News archive for 23rd April 2019

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Fatcat Oxford University chief claims £1.60 bar on expenses despite her £360,000 salary - The Sun A-level and GCSE exam papers are to be micro-chipped for first time in bid to combat online leaks - Telegraph Herrington appointed as national schools commissioner - Times Educational Supplement | TES The subjects on the rise and on the slide in Scotland - Times Educational Supplement | TES Retrieval practice for revision - Teacher Toolkit Scotland: University gym boss 'said women should be raped for not showing up to classes' - Mirror The Open University celebrates its 50th anniversary - BBC Edinburgh students told to keep University Challenge victory secret - for a year - Scotsman Popular children to be recruited as anti-drug 'influencers' in Government funded project - Telegraph Criminal charges possible over leaks of A-level maths papers - Guardian Report on Scottish National Standardised Assessments: key findings - Times Educational Supplement | TES Replacing teacher-led lessons with computers 'left pupils like zombies’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Progress 8 is biased and fundamentally flawed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland's colleges put the country ahead on access to HE - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-level maths leak referred by police to prosecutors - BBC DfE pledges to publish breakdown of cost-cutters’ savings - Schools Week Essential digital skills framework - DfE Improving adult basic digital skills: equality impact assessment - DfE National standards for essential digital skills - DfE National Schools Commissioner appointed - DfE Ofqual confirms changes to reviews of coursework marking - Schools Week The Youth Select Committee 2019 has launched an inquiry into knife crime - UK Parliament Concerns over violence at YOI where 'culture of fighting is the norm' - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Dominic Herrington made permanent national schools commissioner - Schools Week The sector couldn’t function without student records officers - Wonkhe Scaling up student-staff partnership in higher education - Advance HE Early interventions could reduce violent crime - Nuffield Foundation SATs, SATs, the best primary years… and the annoying way secondary teachers get more cash - Teacher Tapp Winchester University staff balloted for strike action - UCU The government confirms that European teaching qualifications will still be recognised in the event of a no-deal Brexit - NAHT Why the levy is running dry - AELP A curriculum crossroads – don’t miss the chance to have your say - Education matters Data across the boundaries - Wonkhe Emails aren't the enemy – expectations are - Times Educational Supplement | TES Biggest-ever drug prevention trial launched in schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-level Edexcel maths paper leak referred to prosecutors - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why presenteeism is rife among teachers - Metro Edexcel maths A-level paper leaks referred to prosecutors - FE Week Adults to be offered free digital skills courses - Times Educational Supplement | TES Flawed Progress 8 is costing school leaders their jobs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Post-natal depression: we need better support in schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES College support staff balloted for pay strike - Times Educational Supplement | TES Edexcel maths paper leaks referred to prosecutors - Schools Week Primary school activity ideas list proves popular - Nursery World CofE: We hope parents won't withdraw their kids from the new RSE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Concerns over subject choices and ‘new type of attainment gap’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES The teenagers who translate for their parents - BBC Half of schools 'not fully compliant with GDPR' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Is our obsession with testing ruining education? - The Educator 5 of our best literacy blogs - Research Schools Network If ministers really want to trust teachers it’s time to ditch the number fairies | Michael Rosen - Guardian A-level revision tips for top grades – with less stress - Guardian Choice of subjects in Scottish schools falls - Scotsman An issue that strikes at the heart of Scottish education - Scotsman John Swinney 'cannot tell if Scottish pupils' numeracy and literacy are improving' after survey scrapped - Telegraph 'New attainment gap' opening up between Scotland's state and private schools thanks to subject choice - Telegraph Boys will be boys? How schools can be guilty of gender bias - Guardian Plans launched to boost digital skills for adults - DfE Scotland: Data gap on school progress in literacy and numeracy ‘for at least five years’ - Herald Scotland Warning as subject choice at Scottish secondary schools continues to decline - Herald Scotland Scotland: Data vacuum means we cannot judge SNP progress on literacy and numeracy - Herald Scotland From apprentice to leader: Developing the next generation of engineers - FE News Plans to end compulsory records on UK’s non-academic staff ‘shocking’ - Times Higher Education | THE Open access: ‘no evidence’ that zero embargo periods harm publishers - Times Higher Education | THE UK v-c: ban on working with Huawei would infringe on academic freedom - Times Higher Education | THE Singapore ‘fake news’ law ‘threatens academic freedom worldwide’ - Times Higher Education | THE From Russia with LEO - HEPI Fears over fall in number of school exams offered in Scotland - BBC Co-op Academies Trust slams ‘fundamentally flawed’ Progress 8 - Schools Week Open University marks 50th anniversary - Mail Scotland: Curriculum for Excellence blamed for drop in exams pupils can sit - Mail Scotland: High schools criticised for restricting subject choices - Times Scotland: Data gap in primary standards, say MSPs - Times Scotland: Tripling of pupils with mental health problems - Times