There's no easy way of saying this. I've loved being in this relationship. And I want you to understand, it's not you, it's… restructuring.
This is the last Cribsheet.
But why, why?
Well, we're having a bit of a shake-up in the education bit of the Guardian. So I thought it might be a good idea to use this last email to explain how things are looking for 2012:
Jeevan Vasagar (education editor) and Jessica Shepherd (education correspondent) will continue to bring you education news, in the paper and online.
And Alice Woolley, editor of Education Guardian, commissions features and opinion for the Tuesday section in the main paper and online.
I'd also like to draw your attention to our two networks for education specialists: the Guardian Teacher Network and the Higher Education Network.
• The Teacher Network - launched in February this year and headed by distinguished education journalist Wendy Berliner - provides teachers with tons of free teaching resources, plus news and blogs from the sector. It already has nearly 70,000 members. You can upload your own lesson resources for other teachers to use - and offer blogs to emma.drury@guardian.co.uk.
• The Higher Education Network is a professional online community for those working in the sector. It provides comment, insight, best practice, analysis and a space where you can discuss the issues that matter in your working life, whether you're in an academic or administrative role. For more information and to get involved, drop an email to the editor Kerry Eustice at kerry.eustice@guardian.co.uk and follow @gdnhighered on Twitter.
What will I be doing? I thought you'd never ask.
I will continue to work in education for the Guardian, concentrating on universities and students. There are big plans in the pipeline - please follow me (@judyfriedberg) on Twitter and I'll let you know how things are progressing. I'll also be keeping up a steady flow of education snippets and cheap sarcasm.
Education news from the Guardian
• Warwick Mansell has visited Downhills primary, the north London school under the spotlight because Michael Gove is insisting it become an academy - against the wishes of parents, governors and staff.
Downhills is not far from the only school in this position. In Haringey alone, three other schools have been given an ultimatum to accept academy status or have it forced upon them.
• Secondary school league tables will be out next month, and Mike Baker predicts a spot of turbulence as the government abandons the value-added measure which took account of social factors that affect performance. How useful are the tables going to be to parents trying to select a school?
• David Eastwood, Birmingham vice-chancellor, takes a look at the state of the higher education sector and finds himself thinking of sausages…
• Short courses are helping adults establish second careers, Lucy Tobin reports, and demand is soaring for everything from drumming to shoe-making.
• Looks like some progress on the pensions front. Keep up to date with the latest developments on Andy Sparrow's live politics blog.
Education news from around the web
• Do one last thing for me and watch this. It's a "digital nativity", it's completely brilliant and, of course, it's very educational.
• A professor at Colombia University in New York says he's been fired for giving actor James Franco a poor grade, the Telegraph reports. Jose Angel Santana doled out a D after Franco failed to attend almost all of his classes. Santana says other professors gave Franco high grades - and that the university wants high profile celebrities on their courses.
• Scruffy teachers should be ordered to smarten up in the classroom, says Sir Michael Wilshaw, the Mail reports.
"I think it's patronising to children for staff to dress poorly."
• Al Jazeera is showing a documentary called Mohamad at Eton tonight at 10.30 (or watch it online). Mohamad attended a UN-funded school in the Rashidieh Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon. His life changed completely when he won a scholarship to Eton. Filmed with unique access to the school, director Shehani Fernando follows Mohamad over his first year of sixth form.
• Pupils at the Morley academy in Leeds will be given a lesson by TV science star Professor Brian Cox, after winning a national competition, which saw them beat thousands of other teachers and schoolchildren, the Huffington Post reports.
University Guide 2013
As we prepare the next Guardian University Guide, we invite universities and colleges to check that we are on the right track when it comes to matching subjects with cost centres and Jacs codes – the subject categories used by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (Hesa). Please enter your university's details via our dedicated website.
Education seminars from Guardian Professional
The Guardian Teacher Network runs training sessions for teachers throughout the year in Yorkshire and London. Upcoming courses include:
Preparing for inspection under the new Ofsted framework
Are you ready for the new Ofsted framework due to take effect in January 2012? Led by a highly experienced inspector, this seminar will explain the new framework in detail and provide step-by-step guidance to help you plan for the next inspectors' visit.
January 24 in Yorkshire. March 6 in London.
• For a full list visit the Guardian Teacher Network
The Guardian's education centre
The Guardian runs a range of free workshops for primary and secondary children as well as adult learners and further and higher education students. Visitors to the centre can become reporters and editors and will create their own newspaper. History workshops that draw upon the newspaper archive are also available, as well as science and environment lessons.
Our insight into journalism course focuses on all aspects of digital journalism including writing and editing for a news website, the relationship between print and web journalism, live blogging, the use of social media, podcasting, video production and new platforms and channels. Throughout the day delegates will meet a range of journalists and editors as well as taking part in a hands on session where they will learn video editing skills.
The next course takes place on 10 February 2012, London
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