News archive for 25th August 2021

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Covid: Returning school pupils asked to take regular tests - BBC DfE hires 'attendance advisers' to cut school absence - Times Educational Supplement | TES Short university courses to provide flexible training - DfE Schools warned over shortage of hot meals as delivery driver crisis worsens - Mirror ESFA Update: 25 August 2021 - Education & Skills Funding Agency More than a quarter of parents with under-fives struggling to balance work and childcare - EYE | Early Years Educator Unspun: Scottish school league tables cannot measure work behind numbers - Herald Scotland How can we close the digital equity gap? - FE News Teacher education faces five big challenges in coming years - Wonkhe Back to school: Parents and pupils delighted at return - BBC Critics of league table should consider Welsh example - Times Educational Supplement | TES £24m funding for industrial studentships - UKRI Children and schools need good teachers more than ever - Wonkhe Schools call for 'high-quality ventilation equipment' fund - SecEd Post-16 funding: An extra £570m needed just to tread water - SecEd Funding, laptops and diversity at heart of Build Back Better manifesto - SecEd IOE undergraduate students win national awards for their work - IOE London Blog Advance HE begins sector consultation to develop a global leadership survey and framework - Advance HE New research from Salvation Army shows 'one in three deprived areas locked out of ‘levelling up’ funding' - ERSA Open consultation: Teacher misconduct - the prohibition of teachers advice - DfE I was bullied at school – teachers need guidance to help trans kids feel safe - Metro Covid in Scotland: Return of schools 'fuelling' record case numbers - BBC Scotland: New Covid rules fuel concerns over safety in schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Planned changes to teacher misconduct guidance: What you need to know - Schools Week Schools set to bring back masks, bubbles and tests if Covid surges next month - Mirror 5G remote robotics tech with worldwide potential rolls out in Scotland - Scotsman Upskirting set to be 'relevant offence' in teacher bans - Times Educational Supplement | TES Expert explains how kids are more 'robust' than parents think when starting school - Mirror Poorer families struggling to access childcare - survey - Nursery World Scotland: We want to avoid school closures ‘at all costs’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Over 1,300 penalties issued for VTQs in one year - Times Educational Supplement | TES Early years settings and special schools to benefit from ventilation plan - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Providing choice and flexibility for a lifetime: Higher Education Short Course Trial Challenge Competition - Office for Students Higher education short course trial: Challenge Competition - Office for Students Colleges sought to create new ‘short’ courses in ‘important’ subjects - FE Week Why a skills-led Scottish recovery powered by partnerships in education sector is vital - Herald Scotland Scottish Government to avoid closing schools 'at all costs' - Herald Scotland Autism: University of Cambridge launch UK's largest ever study - BBC Back to school: How will schools be kept Covid-safe this term? - BBC EEF publishes latest reports - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Spelling lists – to send home or not? - UKEdChat ‘I’m lost’: poorer pupils lose university places after A-level grade surge - Guardian Listen to students on their own terms - HEPI 10,000 autistic people to take part in the UK’s largest study of autism - Cambridge Network Poorer parents more likely to be worried about lost lessons amid Covid - Mail T Levels capital fund: wave 3 – successful applications - DfE £50 million to deliver world-class facilities for T Level students - DfE Humanities are essential in foreign policy - Wonkhe T-level support funding for 2022 announced - Times Educational Supplement | TES Call to cut teacher timetables by 20% in poorest areas - Times Educational Supplement | TES Reduce teachers’ timetabled hours in most disadvantaged schools, says Teach First - Schools Week 45 T Level colleges sharing £50m to refurbish teaching spaces - FE Week Shortfall on England’s teaching costs ‘could impact research funding’ - Times Higher Education | THE Schools told to stay open, scrap bubbles and keep testing pupils for Covid - The Times Flexible student loans will fund multiple skills courses - The Times Head teacher faces jail over illegal Islamic private school - The Times Scotland: Lecturer wrong to send emails wanting ‘toxic’ student to leave - The Times Kenny Farquharson: Ignore naysayers, school league tables are vital - The Times