News archive for 23rd February 2021

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Kids 'ecstatic' as they see their friends again and classes resume - Wales Online SNP accused of failing Scotland’s young people as new figures reveal increase in poverty-related attainment gap - Telegraph Covid tests and masks: School prepares for return to class - BBC Scotland's stages: how coronavirus lockdown will be eased - Guardian Ireland to start reopening schools as it extends other Covid restrictions - Guardian Why were FE colleges an afterthought again this week? - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Impending doom': teachers on the reopening of schools in England - Guardian Poorer primary pupils in England up to seven months behind due to Covid - Guardian Daniel Finkelstein: Bristol University should sack conspiracist professor - Times - New Diversifying leadership 'will improve college finances' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Back to college: 'Limited' return for Scottish students - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers vote to 'prosecute' over work-related stress - Times Educational Supplement | TES Digital fashion designers sought for UK’s first degree in virtual couture - Guardian Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: 23 March 2020 to 18 February 2021 - DfE Coronavirus in Scotland: Parents of secondary pupils will be ‘furious’ at schools return announcement, campaigners claim - Scotsman SOAS pledges ‘stand against antisemitism’ without IHRA definition - Times Higher Education | THE Sage: staggering campus reopenings ‘of limited value’ - Times Higher Education | THE BERA to fund new commission on Education for Environmental Sustainability - BERA Covid blamed as Scottish Government figures reveal record low rate of school leavers finding work - Herald Scotland GCSEs 2021 plan for July results in doubt - Times Educational Supplement | TES IB 2021: Angry students demand clarity on grading - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nicola Sturgeon lockdown statement: Next phased school return to come mid-March, says First Minister - Scotsman Apprenticeships - a rich and rewarding career pathway - Careers & Enterprise Company North-south divide in National Tutoring take-up - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why rushing back to a full timetable may help no one - Times Educational Supplement | TES How can we help teachers to support their students in catching up? - IOE London Blog All eyes on March 8th – findings on the return date, catch-up, voice notes and more! - Teacher Tapp UCU members vote to end Solent University dispute - UCU The Government are still not following the science - National Education Union 2021 Doctoral Thesis Award winners - BERA Special schools and AP settings: Government guidance - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid road map: return dates for Scottish pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES School funding chiefs at education committee: 9 things we learned - Schools Week What countries around Europe are doing about re-opening schools - Wales Online School return plan ‘a gamble against scientific advice’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Unions warn some secondary schools could take two weeks to reopen after March 8 - Mail North and Midlands 'hardest hit by Covid learning loss' - Times Educational Supplement | TES How to ensure everywhere's Covid-safe? Call it a school - Times Educational Supplement | TES Under-25s hardest hit by Covid-19 job losses, ONS figures show - CYPN | Children & Young People Now SENCOs under siege - SecEd Scotland Minister questioned on Erasmus+ replacement, Brexit and pandemic impact on Scottish universities - UK Parliament Schools have been Covid test-ready for months, say headteachers - Evening Standard DfE grilled over £330K on catch-up 'consultants' - Times Educational Supplement | TES How to help SEND pupils prepare for return to school - Times Educational Supplement | TES Podcast: The places international teaching can take you - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: DfE updates early years guidance in response to PM 'roadmap' - Nursery World Schools reopening: Secondary kids to be tested twice a week from March 8 - The Sun Scottish schools: School leavers opt for higher or further education - Herald Scotland Schools reopening: Normality? We’ll be returning to dystopian abnormality - Times Educational Supplement | TES Stop ignoring locked-down students, or we will just ask for our money back - Telegraph Teachers doing a ‘damn good job in a hellish situation’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Baseline: Number of schools keen to trial test halves - Times Educational Supplement | TES When will universities reopen? - Express Addressing the challenge of delivering new maths content remotely - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF New report: 10 years of free schools - NFER School reopening: Who can go back on March 8? - Express Beware of the Send button - UKEdChat Skills development is not just about transition into work: we need innovative thinking about higher level skills too - HEPI Thousands of UK language students left in limbo as Brexit hits travel plans - Guardian New Schools Network: DfE-funded free school charity adds £250K to pay bill - Times Educational Supplement | TES What happens next? Enhancing the employability of disabled graduates - Wonkhe What a criminal record can mean for access to higher education - Wonkhe Planning for the future of the sector’s graduate training programme - Wonkhe Free school teachers 'achieve better GCSE results' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Mental scars caused by on-campus teaching in pandemic may not heal - Times Higher Education | THE Early career researchers doubt fairness of promotion processes - Times Higher Education | THE Campaigners warn mandatory masks in schools could have a devastating effect on children hard of hearing - Mail Lockdown exit: Back to class but wear a mask and keep taking Covid tests - Times - New Scotland: Covid would surge under PM’s school plan, says Nicola Sturgeon - Times - New 9:00 a.m. - Education Committee to hear evidence about funding and financial management of schools - Accountability Hearings