News archive for 6th December 2020

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Eton sacking of tutor over 'gender roles' lecture 'could jeopardise the school's charitable status' - Mail Scottish law lecturer hits out after gagging by university over 'trans' comments - Scotsman Swinney urged to 'stop dithering' over exams as opposition seek to force decision over cancellation - Telegraph Scotland: Pupils at Musselburgh Grammar School ordered to stay at home after a cluster of covid cases - Scotsman John Swinney urged to 'end the uncertainty' and cancel Scottish Highers - Scotsman It's time the Government stop walking away from our universities - Telegraph University World News - 06/12/2020 - University World News Music education in UK schools devastated by pandemic, survey finds - Guardian Our diverse curriculum is a source of pride for all our students - Schools Week Support for SEND children hit by £643m funding gap - Times Educational Supplement | TES 2021: Four priorities for FE in the new year - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘We won’t be cash cows’: UK students plan the largest rent strike in 40 years - Guardian How should schools organise Test and Trace? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Advance notice of exam topics comes with problems too - FE Week Revelations! Unveiling the mystique of a super learner - Research Schools Network Understanding the brain - Teacher Toolkit Learning should be hard, but where and how? - Teacher Toolkit Generating political will for educational equity: When it’s all true. But it’s not all the truth - CfEY | Centre for Education & Youth We know the problem. Let’s offer up some solutions. Don’t be Kevin - Teacherhead Free childcare: Needy youngsters may be missing out under landmark SNP scheme - Herald Scotland Universities and business must both commit to greater social mobility - Times Higher Education | THE