Education & Training news

• School with no pupils to close by end of month

  20-03-2024 14:46 via bbc.com
  
  Fountains Earth Church of England Primary School in Upper Nidderdale will close by 31 March.
  
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• Pop! goes the curriculum: songs to inspire primary school children

  20-03-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Keir Starmer is on a personal mission to promote music to the under-11s. From rock’n’roll to Jonathan Richman, our writers suggest songs for an alternative schooling• Charlotte Higgins: ‘Arts funding has collapsed under 14 years of Tory rule. Here are three ways Labour can fix it’Rock’n’roll is nearly 70 years old: it can just sound arcane and distant to ears trained on 21st-century pop. An effective crash course in its revolutionary importance, how it ch
  
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• NI lecturers reject 'insulting' pay offer

  20-03-2024 08:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UCU and NASUWT call on the economy minister to "urgently engage" in talks over lecturer pay.
  
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• Compensate teachers in England for inability to work from home, report says

  20-03-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Research recommends bonus to help retain staff and make up for lack of hybrid working opportunities Teachers should be given a pay bonus to compensate for their inability to work from home and stop the rising numbers attracted away from the classroom for better working conditions elsewhere, according to a report.The research by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) found that very few teachers in England were able to work remotely, putting them at a disadvantage compared with t
  
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• PE teachers retrain in maths to fill school gaps

  20-03-2024 02:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As research warns of maths teacher shortages, schools say they are turning to PE teachers to plug gaps.
  
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• ‘You have to stand out’: six Dagenham teenagers on their future prospects

  20-03-2024 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Final year students from Goresbrook school talk about housing, higher education and social media – as well as hopes and fearsYoung people becoming less happy than older generations, research showsSocial media is like driving with no speed limits, says US surgeon generalZainab Shehzadi has a long list of worries: robots stealing jobs from humans, the damage wreaked on the climate by previous generations, turmoil in other countries, fighting fierce competition to secure a job that pays enoug
  
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• World Happiness Report sounds alarm about the welfare of young people

  20-03-2024 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Lack of education, training and housing is behind loss of gen Z’s traditionally positive outlookYounger people becoming more unhappy than older generationsVivek Murthy: the US surgeon general fighting for youngsters’ happinessSomething is going wrong for young people between the ages of 15 and 24 in the UK, across Europe, the US and Australia.The latest World Happiness Report shows that while not all teenagers and young adults are suffering, a large and growing number cannot cope wit
  
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