News archive for 15th August 2021

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The teachers and staff banned from working in Wales' schools and colleges - Wales Online Boris Johnson intervenes over visas for Afghan students - Guardian Swimming club helps scholars fight rising tide of managerialism - Times Higher Education | THE University World News - UK and global edition: week ending 15th August 2021 - University World News Scottish Government warned exam ‘reprieve’ must not be temporary - Scotsman Expert report says 'do-or-die' GCSE exams should be axed completely - Mirror Foreign Office blocks Afghan students from UK scholarships - Guardian Sturgeon told to ditch plan to allow 4-year-olds to change gender without parents consent - Express Eton teacher sacked for refusing to take down YouTube lecture is cleared of professional misconduct - Mail Northern Ireland battles brain drain of young graduates - Financial Times Call for reform: Students leave uni with over £50k student debt and huge skills shortage - Express Experts want end of 'unfair' and 'stressful' tests that don't 'measure what's important in pupil's futures' - Mail Reducing the anxiety: Lose the glare - UKEdChat A ladder of citizen participation - Teacher Toolkit Ofsted publishes annual report and accounts 2020-21 - Ofsted Another Gavin Williamson performance to forget - Guardian Afghan students' fears as UK axes exchange - putting them 'at risk from Taliban' - Mirror UK scholarships for Afghan students paused - BBC Let’s not return to flawed exams. We have better ways to assess our children - Guardian Dental students in England offered £10,000 to switch university - Observer Private schools extend Olympic medal lead but Eton stumbles - Schools Week Covid Scotland: Return to school may be ‘traumatic’ for some children - Scotsman Covid: 16 and 17-year-olds in England to be offered jab by 23 August - BBC Education experts: ‘End do-or-die exams for teens’ - The Times Covid vaccine for teenagers before school returns - The Times Boarding school fees soar by twice inflation - The Times Free speech victory for Eton teacher Will Knowland sacked over gender lecture - The Times Stephen Bleach: Why are girls cleverer? You can find the answer in a ring-binder - The Times Scotland: Ditch the gender books for four-year-olds, say women’s group - The Times Exams to return for Scottish pupils in 2022 - The Times