News archive for 14th January 2019

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Ofsted praises school with silent corridors and high exclusion rate - Schools Week S'no day like a snow day - Times Educational Supplement | TES The three-year GCSE works for us - and here's why - Times Educational Supplement | TES Behaviour: should we treat girls and boys differently? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Psychology and law top pupils' degree choices - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ucas-style portal for FE courses to launch - Times Educational Supplement | TES Post-18 review 'to recommend FE loans' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Cookery lessons should be compulsory in schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities winning on funding would impoverish society - Times Educational Supplement | TES Who knew "hubs" could solve all of education's problems? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Director of Funding appointment and new single Funding Operations Centre of Excellence - Education & Skills Funding Agency Schoolgirl on period bled through clothes twice when staff denied her a toilet pass - Mirror The Guardian view on academic freedom: the right to be very wrong | Editorial - Guardian Government neglect of arts education | Letter - Guardian Scandalous increase in school exclusions | Letters - Guardian Is rote learning overrated? - UKEdChat The power of disciplinary literacy: How it can support instruction of challenging knowledge - Teacher Development Trust | TDT UK PBSA sector to continue domination in 2019, says expert - PIE News A beginner’s guide to post-qualification admissions - Wonkhe We need an admissions system that works for students, not universities - Wonkhe How to boost teacher recruitment and retention - The Educator Doing a learning walk on yourself! - Teacher Toolkit 5 things I learned from quitting teaching - Teacher Toolkit 1 school exam grade in 4 is wrong. Does this matter? - HEPI Joint declaration on science and research - Russell Group The value of recognising the school meal as a site for developing learning opportunities - BERA Key components of a mentally healthy school - UKEdChat Sugar education to be part of core school subjects - CYPN | Children & Young People Now The hard facts of soft skills - Advance HE UK in “Catch-22” scenario over Brexit - PIE News Cambridge English to work with Cyprus govt - PIE News One in three academy trusts reviews pay after government warning - Schools Week Enquiring minds: building a picture of how children learn to understand subjects - IOE London Blog University offers 'should be made after results day', say lecturers - BBC Primary school places 2019: When is the application deadline and how many schools do I choose? - Independent Here’s how the Cambridge admissions process looks from the inside - New Statesman Thousands of children asked to perform an act of kindness - and the results are adorable - Mirror How reading could reduce anxiety - Times Educational Supplement | TES Facebook backs DfE online safety lessons for pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Childbase opens 43rd nursery - Nursery World Scotland: Teachers write to Sturgeon over assaults in school - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted 'set to fail off-rolling schools' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Review to back student loans for further education in England - Financial Times ESFA director of funding appointed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Post-qualification uni applications could ‘backfire’, Ucas warns - Times Educational Supplement | TES Students 'should apply to universities after getting A-level results' - Mail Tackling apprenticeship gender inequality - Unionlearn Jisc helps the higher education sector save almost half a million, thanks to affordable digital archive collections - Jisc DfE appoints Kate Josephs as director of funding - Schools Week ESFA appoints Kate Josephs as director of funding - FE Week Calls for university applications to come after A-level results - HuffPost Pupils attempt suicide after waiting 10 months for help - Times Educational Supplement | TES Need to know: Having your say on Ofsted's new inspection plans - Times Educational Supplement | TES Low-paid support staff forced to turn to food banks - Times Educational Supplement | TES Child abuse inquiry refuses to publish evidence on Gove phone call claim - Guardian Scottish universities warn SNP not to take away £90 million spent giving EU students free tuition - Telegraph Movers and Shakers: Edition 266 - FE Week November term start proposed for post-qualification applications - Times Higher Education | THE What are the top 3 priorities for teacher recruitment in 2019? - Schools Week Report says students should apply to university after they get results - UCU The Baker clause can only be a short-term fix - FE Week Don’t harm opportunities for other people’s children - Wonkhe In this report, it’s the evidence that’s selective - Wonkhe Grammar Schools? Select no - Wonkhe School pupils should only apply for university after A-Level results UCU says - Mail Universities should give offers after results day, says study - Guardian Call for university applications to be made after A-level results - Mail Facebook backs Government's online safety lessons for school pupils - Mail Make students apply to university after A levels, say lecturers - Times Academic told he has no right to be ‘anti-PC’ - Times Scotland: Stress forcing us to strike, say teachers - Times Education spending falls by more than £7 billion since the Tories came to power - Mirror Hundreds of Carillion apprentices dropped out of training after collapse - HuffPost Scotland: University partnership to help armed forces veterans - Mail