News archive for 14th February 2021

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Labour calls for poorer kids to get free school meals over February half-term - Mirror Hard-left unions plot to ‘name and shame’ MPs to get teachers pay rise - Telegraph Universities could be fined for ‘stifling free speech’ - Metro GCSEs and A levels 2021: Silence on the biggest Covid injustice of all - Times Educational Supplement | TES One in six children may never catch up after Covid school closures - Telegraph Boris Johnson’s schools reopening bid could be blocked by strikes from militant unions - Express Imperial College under investigation by OfS over bullying scandal - Guardian Government to appoint 'free-speech champion' for English universities - Guardian Wales schools could shut again weeks after opening if there's a Covid spike - Mirror Children set to go back to school on March 8 - Metro Mark Drakeford defends decision to reopen schools earlier than England - Wales Online How expert was rejected for education role given to PM’s ally - Guardian Global row after St Andrews University fails to renew gender expert's contract - Herald Scotland Schools look set to open on 8 March but ministers are cautious about revealing details - PoliticsHome International QTS proposal gives SCITTs chance to expand overseas - Schools Week To become anchor institutions colleges should operate like social enterprises - FE Week Teaching unions need lesson in work ethics - Times - New Back to school on March 8 as Johnson starts lifting lockdown - Times - New