News archive for 20th June 2018

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Who is Damian Hinds, what’s is the education secretary’s voting record, what school did he go to and does he have children? - The Sun Mum claims toxic black mould from school classroom made daughter's weight plunge to four stone - Mirror Ban mobiles in schools to improve grades and reduce bullying, says Culture Secretary - Mirror Is the government about to scrap apprenticeship fees to woo back employers? - FE Week University of Exeter apologises for using Nazi quote to inspire students - Mirror Schools use Amazon wish lists to ask for basic supplies - Times University of Exeter apologises for sending Nazi general quote to students for motivation - HuffPost Daily roundup 20 June: Mobile phones, medical cannabis, and airport detention - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Government rejects call to increase childcare support for out-of-work parents - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Review of our approach to fair access and participation in higher education - Office for Students £5million to attract over 100 industry experts into teaching - DfE Building routes into construction degrees with greater equality - Office for Students 10 SEN strategies or just good practice for any classroom? - UKEdChat If a student can do a job, they should do the job - Times Higher Education | THE OfS response to UUK/NEON report on students’ financial concerns - Office for Students New centre to tackle obesity launched in Leeds - Leeds Beckett University What is contextual safeguarding? Information and resources from the Contextual Safeguarding Network - NAHT The moving image: a new journal explores how young people watch it and create it - IOE London Blog Signals for some or benefit for all: grade inflation in context - Wonkhe Fair processes mean fair outcomes - Wonkhe But that is not an assessment! - CEM | Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring The Outstanding Teaching Learning and Assessment (OTLA) Digital projects - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Application and Guidance launched for Taking Teaching Further programme - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Show menu It’s time to tackle the apprenticeship stigma - Training Journal Have we "miseducated a generation" about student finance? - Universities UK Ditch predicted grades - Sutton Trust Universities UK renews call for “urgent clarity” on EU students’ fee status - PIE News £5m fund launched by DfE to attract experienced industry professionals to teach in FE - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Matt Hancock calls on schools to ban mobile phones in classrooms - PoliticsHome Oxford don accused of mocking young man with Down’s syndrome for being sexist - The Sun £20,000 losses and late-night casino binges: the student gambling epidemic - Guardian My predicted grades were way off. It’s time to get real about A-levels | Grace Holliday - Guardian ESFA given ‘vote of confidence’ in managing apprenticeship and T-level reforms - FE Week Cambridge academic says she will not work for university after accusing porters of racist abuse - Independent School tells off girl, six, for not wearing shorts under her skirt because it's 'rude' - Mirror Attracting and retaining talented workers - FE News Are mobile phones allowed in schools, could there be a classroom ban - The Sun All you need to know about GCSE results day 2018 - Wales Online When is A level results day 2018? - Wales Online DfE launches £5m fund to attract FE teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government rejects call to increase childcare support for out-of-work parents - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Pupils win space challenge with NASA module design - Primary Times Shortage of maths teachers hits poorest pupils - The Educator Beat those observation nerves - Teacher Toolkit MP Layla Moran's anger at Dubai's Oxford University centre claim - BBC DfE rebuffs MPs' call for rise to 30-hour funding - Nursery World £5M To attract over 100 industry experts into teaching T-levels - FE News More headteachers should ban mobile phones in school, says minister - Independent New figures show attainment gap remains for vision impaired pupils - FE News Cambridge Regional College partners with the Education and Training Foundation - FE News Pupil absence in schools in England: 2016 to 2017 - GOV.UK Pupil absence in primary and secondary schools in the 2016 to 2017 academic year - DfE ‘Oxbridge white blokes!’ BBC bosses admit Monty Python would NOT be commissioned today - Express Schools urged to be on FGM alert as ‘cutting season’ nears - SecEd Gender gap in computing set to worsen as ICT is scrapped - SecEd Free resources aim to help children spot fake news - SecEd Campaign steps up fight for increased SEND funds - SecEd University not ‘the-be-all-and-end-all’ - SecEd Teacher numbers continue to fall in Northern Ireland - SecEd Poor pupils hit hardest by maths teacher shortages - Times Educational Supplement | TES Students need better information about tuition fees and student loans – new survey - Universities UK How I used memory techniques to graduate from college with a traumatic brain injury - Learning Scientists How to make your classroom happier - The Educator Letting humanities and social sciences speak to the public - Wonkhe Podcast 5 with AELP's Mark Dawe on degree apprenticeships - FE News Scottish library closures soar as council cuts bite - Scotsman What happens when ordinary people learn economics? | Aditya Chakrabortty - Guardian Scottish Government urged to look again at role of Confucius Institutes - Herald Scotland How can we convince SMEs that hiring an apprentice is good for their workforce? - FE News Struggling to recruit apprentices? Top tips for employers and training providers - FE News Proportion of pupils going to university hits new high - Herald Scotland Meet the schoolboy storyteller - Express Culture Secretary encourages ban on mobile phones in the classroom - Mail These dark children's stories provide valuable life lessons that kids need more than ever - Mirror Job pressures drove strict ‘super head’ to kill himself - Express The school children who live in England but are taught in Scotland - BBC Funding gap leaves nurseries struggling to pay minimum wage - Financial Times Meet the kids learning to fix punctures - BBC Tent of dreams: Is Sara a 'refugee' or a 'would-be surgeon'? - BBC Hail Mary: From Twitter wars to assassinating Caesar - BBC Disadvantaged students hit hardest by shortage of maths teachers in England, report finds - Independent Cambridge don snubs King’s College in dispute over ‘racist’ porters - Times Scotland: University access targets squeeze out top students - Times Scotland: SNP’s progress on closing gulf in pupil results ‘painfully slow’ - Times Scotland: Pre-schoolers eat a million sweets a week - Times Ireland: Schools are struggling to ease pupils’ mental stress - Times The government ‘doesn’t know’ if PFI contracts offer value for money - Schools Week The more disadvantaged the pupil, the less experienced their maths teacher - Schools Week Ban mobile phones to protect pupils, minister tells schools - Schools Week Matt Hancock: schools across the UK should ban mobile phones - Guardian Schools get £1,150 extra for every pupil on free school meals but many don't use it well, say AMs - Wales Online