News archive for 3rd December 2019

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Children spend longer reading and are motivated to learn when there's a dog in the room - Mail Teachers at Holton Primary School in Barry to strike over staff restructuring and reduced lunch break - Wales Online New images shared of fire-damage at Peebles High School - Herald Scotland Seldon: Education ministers are 'fundamentally stupid' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Can the apprenticeship levy be saved? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Big questions on quality of England’s ‘odd’ Pisa data - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Be proud,' Pisa chief tells England's teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES University criticised for suggesting staff hide their sexuality when travelling to Dubai campus - Independent US entrepreneur sets up Oxford scholarship for black UK students - Guardian Scottish teenagers are only reading 'because they have to,' report finds - Scotsman Half of Scottish heads say education harmed by teacher shortages - almost twice rate in rest of UK - Telegraph Lecturers strike at London college despite agreeing pay deal last year - FE Week Pupils in English schools improve in maths but 20 per cent described themselves as "always worried" - NFER Northern Ireland consolidates its position as one of the world's best nations for reading - NFER PISA 2018 national reports - NFER Gender and sexual identities in early childhood curricula: The case of Canada - BERA Shelter report reveals 135,000 children without a home - National Education Union Pisa results - National Education Union Pisa England results - National Education Union Wales PISA results - National Education Union Pupils in Wales make significant improvement in mathematics - NFER John Swinney defends Scottish education amid dip in science and maths performance - Herald Scotland WorldSkills heroes deserve recognition, not tokenism - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers at Barry school to strike - NASUWT NASUWT comments on PISA results for Wales - NASUWT NASUWT comments on PISA report in Northern Ireland - NASUWT CBI response to PISA's 2018 results - CBI Why do so many academics struggle to understand the politics of modern Britain? - HEPI Overworked teachers + high stakes tests ≠ Pisa success - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pisa: Scottish pupils' view of teachers ‘very positive' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Why college lecturers will benefit from registration - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pisa: No sign of attainment gap cash 'making an impact' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Interim principal appointed at Highbury College - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pisa results: Is Scotland 'stagnating in mediocrity'? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why immigration is a big factor in Pisa performance - Times Educational Supplement | TES New heads in tough schools 'should get Ofsted break' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Is England’s PISA 2018 data reliable? - FFT Education Datalab A life of learning: priorities for an incoming government - Pearson Nine key findings from PISA 2018 - FFT Education Datalab Life as a deputy head…learning to run; running to learn - UKEdChat NASUWT comments on PISA results for England - NASUWT At least 135,000 children homeless in Britain - Nursery World General election: Young voters more concerned by mental health and climate change than Brexit, expert says - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Child homelessness: 135,000 children without a permanent home this Christmas - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Enterprise is for all students - Advance HE BIC to provide uni pathway via UoL foundation - PIE News IHE highlights “chaotic political environment” - PIE News Labour vote set to hold up among HE staff, THE survey suggests - Times Higher Education | THE UK set for bigger student campus vote than 2017, v-c predicts - Times Higher Education | THE International comparisons of education - DfE PISA 2018: national report for England - DfE The world according to PISA 2018 rankings - Teacher Toolkit Police called after school makes teachers guard takeaways ‘like bouncers’ at home time - The Sun UK children are among the unhappiest in the world - Metro Scottish education 'stagnating in mediocrity' after record low maths and science scores in major survey - Telegraph Blacklisted academy bosses were a one-off, says DfE - Schools Week Scotland’s progress in reducing education inequality slows - Financial Times Teachers: claim back your student loan repayments - DfE Scottish schools transgender event cancelled amid fears for speakers' safety - Scotsman The SNP can’t disguise Scotland’s failing education system - New Statesman Vomiting bug outbreak closes primary school after 110 pupils fall ill - Mirror Are Scottish and English education closer than thought? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers in disadvantaged areas 'much less satisfied' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pisa education rankings: How did the UK perform? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pisa: Government hails 'sharp rise in reading ability' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pisa results must be a relief for the government - Times Educational Supplement | TES What is the Pisa test and what does it measure? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pisa: Performance of Scottish pupils in maths and science at record low - Scotsman The London Bridge attack must not stop our vital work to tackle terrorism | Pen Mendonça - Guardian PISA results reflect persistent disadvantage gap in UK education - Schools Week Further education and skills inspections and outcomes as at 31 August 2019 - Ofsted DBS checks for childminders and childcare workers - Ofsted UK climbs global education rankings but British teenagers among least satisfied with lives, study finds - Independent British pupils have improved in maths and reading since Tory reforms - Mail Ireland's students among best performers in reading literacy, study finds - Mail Teachers become 'bouncers' at takeway to stop pupils eating unhealthy food - Mail Scottish university launches probe after students trapped in lift overnight - Herald Scotland Interim principal joins Highbury College following DfE intervention - FE Week Is England’s PISA 2018 data reliable? - IOE London Blog Pisa schools study: Reforms pay off as pupils climb maths rankings - Times PISA 2018: Maths up, no improvement in reading or science - Schools Week UK climbs rankings for maths, science and reading - but remains outside top 10 - Mail Pupils learn better wearing cosy socks and slippers - Times Educational Supplement | TES British schoolchildren among least satisfied, says OECD report - Guardian Rich-nation education splurge fails to deliver results - Financial Times Nine key findings from PISA 2018 - IOE London Blog Pisa star Finland falls down rankings - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pisa 2018 results reveal a mixed picture for Scotland - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pisa: What the UK can learn from East Asia - Times Educational Supplement | TES Estonia: Pisa's European success story - Times Educational Supplement | TES Wales makes progress in Pisa maths tests - Times Educational Supplement | TES England climbs Pisa table as reading and maths improve - Times Educational Supplement | TES Growth mindset linked to higher Pisa reading score - Times Educational Supplement | TES Data, data everywhere… - FFT Education Datalab Pisa tests: UK rises in international school rankings - BBC New international Pisa schools tables show Wales remains behind other UK nations but is improving - Wales Online Labour’s broadband plan could radically change young people’s life chances - Guardian Universities warned Cameron in 2011 that trainee cuts would cause nursing shortage - Guardian Teachers ask children to ‘tell the truth’. Voters would like the same from the Tories | Michael Rosen - Guardian Forces for good: Ex-military impress as trainee lecturers - FE Week UK post-study work visa may force Australia to shorten master’s - Times Higher Education | THE Universities’ vital prison role highlighted after terror attack - Times Higher Education | THE Academics should not be so wary of researching royalty - Times Higher Education | THE Any fool can go to university and get a “confetti” first - Wonkhe Jewish schools 'pressurise parents to take children out of sex ed lessons' - BBC London Bridge terror: Do not politicise attack, urge academics - Times Ireland failing to tackle hate crime, say academics - Times