News archive for 13th December 2021

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'Men' and 'women' are removed from sex education curriculum in Wales - Mail Schools should not shut early for Christmas unless told it is necessary: No 10 - Mail Schools send pupils home early as headteachers prepare for January closures - Telegraph Schools draw up emergency contingency plans over fears they could shut in January - The Sun Handwriting in exams is too ‘tiring’ for students, headmaster warns - Telegraph Covid close contact daily testing brought back for schools - Schools Week RI schools more likely to be upgraded post-pandemic, Ofsted study suggests - Schools Week DfE launches ‘marketplace’ for schools to buy Covid air purifiers - Schools Week Omicron: Prioritise teachers for booster jabs to avoid mass school closures, scientists say - Independent Nicola Sturgeon confirms early school closures not planned as Omicron cases rise - Herald Scotland Durham students plan mass college transfer requests in campaign for principal’s ousting - Telegraph Daily Covid tests: What schools need to know - Times Educational Supplement | TES Transfer test: Chair of common test body 'confident' it will happen in 2023 - BBC Stagger pupils’ return after Christmas break, demand leftie unions - The Sun Universities accused of monitoring students' social media accounts - Express ‘No evidence’ schools will have to close because of Omicron variant, says Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi - i News Nearly half of ‘outstanding’ schools downgraded by Ofsted this term, figures show - Telegraph Covid cases in nurseries at all-time reported high - Nursery World Concern over Omicron variant in education and early years - Voice How is Twitter used within the teaching community - Teacher Toolkit Schools would be 'very last' thing to shut if Covid explodes - Mirror Half of schools previously rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted downgraded following inspection this term - i News Heads warn of Omicron chaos in English schools, with staff and pupils absent - Guardian Safety mitigations in schools and colleges - National Education Union NEU comment on school inspections data - National Education Union Further Education Commissioner: annual report 2020 to 2021 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Higher and degree apprenticeships - Education & Skills Funding Agency School inspection results show positive picture despite pressures of pandemic - Ofsted School leaders 'in dark' on Omicron contact testing plan - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid in Scotland: Schools will not close early due to Omicron - Sturgeon - BBC Nearly half of ‘outstanding’ schools downgraded by Ofsted - Metro Ofsted downgrades nearly half of 99 ‘outstanding’ schools that were previously exempt from routine inspections - Mail Structured support for independent learning - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Government should stagger return of pupils in January, teaching union says - Mail Omicron: Heads warn of school closures - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government launches education alliance to drive up school attendance - CYPN | Children & Young People Now TLPD steams ahead with 20,000 confirmed CPD activities - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Professor Dave Phoenix writes for NCUB - MillionPlus ASCL comment on Ofsted inspection results - ASCL Are current English and maths requirements a barrier to young people entering apprenticeships? - NFER Taking the time to pause and reflect - Advance HE The impact of school closures: why reception year is so crucial to a child’s development - The Conversation De Montfort University opens Dubai campus - PIE News Isle of Man: Tynwald asked to back Christmas food voucher scheme - BBC Northern Ireland: Minister suspends 'toxic' teaching body - BBC Spotlight on: Latymer’s partnership programmes and bursary provision - Independent Schools Council | ISC Scotland: Many children 'not receiving any music education' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Resolving the paradox of diversity: How can we reap the benefits of diversity without paying the costs of co-ordination? - London School of Economics | LSE Say my name: The importance of names in building inclusive institutions - Advance HE Our impact: Number Confidence Week 2021 - National Numeracy First Minister must step up protection of Scottish schools - NASUWT Nearly half of ‘outstanding’ schools inspected this term have been downgraded by Ofsted - Evening Standard Health Secretary Sajid Javid warns schools could shut again in January if Omicron spirals out of control - Mail Children’s commissioner for England to launch investigation over children missing from education - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Early years sector still faces huge pressure from pandemic, leaders warn - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Schools are sending children home early for Christmas for remote learning in one part of Wales - Wales Online Delaying action on Omicron may keep children away from school longer, says union - Mail Why we should teach spelling patterns to pre-readers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Loughborough goes online over Christmas self-isolation fears - Times Higher Education | THE TEC Partnership leader appointed new Hull principal - FE Week Decolonising the curriculum engages learners – but needs time - FE Week Class in session. Will schools close again? - The Sun Covid Scotland: Will schools close early for Christmas amid Omicron rise - Herald Scotland College intervention – six things we learned in the FE Commissioner’s annual report - FE Week Omicron: Javid says ‘no guarantees’ on schools staying open - Schools Week Movers and Shakers: Edition 373 - FE Week Cabinet minister leaves door open to shutting schools as Omicron case numbers soar - HuffPost Help families to lose weight together to tackle childhood obesity crisis - Social Market Foundation | SMF How to teach children the real value of money - Guardian Getting better at analysing what the experts write and say - UKEdChat Working together: How learning and skills support can create an inclusive labour market in Northern Ireland - Learning & Work Institute Now Durham University students threaten a rent strike in a row over a speech by Rod Liddle - Mail Report: Treating and preventing adolescent obesity - Social Market Foundation | SMF From here to diversity - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA Is the culture war destroying ‘the central purpose of universities’? - HEPI Creating healthy and successful futures via creativity - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA London: The civic capital - HEPI Employers keep asking for unnecessary maths and English grades from apprentices - FE Week Interview: Doug Lemov, author, Teach Like A Champion - Schools Week Survey of 16,000 teachers shows support for Covid measures - Times Educational Supplement | TES How can we ensure teachers take up and benefit from CPD? - Schools Week The year getting into ‘good trouble’ became necessary - Schools Week EIS Scotland survey shows third of teachers concerned about Covid risk - Herald Scotland How hybrid learning has changed the art of the possible - Financial Times What’s the best way to staff a university? - Wonkhe A One Nation ethos could navigate universities through the current political turmoil - Wonkhe The legacy of COP26: local action from global crisis - Wonkhe Legacy of COP 26: solving the climate crisis will be people-led, not science-led - Wonkhe How did universities come to be involved in research? - Wonkhe Children are being chaperoned to and from school to deter stabbings and gang violence in new trial scheme - Mail Campaigners say ministers have 'moral duty' to keep schools open - Mail UN warns over private provider expansion in developing sectors - Times Higher Education | THE GCHQ asks children to crack Christmas card puzzles - The Times Law student takes on landlord and wins case - The Times Durham academics back walkout of students during Rod Liddle speech - The Times Nadhim Zahawi refuses to guarantee that schools will remain open amid Omicron wave - The Times Covid in Scotland: Teachers want masks kept on inside schools all winter - The Times Scotland: Demand for investigation into pupil sex survey - The Times Scotland: One in five schoolgirls have been sexually assaulted, survey reveals - The Times Covid in Ireland: New fund to improve ventilation in pre-school and childcare - The Times