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Issue 9.01

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A Comparison Of Academics’ And Students’ Usage Of Twitter In Academic Contexts

The emergence of social media as a new channel for communication and collaboration has led educators to hope that they may enhance the student experience and provide a pedagogical tool within Higher Education (HE). This research by Edge Hill University highlights the wealth of opportunity in social networking sites; for shared academic knowledge, distribution of information, dialogue amongst peers and academic networking. Leadership Briefing Issue 9.01(97)

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Pupil Premium And The Invisible Group

This research by the non-profit company Fischer Family Trust, has found that children who qualify for free school meals for just one year become "invisible underachievers" who receive little government support but achieve similar results to those who remain on free school meals during their entire school career. The research finds clear and significant differences between both attainment and progress (value-added) for pupil premium pupils with different characteristics. Leadership Briefing Issue 9.01(97)

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Social Media – Abuses In The School Environment

The NASUWT teachers union used its 2014 annual conference as an opportunity to draw attention to the impact that misuse of social media is having on teachers. A survey of its members revealed that one in five teachers surveyed had experienced ‘adverse comments’ written about them online. Angela Brumpton from legal firm Hill Dickinson, considers the impact that use of social media and online forums can have in the school environment and offers some tips on steps that can be taken to counter abuse and protect staff. Leadership Briefing Issue 9.01(97)

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Here Be Dragons

This is the sixth annual survey of university vice-chancellors, which looks at how vice chancellors are steering their institutions through the new risks and uncertainties of higher education (HE) markets, and their predicted outlook for their own institutions and the wider sector. The report shows there is a growing sense of grievance from universities towards government. Two thirds of higher education leaders cited government policies as the biggest threat to their future success and the possibility of UK withdrawal from the EU was flagged as a major risk, alongside concerns about future political falling-out with China. Leadership Briefing Issue 9.01(97)

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Chain Effects

This Sutton Trust report looks at the impact of academy chains on low-income students. The report shows that some chains are doing particularly well; with attainment scores for disadvantaged pupils substantially above those of the general run of state schools. However, there are other chains which are performing less well than maintained schools on average, and are not doing enough to improve the prospects of their disadvantaged pupils. Leadership Briefing Issue 9.01(97)

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