News archive for 12th June 2021

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Sir Michael Palin backs new geography course at Scottish university - Scotsman Teacher who had sex with pupil during year-long fling banned from classroom for life - The Sun Northern Ireland: More than 23,500 children find out school places - BBC Kate Middleton teams up with Jill Biden with bid to help pre-school kids - Mirror Coronavirus in Scotland: Case spikes in student halls ‘spilt over’ into nearby communities - The Times Oxford Rhodes boycotters accused of virtue signalling and hypocrisy - The Times Scotland: Call for investigation into Chinese Confucius Institutes in schools - The Times Scottish exam results: Teachers mark down SNP for ‘passing buck’ on grades furore - The Times Scots children quit class for homeschools - The Times Scotland: Homeschool parents shun the ‘curriculum for mediocrity’ - The Times Oxford dons refusing to tutor students at Oriel College in Cecil Rhodes statue row are accused of 'hypocrisy' - Mail Scottish government will let school pupils have time off in class to watch Scotland match - Mail Early childhood should be `defining issue of our time´, Kate and Jill Biden say - Mail PM pledges £430m for girls missing education amid aid row - BBC ‘Tutors change daily’: headteachers call for control of Covid catchup money | Fiona Millar - Guardian Two more struggling UTCs join multi-academy trusts - FE Week Young people aren’t digital natives in the way employers need - FE Week Exam boards to use one-seventh of usual examiner workforce this summer - Schools Week Fears over empty classes as pupils skip school to safeguard summer holidays amid Covid rise - Scotsman What should I do if I’m worried about a friend’s mental health? - UKEdChat NASUWT launches campaign to recognise long Covid as a disability - NASUWT Former GTCS chief executive Ken Muir is made a CBE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Queen’s birthday honours: Nigel Biggar appointed CBE after storm over his colonial views - The Times