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BBC News: Education
- Fees rise 'didn't boost teaching'
Higher university fees have not boosted teaching time at England's universities, research suggests.
Gove pushes for performance pay
Teachers' pay in England and Wales could be linked to performance and set at different local levels, under proposals set out by the government.
Early school entry 'detrimental'
Schooling in England should not start until the age of six because having formal lessons too early can put bright children off learning, research claims.
Sexting threat comes from peers
A report commissioned by the NSPCC suggests that children are coming under pressure from friends to post explicit pictures.
Teachers' performance pay doubts
There is no clear link between performance pay for teachers and raising standards in schools, says an international survey.
Special needs budgets for parents
Parents in England are to be given more financial control over support for their children with special educational needs.
Ministers end contract with A4e
The government terminates a contract with welfare-to-work company A4e after deciding that continuing would be "too great a risk".
Limits on schools' biometric data
Schools in England will be banned from taking pupils' fingerprints and using face-recognition technology unless they get permission from parents.
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Department for Education
- Government sets out case for reforming teachers’ pay
Education Secretary Michael Gove has today submitted evidence to the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) – the independent body which makes recommendations on teachers’ pay reforms.
Parents given power of veto on schools’ use of biometrics
New advice to schools will make clear that they will no longer be able to use pupils’ biometric data without parental consent. The advice, launched today for consultation, comes into effect from September 2013.
Hundreds of employers bid for £250m skills training pilot
The Government's Employer Ownership pilot received 269 bids for a share of a £250m fund allocated to routing public investment directly to employers for investment in skills and training required to grow their businesses.
The changes to SEN support for 2014
Parents will have a new right to buy in specialist special educational needs (SEN) and disabled care for children from 2014, the biggest change to SEN for 30 years.
Adoption scorecards show the extent of delays across England
Hundreds of children are forced to wait an average of 20 months from entering care to moving in with their adoptive parents – six months slower than the timetable set out in national guidance, according to official figures published today.
Ending the Ofsted annual Children’s Services Assessment
The Government has today laid the draft Legislative Reform (Annual Review of Local Authorities) Order before Parliament. This will remove the requirement on Ofsted to conduct annual assessments of local authority children’s services.
Protecting children from commercialisation and sexualisation
The Government has today set out new measures protect children from the creeping tide of commercialisation and sexualisation in society.
Children and Families Bill to give families support
Information about how the Children and Families Bill will help parents, families and children/young people with SEN.
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Education Guardian
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University students spend no more time with lecturers than six years ago
Huge amounts! Veterinary science degrees are five- to six-year courses, and don't expect much time off between each of them. You will have to under...
Poll of 9,000 university students shows undergraduates still spend only 13 hours a week with teachers despite tuition fee rise
University students in England spend almost no more time with their lecturers than they did six years ago, despite paying three times as much in tuition fees, a study has shown.
A poll of more than 9,000 students by the Hi...
That Science for the Future lobby of parliament: A view from a participant | ...
Cyrus Hirjibehedin: The new disconnect between EPSRC research studentships and research grants is potentially catastrophic. And perhaps more constructive than the coffin is the fact that many scientists talked directly to their MPs
Approximately 100 scientists from the group "Science for the Future" gathered at Parliament on Wednesday, 15 May as ...
Michael Gove proposes that schools set own teachers' pay
Education secretary Michael Gove's suggestion would lead to the end of a national pay scale for the profession
England's state schools could be allowed to set their teachers' salaries themselves, the education secretary has proposed, leading to the end of a national pay scale for the profession.
Michael Gove made the suggestion in a submission to ...
How to be a good lecturer: HE live chat
The role of lecturer is an important one but doesn't come naturally to most. Join our panel on Friday 18 May, to explore the how-tos of teaching for new and not-so-new academics
A quick Google search reveals that there are many examples of 'lecturers behaving badly' on YouTube. It would seem students are taking to the site to share footage of aca...
Creating a genuinely sustainable higher education system
The funding system set up to support the increase in tuition fees in England is financially and socially unsustainable
Last year's white paper, Putting students at the heart of the system, built on the Browne review, which sought to put higher education on a sustainable footing.
There has been much debate about what we might call social sustainabi...
Geoengineering experiment cancelled due to perceived conflict of interest
Two scientists involved in Spice project to simulate the cooling effect of volcanoes had submitted patents for similar technology
A controversial geoengineering experiment to simulate the cooling effect of volcanoes has been cancelled due to concern over a perceived conflict of interest with some of the researchers.
The experiment would have injec...
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