The best universities in the UK for job prospects
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/11500022/The-best-universities-in-the-UK-for-job-prospects.html
Why teachers are so angry: Botched education reforms, increased workload, meddling ministers…you name it!
Even the ATL, the most moderate teaching union, has been on strike twice during the lifetime of this government. Its leader, Mary Bousted, tells Richard Garner what action is needed to defuse the discontent http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/why-teachers-are-so-angry-botched-education-reforms-increased-workload-meddling-ministersyou-name-it-10134089.html
DetailsTeachers urged to ‘disengage’ from promotion of British values
Association of Teachers and Lecturers’ conference told that government guidance after Trojan horse affair in Birmingham was ‘political posturing’ http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/mar/30/teachers-urged-to-disengage-from-promotion-of-british-values
DetailsQ: What makes Finnish teachers so special? A: It’s not brains
David Cameron argues we need to train the smartest to teach. But Finnish universities select only 10% of applicants – and not the cleverest http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/mar/31/finnish-teachers-special-train-teach
DetailsThe revolution that could change the way your child is taught
Doug Lemov believes great teachers are made, not born – and his ideas are transforming education http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/mar/11/revolution-changing-way-your-child-taught
DetailsLSE threatens student protesters with legal action to end occupation
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/mar/29/lse-threatens-student-protesters-legal-action-occupation-university
University league tables 2015 – by subject
http://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2014/jun/03/university-league-tables-2015-by-subject
The world’s best teacher lives in rural Maine and doesn’t care about test scores
Nancie Atwell opened the Center for Teaching and Learning 25 years ago to make the classroom a place for ‘wisdom and happiness’. Last month her emphasis on student choice and self-expression earned her the Global Teaching Prize, dubbed the Nobel Prize of teaching http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/mar/23/worlds-best-teacher-nancie-atwell-maine-center-for-teaching-and-learning
DetailsThe war against humanities at Britain’s universities
Higher education is stuffed with overpaid administrators squeezing every ounce of efficiency out of lecturers and focusing on the ‘profitable’ areas of science, technology, engineering and maths. Are the humanities at risk of being wiped out? http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/mar/29/war-against-humanities-at-britains-universities
DetailsBrighten up your maths lessons with Times Tables Clustars
https://news.tes.co.uk/b/tes-professional/2015/01/09/re-energise-your-math-classes-and-department-with-times-tables-clustars.aspx