News archive for 9th April 2021

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Train boys to fight sexism in schools, demands National Education Union - Times - New How well do we understand wellbeing? - CEM | Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring Johnson overlooks universities’ plea for return to campus - Financial Times The work placement challenge is huge - ask employers - Times Educational Supplement | TES News podcast: GCSEs, behaviour, and Easter conferences - Times Educational Supplement | TES Allow exclusions if pupils attack, say teacher leaders - Times Educational Supplement | TES Some pupils won't return to classroom for the start of term on Monday in Wales - Wales Online Making use of the evidence on educational programmes - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Lowering teacher stress through CPD & teamwork - Teacher Development Trust | TDT Congratulations on your engagement - UKEdChat High needs provision capital allocations - DfE £280m capital funding boost for children and young people with SEND - DfE Supporting care experienced students in English higher education: towards a more consistent approach - Office for Students Independent schools and the teachers' pension scheme – additional option for withdrawal - NAHT Strike action on the cards at United Colleges Group in row over working conditions and contract changes - UCU NEU comment on union recognition and Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS) - National Education Union NEU comment on funding for nursery schools - National Education Union Consistency needed: Care experienced students and higher education - Office for Students NEU comment on post-16 sector funding and pay - National Education Union NEU comment on SEND funding and mental health - National Education Union Reflections ten years on from the last PQA review - HEPI Covid-19 and the impact on special educational needs provision - The Educator Banned: Teacher sent student sexually explicit videos - Times Educational Supplement | TES Defining the terms used to discuss the school curriculum - JohnTomsett Teachers need 'immediate' cut to 'devastating' workload - Times Educational Supplement | TES Weekly highlights: Pupil premium row and times tables - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tributes to ‘giant of youth sector’ as Duke of Edinburgh dies aged 99 - CYPN | Children & Young People Now HRH The Duke of Edinburgh: Why my award matters (12 November 2004) - Times Educational Supplement | TES MPs call for review of ‘dangerous’ weighing of primary school children - CYPN | Children & Young People Now ‘Stark warning’ over future of academy teacher pensions - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why unions aren't doing enough to tackle workload - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sugata Mitra: PhD-style vivas should replace exams - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools must be able to exclude pupils who attack teachers - union leader - Mail Are behaviour hubs or phone bans what schools really need now? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Councils to share £280m for SEND provision and improvements - Nursery World ‘No justice’ in pay freeze for Covid's hero teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupil premium changes: Useful or just more paperwork? - Times Educational Supplement | TES NEU: 'We were right to call for Covid school closures' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Autumn exam series a 'costly and unnecessary diversion' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Truth is being trumped by perceptions - what does this mean for our democracy? - Montrose42 Exclusion ‘must still be available’ to keep pupils and staff safe, say NEU leaders - Schools Week Scotland: Devices for all? Give us smaller classes any day - Times Educational Supplement | TES After a year of Covid, a behaviour crackdown is an insult to England's children | Carolyne Willow - Guardian Ofsted chief says school sexual assault allegations could be from ‘crossover’ from outside - Independent Meet John Yarham: The careers guidance champion - Times Educational Supplement | TES Virtual work experience is here to stay, says expert - Times Educational Supplement | TES Academies reveal pupils hit by 'stealth' pupil premium funding cut - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs and A-levels 2021: Old questions ‘may not be unfair’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Election 2021: Pledge to scrap P1 tests - Herald Scotland Here’s what happened when I read every Access and Participation Plan - Wonkhe Is it time we renamed our degrees? - Wonkhe Student watchdog's new head vows to end 'deeply unhealthy' university cancel culture - Mail NEU survey reveals nine barriers teachers face over mental health - Times Educational Supplement | TES Almost 400,000 children sought help for mental health issues during Covid pandemic - Mail DfE to target £20m SEND capital funding at councils with ‘safety valve’ bailout deals - Schools Week £280m for SEND school places and improvements - Times Educational Supplement | TES How can colleges support care-experienced students? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Provide year-round accommodation for care leavers, says regulator - Times Higher Education | THE Covid-19 underlines the need for full open access - Times Higher Education | THE UK ‘needs coherent plan’ for research spending after Horizon row - Times Higher Education | THE Times Higher Education Awards 2021 open for entries - Times Higher Education | THE