News archive for 25th February 2019

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This much I know about…looking after our own mental health first - JohnTomsett School bans fake tans after pupils turn up ‘looking orange and green’ after half-term - The Sun School cleaner stuffed stolen iPads down trousers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Conflict of interest questions after latest RSC resignation - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Legally binding ASN plans ‘in terminal decline’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Let's create a more tolerant and respectful culture - Times Educational Supplement | TES T-level contracts halved as fewer students predicted - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE seeks T level transition offer partner - Times Educational Supplement | TES Cadet units: guide for government-funded schools - DfE Relationships (and sex) education and health education - DfE Consultation on awarding organisation controls for centre assessments - Ofqual All pupils will be taught about mental and physical wellbeing - DfE 16 to 19 education: independent learning providers - Education & Skills Funding Agency Apprenticeship funding bands - Education & Skills Funding Agency Self-care and mental health focus of Government's new education guidance - UK Parliament Widespread opposition to relationships and sex education reforms revealed - Schools Week The Guardian view on sex education: the facts of life are just the start | Editorial - Guardian Teaching five year olds about sexuality and relationships would trigger a host of problems - Telegraph Classroom reforms won't be enough to help working class white boys close the gap - Telegraph Mega college in debt consulting on demerger - FE Week Compulsory sex and LGBT+ education sparks religious backlash in UK - Mail Teaching students about menstruation will go a long way to ending the period taboo - HuffPost How would teachers vote in a general election? - Teacher Tapp Compulsory FGM education to be introduced - CYPN | Children & Young People Now English is not enough – British children face major disadvantage when it comes to language skills - The Conversation Cheadle teachers to strike - NASUWT Why do privately educated people in Britain earn more? - BERA Recruitment and retention - National Education Union Scottish teachers' pay claim 2018/19: update - Voice Trans-disciplinary methodology for game-based intervention development - BERA Unthinkable, unfundable and unknowable: The ‘evidence void’ on making science accessible to pupils with learning disabilities - BERA Researchers celebrate a £7.2 million XMaS present to upgrade facility - Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) UCU general secretary Sally Hunt resigns for health reasons - UCU NAHT submits further evidence on teachers' pay and conditions - NAHT Developing creative writing in schools - LKMco 8 tips for making marking more manageable - Teacher Toolkit Teachers have more stress than many workers - The Educator DfE seeks help with course to support young people prepare for T-levels - FE Week How local areas are tackling youth unemployment - FE Week Anti-FGM lessons in schools 'will help end barbaric practice’ says education secretary Damian Hinds - Evening Standard Parents lobbying for new law on pupil restraint consider judicial review - Schools Week Ofqual sparks immediate backlash over plans to force awarding organisations to conduct no-notice audits - FE Week 5-year-olds won't be taught about gay and trans relationships, says Hinds - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils ‘hurt every day’ by school restraint methods - Times Educational Supplement | TES Another RSC quits to join an academy trust - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofqual proposes getting tougher on exam centres - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE science 2019: exam board tips - Times Educational Supplement | TES How to revamp your primary curriculum - Times Educational Supplement | TES £20k for new home economics teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Is it too much to ask trainees to plan lessons from scratch? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers are a long way off achieving a work-life balance - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools ‘at breaking point’ over funding - Times Educational Supplement | TES UCU general secretary resigns - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children as young as four will not learn about LGBT+ relationships, minister says - Independent Norwich pair ran fake distance learning courses - BBC Lisa Mannall becomes latest RSC to leave for academy trust job - Schools Week Children over 14 will be able to defy parents and opt in for sex education classes, government confirms - Independent Lecturer who tweeted he was fed-up of marking essays about 'oppression of women' leaves role - Telegraph School pupils to be taught about relationships - BBC Could future VLEs spell the end for screen time? - Jisc 5-year-olds to be taught 'respect for all' but won't learn about gay relationships, says education secretary - HuffPost Teachers suffer more stress than other workers, study finds - Independent UCU general secretary Sally Hunt resigns - FE Week All pupils to be taught about mental health, says Hinds - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children to be taught about gay and trans relationships at school - Metro I’m Muslim and LGBT, and I teach children it’s OK to be both - Metro New RSE guidance is in the best interests of children - ASCL 1 school exam grade in 4 is wrong. That’s the good news… - HEPI More teachers feel ‘tense’ or ‘worried’ about their job than those in comparable professions - NFER Government urged to reconsider plans for subject-level TEF - Universities UK Educ-AI-tion rebooted? Exploring the future of artificial intelligence in schools and colleges - Nesta 10 senior leadership resolutions - Teacher Toolkit How to teach life skills in school - The Educator NFER launch 2019 Teacher Labour Market Report - NFER Younger pupils will not be taught about gay relationships, minister insists - Mail Job stress higher for teachers than other professions - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE lays out plans for compulsory health lessons - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents’ fears about artificial intelligence in schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Need to know: Teachers' maternity rights - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE investment ‘needed for teachers to benefit from AI’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sex education: Menstrual health to be taught in school by 2020 - BBC An open letter to LGBT teachers this LGBT history month - HuffPost Scotland: The £20,000 windfall to retrain as a home economics teacher - Herald Scotland Scotland: The school where record numbers of pupils study home economics - Herald Scotland V-cs want rethink over ‘£38 million bill’ for subject-level TEF - Times Higher Education | THE Locals replace foreign students on some English campuses - Times Higher Education | THE The time has come to reconsider subject level TEF - Wonkhe Should we finally admit that TEF doesn’t inform students? - Wonkhe Universities deserve better than analogue leaders in a digital age - Wonkhe Executive pay: the sector is dragging its feet - Wonkhe Learning from students’ industrial action complaints - Wonkhe How to recruit a vice chancellor - Wonkhe Secondary school pupils are to have 'fertility lessons' after women have started waiting too long - Mail EHRC: Struggling working class white boys should be given extra help - Mail Hinds unveils training plan for schools ahead of relationships and sex education rollout - Schools Week NFER warns of ‘clear need’ to improve working conditions of teachers - Schools Week School lessons to cover sexting, FGM and mental health - Guardian Teachers experience more stress than other workers, study shows - Guardian Kids as young as four taught about relationships and internet dangers in sex education shake-up - The Sun Mental health lessons will be given to children to teach 'self-care' and staying safe online - Mail Pupils to be taught about trolling, FGM and sleeping in curriculum shake-up - Mail Parents try to stop children being taught about trans relationships - Times Stonewall pioneer criticises its transgender ‘extremism’ - Times Teaching jobs: Scheme to lure back teachers is failing - Times Scotland: Stem grants extend to home economics - Times Ireland: Solve teacher shortage by ‘sharing staff’ - Times Pupils to be taught about sexting and FGM in education shake up - Metro Children as young as four to receive lessons on mental health risks associated with social media and excess screen time - Telegraph