News archive for 20th June 2019

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Hundreds of special needs pupils 'squeezed' out of school - BBC English & Maths 2019 - supplement June 2019 (download) - FE Week Amanda Spielman at the Wellington Festival of Education - Ofsted Using movement and action to enhance learning - UKEdChat Debate at schools is being shut down by a 'worrying trend towards an intolerance of different opinions', warns Ofsted chief - Telegraph Dialogic teaching - Research Schools Network Cut it out: Learning with seductive details - Learning Scientists Civil Engineering students win design challenge - Leeds Beckett University Is meta-analysis all just ‘an exercise in mega-silliness’? - CEM | Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring Progress measures are the root of all evil - CEM | Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring Advance HE publishes analysis of how age impacts staff experiences in Scottish colleges - Advance HE DFID puts £20m of aid into education technology research - Public Technology NUS report on Sexual Violence in Further Education - AoC's statement - AoC | Association of Colleges Teachers make a stand for health and safety at North Lanarkshire school - NASUWT Augar and the Industrial Strategy: 10 key points for the incoming Prime Minister about the creative arts and creative industries - HEPI A future of shared priorities - Russell Group Young adults should benefit from new learning entitlement following Augar Review - AELP New T levels research from NFER - Providers say ‘good support so far but still room for improvement’ - NFER Agnew: ‘No point putting extra money in schools if it’s not being spent properly’ - Schools Week School sports day: Is it the winning or the taking part that counts? - BBC Trinity College could face boycott over pension scheme pullout - Guardian Graduate outcomes (LEO): postgraduate outcomes in 2016 to 2017 - DfE Statistics: higher education graduate employment and earnings - DfE ‘Shame’ parents over phones says ‘strictest’ head - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why the Augar Review wasn't bold or ambitious enough - Times Educational Supplement | TES Spielman: ‘We’re the arbiter of quality, whether you like it or not’ - Schools Week Student loan repayment has a new home - GOV.UK Employability is an ethical issue - Times Higher Education | THE Children with learning disabilities and mental health problems 'ping-ponged' around system - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Communication skills initiative launches in social mobility 'coldspot' - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Parents’ fury as school ditches traditional uniforms for tracksuits - The Sun Challenging the stereotype: UCU General Secretary-elect Jo Grady - Wonkhe On rents Liverpool listened and led – the sector should follow - Wonkhe High court to rule on council's children’s centre closure - Nursery World Pupil premium interventions - Teacher Toolkit VC pay, mental health, TEF4, graduation (podcast) - Wonkhe Nearly half of UK children think robots will be teachers in 50 years, poll finds - Independent Brit kids believe teachers will be upgraded to high-tech robots in 50 years time - Mirror Sexual harassment rife among students with one in three incidents occurring at college, report finds - Independent Sexual abuse rife at UK further education colleges, study finds - Guardian Plutocrats are shaping the agenda at top universities - Financial Times GCSE resits: Can resilience and metacognition help? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tes FE Podcast: What the 100-year life means for FE - Times Educational Supplement | TES AELP: Fund all 18-24 students at level 2 and 3 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Despite the government’s best efforts, there has yet to be any reduction in teachers’ workloads - IOE London Blog NUS calls on colleges to do more to tackle student sexual harassment - FE Week School draws complaints over ‘best looking’ pupil award - Times Educational Supplement | TES Career success mustn't cost teachers their home lives - Times Educational Supplement | TES 3 in 4 FE students suffer unwanted sexual experiences - Times Educational Supplement | TES School sparks outrage for asking pupils to vote for ‘best-looking’ classmates - Independent Children as young as four given lessons about sex assaults at Britain's first 'kindness school' - Mail Staff walk out of Scottish schools built on former landfill site after four teachers develop cancer - Independent UK rated one of the worst countries for family-friendly policies - Nursery World School slammed for asking pupils to vote for 'best looking' child - Mirror Teachers strike at 'blue water' school in Scotland - Mail DfE captured by teachers, says free schools cheerleader - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Education research not relevant for us,' international schools say - Times Educational Supplement | TES Learning maths in foreign language 'boosts MFL grades' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Concerns raised over three courses taught in same class - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why have we seen more exam leaks? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools mustn't see SEND as a burden - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-level leaks and our 'monstrous' exam system - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers strike at 'blue water' school - Times Educational Supplement | TES TALIS: Schools in England are more likely to receive regular reports of cyber-bullying than those in any other country - IOE London Blog Teachers to strike at 'blue water' schools in Coatbridge - Herald Scotland 81% of vice-chancellors still allowed to attend meeting that sets their pay - UCU DfE sets out plans to support the one in 10 children classified as 'in need' - SecEd PM's mental health prevention plan overlooks austerity and our exam factory culture - SecEd New Pupil Premium guidance urges focus on high-quality teaching above all else - SecEd NI primary school closes after 158 years - BBC 'Newcomer' pupils on the rise in Northern Ireland - BBC Glasgow secondary teachers 'teaching three courses at the same time' - Herald Scotland Analysis: Multi-course teaching on the increase, but is it really a problem? - Herald Scotland Hypercompetition reshapes research and academic publishing - Times Higher Education | THE Students compensated over ‘dangerous’ teaching on safety master’s - Times Higher Education | THE Are branch campuses withering? - Times Higher Education | THE Leamington school sportswear uniform introduced - BBC Managing out the geniuses will end in dismal mediocrity - Times Higher Education | THE Oxbridge dominates in hunt for new benefactor income - Financial Times High-earning college vice chancellors attend meetings which decide their salaries - Mail Could a ban on mobile phones in schools reduce cyberbullying? - Independent T-level providers share ‘extremely tight’ timescale concerns - FE Week Coatbridge's Buchanan High teachers strike over health fears - BBC Abdullah Patel: Israel is the real problem, said imam in BBC row - Times Cyberbullying in English schools worst in the world - Times University chiefs let into meetings to set their own pay - Times Scotland: Tax rise ‘will make schools more elite’ - Times Scotland: Swinney mulls special needs pupils inquiry - Times UCET Northern Ireland Report: Teacher Professional Learning Framework Project - UCET FliTE: A platform for all those involved in ITE to find resources and develop their practice - UCET Vice-chancellors still attend pay meetings despite outcry - Guardian