ISC Daily News Summary

Warwick School teacher Chris Bond shares some teaching tips in the TES magazine.

Numbers rule (TES magazine)

A survey by Cambridge's student newspaper Varsity suggests that 49% of undergraduates have plagiarised work whilst studying at the university. The university is now planning to introduce special plagiarism detection software to tackle the problem.

Half of Cambridge students admit cheating (Daily Telegraph)
We're cheats, admit half of students at Cambridge (Daily Mail)
Cambridge cheat shock (Daily Mirror)

More than 340 children are suspended for violence against other pupils every school day in England, figures highlighted by the Conservative Party show. Official data from June this year shows that 65,390 pupils were temporarily excluded for violence against their classmates in 2006-7.

Many violent pupils not expelled (BBC News Online)
Thug pupils record (Sun)

Ofqual, the new exams watchdog, has said that 90% of schools had to contact one of the three main exam boards during the summer after mistakes and mishaps that led to millions of papers having to be reprinted.

Exam board errors caused havoc (Times)

The Home Office has announced that universities and colleges will need a licence to enrol foreign students as part of plans to clamp down on illegal migration.

Licences to clampdown on fake overseas students (Guardian)
Migrants 'uni visa' (Sun not online)

A planned strike which would have left thousands of pupils in the Highlands and north-east of Scotland without school buses has been suspended. Glasgow Caledonian University has issued a funding warning over controversial plans to relocate to one of the city's most deprived areas.

School buses keep rolling after drivers' strike is called off (Scotsman)
Doubts over Caledonian University campus move (Herald)

Ready, steady, teach - Time to hang up the white coat (TES magazine)
Does X hit the spot in academy consultations? (TES)
Teenagers want more realistic lessons on sex (TES)
Schools are hit by more 'ministerial fiddling' than any other public sector (TES)
Ofsted praise cannot save former 'hell school' (TES)
Six-month ban for demeaning language (TES)
'New teachers ill-equipped to deal with special needs pupils' (TES)
No Sats proves bad for the Bard (TES)
Verdict: Not so Sure Start (TES)

A giant Lego man is attracting attention on a beach in Brighton - but mystery surrounds how it got there. It is presumed to have washed up on the beach, but whether it has come from a cargo ship or from across the Channel is not clear.

Giant lego man appears on Brighton beach (Daily Telegraph)
Pictured: The giant 6ft Lego man who washed up on the beach (Daily Mail)
This Lego man's all washed up (Sun)