News archive for 4th October 2018

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Ofsted criticised for delaying 3aaa inspection despite multiple warning signs - FE Week Young Tories who posed in 'f**k the NHS' shirts are warned to stay away from university - Mirror Teacher crisis hits London as nearly half quit within five years - Guardian Parents who won't let their son wear a skirt may have to be referred to social services, schools advised - Telegraph University hands out 'pronoun' badges to students to avoid 'misgendering' - Mirror Teach Too: Building a professional community of practice - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Government’s school funding claim investigated by statistics watchdog - Independent Cambridge University to offer poor students year long free course to give them a 'leg up' - Telegraph National curriculum in England: The first 30 years, part 2 - BERA DFE school funding claims face watchdog investigation - BBC Parents who send older siblings to sit their child's 11-plus are breathtakingly perfidious - Telegraph HS2 engineering academy struggles for students - Financial Times False widow spider infestation closes East London schools for up to a month - HuffPost Embedding well-being into school culture - UKEdChat The emerging consensus - Learning Scientists New Carer’s Allowance posters for colleges - Learning & Work Institute New app designed to help young people - Leeds Beckett University Launch of ELTons Awards Submissions 2019 - British Council Northern Powerhouse Minister, Jake Berry, has brought his vision for the North to Cumbria - PoliticsHome We must hold our nerve over the pupil premium - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Why simulation experiences make leadership learning more effective - Advance HE Working Links hires new Head of Apprenticeships - ERSA Claims on school funding face investigation - The Educator Scottish teachers' pay claim 2018/19: update - Voice MRC scientist wins 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry - Cambridge Network Teacher Recruitment Bulletin (October 2018) - UCET Anything for universities at the Labour and Conservative conferences? - Universities UK Childcare voucher companies lose battle to keep scheme open - Nursery World iCoachKids makes impressions down under and partners up with Sport England - Leeds Beckett University UK space sector ‘unites the World’ for World Space Week - GOV.UK New centre for immersive storytelling will help UK industry excel - GOV.UK New funding to drive improvements in immersive content creation - GOV.UK Independent schools’ £73 billion contribution to the UK - GSA The week in higher education – 4 October 2018 - Times Higher Education | THE CPD picks of the week - Teacher Toolkit Supporting student success in Wales with learning analytics - Wonkhe Scottish ministers slammed over ‘derisory’ teachers pay offer - Scotsman Wonkhe Weekly – E3 Conservatives, degree apprenticeships, human capital and clapping - Wonkhe Scotland: Teachers voice anger as pay talks break down - Mail School boys are making rape jokes in bid to score 'lad points' headteachers are warned - Telegraph Lowestoft school introduces pedal machines under desks - BBC ‘Culture of fear!’ Ruth Davidson reveals Sturgeon is forcing teachers to keep mouths shut - Express Tommy Robinson-supporting student, 17, ‘thrown out of class after revealing support for right-wing EDL founder’ - The Sun Universities are admitting students whose A-level results are up to five grades below offer, head warns - Telegraph Institute for Apprenticeships announces change to apprenticeship funding bands - FE News Majority of three and four-year-olds now own an iPad, survey finds - Telegraph Cambridge University to offer 'dozens' of poorer students free year of study - Independent Government accused of covering up schools cuts with misleading figures - Guardian False widow spider finds close four east London schools - BBC False widow spider infestation forces London schools to shut - The Sun Three-quarters of teachers buy toothbrushes for children - Nursery World Poisonous spider invasion leaves London schools on lockdown - Express Scotland: Teacher strong-armed into keeping mouth shut about concerns - Mail Wales: Professional Teaching Awards searching for best in class - Welsh Government East London schools shut for up to a month after false widow spider infestation discovered - Independent 'Let's take ownership of our schools' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'The DfE's position on funding cuts is robotically facile' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Russell Group calls for better FE funding - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Culture of fear’ among Scotland’s teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK stats watchdog investigates DfE funding claims - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher professional development around the world: the gap between evidence and practice - CfEE | Centre for Education Economics 'Who are we to judge our students?' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Primary school teacher who leaked SATs answers killed herself after being warned she could lose job - Mirror ‘Don’t cram children - let them play’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Careers advice should begin in primary school' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Five things that should never happen in detention - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Schools cannot fix the impact of poverty alone' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools closed by venomous spider infestation - Times Educational Supplement | TES Could using this font improve learning? - Times Educational Supplement | TES The top 20 things a headteacher should do - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Strike ballots likely as teacher pay talks stall - Herald Scotland Teacher pay talks in Scotland ‘shudder to a halt’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES How to avoid the feedback trap - Times Educational Supplement | TES The week in higher education – 4 October 2018 - Times Higher Education | THE Dame Asha WILL stay on the IfA board despite West Notts resignation - FE Week Strong regional growth in demand for graduate management education - FE News Free speech on campus: charity regulator’s fear of controversy risks undermining students’ union debates - The Conversation Universities must look at local employment markets when building their graduates’ skills - The Conversation University isn’t the be all and end all when it comes to employment outcomes - The Conversation False widow spider infestations close four east London schools - Guardian Open question on v-c pay as jobs come up for grabs - Times Higher Education | THE Soas to pay former student £20K over ‘no supervision’ PhD - Times Higher Education | THE CPD picks of the week - Teacher Toolkit Google Rolls Out New Resources To Help Teachers Educate Students About Staying Safe Online - FE News Book: Ten traits of resilience - UKEdChat OfS: Lack of diversity among degree apprentices - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils sharing offensive material on social media - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sylvia Plath revealed as young people's top poet - Times Educational Supplement | TES Apprenticeships: an opportunity to upskill our workforce - Sutton Trust Opening up student debate on campus - Wonkhe Grab a free annual license to the Night Zookeeper school literacy programme - UKEdChat Removing school bus chaperones in Birmingham 'dangerous' - BBC Parents furious as school bans children without green pen leaving them outside in rain for 45 minutes as they are searched - The Sun Teenage boys share offensive memes about Holocaust and rape to score ‘lad points’, expert says - Independent Cheating parents send older children to pass 11-plus for siblings - Times Tory students face suspension from party over offensive T-shirts - Times Cambridge scientist Sir Gregory Winter wins Nobel prize for chemistry - Times Head warns universities of falling entry standards - Times Essay mills row: how to treat a student cheat - Times Ireland: Children’s science centre delayed at least five years amid row - Times Ireland: Calls for report on campus sexual assault and violence - Times Ireland: Katherine Zappone struggling to secure extra cash for affordable childcare scheme - Times Ireland: Leaving Cert marking errors must not be repeated, says judge - Times Conservative students pictured with 'F*** the NHS' T-shirt face disciplinary action from university - Independent Traditional activities remain popular among tech-savvy pre-schoolers - Nursery World