News archive for 17th August 2021

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Schools told when to 'think about' extra Covid measures - Times Educational Supplement | TES Effects of SWPBS undetectable in the long-term - Best Evidence in Brief We need better ventilation to help combat the spread of Covid, teachers warn - Evening Standard Remote Scottish island looking for headteacher for three pupils - Independent Education research: Why collaboration beats competition - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE outlines new Covid case ‘thresholds’ to prompt extra controls in providers – but their use is optional - FE Week Classrooms in England ‘urgently’ need air filters, school unions say - Guardian Scaling up early childhood interventions - Best Evidence in Brief The importance of parental involvement in enhancing children’s literacy level - Best Evidence in Brief Transitions, retention and progression – second podcast - Advance HE The value of inspiration, mentors and a supportive environment for a new NTF - Advance HE Scotland begins programme to deliver a laptop or tablet to all schoolchildren - Public Technology Cambridge University invites practitioners to share their experiences of working with two-to-five-year-olds - Nursery World Education unions make joint call for urgent action on ventilation in schools - NASUWT University and college staff tell PM to open up Afghanistan refugee route - UCU New guidance from ACAS on disability employment rights for employers and employees - NAHT Education unions make joint call for urgent action on ventilation in schools - ASCL Debating the first principles of English vocational education - Edge Foundation What happened in schools in a bumper results week? - Teacher Tapp Vitamin N: The missing ingredient in the 21st-century curriculum - UKEdChat Jisc to support Office for Students-funded mental health initiative from the Open University - Jisc Nottingham to buy out Malaysia campus partner in £23.5 million deal - Times Higher Education | THE Open consultation: Building Bulletin 100 - fire safety design for schools - DfE Protective measures for holiday or after-school clubs and other out-of-school settings for children during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak - DfE Do grade inflation and fair access mix? - Office for Students Update to UKRI fEC grant and training grant terms and conditions - UKRI Students need to be taught the skills of tomorrow, not the skills of today - Wonkhe Ten things we learned from May’s OfS board papers - Wonkhe Disabled students: the experts we forget we need - HEPI Youth unemployment begins to fall as Covid-19 restrictions lift - CYPN | Children & Young People Now DfE outlines new Covid case ‘thresholds’ to prompt extra controls in schools – but their use is optional - Schools Week Improving the general language skills of second-language learners in kindergarten - Best Evidence in Brief Urgent call for Covid-safe ventilation in schools - BBC Eton College: No sanction for former teacher in masculinity row - BBC DfE behaviour push risks 'inaccurate' view of schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Wanted: Head teacher at the UK's 'most remote' school near Shetland, Scotland - Herald Scotland Free bike scheme launched for every Scottish pupil who can't afford one - Scotsman UK medical schools must teach about climate crisis, say students - Guardian Global Britain needs to improve its language learning - Financial Times A levels: No.10 discussing numerical grades for 2023 - Times Educational Supplement | TES SNP proposes making powers to close schools and introduce lockdowns permanent - Herald Scotland Academic sues university for discrimination after being sacked for ‘racist’ tweet - Metro Girls better than boys in maths: Record-breaking A-level and GCSE results - Express Remote island school needs new headteacher to oversee just three pupils for £59k a year - Mirror Take ‘urgent action’ on school ventilation, unions tell government - Schools Week Covid: What will school be like in the new term? - BBC ‘Shocking’ inaction on school ventilation, say teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Remote UK island offers £57,000 for headteacher at school with three pupils - Metro Student protests prompt college into review of certain A-level grades - FE Week From A-levels to pensions, algorithms make easy targets – but they aren’t to blame - Guardian Teaching union rails against Gavin Williamson's bid to make schools 'mobile-free' zones - Mail Two in five university staff anxious about returning to in-person working - Herald Scotland Urgent action needed on ventilation in schools - National Education Union PSNI to alert 60 County Down schools of domestic abuse incidents - BBC Evaluation of the Mental Health Challenge Competition: Interim report to the Office for Students - Office for Students Supporting student mental health through collaboration and evaluation - Office for Students University staff support cautious start to term and demand action on excessive workloads - UCU Mental health: How we helped student teachers during the pandemic - Times Educational Supplement | TES Supporting students to take control of leaked explicit images - Schools Week DfE sprinklers plan leaves most schools ‘exposed to fires’, warn campaigners - Schools Week Academic who was sacked after incendiary tweet about right-wing commentator sues for discrimination - Mail Covid: Summer schools help students make up for lost time (video) - BBC Exodus: battle-weary heads have had enough of the DfE - Independent Keep wearing masks on campus and in class, scientists urge - Times Higher Education | THE Academics ‘upped grades to help students cope with online shift’ - Times Higher Education | THE University of St Andrews will hire sex assault counsellor to help students - The Times Covid in Scotland: University staff ‘anxious’ about return to campus - The Times Ireland: Guests at TCD graduation ceremonies must have had jabs or a Covid test - The Times Ireland: Religious education should not be compulsory, say third of RE teachers - The Times