Daily roundup 29 September: Introspection, ministerial appointment, and radical preacher

Parents should encourage their children to join groups such as the Scouts and Guides to combat the "introspection" caused by social media, a head teacher has said. The Evening Standard reports that Andrew Halls, head teacher of King's College School in Wimbledon, said children were becoming increasingly focused on themselves rather than being part of society, which apps such as Instagram and Snapchat encourage.


Sir Theodore Agnew has been appointed as academies minister at the Department for Education, replacing Lord Nash who has left government. Agnew, who is stepping down from his position as chairman of the Inspiration Trust, which sponsors schools in Norfolk and Suffolk, will be given a life peerage.


A British imam who told children that martyrdom was better than school has been jailed for supporting the so-called Islamic State. The BBC reports that Kamran Hussain, 40, gave radical sermons at a charity-funded mosque in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent. He preached "hatred and division", the Old Bailey heard.


The current generation of young people struggle to make ends meet, and are losing hope, a report by Young Women's Trust has found. The report found that 32 per cent of young people feel more anxious than they did last year, with worries including leaving the EU, being able to buy a home in the future, and their current financial position.


A set of jargon-busting guides that teach children about their rights on social media sites has been published. The BBC reports that children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield said Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, WhatsApp and YouTube had "not done enough" to clarify their policies. In simplifying the websites' terms and conditions, Longfield's version contained "a number of inconsistencies", said Instagram.


The Welsh Government has announced that they will offer more funding to tackle youth homelessness and rough sleeping across Wales. The  South Wales Argus reports that cabinet secretary Carl Sargent has confirmed that an extra £500,000 will be added to an existing £2.1m to tackle the issue, which will be allocated to various homelessness projects alongside supporting people to find private housing.