News archive for 22nd April 2021

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Over 20,000 children had fallen from the school register by last autumn's reopening - Telegraph New Head of Department for Psychology and Human Development appointed - IOE London Blog Questions about PISA 2018, part 3: How representative is the data for England and Wales? - IOE London Blog Government’s education statistics “seriously flawed” - IOE London Blog Questions about PISA 2018, part 1: In Scotland, were key changes taken into account? - IOE London Blog Questions about PISA 2018, part 2: Did certain schools select out of the study in England and Northern Ireland? - IOE London Blog Daring outreach during risk adverse times - Advance HE Embracing intersectionality to interrogate and action equality, diversity and inclusion in teaching and learning - Advance HE Promoting inclusion through Sutton Trust programmes - Sutton Trust PISA 2018: Did certain schools select out of the study in England and Northern Ireland? - FFT Education Datalab PISA 2018: How representative is the data for England and Wales? - FFT Education Datalab PISA 2018 in Scotland: It’s all a bit of a mess - FFT Education Datalab Society for Education and Training shortlisted for Association Excellence Awards - Education & Training Foundation The Third Functional Skill: We should embed digital skills in all learning activities - Education & Training Foundation More people would prefer their children to learn a trade than go to university – poll - Social Market Foundation | SMF Why it is important for schools to support EAL learners to mitigate language and learning loss and how best to do it - Bell Foundation The Early Career Framework is exceptional support for NQTs - Teach First Government white paper on adult education and skills is a missed opportunity - Nuffield Foundation Employers needed to update general welder apprenticeship - IfATE NEU comment on Government's plans to slash overseas aid - National Education Union NEU Cymru calls on the next Welsh Government to fully fund the new curriculum and ALN reform - National Education Union We need an evidence-based expert approach to the post-pandemic recovery of young people - BERA Mark Corver: Predicted grades and university admissions - HEPI Report: Not just other people’s children: what the public thinks about vocational education - Social Market Foundation | SMF Roar! for Diversity winners announced - Premier League Primary Stars Kirsty Williams – an education minister who sought to build bridges, not break them - Education matters Exams: John Swinney 'sympathetic' to more ongoing assessment - Herald Scotland Chartered Institution for Further Education relaunches - FE Week What's the point of DfE behaviour advisers, ask heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES Today's school, education and teacher news: LIVE 22/4 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Catch-up tsar: Don’t 'force' more hours on teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Accelerate’ £30k teacher starting salary pledge, says government’s recovery tsar - Schools Week Students say they have been ‘mis-sold’ degrees as they demand blanket tuition fee refunds - Telegraph Why theory must come before practical lessons in FE - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs and A-levels 2022: Ofqual undecided on 'full-fat exams' return - Times Educational Supplement | TES New and returning students urged to apply now for student finance - Student Loans Company Early years funding: 2021-2022 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Functional Skills qualifications conditions, requirements and guidance updated - Ofqual Building the regulatory picture: understanding student experiences and concerns - Office for Students Universities Minister Michelle Donelan MP to appear before Education Committee - UK Parliament Student leaders call on competition watchdog to take action over fee refunds - Mail UK student unions call for Covid refund process to be simplified - Guardian Sarwar accepts criticism over private school policy - Times Educational Supplement | TES The accuracy of pupils’ rapid Covid tests revealed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Quarter of Covid fund is recycled DfE cash - Times Educational Supplement | TES Developing a culture of collective knowledge building with students - Learning Scientists Exeter University tops the list for student sex assault reports made to Everyone's Invited 'rape culture' website - Mail GCSEs and A-levels 2021: How Ofqual will police schools' grading - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish election 2021: Labour manifesto for education - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why state teachers' pensions could be under threat, too - Times Educational Supplement | TES Does flexible working mean the same hours for less pay? - Times Educational Supplement | TES NSPCC invites Scottish primary schools to join online Ant and Dec assembly teaching children about abuse and neglect protection - Scotsman Stephen Lawrence Day: Baroness Doreen Lawrence hails ‘engaged’ pupils on anniversary of son’s death - Evening Standard Psychologists highlight importance of play among young children - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Marcus Rashford launches budget cooking campaign for disadvantaged families - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Trussell Trust hands out record number of food parcels during pandemic - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Magazine podcast: Hope, activism, managing keen staff - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE and A-levels: Ofqual reveals quality assurance evidence requirements - Schools Week How DfE's £10m school behaviour hub cash will be spent - Times Educational Supplement | TES Train teachers to constructively challenge authority - Times Educational Supplement | TES College Covid testing: Positive results remain steady - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupil hacked into computer and changed grades as GCHQ begins cyber security training for school staff - Mail Government White Paper on adult education and skills is a missed opportunity - Institute for Fiscal Studies | IFS Report: Big changes ahead for adult education funding? Definitely maybe - Institute for Fiscal Studies | IFS Stephen Lawrence Day 2021 - Voice Cheating 'essay mills' could be criminalised - Telegraph Russell Group universities set out principles to protect free speech - Russell Group IFS publish ‘Big changes to adult education funding? Definitely maybe' - AoC responds - AoC | Association of Colleges Classrooms are vital to the fight against racism - Schools Week UCAS cautiously recommends a move to post qualification offers - Wonkhe How to do more than the bare minimum on harassment and sexual misconuct - Wonkhe Post qualification offer making is nearly as good as the current system - Wonkhe UK Statistics Authority needs to investigate serious flaws in England's Pisa data - Times Educational Supplement | TES Skills White Paper a missed opportunity, says IFS - Times Educational Supplement | TES Concerns over 'potential bias' in Scottish Pisa results - Times Educational Supplement | TES Low achievers 'excluded' from England's Pisa data - Times Educational Supplement | TES Augar review: Government plans ‘modular’ approach to HE - Times Educational Supplement | TES LEYF launches sustainability qualification to create 'green champions' - Nursery World 2 Staff campaign to save Brighton University nursery - Nursery World 2 Marcus Rashford calls for free school meals guarantee over summer holidays - Mirror Elite universities vow to fight cancel culture to protect 'diversity of ideas' - Mail Cheating 'essay mills' could be criminalised under Government plans - Telegraph UK universities urge government to be ‘proportionate’ in free speech legislation - Guardian Maths scores in world education rankings inflated for England and Wales – study - Guardian Don’t let the AEB 90% funding threshold catch you out! - FE News Parents say children should ditch degrees and train for a trade - Times - New Australia warns UK over essay mills hacking university websites - Times Higher Education | THE UK parents ‘want children on vocational courses, not degrees’ - Times Higher Education | THE Ucas warns against delaying applications until after results day - Times Higher Education | THE Free speech must remain at the heart of UK higher education - Times Higher Education | THE