News archive for 9th November 2019

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'Any fool' can get into university, leading head says as he accuses elite institutions of peddling 'illusion' of high standards - Telegraph Labour promises 1,000 new Sure Start children's centres - PoliticsHome Challenge misconceptions – 10 things every teacher educator should know - Teach First Podcast 61: The links between poverty and attainment - Teacher Toolkit Why A-level English should include books in translation - Times Educational Supplement | TES Union identifies 17 areas set for school funding rises - Times Educational Supplement | TES '4 out of 5 constituencies face school funding cuts' - Times Educational Supplement | TES The challenges for early career headteachers: establishing a position on teaching and learning - JohnTomsett Former RSC joins Ormiston academy trust - Schools Week Upskilling our workforce means upskilling our teachers first - FE Week NEU study re constituency school funding - National Education Union Pre-U exams used as A-level alternatives are being scrapped - Mail Most schools in England worse off next year than in 2015, study says - Guardian Four school headteachers are earning more than £200,000 a year - The Sun Unions publish school funding constituency league table to sway voters - Schools Week Homesick students turn to dog walking - Times Dundee University boss Andrew Atherton resigns amid bullying row - Times Up to 40 Vietnamese teenagers trafficked from private schools - Times Ireland: Students seeking mental health help at universities up 60% - Times Scottish law graduates earn half that of Oxbridge peers - Times Tough alternative to A levels ditched - Times Poorer pupils learn to benefit from Classics - Times Educating the excluded - Times Times letters: Importance of students studying history - Times