Cribsheet 13.12.11

Promises are like babies: easy to make, difficult to offer

is clear that universities are working their socks to attract students who want to be wary of debt. Many are implementing marketing campaigns that promise hard to sell the land - and especially the holy grail of employability -. To attract international and local students even more precious

But complaints from students up to 30%, will damn sure they can offer. Harriet Swain wrote an excellent article on the dangers of sailing too close to the wind.

Education

More news from The Guardian

. No new community schools can be created in the policy of the coalition ... or can they? Lepkowski Dorothy meets a group of parents who have found a way to establish a secondary school, and I wondered if others could follow. Parents Katherine Knight, said:

"We are totally apolitical. We are not interested in ideology or create a unique kind of school, or students away from other attractions. We just wanted a school that teaches the national curriculum and that our children can go directly to children. "

. Approximately one in 100 high school students of age suffer from myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), results in the medical journal BMJ claim open. Many more children than previously thought lost a lot of education, because they were diagnosed with MS, say researchers who studied 2855 11 to 16 students from three high schools in and around Bath .

Fatima D'Oyen .

, Director of Education Manara, responded to our recent history of the growth of Muslim education, which focused on school. She writes:

"The creation of Muslim independent schools, which continue to receive only 4% of Muslim children, represents a maturation of the British Muslim community rather than a" worrying "trend, or the threat of "division." It also represents a proactive attempt to address low levels of success in our communities. The truth is that unsensational pose no threat to public schools or society. "

. The filmmaker Masood Khan, visit one of the first Muslim primary schools in British school, Iqra Slough, whether children are prepared for life in a multicultural society.

Fiona Millar

. examines how gaps open for selection again in the admissions process. Notes that one of the first articles he wrote for The Guardian in 2003, was on school admissions

"The words of the judge then schools, Philip Hunter, rang in my ears ever since." Left to themselves, "he says," schools is always the result of luxury. "The government says that the political bias in favor of the poor. This is not the first time, what they do is very different from what they say."

. Joanna Moorhead discovers

that children are supposed to give their teachers for Christmas -. All of a turkey to a computer (very expensive), it is

. And Polly Curtis is actually controlling the notion that girls prefer pink innate. Apparently, Hamleys has abandoned separate floors for children after a Twitter campaign accused of operating "gender apartheid." New signs in the store now state what type of toys are sold on each floor, instead of suggesting that you should play with them.

Teacher Network The Guardian

teaching ... Of Christmas. More and more red excitation, we have a wealth of resources to keep students join the party until the final bell rings.

Education

News around the web

. The BBC reports that the premium for disadvantaged children, pupils in schools in England will rise next year to £ 600 per student from the current 488 pounds, the government announced.

. The primary and secondary schools have difficulty recruiting directors, a study conducted by Education Data survey reveals. The Mail reports that nearly one fifth of secondary schools and over a third of the primaries are still trying to fill the positions advertised last year.

Hobby

The NAHT Russell (@ RussellHobby) said:

"Leadership is a wonderful job with the challenges and satisfaction in equal measure. We want people to become chefs and experience the unprecedented power to make a difference in the lives of young people.

> Against this is the prospect of a pay cut of 20% in real terms over the next four years - despite the objectives of increasing the more hours, an increase in threats of violence and less safety "

. The Senate of the Queen Mary University of London, became the latest to approve a faculty vote of no confidence in the universities minister David Willetts, reports Los Angeles. He urged the government to stop the execution of the reforms is described as having the potential to "inflict serious and irreversible damage" in the area.

. A timely warning of the Daily Mash: alcohol leads to absurdities scientists. Scientists are 100% more likely to say that the influence of alcohol, so obvious. Obvioushly.

. I follow on Twitter by something called @ RedwoodsDK. His profile reads:

"Redwoods Dowling Kerr is the first UK dealer of child care. We also specialize in the sale and purchase of houses and dog kennels and breeders."

University Guide 2013

In preparing the next Guardian University Guide, we encourage universities and colleges to ensure that we are on track when it comes to subjects that correspond to cost centers and codes Jacs - the subject categories used by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). Please enter your contact school via our dedicated website.

teacher training seminars

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

Preparation for Ofsted inspection under the new

Are you ready for the new Ofsted framework, which will take effect in January 2012? Led by an experienced inspector, this seminar will explain the new framework in detail and provide step by step to help you plan the next visit of the inspectors. "

January 24 in Yorkshire. March 6 in London.

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