News archive for 3rd May 2018

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Teachers to be given one year’s leave to write or try other work in new £5million scheme - The Sun Teachers to get year-long sabbaticals away from the classroom as part of a £5m scheme to help make the profession more attractive - Mail Pupils 'vomit blood and have seizures' on school grounds after 'taking Spice' at Cambridgeshire secondary - Mail Six pupils rushed to hospital after 'taking zombie drug Spice and collapsing at school' - Mirror University lecturer warns students he knows who they are after receiving 'anonymous' end-of-term feedback - Telegraph Universities and identity checks | Letters - Guardian The shadow of Section 28 - HuffPost Leading nursery groups continue to grow - Nursery World Combating conflict - UKEdChat Arts and culture could help Finnish schools reach new heights of excellence - UKEdChat Why data, evidence and evaluation matters more than ever to FE policy-makers and leaders - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Research cited in landmark review commissioned by the Australian Government of their schooling system - Education and Employers Daily roundup 3 May: NCS, research grants, and modern slavery - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Ministers announce new code to stop universities shutting down free speech - PoliticsHome SEND crisis: A teacher's perspective - National Education Union Professor Lynn Gladden selected as Executive Chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council - GOV.UK ESFA e-bulletin: 3 May 2018 (issue 218) - Education & Skills Funding Agency Government's Green Paper on mental health report publication - UK Parliament University gives £500 to everyone signing up for teacher training course - Times Educational Supplement | TES Six pre-lab activities to ensure your pupils get the most out of science practicals - Times Educational Supplement | TES Boosting trainees' resilience could help solve teacher shortages - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Body language is vital if teachers want their pupils to be engaged' - Times Educational Supplement | TES The reality of poverty - pupils who have never seen the sea, visited a farm, or had a picnic - Times Educational Supplement | TES The internet is a great source of knowledge for pupils – but only if they can read it' - Times Educational Supplement | TES How to ensure annual reviews for pupils with SEND are meaningful - Times Educational Supplement | TES NAHT Analysis of High Needs Funding - NAHT Review must address confusion about tuition fees system - Universities UK Staff overwhelmingly back strike action at Bradford College - UCU Six points about free speech at universities - HEPI Is student satisfaction on the slide? - Wonkhe City halls likely to use adult education as part of wider strategic aims - Times Educational Supplement | TES CBI appoints first-ever UK policy director - Times Educational Supplement | TES UCU members vote for strike action at college facing job cuts - Times Educational Supplement | TES Colleges facing £31m loss of funding due to Brexit - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ability groups are damaging, ineffective and chaotic - Teacher Toolkit I Spy Universities - Wonkhe BBC uncovers more than 250 YouTubers promoting academic cheating - PIE News AoC's response to the Post 18 review - AoC | Association of Colleges National Education Trust to close, but academy trust remains - Schools Week ‘Unsafe’ Moulton College appoints safe pair of hands as interim principal - FE Week Free speech pledge for universities - BBC Victory against snowflakes as universities face ban on blocking unfashionable speakers - Express Bristol University student dies suddenly - Guardian Exeter University: 'Why I revealed my friends' racist WhatsApp messages' - BBC Data and technology transforming post-18 education - Jisc MSP – Coming to a Levy Paying Client near you - FE News Make maths count at work on National Numeracy Day - Unionlearn Schools could be forced to 'weigh and measure' kids – and would be monitored by Ofsted Schools in England would be assessed by Ofsted in order to monitor progress - Mirror Universities which 'no-platform' controversial speakers will face Government intervention - Telegraph Good for business - Sutton Trust ‘Choice’ is code for inequality – and it has polluted our education system | Frances Ryan - Guardian GDPR: A guide for leaders - Times Educational Supplement | TES Seven steps to successful data protection training for staff - Times Educational Supplement | TES Your comprehensive GDPR glossary - Times Educational Supplement | TES How to react to a data breach - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sam Gyimah hosts free speech summit - DfE Funding system must be sustainable, fair and flexible, says MillionPlus - MillionPlus What to consider when appointing a data protection officer - Times Educational Supplement | TES Headteacher: Poor pupils from Glasgow ‘have never seen the sea’ - Herald Scotland Analysis: Worrying that some children have not had vital outdoor experiences - Herald Scotland How to deliver the new End Point Assessment - FE News High schools roll out fingerprint scanning to pay for lunches - Herald Scotland Minister bans student trend of censoring controversial speakers in first intervention of its kind for 30 years - Mail Universities minister: one set of guidelines on free speech needed - Guardian Government pledges to tackle no platforming at universities - City AM Crackdown on students silencing free speech - Times Schools could be forced to weigh pupils for Ofsted obesity checks - Times Student arrested in Iran while visiting grandmother - Times Colouring can help students stay calm - Times Apps teach children not to think, says university chief - Times The time I was almost censored on campus - Times Scotland: Visa plea for Canadian to teach Gaelic - Times Scotland: Teachers fear CCTV will spy on them - Times Head teachers warn children with disabilities are hit hardest by Tory austerity agenda - Mirror Ministers to roll out ‘universal code’ on censorship to stop universities from stifling free speech - The Sun