News archive for 8th May 2018

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Headmistress produces exam stress guide to calm the nerves of parents - Telegraph Church of England warns that some rural schools are becoming increasingly 'difficult to justify' - Telegraph Hung, withdrawn and re-quartered: May portrait in Oxford row - Guardian New funding system leaves schools worse off, say headteachers - Guardian PM's portrait taken down after Oxford student protests - BBC ‘SNP obsession’: Nicola Sturgeon undermined over more testing in schools - Express Pupils facing ‘postcode lottery’ as curriculum changes harm university or job chances - Express Artists condemn exclusion of arts subjects from English baccalaureate - Guardian ‘Helicopter mums’ may hinder child’s homework - Times Research round-up (4 May 2018) - NAHT Managing expectations and improving satisfaction - Office for Students ESF funding rules - Education & Skills Funding Agency Higher education: a diverse range of opportunities for everyone - Universities UK Daily roundup 8 May: Perinatal mental health, contact, and generation gap - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Schools on alert after bomb threats - Times Educational Supplement | TES Boarding school house master banned after sharing hotel bed with pupil - Times Educational Supplement | TES Theresa May portrait removed from Oxford University Geography department after student backlash - Mirror 'Progress 8 should not be used to measure individual class progress' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Choir schools at risk, association warns - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools ‘are not actually implementing’ Baker clause rules - Times Educational Supplement | TES Striking staff to offer Marxism and manicure classes on picket line - Times Educational Supplement | TES How do you teach a subject that is not your specialism? - The Educator Homework: From chore to positive learning experience - Teacher Toolkit Higher Education in the front line: universities, the media and the wider community - HEPI Staff at Hull College Group to walk out over job cuts - UCU Top apprentice employer stresses importance of lower level apprenticeships - Times Educational Supplement | TES College offers free maths lessons to nurses - Times Educational Supplement | TES South Korea's SNU appoints first ever female economics professor - Times Higher Education | THE What teachers tapped last week #32 – 8th May 2018 - Teacher Tapp USA: Social media ‘fair game’ say admissions staff - PIE News Parents are pulling children from RE lessons – so they don’t learn about Islam - The Conversation Secretary of State pressed on action on education in the North - UK Parliament East London academy conversion plans scrapped after 19-day teacher strike - Schools Week Where is your focus? - Learning Scientists 'It's time to be serious about funding in the North' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ring-fence school funding to enable teacher pay rises, says Labour - Times Educational Supplement | TES Number of penalties for schools breaking exam rules treble - Times Educational Supplement | TES Members of new teacher workload review panel revealed - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Dear Damian, to truly reduce workload, you must talk to the teachers at the chalkface' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 14 ways to make PSHE lessons a success – even with a limited budget - Times Educational Supplement | TES Enhanced DBS disclosure checks for chairs of academy trusts - Education & Skills Funding Agency Supporting mental health in schools and colleges - DfE Leadership equality and diversity fund: for school-led projects - DfE Correspondence to the Secretary of State regarding education in the North - UK Parliament Strengthening qualified teacher status and improving career progression for teachers consultation: government response - Parliament New services to boost the online experience of transnational students - Jisc 'Stark' North-South gap in GCSE results needs urgent government intervention, say MPs - Independent Robert Halfon questions key principle behind new T-levels - FE Week Senior adviser speaks out against nationwide testing in schools - Herald Scotland 'We could be the next Windrush scandal': The UK-educated students barred from students loans - HuffPost First UK Montessori degree to launch - Nursery World Removing barriers to women in engineering - Unionlearn Halfon launches inquiry into impact of early years on later success - Nursery World Parents call for free childcare if schools are shut for elections - Evening Standard The £7.99 FE financial viability plan - FE News MPs demand action to improve education in the north - Schools Week Fresh school cuts unavoidable without new money for teachers' pay rise - OBR - HuffPost Non-association independent schools inspections and outcomes: management information - Ofsted Need to know: The NAHT conference, what you missed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Apprenticeships are not just for the young and inexperienced - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘I worked in a London borough. It wasn’t any kind of education nirvana’ - Guardian After 30 years of ‘go compare’, English education is a wild west | Fiona Millar - Guardian Nicola Sturgeon’s key advisor warns against drive for national testing - Scotsman ‘It’s a hidden nasty’: Parents in dark over need to top up student loans - Guardian Long school summer holidays ‘relic of the rural past’ - Herald Scotland Streaming in primary and secondary schools ‘enshrines disadvantage’ - Herald Scotland Top brass: Defying budget cuts to save the school band - BBC NUS report criticises Home Office over English language tests - Financial Times Hundreds more children 'farmed out' to care homes miles from where they live despite pledge to cut number - Independent Weighing pupils cuts obesity in Manchester trial - Times Scotland: Teachers call for action on film studies qualifications - Times Scotland: Pupils thrive when exams take a hike - Times China: Stop thinking critically, university in Beijing tells students - Times