News archive for 21st June 2021

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Pressure mounts on Ofsted to limit grades by Baker Clause compliance - FE Week Tory MPs accused of adding fuel to ‘culture war’ in education report - Guardian Consider if promoting ‘white privilege’ breaches equality laws, MPs tell schools - Schools Week Teaching pupils about their 'white privilege' could be against the law - Mail Girls should be proud of being girls, says Ofsted chief - Telegraph Provocative education committee report will come as no surprise - Guardian Poor white pupils left behind due to 'muddled thinking' from Government, MPs say - Mirror ‘Culture wars’ row over parliamentary report’s attack on use of term ‘white privilege’ - Independent ‘Forgotten’ white working-class pupils being 'let down' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education reform: 'Writing was on the wall for the SQA' - Herald Scotland Gavin Williamson vows to ‘drive forward’ change to base university offers on final grades - Independent Scottish education faces overhaul in wake of 'damning' OECD report - Herald Scotland Has St Paul’s cancelled the phrase ‘head girl’ – or itself? - Telegraph Calls for GCSEs to be scrapped by 2025 - and replaced with computer assessments - Express SNP were warned 'clock is ticking' five years ago over education as teachers 'despair' - Express I want girls to be proud of being girls, says Ofsted chief inspector - BBC SQA to be scrapped as OECD report warns Scottish teachers spending too much time in classroom - Scotsman Infected blood scandal: Ex-pupil tells inquiry he did not know he was in a trial - Guardian ‘Wrong’ to dub growth mindset ‘the new learning styles’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Don't fight leaders over pay – fight the government - Times Educational Supplement | TES Today's school, education and teacher news: LIVE 21/6 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Williamson wants to rush through university admissions reform ‘without legislation’ - FE Week Boys sent to special boarding school where they were treated with infected blood products - Mail Contaminated blood inquiry: The school where dozens of pupils died - BBC Heads hit back at 'surreal' DfE plan to get more cash - Times Educational Supplement | TES FE Hero: We need qualifications relevant to work today - Times Educational Supplement | TES NAHT Cymru comments on Estyn inspections to be put on hold - NAHT NASUWT comments on OECD review of Curriculum for Excellence - NASUWT Fairer funding of education in Wales - NASUWT ASCL responds to Education Select Committee’s report on white disadvantaged pupils - ASCL Research concludes there's no need to weight - HESA Making inclusion redundant - Careers & Enterprise Company Why diversity and inclusion within careers is important to me - Careers & Enterprise Company A manifesto for environmental sustainability – new policy briefing - BERA The impact of Covid-19 on access and (in)effective support of the school food voucher scheme - BERA Expectation versus experience – The UK higher education sector’s journey through the pandemic - HEPI Education Committee report on white working-class pupils - National Education Union Five things learned from the OECD education report on Scotland - Scotsman Detailed check of Professional Qualifications Bill continues - UK Parliament Declaring subcontracting arrangements to Education and Skills Funding Agency - Education & Skills Funding Agency National Week of Play launched by Early Years Alliance - EYE | Early Years Educator Do this only, and do it well! - Teacher Toolkit Statement on OECD report on Scottish education - Voice Glasgow student flat development restrictions imposed - Herald Scotland Williamson wants to rush through university admissions reform ‘without legislation’ - Schools Week Calls for apprenticeship reforms as starter numbers drop - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Finding the freedom to teach - UKEdChat GCSE results linked to child’s enjoyment of school aged six - UKEdChat All-boys school set up as a marine training academy will welcome girls for the first time - Mail Effective assessment and feedback strategies using educational technology - Research Schools Network Why we need a single regulatory body in FE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Everything you need to know in education this week - Times Educational Supplement | TES OECD: Reduce contact time to realise curriculum goals - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities twisting young minds with woke lies to be punished by law - good! - Express Mark Priestley: OECD report glosses over Curriculum for Excellence design flaws - Herald Scotland Scotland’s school exams body to be scrapped - Financial Times Scientists advising Wales issue new guidance on masks in schools - Wales Online Could No 10 force through Covid jabs for children? - Mail OECD report: How should Scotland change its exams? - Times Educational Supplement | TES T levels: Just 12% of employers aware of qualifications - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish Qualifications Authority to be scrapped after OECD review - BBC Calls for sweeping reform as SQA scrapped following OECD report recommendations - Scotsman Scottish education system to be overhauled after damning OECD report - Guardian OECD: Replace standardised tests with sample survey - Times Educational Supplement | TES More cash to help teachers with training hit by Covid - Times Educational Supplement | TES Is the DfE deliberately ignoring pupils with SEND? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools handed extra cash to take NQTs off-timetable after Covid hits induction - Schools Week Headteacher says pupils are ‘breaking down in school’ after finding suicide note - Metro SQA to be replaced as part of wide-sweeping reforms - Herald Scotland Magazine podcast: domestic violence, meetings and food - Times Educational Supplement | TES SQA to be replaced, education secretary reveals - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs and A-levels 2021: Poor students think grades will not be fair - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools won't have full inspections or colour codes next term - Wales Online Covid ‘outbreak management plans’: What DfE wants schools to do - Schools Week Oxford student union plans to employ 'sensitivity readers' to cut 'problematic' articles before publication - Mail OECD review paves way for qualifications overhaul - Times Educational Supplement | TES OECD report: Scotland should reform '19th century' pupil assessments - Herald Scotland Movers and Shakers: Edition 357 - FE Week The U-turn on randomised control trials is bad news for FE - FE Week Cambridge University seeks Stephen Hawking archivist - BBC Catering giant’s menu leaves a sour taste in some schools - Schools Week Glasgow education boss: 'Trust teacher judgement on grades' - Herald Scotland A future for learning resources that supports learners and librarians - Wonkhe Turning race equity strategy into meaningful action - Wonkhe Only a third of teachers say staff diversity reflects pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nuffield Foundation funds new study into impact of Covid-19 on language and socio-emotional development - Nursery World 2 Lifelong loan restrictions for non-STEM subjects ‘make no sense’ - Times Higher Education | THE Universities overreacting to online cheating, experts warn - Times Higher Education | THE Teacher used n-word in lesson on how not to pronounce Niger - The Times Parents back longer school day to catch up after Covid - The Times Covid in Scotland: Ban on teenagers kissing at their high-school prom - The Times DfE Teacher Recruitment Bulletin (June 2021) - UCET