News archive for 17th February 2020

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Who is Baroness Berridge? 8 facts about the new academies minister - Schools Week Baroness Berridge confirmed as new academies minister - Schools Week Gillian Keegan appointed apprenticeships and skills minister - FE Week Guidance to educational settings about COVID-19 - DfE Department for Education ministerial portfolios confirmed - DfE Storm Dennis: School submerged under water as head makes all-night rescue attempt - Mirror 'Levelling up'? Try tackling the causes of inequality - Times Educational Supplement | TES Yellow Label Service moratorium extension - GOV.UK Educational psychology funded training - DfE Sex ed? Best leave it to Chlamydia Cath... - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils at Holly Willoughby's old school to complete 50 fun activities to combat screen addiction - Mail Cambridge's Trinity College lawn dug up by Extinction Rebellion - BBC Extinction Rebellion dig up Cambridge University lawn - Independent Apprenticeship funding bands - Education & Skills Funding Agency More than half of applicants say universities should make offers after students receive results - UCU UK's biggest ever university strikes as staff begin 14 days of walkouts on Thursday - UCU Extinction Rebellion protesters dig up Cambridge college lawn - Guardian Sport research uses magic of Disney to encourage girls to play football - Leeds Beckett University Unions criticise government’s “short-change” pay proposals - Voice Letter to the Prime Minster - National Education Union Unions criticise government’s pay proposals - National Education Union Online CPD programme launched to support staff delivering new essential digital skills qualifications - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Employers across the country sign-up to become School Governor Champions - Education and Employers UK HEIs can “shape a new national identity” - PIE News Action research: Closing the gap between theory and practice - BERA MPs to consider plans for SEND and mental health watchdog - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Assessment overhaul: time to ditch pen and paper exams for good - Jisc Turning the page on paper notebooks creates a digital dilemma - Jisc NFER awarded major grant funding for teacher supply research - NFER Extra money for education in N. Ireland - BBC Supercomputing services to drive scientific breakthroughs - Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) V&A Museum of Childhood to close for £13m revamp - Guardian Performance-related pay for teachers 'has failed’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pay plans will 'short-change' most teachers, say unions - Times Educational Supplement | TES Study identifies three types of early years professional - Nursery World New documentary series explores the life of babies - Nursery World Taking the apprenticeship route to an engineering future - Unionlearn Unions warn the DfE: Don’t short-change experienced teachers - Schools Week Who is on Teacher Tapp? (And why?!) - Teacher Tapp Why teachers in Ghana need to relax more! - Teacher Tapp Ministerial roles emerge in new-look DfE - Times Educational Supplement | TES How to avoid GCSE exam malpractice - Times Educational Supplement | TES FE sector welcomes new minister Gillian Keegan - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools need not close if coronavirus is suspected - Times Educational Supplement | TES University strikes in Scotland: why universities are striking, which ones are taking part and all the UCU strike dates - Scotsman Mandarin dream: The UK pupils vying for a trip to Beijing - BBC Renewed calls for skills tax credits as budget looms - FE Week The levy: change should be evolutionary – not revolutionary - FE Week Young carers 'average £12,000 of unpaid work a year' - BBC Struggling readers slip through the net in secondary school - UKEdChat 'I was always told I was unusual': why so few women design video games - Guardian Students say they don't understand university offer-making. This must change | Julia Buckingham - Guardian Filling careers advice gaps would make university applications fairer - Universities UK UK universities face pressure to reform admissions process - Guardian Workers forced to quit the jobs they love - Nursery World The employment of PhD graduates in the UK: what do we know? - HEPI WorldSkills bootcamp: what does it take to be a competitor? - FE Week Coronavirus: What are settings doing about it? - Nursery World Classroom learning and apprenticeships: A twin level 2 offer for 16-18 year olds - FE News Teaching’s ‘Oscars Night’: Get your nominations in - Schools Week After the storm: Who clears up when academy trusts collapse? - Schools Week Universities fear loss of policy focus as ministerial roles split - Times Higher Education | THE Plan S does the wrong things to the wrong people - Times Higher Education | THE Humanities scholars warn over UKRI’s plan for open-access books - Times Higher Education | THE Where’s the value debate about to go next? - Wonkhe Alterni-TEF: who does best on alternative graduate outcomes measures? - Wonkhe Confidentiality is a question of confidence - Wonkhe Who is new higher education minister Michelle Donelan? - Wonkhe How to manage student complaints without NDAs - Wonkhe Is space the final frontier in higher education value? - Wonkhe A bit of honesty with the new minister wouldn’t go amiss - Wonkhe Universities brace for lasting impact of coronavirus outbreak - Times Higher Education | THE Cambridge caught in crossfire of US-China tech war - Financial Times Welsh language education scheme rolls out across Wales - BBC Coronavirus: Guidelines issued for confused teachers - Times More schools turn to Oxbridge entry experts - Times Oxford dons and dean of Christ Church in feud over email slurs - Times Budget 2020: Hospitality sector calls for business rates and apprenticeship levy reform - City AM