News archive for 4th June 2021

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Ann Widdecombe in stinging slapdown of BBC heckler during heated school funding row - Express School day extension still being considered - Express Steve Besley's Education Eye: week ending 04 June 2021 - Education Eye Universities take on challenge of reviving their city centres - The Times Lost learning time in English schools widens attainment gap - Financial Times Pupils' post-lockdown progress was 'wiped out when schools shut again' - Telegraph Today's school, education and teacher news: LIVE 4/6 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid has eroded progress by disadvantaged pupils in England, finds study - Guardian Pandemic learning loss has undone up to two thirds of disadvantage gap progress - Schools Week Anthony Seldon: Longer days can help bridge the gap with independent schools - The Times School leaders say pupils should vaccinated as matter of priority - Guardian School catch-up plans could be ‘too late’ if funding decision left to autumn, warns IFS - Telegraph News podcast: Sir Kevan Collins' bombshell resignation - Times Educational Supplement | TES Will schools take the hit for Sir Kevan’s departure? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid: Pupils fell behind again in second lockdown - BBC The pros and cons of giving Covid vaccines to UK children - Guardian Institute for Fiscal Studies warns that Government's £1.4 billion fund for school Covid catch-up will be 'too late' - Mail Schools are in a 'precarious' situation over Indian Covid as classes are sent home with nearly 100 outbreaks in the past month - Mail Second lockdown 'set learning loss back to the autumn' - Times Educational Supplement | TES UKRI-backed startup begins international collaboration - UKRI Does education prepare students for the real world? - Edge Foundation New EPI research on pandemic learning loss at a national and regional level published by the Department for Education - FE News Department for Education publishes new EPI research on pupil learning loss - EPI We need to level up the education playing field - PoliticsHome Our children’s futures are a second-order concern for this Tory government - PoliticsHome Providers push for UK quarantine alternatives amid capacity concerns - PIE News Have you met ‘The Covid Employability Challenge’ in 2021? - ERSA ASCL comment on learning loss research published by the Department for Education - ASCL The government’s miserly school catch-up fund confirms their lack of ambition for education - NAHT ASCL responds to PHE data on Covid variants in schools - ASCL Flexibility is key to thriving in an uncertain world - HEPI Lessons learned from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on young people with autism - BERA Scottish education: Exams mayhem shows SNP government still hasn't learnt its lessons - Scotsman Register of end-point assessment organisations - Education & Skills Funding Agency Pupils' progress in the 2020 to 2021 academic year: interim report - DfE Students deserve a seatbelt when it comes to the autumn - Wonkhe Union warns against ‘sleepwalking into further education disruption’ amid school variant outbreak data - Independent We need joined-up skills support for young people - Times Educational Supplement | TES We talk about kids "enduring" extra tuition. But the children I teach actually enjoy learning - Telegraph New Covid catch-up cash in autumn 'could be too late' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why hasn't the SQA taken teachers' advice on grading? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid outbreak at my children’s school makes me fear we’re complacent - Guardian Gutting the education plan fails our children — Boris Johnson must rethink - Financial Times Time, teaching and tutoring? The UK government has coined yet another pointless slogan - Guardian So, Ofsted, you want us to bring Year 11s back in? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid data shows schools in 'precarious situation' - Times Educational Supplement | TES School Covid outbreaks near six-month high as Indian variant spreads - Schools Week Coronavirus case rates in Welsh schools are falling dramatically - Wales Online Why teachers need to debate Big Tech in the classroom - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'SNP finally caves!' Sturgeon 'long overdue U-turn' on grades sparks fury - Express School trips to UK from EU could halve as Brexit hits cultural exchanges - Guardian It's vital we invest in helping children get back on track after pandemic - Express Meet Bob Harrison: The online learning pioneer - Times Educational Supplement | TES Developing effective mentoring approaches in a changing context of practice - Advance HE Why the Government must go further on education recovery - Sutton Trust Pupil premium 'cut' shows lack of 'empathy', says head - Times Educational Supplement | TES SQA crisis: Tests 'are driving pupils to suicidal thoughts' - Herald Scotland Podcast: Loans, geography and employment, drama, September - Wonkhe Ten notes of caution about a blended autumn and winter - Wonkhe Should lectures be online in September? - Wonkhe How to shape digital culture in higher education - Wonkhe What Scotland's Education Secretary should be saying in a letter to pupils - Scotsman Sadiq Khan launches business support programme for London nurseries and childminders - Nursery World 2 Sir Kevan Collins resignation: Schools catch-up plan a work in progress, say ministers - The Times Scotland: Exams and inspections face overhaul - The Times DfE Invitation: the testing of the new 'Register trainee teachers' service - UCET