News archive for 8th December 2021

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Durham students demand the sacking of professor after he branded them 'pathetic' in free speech row - Mail Don’t take kids out of school or cancel nativity plays, says Boris Johnson despite Plan B restrictions - The Sun Will there be school closures as Covid Plan B unveiled? - Express Education department chief admits December staff party - BBC Christmas holiday hunger concerns raised in the House of Keys - BBC Using numbers in a nursery: Tamsin's story - National Numeracy NASUWT comments on 'Plan B' Covid announcement - NASUWT Covid plan B: Lack of school measures 'disappointing' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Catholic bishops call on Scots ministers to withdraw pupils' sex census - Herald Scotland Rod Liddle demands a 'grovelling apology' from Durham University - Mail UK educators look to support students from countries added to red list - PIE News ESFA Update: 8 December 2021 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Monthly statistics on initial teacher training (ITT) recruitment - DfE Entire year group at Maesteg Comprehensive sent home over covid related staff shortages - Wales Online Cabinet Secretary to investigate Department for Education's party, official says - Mail Handing Turing Scheme to Capita a 'terrible' decision, says Jo Grady - UCU Capita undercuts British Council to run Turing student exchange scheme - Guardian Why our children’s handwriting is in crisis - Telegraph Heriot-Watt unveils new online platform - PIE News Disruptive relations with the EU and institutional resilience in the UK and Switzerland - IOE London Blog New CPAG report reveals barriers to Universal Credit for disabled students - AoC responds - AoC | Association of Colleges Covid: Will schools close again? - The Sun Big changes to staffing patterns at UK universities over past two decades - Nuffield Foundation Omicron: How are pupils being kept Covid-safe? - BBC This is what councils are saying about whether pupils can exchange Christmas cards and gifts in school - Wales Online NEU comment on Treasury Evidence to Pay Review Bodies - National Education Union We need a plan B for schools and colleges now - National Education Union Spotlight on: Withington Girls’ Science Communicator Programme - Independent Schools Council | ISC The future of the teaching workforce - NFER The impact of travel poverty on education - HEPI Loneliness and collegiality in the academy: Isolated by a neoliberal ideology - BERA Helen Hayes appointed as new shadow children and early years minister - EYE | Early Years Educator BERA publishes its strategic plan for 2021-2026 - BERA Ofsted: Too many vulnerable children left at risk of harm for far too long - EYE | Early Years Educator Ofsted annual report: ‘Almost all children felt the impact of Covid-19’ - EYE | Early Years Educator Developing the UK PEMD skills landscape - UKRI Cabinet secretary to investigate DfE Christmas party, says top civil servant - FE Week Cambridge institute's fellowship 'supports black scientists' - BBC Cabinet secretary to investigate DfE Christmas party, says top civil servant - Schools Week Three long-term areas of focus for primary catch-up efforts - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pandemic ‘worsening inequalities’ for children in the north of England - CYPN | Children & Young People Now East London council praised over ‘inclusive education work’ - CYPN | Children & Young People Now County lines crackdown may criminalise exploited children, campaigners warn - SecEd School leadership supply ‘teetering on the brink of collapse’ - SecEd The missing 3,659: Troubling decline in teacher training recruits - SecEd What post-16 FE can and cannot do to tackle the adult social care crisis - FE News Podcast: Behaviour management special - FE Week Covid 'worsened' the outcomes of children living in the North of England - Nursery World Disappearing WhatsApp messages raises fears for children over abuse, bullying and porn - Evening Standard Don’t do your own curriculum deep dives, Ofsted urges - Schools Week Disabled students ‘could be forced out of education’ by new Universal Credit rules - Independent Gavin Williamson team's response to their own Christmas party vastly different to No 10 - Express How the Covid pandemic has left a generation of 'ghost' pupils - Express Gavin Williamson 'hosted lockdown-breaking Christmas bash' - Mail Sexual harassment 'routine' in Wales' secondary schools, report finds - Wales Online ASCL Cymru comment on Estyn report into peer-on-peer sexual harassment - ASCL Durham student union demands professor resigns over Rod Liddle talk - Mail Northern Ireland: Faith-based schools 'necessary for diverse society' - BBC Wales: Pupils pressured regularly for nude photos, Estyn report finds - BBC Education Scotland adds its weight to exams reform calls - Herald Scotland The future of REF: Driving a culture to maximise high-quality research and impact - Wonkhe School leadership supply ‘on the brink’ as headship aspiration ‘plummets - Schools Week Bosses in £25m tutoring scheme 'face the sack' after whistleblower tells MPs the system is 'dysfunctional' - Mail 2:00 p.m. - Public Accounts Committee to hear evidence about the financial sustainability of schools in England - Accountability Hearings ‘Student experience’ roles speed expansion of professional ranks - Times Higher Education | THE Multinational running England’s catch-up tuition 90% below enrolment target - Guardian Durham University students ask for content warnings after row over Rod Liddle speech - The Times Covid in Scotland: Give schools ‘ring of steel’ with three tests a week, advises expert - The Times Scotland: Back our students to secure growth - The Times