News archive for 16th May 2018

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Scrap Maths! Core GCSE is ‘too difficult’ for less able students, says man behind exam - Express MP joining 2 day Hull College strike starting tomorrow - FE Week Talking about children’s mental health - Teacher Toolkit Escape from the exam factory - BERA Manifesto idea #8: Emily Hughes - HEPI Slow uptake in study abroad, but student profile increasingly diverse - PIE News 'The days of the charismatic principal have gone' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why using the term EAL can be 'reckless' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'What do pupils think of mental health support?' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted: 'FE sector not in best financial health' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Careers and Enterprise Company under fire from MPs - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'It's time teachers united in saying "Enough!"' - Times Educational Supplement | TES The Tes FE Podcast: Cyber security, burnout and the royal wedding - Times Educational Supplement | TES Leeds Beckett academic into the final round for award - Leeds Beckett University National Numeracy Day: AoC responds - AoC | Association of Colleges (A new) look to the future - NFER Call for evidence on assessment of qualifications in centres - Ofqual Boost for maths education in the North for National Numeracy Day - DfE ESFA update: May 2018 - Education & Skills Funding Agency How schools are better together - Education Development Trust | EDT Two-day walkout at Hull College Group over job cuts - UCU Staff to walk out over pay at Epping Forest College - UCU Help Ofqual evaluate 2018's new GCSEs, AS and A levels - NAHT GSA Head says students are fascinated with meaning and big questions - GSA The top 10 most-revised GCSE topics - Times Educational Supplement | TES Two more days of strikes at Hull College Group - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sats: Just how tough were today's maths papers? - Times Educational Supplement | TES We are all numbers people: celebrating National Numeracy Day - Unionlearn Required reading: increasing numbers of international students - Times Higher Education | THE Daily roundup 16 May: Work experience, tooth decay, and youth group funding - CYPN | Children & Young People Now External quality assurance of end-point assessments - FE News It's National Numeracy Day & we're celebrating the importance of numbers - National Numeracy Capturing the lecture? - Wonkhe From applicant to alumni: a joined-up approach to social mobility - Wonkhe Postgraduate researchers need tailored mental health support - Wonkhe Hard worker or smart worker: which teacher are you? - The Educator LSE launches open access publishing platform - London School of Economics | LSE Correspondence from the Secretary of State concerning the Review of Post-18 Education and Funding - UK Parliament Manifesto idea #7: Ant Sutcliffe and Dr Hannah Merry - HEPI Bright Tribe will be ‘held to maximum account’ over Whitehaven Academy - Schools Week Careers and Enterprise Company slammed over multi-million pound research spending - FE Week Nursery campaigners to meet children's minister - Nursery World Transparency concerns over CEC’s £5m disadvantage fund - Schools Week College principals can’t afford to be charismatic, claims deputy FE commissioner - FE Week What does a good college mental health strategy look like? - FE Week Nursery well-being programme aims to prevent mental health problems - Nursery World Watch ban imposed at GCSE and A-level exams - BBC Almost a third of students are heading for a first-class degree this year as fears grow over university grade inflation - Mail 'Learners aged 16 are told they can't do maths' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 100% rejection for aspiring teachers in shortage subjects - Times Educational Supplement | TES The. (problem) = with (m)aths isn’t -> maths - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Our students need Dickens – not soft skills' - Times Educational Supplement | TES No proof forced academisation worth it, DfE admits - Times Educational Supplement | TES Every school day, 183 pupils are referred to CAMHS - SecEd ‘Postcode lottery’ of Scotland’s Advanced Highers - SecEd Disadvantaged students: DfE to work with private schools - SecEd Services for deaf children hit by £4m worth of cuts across 45 local authorities - SecEd Teachers and support staff are happier, more committed and more content - SecEd Get year 7s and 8s excited about reading again - Primary Times Government halts school pupil data sharing - The Educator Wales: New support for education leaders - Welsh Government £6M Boost for maths education in the North for national numeracy day - FE News 77% of Secondary school children believe there are ‘maths people’ and 67% don’t think they are one - FE News Universities need to tackle racism head-on, not deny it exists | Shakira Martin - Guardian Damian Hinds response to post 18 review - Parliament Quarter of shops 'sell knives to underage pupils' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Video app 'boosts children's school readiness' - Times Educational Supplement | TES App games and tips help toddlers develop - Sutton Trust Five favourite facts - Sutton Trust It's time for universities to make race equality a priority | Valerie Amos - Guardian “Oh, someone’s dealing with that” Supporting mental health in FE - FE News Row as gay and lesbian college staff ‘get preferential treatment - Herald Scotland Grammars and faith schools raise standards 'because it makes them compete' - Mail University racism 'complacency' warning - BBC Wristwatches will be banned in exam halls to stop students looking up answers on smart devices - Mail Smartphone app boosts pre-school children's development - Nursery World New app helps get parents involved - Schools Week New maths hubs to open in Cheshire and Lancashire - Schools Week Hectic after-school schedule does stressed pupils more harm than good - Times Best days of your life? For too many students university is lonely, and deadly - Times Exam pupils to be banned from wearing watches - Times Children are being turned into mini robots - Times Scotland: Brexit ‘will help disadvantaged Scots get to university’ - Times