News archive for 3rd December 2021

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Steve Besley's Education Eye: week ending 03 December 2021 - Education Eye Report: Women and men at work - Institute for Fiscal Studies | IFS ‘Heartbroken’ professor accused of transphobic views quits Open University - Telegraph Northern Ireland: People with learning disabilities 'living a nightmare' - BBC I know that teaching computing is making a difference - Teach First SIMS legal bid considered by 100s of schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Primary school pupil confirmed to have Omicron as booster jabs spark hope - Mirror Omicron in Scotland: School inspections on ice again - Herald Scotland IOE statement on the UK Government response to the ITT Market Review - IOE London Blog Disabled Students’ Commission and Advance HE mark International Day of Disabled People - Advance HE The SEND Review ought to find out why so many young people are in local authority commissioned alternative provision - FFT Education Datalab How do we increase the graduate workforce in early years? - Early Education England’s nativity plays Covid guidance ‘unhelpful’, say school leaders - Guardian Parent-teacher relationship vital to home schooling - UKEdChat Scotland: What is the school 'sex survey' row about? - BBC Scotland: School inspections will not go ahead as planned - Times Educational Supplement | TES Roundtable discussing digital skills - Collab Group Findings from the 2021 UK Engagement Survey - Advance HE A scholarly sojourn in autoethnography, or just navel gazing? - BERA The teaching of languages - HEPI Five ways to: Do daily review - Teacherhead BBSRC backs the research talent of tomorrow - UKRI TRAC review makes recommendations to reduce regulatory burden - UKRI Supporting pupils’ recovery from the pandemic – Education Committee inquiry on Government’s catch-up programme - UK Parliament National Highways launches specialist concrete qualification with the University of Derby - GOV.UK Podcast: Adult training reforms, degree apprenticeships and the new shadow education secretary - FE Week Science free school with no RE lessons put in special measures - Schools Week Severe’ early years workforce shortage sparks childcare crisis, EYA data shows - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Government terminates Rainsbrook STC contract - CYPN | Children & Young People Now London nurseries and childminders urged to take part in survey to understand the pressures they face - Nursery World Four more leaders wanted for behaviour hubs expansion - Schools Week Government urged to appoint minister for youth employment as school-leavers face jobs ‘crisis’ - Independent Major academy chain appoints interim chief executive - Times Educational Supplement | TES Omicron, nativities and the DfE: Another fine mess - Times Educational Supplement | TES Top Scottish schools revealed by Sunday Times Schools Guide - Scotsman Higher technical education belongs in colleges – let’s prove why - FE Week Scotland: Call to prioritise teacher voices over national bodies - Times Educational Supplement | TES NHS called on to aid T Level placements crisis - FE Week Employer-led skills bodies must be open to scrutiny - FE Week Move into apprenticeships loses university’s ‘outstanding’ ranking - FE Week EEF publishes final report from NFER on the Impact of the pandemic on Key stage 1 pupils’ attainment - NFER Covid: Call for face masks to be compulsory in Isle of Man schools - BBC EEF publishes report on the impact of the pandemic on Key Stage 1 pupils’ attainment - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF NEU comment on report looking at pandemic impact on Key Stage 1 pupil attainment - National Education Union Students facing ‘significant dial-down’ of GCSE and A-level grades, sparking backlash fears - i News The Sunday Times Schools Guide 2022 - see top schools in Scotland - Herald Scotland Bishopbriggs Academy named state secondary of the decade - Herald Scotland ASCL comment on EEF research into pandemic impact on key stage 1 pupil attainment - ASCL Today is International Day of People with Disabilities - ERSA Report: Impact of school closures and subsequent support strategies on attainment in Key Stage 1 - NFER School league tables: the best UK primary and secondary schools revealed - The Times Bristol alumni student tackles 'toxic' student rental market - BBC Sector leaders urge quicker rollout of repeat level 3 adult offer - FE Week Why we need the return of exams — and not the scrapping of GCSEs - The Times Scots ministers face councils' backlash over sexually explicit census questions for kids - Herald Scotland Why advisory boards – and your vote – matter - Schools Week Zahawi wants parents warned on ‘repercussions’ of school absence - Schools Week Podcast: Strikes, blended, transfers - Wonkhe Fee refunds are a sideshow in this dispute - Wonkhe More catch-up cash 'needed for 3-month reading gap' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Staff absences having ‘massive impact’ on pupils in England say head teachers - Guardian Study shows younger pupils remain three months behind in reading amid pandemic - Mail Majority of school leaders say staff absences are barrier to catch-up - Mail Stern reforms made REF more burdensome than ever, v-cs complain - Times Higher Education | THE Abdulrazak Gurnah: I wanted to write and be an academic - Times Higher Education | THE Teachers earn less in England, unions told as pay row grows - The Times Scotland: Jordanhill school in Glasgow named top of class - The Times Covid in Scotland: Pupils freeze in bitterly cold classrooms - The Times Coronavirus in Ireland: Pupils ‘freezing’ because of Covid ventilation - The Times ITT criteria: FAQs updated (3 December 2021) - UCET