News archive for 6th December 2021

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School founded by slave trader Edward Colston will change name - Metro Social mobility chief ‘feels sorry’ for privately educated children who are ‘not taught properly’ - Telegraph If Rod Liddle has the right to lecture Durham students about sex work, where’s my invitation to talk about cats? - New Statesman Young peoples’ rates of reporting online sexual harassment and abuse are ‘shockingly low’ - IOE London Blog Community and reform as a theme in curriculum design – adding dimension to the online world - Advance HE Lessons in how to create a career with purpose - Edge Foundation Analysis: Five charts that explain the state of teacher recruitment - EPI How do you feel? Edurio’s summary of pupil learning experience and wellbeing review - ASCL NAHT response to BEIS consultation: Making flexible working the default - NAHT Young peoples’ rates of reporting online sexual harassment and abuse are ‘shockingly low’ - ASCL Special schools’ and colleges’ experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic: Summer 2021 - NFER Perception is reality: changing how graduates see student finance - HEPI NEU comment on government response to report on measuring child poverty - National Education Union Five ways to: Build fluency - Teacherhead Social mobility tsar feels 'sorry' for private schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ministers step in to ‘step up’ tutoring scheme uptake - Schools Week Covid in Scotland: Primary school closes as Omicron cases rise - The Times Scotland: Pupil census must be withdrawn over sex questions, say Tories - The Times DfE reveals its targets for £377m NPQ and ECF reforms - Schools Week Edward Colston to be erased from the last school in Bristol bearing his name - Telegraph Final Bristol school to shed name of slaver Edward Colston - Guardian Four LSE students awarded highly prestigious scholarships - London School of Economics | LSE Education Secretary addresses Parliament on child safeguarding - DfE Educational challenges faced by children from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller backgrounds: Committee launches call for written submissions - UK Parliament ESRC publishes response to review of PhD in the social sciences - UKRI NHS Covid Pass to be rolled out to 12- to 15 year-olds - Public Technology Ombudsman calls for greater powers to investigate SEND complaints - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Wales: Primary school governors refuse to do council's 'dirty work' - BBC No evidence that ‘brutal’ Ofsted regime works - SecEd Hundreds of calls made to UK helpline about sexual abuse in schools - Guardian Covid Scotland: Omicron cases at Toddholm Primary School - Herald Scotland School founded by slave trader Edward Colston will change its name - The Times Coronavirus: Primary school in Renfrewshire shut after suspected Omicron outbreak - Scotsman Just 20% of school children aged 12-15 have had their first Covid vaccine in parts of London - Mail Labour names shadow schools minister - Times Educational Supplement | TES Durham college head apologises for calling students 'pathetic' for staging walkout over Rod Liddle speech - Telegraph Bristol private school will drop name of slave trader Edward Colston - Mail Colston's School to change its name amid slave trader association - BBC Helen Hayes replaces Tulip Siddiq as shadow children and early years minister - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Heriot-Watt pushes button on online initiative to help bridge skills gap - Scotsman The key battlegrounds for Labour's new education team - Times Educational Supplement | TES The recruitment and CPD trends driving overseas hiring - Times Educational Supplement | TES Murdoch completes Irish swap deal for new vice-chancellor - Times Higher Education | THE Longer PhD funding means UK council will support fewer students - Times Higher Education | THE Helen Hayes named new shadow children and early years minister - Nursery World Stephen Morgan named as shadow schools minister - Schools Week Covid-19: Irish primary school mask policy to be revised - BBC Barely any change to gender earnings gap in last 25 years once you account for increases in women’s education - Nuffield Foundation Movers and Shakers: Edition 372 - FE Week Barely any change to gender earnings gap in last 25 years once you account for increases in women’s education - Institute for Fiscal Studies | IFS Of Mice and Men: When plan A met plan B - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA Keeping the rain off - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA Let’s inspire learners with SEND to realise they benefit employers - FE Week UEA and NHS project to look at Covid's effect on mental health - BBC Mother's blast over safety on university campuses as new charter launches - Herald Scotland Research: How can teaching be made greener? - Schools Week What makes good online teaching? Pupils have their say - Schools Week Higher education research: belonging, history, and practice - Wonkhe The public favours meritocracy when it comes to levelling up and university admissions - Wonkhe Careers 2032: coming together to prepare for the next decade of university careers support - Wonkhe Where next for the e-textbook market? - Wonkhe Higher education research: compassion, openness, and impact - Wonkhe DfE: Monthly statistics on initial teacher training (ITT) recruitment - UCET Three in four girls have been sent sexual images via apps, report finds - Guardian UCU faces challenge on rescheduling lectures lost to strike - Times Higher Education | THE Striking a balance: engaging employers in the skills system to achieve better outcomes for learners - FE News Oxford students rise up against Balliol College over assault claims - The Times Young girls are ‘bombarded’ with sexual images online - The Times Students who staged Rod Liddle walkout are pathetic, says Durham University college head - The Times Scotland: Teachers raise concerns over children’s stress from pandemic - The Times Scotland: Universities still failing, says ‘Emily Test’ mother - The Times