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Some newly qualified teachers are working a 54-hour week – putting them on an hourly rate that is only 10 per cent more than the minimum wage, the NEU teaching union said this morning, TES is reporting.

C-Live is a virtual reality computer-generated training aid. It places trainee teachers into a virtual classroom in front of computer-generated avatar pupils.

The Education Secretary is calling on all schools in England to use a free service to advertise teaching vacancies – and invest the millions spent every year on recruitment back into teaching. FE News reports.

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, has welcomed the government’s plans to set up a new independent regulator to make the internet less harmful, but says regulation alone is not the answer. It also welcomes the government’s consultation on the role and remit of the intended regulator, and will be submitting it’s view on this and other aspects of the white paper during the consultation period.

Scientists are preparing to live stream their field work on micro-plastics and ocean acidification to school children around the world to illustrate impact on the oceans and how that is affecting the Polar Regions.

The government has been accused of failing children with special educational needs after a report found funding for pupils had been cut by 17% across England since 2015. The Guardian reports.

Everything is always new in education technology. But the release of a new “EdTech Strategy” from just makes me feel even older than I already do – I remember the release of the last one, in 2005. Wonkhe reports

The use of technology in education will be transformed by a new Government strategy published today to reduce teacher workload, boost student outcomes and help level the playing field for those with special needs and disabilities. GOV.UK reports.

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According to TES, experienced teachers are put under more scrutiny than younger colleagues in order to force them out, warns union.