News archive for 3rd September 2019

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'Digital technology helps us learn more', say students - Times Educational Supplement | TES Wanted: New NASUWT teaching union leader for £98K post - Times Educational Supplement | TES Cash to close attainment gap ‘until at least 2022’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children without bed of their own or enough clothing struggle at school, report warns - Independent GCSEs may need a grade 10, private school chief suggests - Telegraph Complaints against leading exam boards double in two years - Schools Week I have the answer for needy students | Sara Tor - Times Statement on education funding - UK Parliament Ministers questioned on school holiday poverty - UK Parliament A spending round that works for all children - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Extra SEND funding must boost support for deaf children, say campaigners - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Why getting out of the classroom matters - Financial Times GCSEs may need grade 10, say private schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES 54% want last all-girls state school to stay single-sex - Times Educational Supplement | TES Study suggests BTECs are scored too generously - Schools Week University staff balloting for pension strikes £240,000 worse off as costs rise and benefits cut - UCU DLL por favor! - Best Evidence in Brief What are the professional qualities of a teacher? - Teacher Tapp Nudging proves difficult to scale up - Best Evidence in Brief The impact of refugees on local children - Best Evidence in Brief Does Girls Active lead to active girls? - Best Evidence in Brief The government’s one-year spending round: looking beyond the big numbers - EPI Are some qualifications scored too generously? - FFT Education Datalab Dame Mary Ney appointed to conduct college financial monitoring review - Education & Skills Funding Agency Drug abuse among the young 'isn't falling' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Williamson's 'crack team' to improve school discipline - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why private schools are less privileged than you think - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools are asking too much of teachers - Financial Times How to talk to your children about sexual consent - The Conversation The worrying accounts of mums who say they go hungry to feed their children in the summer holiday - Wales Online Students need better preparation for digital careers, Jisc survey suggests - Jisc Making skills count during Maths Workout Week - Unionlearn Gove and Cummings honed their dark arts in education. Now they’re using them to trash the country - Guardian “income-driven” loan repayment? Maybe we should just raise taxes - HEPI Primary heads condemn baseline tests as ‘utter madness’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Majority of parents unaware of new T levels - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted plan to inspect ‘cultural capital’ in schools attacked as elitist - Guardian What are the school term dates for 2019? - Metro If the university regulator is reviewing admissions, it needs to tackle Oxbridge - Guardian Jo Johnson under pressure over Brexit after prorogation move - Times Higher Education | THE Regulator under fire as providers await registration decisions - Times Higher Education | THE Education technology is political – we need professionals to make it work - Wonkhe Food banks increasing in schools for pupils' families - BBC Chancellor to announce £210m funding boost for nurse training - Mail Apprenticeships better than university, majority of parents claim - Mail School heads criticise new reception tests for five-year-olds - Guardian Women in science: 'Go for it' - BBC DfE launching T-level campaign next month as over half of parents haven’t heard of them - FE Week Most primary heads 'negative' about introduction of Reception baseline - Nursery World Sex education worth more than price of a pencil sharpener | Almudena Lara - Times Don’t be afraid to expel unruly pupils, Gavin Williamson tells head teachers - Times DfE: New digital application service for prospective trainee teachers - UCET