News archive for 22nd February 2019

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How can we improve Ofsted’s role in school improvement? - The Educator I really doubt Ofsted can kick its addiction to data - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher pay ballots in Scotland: what happens now? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Teacher pay: First strike in decades could take place in April - Times Educational Supplement | TES Adult education commission? Not another one! - Times Educational Supplement | TES FE colleges: changes to statutory insolvency and intervention regimes - DfE Initial teacher education (ITE) inspections and outcomes: management information - Ofsted Scotland: Teaching union sets date for potential strike action - Mail Bedtime social media use may be harming UK teenagers, study says - Guardian Becoming and being the leader you want to be - UKEdChat Can AI improve the way we test literacy rates? - UKEdChat 5 easy ways to help exam-level students - UKEdChat Origami and STEM - UKEdChat Teachers and students stage mock climate classes in Whitehall - Guardian Danger of fee cuts for social mobility - Villiers Park Educational Trust Ofsted watch: Independent specialist college rated ‘inadequate’ in poor week for providers - FE Week Policy Eye - highlights of the week ending 22 February - Pearson Scotland: Teaching union to open strike ballot after pay deal rejected - Herald Scotland Mayor of London fund aims to boost youth crime prevention - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Harmful sexual behaviour: charity launches guidance for children's health professionals - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Danger of fee cuts for social mobility - Russell Group Faith-based education is (not) what we are talking about - BERA William Torbitt Primary School - National Education Union Are degree apprenticeships fit for purpose? - HEPI In the news 22 February 2019 - UCU NASUWT responds to the announcement of the membership of the Teachers' Pay Review Body in Wales - NASUWT NASUWT suspends Jersey strike action - NASUWT University of Essex suspends employee and creates Jewish society amid antisemitism row - Independent Helicopter parents: the real reason British teenagers are so unhappy - The Conversation University of Essex suspends lecturer accused of antisemitism - Guardian Pearson: an education - Financial Times Star Academies Trust warned it could lose ‘inadequate’ academy - Schools Week Anti-Semitism: University of Essex suspends worker amid row - BBC Are university campuses turning into mini smart cities? - Guardian UK universities fear review could starve funding for arts - Financial Times The school for survivors of modern slavery - HuffPost Boys from poorer backgrounds gain most from not delaying school start - Nursery World Government urged to ‘rethink’ academy conversion approach after another U-turn - Schools Week Warning over impact of Universal Credit on early years provider funding - Nursery World Schools in Wales lose more than 1,400 teachers as heads warn it's 'make-or-break' point - Wales Online How to help trans and non-binary students and staff - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Colleges face clawback of almost £1m - Times Educational Supplement | TES The Tes Podcast: Academies, knife crime and party splits - Times Educational Supplement | TES Star Academies school threatened with funding termination - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Postgraduate loan support made available to all masters students - Mail Hundreds of university students attempt to block Jewish Society - Telegraph School funding Westminster Hall debate - NAHT How the DfE failed to persuade business to sponsor academies - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hinds’ academies vision threatened by 'catastrophic' fall in new sponsors - Times Educational Supplement | TES Calls for Ofsted and Parliament to look at 'flattening the grass' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Has the well of academy sponsors dried up? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Banning mobile phones in schools would be a big mistake - Metro The lessons infantile adults can learn from children go far beyond climate change | Richard Russell - Guardian School curriculum fails to reflect the urgency of the climate crisis - Guardian The case for increased college funding is hindered by financial failures - FE News When could student democracy amount to anti-semitism? - Wonkhe What has data got to do with student mental health? - Wonkhe Going spare: Brexit could cut off access to feminist journal - Times Higher Education | THE Labour sceptical of ‘electoral inducement’ tuition fee cut - Times Higher Education | THE Labour, decolonisation, housing (podcast) - Wonkhe All scientific writing can be improved by making it more accessible - Times Higher Education | THE Freshers declaring mental illness up 73% in 4 years - Times Tuition fees cut ‘is student cap by stealth’ - Times Students at University of Essex attempt to block Jewish society - Times Scotland: School strike ballot looms after teachers reject deal - Times Chinese vie to take up places at Scotland’s top universities - Times Scotland: Exam body staff to vote on walkout - Times Ireland: €14m Maynooth University school for teachers opens doors - Times Ireland: Cost of transition year may be putting off disadvantaged students - Times