Former education secretary Damian Hinds has been appointed a Department for Education (DfE) minister of state following yesterday's government reshuffle and the departure of schools minister Nick Gibb. Mr Hinds' exact portfolio is yet to be confirmed. By Charlotte Santry, Tes. 

In an exclusive interview with Tes following his decision to stand down as schools minister, Nick Gibb outlines what he is proud of and reflects on the challenges he has faced in the role. By Jon Severs.

The Times includes a feature on Magdalen College School, which introduced a workshop for parents exploring reasons why children may lie and how to address this. The session, run by a psychologist, was created to pre-emptively tackle the problem of parents disbelieving the school if their child is punished and lies about the reason. Expanding on the reasons for the move, master of the school Helen Pike says: "We know that there are all sorts of theories of mind and developmental reasons why children may not tell the truth. And so we thought about how we could address this with parents in a supportive and non-confrontational way." She adds: "Sometimes we feel that parents can push children further down a particular path of reasoning — or alleged facts — than they might otherwise have gone. It can make it harder for them to own their actions later, because the parents have taken a quite hardline stance about the integrity of their child." By Nicola Woolcock.

The UK universities system is causing a divide between British and foreign students, according to Professor Shitij Kapur, vice-chancellor of King's College London. Professor Kapur warns that if universities fail to attract more international students, who pay higher fees, they may have to replace UK admissions with international ones - potentially leading to a divisive discourse. By Catherine Lough, The Telegraph.

Writing in Schools Week, safeguarding expert Mubina Asaria explains why and how schools must work with families to keep children safe online. Ms Asaria refers to a number of links and resources offering advice to schools and parents, including CEOP Education, Common Sense Media, Internet Matters and the NSPCC. Mubina Asaria is an online safeguarding consultant at LGfL - The National Grid for Learning.

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