News archive for 27th April 2021

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Heads back call for breakfast club expansion - Times Educational Supplement | TES University accused of ignoring reports staff had 'repeated affairs' with students - Telegraph The aftershocks of our children's 'lost year' are clear – here's how parents can help - Telegraph Some teachers need 'complete break' not summer schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Former Makar Liz Lochhead lashes out on the teaching of her work in schools and the 'absolute idiots' at the SQA - Scotsman Crawley College shooting: First picture of hero teacher who bravely confronted gunman - Mirror GCSE languages plan could lower standards, expert warns - Times Educational Supplement | TES Who needs Erasmus? UK in talks with Ivy League universities for new student exchange plan - Express British university campuses feel like '1930s Germany' for Jewish students, minister warned - Telegraph Gavin Williamson must lead on anti-racism, says report - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why Scotland is getting it wrong on phonics - Times Educational Supplement | TES Conservative MPs call Bristol University a ‘hotbed of antisemitism’ - Guardian Scotland: SNP ‘fails to grasp’ racism in schools - The Times Nine in ten parents believe early years sector is underfunded, MPs’ survey finds - EYE | Early Years Educator Labour launches ‘big conversation’ programme on early years - EYE | Early Years Educator Is now the time for open educational resources? - Wonkhe 62,000 reception-age pupils in England to take part in early language programme - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Level 2 business admin apprenticeship replacement could arrive as soon as September - FE Week Everyone’s Invited: Why we’re not surprised about the #MeToo movement in UK schools - IOE London Blog Early years funding levels not sustainable, MPs warn - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Two-fifths of primary schools sign up for DfE-funded speech and language programme - CYPN | Children & Young People Now 62,000 reception-age children in England to take part in Nuffield Early Language Intervention - Nuffield Foundation Lockdowns badly affect children’s speech and language skills - and can have long-term effects - Scotsman How each party would change exams, free school meals and tuition fees - Wales Online ASCL comment on latest school attendance statistics - ASCL Update on maintained nursery school funding - NAHT Hot drinks, pigeonholes and… what does the future hold for young people? - Teacher Tapp New teachers’ responses to Covid-19: Getting by or getting ahead? - BERA NFER statement on summer schools - NFER How we talk about the ‘value’ of higher education should change as the next spending review hoves into view - HEPI UCU to hold public meeting on fighting Warwickshire College Group closures - UCU Understanding mental health and transforming college culture - AoC | Association of Colleges Essay corruption on an industrial scale - Wonkhe I read every paper in the first issue of the Journal of Controversial Ideas - Wonkhe Understanding assessment (part two): Building student agency - Headguruteacher Tory MPs urge minister to intervene over campus ‘antisemitism’ - Times Higher Education | THE 'Not enough' poorer pupils have tutors, says Oak head - Times Educational Supplement | TES Williamson: My vision for T levels to be international - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Could sewage help to stop Covid outbreaks in schools? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Are teachers' lunch breaks under threat now, too? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sturgeon fails in ‘defining mission’ to close education attainment gap - Financial Times Roundtable: Mental Health & Wellbeing in FE – priorities post-pandemic - FE Week Covid leaves Reception pupils struggling, teachers warn - Times Educational Supplement | TES Primary school attendance back to pre-pandemic levels - Times Educational Supplement | TES School attendance bounces back to pre-pandemic levels, DfE reports - Schools Week Half of catch-up tutoring yet to start - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs 2021: Ofqual 'conscious' of teacher workload - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofqual boss: Submitting grade check samples ‘should not take too long’ - Schools Week London has to avoid 'lost generation', colleges say - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children's language skills 'plummet during lockdown' - Mail £1.8 billion to keep schools in top condition - DfE Ofqual confirms detail on submitting grades and evidence for this year’s GCSE, AS and A level grades - Ofqual Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: 23 March 2020 to 22 April 2021 - DfE Students in Wales can apply now for student finance - Student Loans Company Profile: Rachel de Souza, Children's Commissioner - Schools Week Should the Further Education Trust for Leadership be replaced? - FE Week Donna Coleman died after Covid ran riot at Burnley College. Should it have been open? - Guardian Lockdowns hurt child speech and language skills - report - BBC 9 in 10 parents think early years sector underfunded - MPs' survey - Nursery World 2 New project to test effectiveness of early childhood studies degrees - Nursery World 2 Half of young people want earlier return for students in England - Times Higher Education | THE For lifelong learning to work, students must own their educational data - Times Higher Education | THE EU-backed tool to combat cheating in online exams finally ready - Times Higher Education | THE Course closures ‘inevitable’ consequence of Westminster policy - Times Higher Education | THE Schools to share £1.8 billion for building improvements - Times Educational Supplement | TES Majority of parents say funding is not enough for nurseries to stay sustainable - Mail OFSTED ITE update (April 2021) - UCET