News archive for 12th April 2021

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Addressing barriers for STEM students and staff with disabilities - Advance HE Schools urgently need to tackle rape culture by educating pupils about online world - IOE London Blog Universities are accused of lack of support for students facing domestic abuse, despite “high prevalence” in age group - PoliticsHome Are we doing maths today sir?: Making subjects fun makes for better learning - Teach First University of Liverpool staff vote to strike against job cuts - UCU UCU statement on online learning at English universities - UCU NAHT Cymru calls for education to be at the heart of the 2021 Senedd elections - NAHT We are together: students supporting the national effort against Covid-19 - Universities UK Innovation and digital tuition - Nesta Profile: 'Prep schools aren't Hogwarts - we innovate' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus information (updated) - Voice Mental health: Why every teacher must try to be approachable - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tributes for ex-education secretary Shirley Williams - Times Educational Supplement | TES Students ‘deserve better’ amid uncertainty over full summer return, says NUS - Independent Today's school, education and teacher news: LIVE 12/4 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Thumbs down to longer day and shorter breaks - Times Educational Supplement | TES FE heroes: 'The pandemic has led to real connections' - Times Educational Supplement | TES AAC 2021: An opportunity to look to recovery and the future of apprenticeships - FE Week Banned: Teacher who touched colleague’s breast on trip - Times Educational Supplement | TES The next FE commissioner: What I know about leadership - Times Educational Supplement | TES Number of researchers submitted to REF up 46 per cent on 2014 - Times Higher Education | THE NI pupils hoping for return to normality as all year groups back in class - Mail Why reducing exclusions is a curriculum matter - Schools Week Snowflake meltdown: Marking down university students' grammar branded white, male, elite - Express Covid: Should pregnant teachers be going into school? - Times Educational Supplement | TES I banned ball games at break time at my school – and it has almost eliminated bullying - Telegraph All N. Ireland year groups return to school - BBC Scottish election 2021: Greens pledge to scrap homework for primary school pupils - Scotsman Pupils begin full time return in Scotland - BBC Liverpool teacher banned over 'extensive' coursework changes - BBC Mum blasts free school meal box for daughter, 10, full of food she's allergic to - Mirror DfE announces £280m SEND funding boost - CYPN | Children & Young People Now What is the latest Covid-19 guidance for out-of-school clubs and youth services? - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Scrap primary school homework, say Scottish Greens - Times Educational Supplement | TES Banned: Teacher who browsed porn at school - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nursery groups continue to grow, as lockdown eases - Nursery World Why boisterous corridors are a safeguarding risk - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish Election 2021: Move to abolish homework - Herald Scotland Classroom dialogue and behaviour management, hand-in-hand - Headguruteacher Pupils at secondary schools in six Scottish council areas return to classroom - Scotsman Government must lay out a plan for students and end a year of neglect - PoliticsHome Spelling matters - UKEdChat HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, and his support for higher education - HEPI Covid in Scotland: Recovery fears after teachers quit - Herald Scotland Build Back Higher: dialogue and community will return to post-Covid learning - Wonkhe Build Back Higher: the right policy mix for skills, institutions and places will drive the recovery - Wonkhe Build Back Higher: bringing university governance into the 21st century - Wonkhe Build Back Higher: post-Covid university life could be kinder, more inclusive – and less risk averse - Wonkhe Build Back Higher: what the pandemic has taught us about student life - Wonkhe Build Back Higher: is it jam tomorrow for science and research? - Wonkhe Scottish funding debate ‘needed but won’t come before election’ - Times Higher Education | THE Rethinking institutional processes is boring – but the results are liberating - Times Higher Education | THE It’s elitist to mark down bad spelling, universities insist - Times - New 700 Scottish schools not inspected for a decade - Times - New Scotland: Chinese project ‘exposes pupils to propaganda’ - Times - New Coronavirus in Ireland: Teachers ‘at no greater risk from Covid-19 than general population in Ireland’ - Times - New