Cribsheet 17.10.11

Let your imagination run wild - in our Innovation Conference

Guardian Education is organizing a conference next month we would like to save Cribsheeters - especially if you work in a management position in a school. This is called Innovation in Education, focusing on how to keep the creativity in schools in an era of austerity and traditionalism.

is the third year we have run the conference and the program is very similar - we will discuss the implications of cutting technology in schools, how the changes could affect the curriculum innovation education and imagination, and the importance of adequate training and support for teachers. We have a good mix of school leaders and policy makers to come along and speakers include Russell Hobby, Jim Knight, Stuart Graham, Mick Waters and David Puttnam. Oh, and I will be president.

told me that if you book before the end of this week, you get 20% discount - so hurry to our innovation in education and registration page. You can also follow them on Twitter @ InnovateEducate for the latest information. So be nice to see you there.

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Guardian and The Observer

. It is not our kind of store? The campaign for a grocery store in Nairobi, born to become the 108th Chancellor of Cambridge ended in defeat when the results posted outside the Senate House was a comfortable victory for the favorite, the billionaire philanthropist ER, grocer, Lord Sainsbury.

and the University of Reading just this second announced its new president, the chief inspector of current and former "servant of the civilian higher education nationally," David Bell. In their enthusiasm for reading took a Biog including the news that Bell is an "occasional dancer country of Scotland." Staff dining room can never be the same.

Bell is one of four civilian officials of higher education, to announce his departure, the Telegraph.

. Bob Lambert, academic expert on Islamophobia and a prominent voice for progressive causes, has been unmasked as a former spy who controlled a network of undercover cops in the political groups. The disclosure is ahead of a major review of the use of these methods is published on Thursday, following the revelations about Mark Kennedy, the officer who spent seven years embedded in the environmental movement.

. Oxford students Philippa young master said to the audience why he left as -. There is no sense to me, but maybe I'm missing something

. However, it is a wonderful piece in The Observer about a teacher, Erastus Rwatangabo, killed with his colleagues in the Congo. Tim Adams The author recalls his first meeting:

Rwatangabo noted immediately. Level of higher education in history and articulate in several languages, has led to the idea of ??a different future for this plateau in its approach and easy grin. For much of the week, traveling with him in the high plateau, it seemed that nothing and no one knew it, we find an adult who does not hang on his words, any child who wanted to keep his hand.

locals called "Captain", but his mission had been a soldier. Rwatangabo was a fighter of hope and education, in a place where there was little of both.

The group had traveled to a rural school to show teachers how to promote reconciliation and to break down distrust, when they were ambushed by a gang of thugs and brutally murdered. Children in crisis has created a page for Rwatangabo educational work and will support the families of the dead.

. Master / blogger Emma Jones made an impassioned plea for the FAME (the Friars Minor ethnic achievement grant) -. The cut affects the most vulnerable students, says

"Across the country and in all public services, working behind the scenes as the government cuts affect the majority. Every time a minister says it's reducing "unnecessary" or states that want a service "Back to Basics" is the work that benefits the poor lost. "

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News around the web

. St. Paul, a prestigious co-payment from London, the chapel was demolished to make way for new science classrooms, becoming the first major private school in the country without a cult . The Bishop of London is in shock, according to the Telegraph.

. The Telegraph also has a useful breakdown of the UUK report shows a significant increase in the number of foreign students in British universities. . Sarah Teather hosts free parenting classes in three areas of study by experts in education and open to the world, reports the BBC.

. A director of Kent warns that it will ban girls skirts, especially if you insist on using so many words, independent reports. Claire Owen, director of Herne Bay High, said he feared that some students are "put themselves in danger," and believes that they are aware that the dress could "give the wrong message."

Kidscape

But spokesman Peter Bradley said that by suggesting the skirt length is a factor in sexual assault, schools could endanger girls. These messages might give teens a false sense of security that the use of more "appropriate" clothes make sure:

"Records of attacks against women and girls in recent years have not kept their skirts up or down."

. Hundreds of children are permanently excluded from school should be part of a new trial "to improve their education," said Department of Education. Administrators in about 300 schools are responsible ensure that students are excluded from receiving a decent education. Brian Lightman is the ASCL (@ brianlightman) said:

"We look forward to this pilot program, and the key question is whether there are sufficient funds to enable schools to put in place high quality service for students.

If you have many other responsibilities

schools to act as a deterrent against exclusion, which would be a step backwards. "

. Always interesting Canadian blogger Joe Mower (@ joe_bower) publishes a link to this video with Alfie Kohn author discusses his latest book, Feel-Bad Education, which provides a snapshot of students ranges from boredom and anxiety.

. Compass has taken new shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg to speak at their next debate in Westminster, education for the good society, tomorrow at 18:30 at Portcullis House.

teacher training seminars

The Guardian Teacher Network organizes training sessions for teachers throughout the year in Yorkshire and London. Upcoming courses include:

think your school become an academy?

This seminar will provide an independent view on the advantages and disadvantages of converting the status of the academy. We will see in the conversion process, the implications of the state of academia, and the support and funding available. November 30 in London. February 21, 2012 in Yorkshire

protect young people in the digital age

led by experts from the school of digital security, this one-day course will provide updates protection policies and Ofsted criteria and look at the social media which offers practical advice to help your school to develop its policies in digital security. February 1, 2012 in London. February 8, 2012 in Yorkshire.

For a complete list, visit

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