Cribsheet 07.12.11

Children can learn coding - once you have completed the America

Michael Gove, a fan of traditional disciplines, acknowledged that ICT education is outdated and that the computer has a place in secondary education, according to The Guardian games correspondent Keith Stuart ( keefstuart @).

Stuart said that when Gove was speaking to a group of young reporters at the National Conference of the Network of schools last week, admitted:

"One problem we had is that the ICT program in the past was written to a subject that changes all the time.

I think what we have is the computer in the future -. and how it fits in the program is something we should talk with scientists, experts in coding, and with young people on "

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is hailed as a breakthrough in the gaming industry in the UK, which has campaigned for a more relevant education in the schools of Computer Science in the UK.

meantime, Gove aims to promote patriotism, with British history "in the heart of a revived national curriculum" is under fire from the hand of the policy of Michel's blog LSE (@ LSEpoliticsblog). As is the case for patriotism is not a decisive, hand held, should not force young people:

"There is no decisive normative argument for or against the love of country. And until that changes, schools are not trying to cultivate patriotism in children. "

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. Private education perpetuates a form of "social apartheid" and led to a political class from a "separate elite" who can not understand or do not share the views of most people , the annual British social attitudes survey by the National Centre for Social Research warned.

. Jeevan Vasagar reports a new study shows that British schoolchildren are not really falling down the league tables. In fact, math scores have improved more rapidly than their peers in other countries, according to Dr. John Jerrim OIE. Is he right? In reading the history, you do the math.

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. The University of Manchester, Nancy Rothwell Vice-Chancellor said poor performance rankings of satisfaction of university students is mainly due to "a small proportion of staff do not think students are important," says the student newspaper Mancunion (@ mancunion_news). He added that "those who do not like students should not be here, because students are central to this university."

A league table published this year by the National Student Survey lowest among the universities of Manchester in the Russell Group for student satisfaction. (Thanks @ ones_to_watch.)

. I enjoyed this week's edition of the scientific program on Radio 4 yesterday with Uta Frith (@ utafrith), a pioneer of neuroscience research on dyslexia and the autism. Wise, funny and very influential, is a wonderful theme - do not care about its iPlayer if you missed it

. A letter to the Telegraph says giving profit businesses access to state funds to create a system in which institutions pursuing short-term financial gains at the expense of a decent education. Signed, among a huge crowd of others, Sally Hunt, UCU (@ UCU) and Martin Hall (@ vcsalford), Rector of the University of Salford, said:

"In the United States (the higher education system, the government is trying to emulate), the private sector is well established, with students and the taxpayers who suffer the consequences.

profit companies offer graduation rates ridiculously low, crushing debt levels and degrees of questionable value. According to the US Education Foundation, only 20% of students for-profit universities complete a four-year cycle and the same proportion of those who come to pay their loans over three years. "

. The qualification currently required for public school principals from England, not mandatory, the government announced. As directors are not required to have a teaching degree, which means that the non-teaching staff in the state could become principals.

. The University of Oxford tells us that non-binding offers the best package of financial support for poor students from 2012, according to an independent website and the application running today. Consumers Campaign Martin Lewis (@ martinslewis) and his team in the independent working group on financial reporting students have prepared a summary of all packages undergraduate college English financial support for 2012. The results show the support of Oxford is the most generous financial untethered for low-income students of all universities in the country - worth over £ 22 000 in three years

Since we are on Lewis's MoneySavingExpert.com website also tells us:

"A parliamentary debate on the provision of financial education mandatory in schools is scheduled to take place in the main hall of the House of Commons on Thursday of next week.

The news is a great victory for MoneySavingExpert.com because it is a direct result of e-government motion filed asking for money for the necessary classes for children. "

. The Evening Standard reports that Royal Holloway students refuse to let a hallway outside the principal's office to protest against "restructuring plans" of the university say they will reduce the courses and teachers. The protesters say 70 students are involved in the occupation and sleep in the lobby of the university, but said that figure was reduced to four only. A building in Bloomsbury property of the School of Graduate Studies Oriental and African will also be held.

. Open university professors asked his managers to dip into their pockets to help pay for their students, independent reports. It is part of a plan to provide cash assistance to poor students to opt for the "Open" courses that prepare those who are qualified to graduate. Prices are up from 195 pounds to 625 pounds in September.

Sally Hunt (yes, twice a Cribsheet) calls the "fragmentation of care funding policy of the government." Calls

. Archaeology Professor Ellen Adams (@ DrNellyUK) tweets:

"A student wrote me a question while I was lecturing them. What happened to putting your hand? # Deathbytechnology. "

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