…technology, economics, and computer science courses. Six months after graduation, engineering and technology graduates will earn starting salaries £8,800 (55%) higher than design and creative arts graduates, and £8,000 (49%)…
Oliver Wright: You wouldn’t give your child untested medicine, so why would you give them an untested education?
…at least as good as, those previously available. Without such evidence, new drugs are not licenced and new treatments not sanctioned by the NHS. Now compare this to the world…
Many popular teaching practices are ineffective, warns new Sutton Trust report
…are some clear pointers in the research to approaches that are most likely to be effective, and to others, sometimes quite popular, that are not. Teachers need to understand why,…
Improving the learning of teachers
…A Sutton Trust review found that over a school year poorer pupils gain 1.5 years’ worth of learning with very effective teachers compared with 0.5 years with poorly performing teachers….
Nurseries to be given £300 for poor infants with launch of Early Years Pupil Premium
Reporting for the TES, Helen Ward mentions the EEF in an article regarding the Early Years Pupil Premium. Schools, nurseries and childminders will receive extra funding to help disadvantaged infants…
Social mobility tsar: four-in-10 mothers and fathers ‘should receive parenting classes’
…be introduced because as many as four-in-10 mothers and fathers struggle to raise their own children, according to the Government’s social mobility tsar. Alan Milburn said it should be “the…