - FE Week Putting students at the heart of data - Teacher Toolkit Mental Health: If the government is serious, they need to stop ignoring the 2.2 million people currently in colleges. - AoC | Association of Colleges Hackney and Tower Hamlets UCU agree pay deal with New City College - UCU Schools in rich areas are more than twice as likely to be ‘outstanding’ - Schools Week Councils begin to top-slice from school budgets to replace ESG funding - Schools Week Oxford University official links rough sleeping to students' generosity - Guardian Students’ 10 top tips for picking a law school - Guardian UCU strikes end at New City College with new pay deal - FE Week Why the University of Glasgow is the place to get ahead in fintech - Scotsman Welsh Government report sets out steps for a stronger post-16 education system - Welsh Government Mental health and wellbeing in further education - strengthening links between education and health - FE News How to get involved with stand up to bullying day today - Metro Junk food at least once a week - SecEd Focus on sexuality and healthy relationships in new curriculum in Welsh schools - SecEd Hot weather can hit students’ exam chances - SecEd Review of Estyn makes 34 recommendations for change - SecEd The 365,000 children living in destitution across the UK - SecEd Use Eastenders to teach good parenting, professor tells MPs - Nursery World Free music therapy training on offer for nurseries - Nursery World Into Film Festival 2018 - SecEd ‘Plastic’ is the word of the year as pupils show their concern for the environment - SecEd Minister and businesses defend apprenticeship levy - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils 'lack literacy skills to spot fake news' - Times Educational Supplement | TES To tackle student cheating, we need to reimagine university assessment | Jon Scott - Guardian BTEC snobbery and class prejudice is alive in our moribund HE sector - FE News The University Show – Teaching excellence and salary outcomes - Wonkhe Councils urged to change their tune on school music fees - Herald Scotland Pupils from armed forces families ‘less likely’ to go to university - Herald Scotland Fake news harms children's self-esteem and trust, say MPs - BBC Fortnite and other addictive games affect children's brains in the same way as drugs and alcohol, study finds - Mail 'There were a lot of strangers around - I didn't feel safe' - BBC Minister to urge grammars to take over the running of failing state schools in a new drive to boost standards - Mail Leveraging the levy - FE News University should not be viewed as the only route to a successful career - FE News Teachers need resources to help pupils identify ‘fake news’ - Schools Week Just 2% of under-16s in the UK are able to spot fake news - HuffPost We must protect our children from online bullying just as we do offline - Telegraph Teenage girls are twice as likely to report cyber bullying than boys, major Government study finds - Telegraph Stop playing gladiators in office, Girls’ Day School Trust chief tells men - Times Homeless ‘lured to Oxford by generosity of students’ - Times Fake news leaves almost all children fooled - Times Nursery teachers quit to earn more in supermarkets - Times Scotland: Drug comments sent to primary school pupils on education app - Times Scotland: SNP retreats over head teacher powers - Times Scotland: Ministers ignore advice to pay students £8k living wage - Times Ireland: Suicidal children face long wait to see specialist psychiatrists - Times Ireland: Start sex education from three, says expert - Times Fortnite ‘addiction’ leaving pupils bleary-eyed in class after all-night binges sparking calls for lessons in online safety - The Sun Open letter sees government on defensive before apprenticeship figures announced - FE Week