News archive for 8th November 2019

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Election 2019: Labour promising 1,000 new children's centres - BBC Lib Dems promise 35 hours of free childcare from nine months old - Guardian School bans pupils from playing classic childhood playground game tag - Mirror Labour manifesto will pledge to expand school meals - Times Educational Supplement | TES Illegal schools have ‘drills’ to avoid scrutiny, says Ofsted director - Schools Week Private school pupils earn more than state school pupils by age 25, IOE research reveals - IOE London Blog MoJ confirms delay to secure school opening - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Policy Eye - highlights of week ending 8 November - Pearson Study finds brains of girls and boys are similar, producing equal ability - UKEdChat Outdoors education for those in a hurry - UKEdChat NASUWT opens hotline for teachers to report concerns about pupil indiscipline - NASUWT College will pay the cost of FE loans for victims of a subcontracting scandal - FE Week Chevening Internship Programme - GOV.UK We must understand the root causes of dyslexia - Times Educational Supplement | TES In the news 8 November 2019 - UCU Early years - Labour - National Education Union Exploring instructors’ contributions to Massive Open Online Courses - BERA Youth Commission: education and employment support for young people - Learning & Work Institute Political impartiality shouldn't silence our teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sixth-formers are treated like second-class citizens - Times Educational Supplement | TES The Tes Podcast: Ofsted, funding and MFL revival plans - Times Educational Supplement | TES Breaking down education spending in England - FFT Education Datalab British universities must stand up to Chinese pressure - Financial Times Headteacher bans games of tag because it’s ‘too tough’ - Metro University of Dundee principal steps down following claims of failure to pay rent - Scotsman Ofsted faces complaint over ‘oversimplified language’ in new reports - Schools Week University nightclub bans white T-shirt socials over offensive slogans mocking murder and sexual assault victims - Independent Cardiff school seals gates 'to stop child being taken' in police standoff - Wales Online Dundee University principal steps down over missed rent payments allegation - Herald Scotland Ofsted watch: Inspectors find learners unaware they are on an apprenticeship - FE Week Every Welsh state school pupil can get Microsoft Office for free - Wales Online Troubled Manchester sixth form college in merger rescue talks - FE Week Failing academies ‘left in limbo’ as lack of sponsors causes ‘bottleneck’ - Schools Week Pre-U, A-level equivalent favoured by private schools, to be scrapped - Schools Week The SNP’s blinkered approach to Scotland’s education crisis is unsustainable - New Statesman Schools told to reschedule flu vaccinations as nasal spray deliveries delayed - Schools Week Pre-U exams to be axed - Times Educational Supplement | TES How can something as complex as character be taught? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hotline for teachers' concerns about pupil indiscipline - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted's framework asks way too much of primary staff - Times Educational Supplement | TES The term ‘privilege’ has been weaponized. It's time to retire it | Robert Boyers - Guardian ‘Game-changing’ public sector internet access technology earns award - Jisc Ofsted praise environment in new inspection reports - FE Week Revealing the human cost of a disastrous FE policy - FE Week Workers told to repay thousands for construction course they ‘did not take’ - FE Week Williamson repeats dodgy stat 24 hours after warning - Schools Week Coupland to replace Berragan as IfATE chief next week - FE Week One in 10 students 'misses school due to bullying' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Part-time jobs for sixth-form students down by half - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted 'failed to act' on sex assault fears - Times Educational Supplement | TES School funds no longer key issue, say Tories - Times Educational Supplement | TES Blacklisted academies boss is working with schools again - Schools Week College lowers expectations over £1.4m legal battle with Nigeria - FE Week Students at work need support too - Wonkhe Student welfare and safeguarding are issues of quality - Wonkhe To advance AI, move slowly and fix things - Times Higher Education | THE ‘Location-specific’ blocks on journal access could be OA ‘interim solution’ - Times Higher Education | THE Nobel winner: don’t just listen to economists with ‘stake in the system’ - Times Higher Education | THE Ex-Labour MP to run as independent after being dropped over LGBT teaching row - Guardian More than one in 10 children miss school due to bullying - Mail Oxford porter ‘asked black graduate if he had robbed college’ - Times Scotland: Plea for laws to tackle pupil mistreatment - Times