News archive for 9th December 2021

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How the school day in Wales compares with the rest of the world as nation trials longer days - Wales Online Durham University college principal steps back amid Liddle walk-out probe - BBC School attendance ‘remains mandatory’, warns Nadhim Zahawi as pupils sent home - Telegraph Language GCSEs: Under 100 'to take French, German in Wales by 2030' - BBC Bring back masks in classroom and strict ventilation rules as ‘Plan B’ for schools, education unions say - i News Zahawi unveils new 17-member ‘attendance alliance’ - Schools Week Durham head steps back after calling students ‘pathetic’ at Rod Liddle event - Guardian ‘Stark picture of inequality’ revealed for children growing up in the North of England - EYE | Early Years Educator Call for teacher training shake-up delay as providers at 'breaking point' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Chief Secretary to the Treasury praises “flourishing” FTSE companies for investing in skills - GOV.UK Breaking down barriers: why do we classify some languages as ‘community’ and others as ‘modern’? - IOE London Blog What next for our universities? The lessons from COP26 - Advance HE Experts set out future of autism care and treatment with focus on personalised and lifelong approaches - London School of Economics | LSE Employability sector calls to ‘mind the gap’ over funding provision - ERSA 40% of international students in Ireland experience racism - PIE News Permanent Ofqual Chair appointed - DfE Education Secretary launches new attendance alliance - DfE Ofqual publishes NRT results and contextual analysis 2021 - Ofqual Letter to schools and colleges on advance information 2022 - Ofqual Turing Scheme delivery partner update - Turing Scheme Education Policy Institute responds to trial in Wales to extend the school day - EPI Exploring persistent absence - FFT Education Datalab YouGov poll: Further education is key priority for levelling up - Education & Training Foundation Reading College gets its kit on for Esports - Activate Learning Digest #158: Mental health and wellbeing in education - Learning Scientists School sickness at highest level as Covid cases soar - Times Educational Supplement | TES Omicron Plan B: Schools get Ofsted break - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted inspections will not go ahead in schools during final week of term - Mail Ian Bauckham made permanent Ofqual chair - Times Educational Supplement | TES First look at skills bootcamp outcomes - FE Week Zahawi launches 'alliance' to 'fix' school attendance - Times Educational Supplement | TES Increasing rates of sickness absence in primary schools - FFT Education Datalab NASUWT comments on Scottish Budget - NASUWT Teachers strike in pensions fight - NASUWT ASCL responds to Labour warning over ventilation in schools - ASCL UCU condemns 'vindictive' harassment of disabled lecturer at Northumbria University - UCU Joint union call to pause routine Ofsted inspections - NASUWT AELP welcome Ofsted confirmation that 4 in 5 Independent Training Providers are rated good or outstanding - AELP School efficiency part 3: Introduction to methods from economics – data envelopment analysis - EPI National Reference Test Results Digest 2021 - NFER England moves to plan B, and DfE has guidance out already - Wonkhe Education unions call for a pause to routine Ofsted inspections - National Education Union Ian Bauckham made permanent chair of Ofqual - FE Week Ian Bauckham made permanent chair of Ofqual - Schools Week Scotland's children's commissioner calls for sex census for kids to be paused - Herald Scotland Outsourcing Turing exchange scheme to Capita ‘risks selling students short’ - Guardian Black children missing out most on physical activity in England, survey finds - Guardian Over 1/3 secondary pupils persistently absent this term - Times Educational Supplement | TES What does Plan B mean for schools? How new rules affect children and nativity plays - Mirror Corby schoolchildren sent home due to staff shortages linked to Covid - BBC Childhood obesity increasing in under-fives after lockdown - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Marginalised children worst hit by Covid mental health crisis, MPs warn - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Further education outcome-based success measures: 2018 to 2019 - DfE Special educational needs (SEN) support: findings from a qualitative study - DfE Covid: Zahawi urged to halt Ofsted until February - Times Educational Supplement | TES Union attacks ‘shameful’ decision to outsource Turing scheme - Times Higher Education | THE ‘Majority’ of staff expected on campus despite home working call - Times Higher Education | THE Government urged to do more to protect schools from Covid-19 - Nursery World Health inequalities between disadvantaged and advantaged under-fives increasing - Nursery World DfE figures show 4,000 early years providers have closed in the last two years - Nursery World Will schools close again? What Plan B Covid restrictions mean for prospect of schools closing before Christmas - i News Durham University Professor Tim Luckhurst's wife told how a 'baying' mob intimidated her and rounded on her - Mail What does Plan B mean for schools? Education union working on 'own Plan B' - Express Covid reversing maths progress, national reference test shows - Schools Week Omicron: What does Plan B mean for FE? - FE Week Plan B: What does this mean for schools? - Schools Week Omicron: Ofsted suspend inspections - FE Week Ofsted inspections cancelled next week so schools can prepare for Omicron - Schools Week One Nation University: Spreading opportunity, reducing division and building community - HEPI Progress in improving the health of children under five stalls as inequalities worsen - Nuffield Foundation How Durham University turned itself green - Guardian Majority of universities in UK ‘not on track to meet emissions targets’ - Guardian ASCL responds to select committee report on children’s mental health - ASCL NEU comment on report findings about mental health services for children and young people - National Education Union Children's mental health: 'The type of self-harm is the worst we have seen' - BBC Longer school days trialled in Wales education overhaul - BBC School uniforms: 'Huge discrepancy' in NI grant compared to rest of UK - BBC Report: The One Nation University - spreading opportunity, reducing division and building community - HEPI Education in Scotland: 'Dumbing down' sparks growth fears - Herald Scotland More high achieving students secure competitive university places - UCAS Mental health services for children and young people risk backward slide - UK Parliament End of cycle 2021: Tariff, grades, and RPAs - Wonkhe Resetting the dial on access and participation - Wonkhe End of cycle: increased grades in 2021 will create increased competition for places in 2022 - Wonkhe A longer school day will be trialled in schools in Wales next term - Wales Online Top university places up 28% after record A-level results - Schools Week Rise in deferrals of university places prompts concerns about more competition - Mail Apprenticeships and traineeships offer opportunities for our young people and the right skills for our employers - FE News Wales: 14 schools to add hour a day to help pupils catch up after lockdowns - Guardian UK v-cs shift focus to regional ties and employer engagement - Times Higher Education | THE ‘One Nation’ university vision wants a Birkbeck for every region - Times Higher Education | THE Wales trialling longer school day and considering shorter summer holiday to boost education catch up - i News Offer loans to turbocharge Indian recruitment, Johnson tells UK - Times Higher Education | THE Nadim Zahawi: Education Dept Xmas party last year 'was a mistake' (video) - Mail Hardship funding requests rise at English universities - BBC Young hate cancel culture, says head of South Hampstead High School - The Times Four times as many children awarded top A-level grades - The Times Rod Liddle demands University of Durham apology - The Times Covid in Ireland: Vaccine expert pushes for child-friendly venues to administer jab - The Times Education Secretary: Some Covid measures can be detrimental to learning (video) - Mail UCET Letter to Robin Walker, MP (December 2021) - UCET