News archive for 30th June 2021

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Furious calls to scrap school bubbles now after Gavin Williamson says they won’t be ditched until at least July 19 - The Sun Hapless Gavin Williamson has finally woken up to chaos in England’s schools - Mirror Cash set aside for school catch-up plan is ‘peanuts’, warns education chief - Telegraph Stop sending whole bubbles into isolation for one positive Covid test, schools told - Telegraph Schools must return to normal on July 19, Tory MPs warn Boris Johnson - Telegraph Letting children catch Covid may be safer than giving them vaccine, say experts - Telegraph Act now to reform education or a generation of ghost children will be pandemic’s haunting legacy - Telegraph Unions demand clarity over dropping isolation policy in England’s schools - Financial Times Ending school bubbles and isolation will be 'dangerous' - Times Educational Supplement | TES School ‘bubbles’ could be scrapped on 19 July, Williamson says - Independent UK universities’ tuition income rises by a third, outpacing staff pay - Guardian Pupils in England ‘should not be sent home if one child in bubble tests positive’ - Guardian Williamson wants to scrap bubbles to keep pupils in school - BBC School coronavirus bubbles could be axed on July 19 - The Times Scottish universities advised to postpone freshers’ week when students return in September - Scotsman Parents’ view of home-schooling revealed - The Educator Understanding working memory - Teacher Toolkit Education for Environmental Sustainability: A guide for schools - BERA Covid-19: Transitioning back to school - BERA Free school meal provision during summer holidays - National Education Union Mind report on young people’s mental health - National Education Union UCU Scotland comment on latest figures on widening access to university - UCU Prestigious new quality mark unveiled with first set of digital Higher Technical Qualifications - IfATE HE provider data: Finance – open data release 2019/20 - HESA Scotland gets guidance on risk reduction next year (and bubbles are back in Wales) - Wonkhe GCSEs and A levels 2021: A guide to appealing grades - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sexual assault survivors name 45 schools across one county on Everyone's Invited website - Mail Many secondary restraint policies 'risk human rights' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 10% more headteachers in union after Covid - Times Educational Supplement | TES ESFA Update: 30 June 2021 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Higher education provider finance data UK: 2019 to 2020 - DfE Against the odds - Social Mobility Commission Childcare providers and inspections as at 31 March 2021 - Ofsted Post-Brexit higher education in Wales to be explored by MPs - UK Parliament German geneticist Maria Leptin appointed next ERC president - Times Higher Education | THE What should we put in the ‘museum of higher education’? - Times Higher Education | THE Access to university: More students getting full credit - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ensuring qualifications alignment with the needs on the ground - FE News Moving forward with technology in the classroom - Research Schools Network How can we prevent apprentices dropping out and improve outcomes? - FE News The power of mixing it up! - UKEdChat Ofsted 'inadequate' threat over peer-on-peer abuse failures - SecEd Heidi Fraser-Krauss announced as new leader of Jisc - Jisc EEF publishes findings from systematic review of attainment measures - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Teaching reading - Embedding comprehension strategies - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF County councils face £1.3bn special needs deficit - CYPN | Children & Young People Now ‘You’re the best!’ Your belief in your kids’ academic ability can actually improve their grades - IOE London Blog Support for children and young people top priority in new Marmot report - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Early years leaders back plans to scrap isolation rules - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Connect Benefit Series for July: Celebrating success and addressing challenges in assessment - Advance HE Students won't have to follow two-metre rule at university from autumn - Wales Online Cambridge University: In-person graduation returns - BBC Williamson: School bubbles could be 'lifted' for summer - Times Educational Supplement | TES Bubble trouble: pupil Covid-19 school absences quadrupled in June - New Statesman Were teacher-assessed grades the best option for GCSEs? - Times Educational Supplement | TES All kids should be vaccinated before Britain unlocks, says SAGE doomster - The Sun Curriculum notes #3: The case for a broad orientation (feat. Stormzy* vs Mozart) - Headguruteacher ESFA chief executive Eileen Milner to stand down - Schools Week Now Gavin Williamson hints school bubbles will be ditched from July 19 - Mail ESFA chief executive Eileen Milner to stand down - FE Week Williamson promises plan for scrapping bubbles in ‘plenty of time’ for new term - Schools Week Hundreds of Cambridge University students take part in the first graduation ceremonies since the first lockdown - Mail Make sure schools never shut again, says top head - Evening Standard ‘Don't rule out’ compulsory vaccination for teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid rules that force entire school classes to quarantine will be axed in weeks - The Sun Primary schools ‘completely forgotten’ in Covid plans - Times Educational Supplement | TES British schools sideline writers of colour - New Statesman Need to know: £400 payment for teacher ‘exam’ workload - Times Educational Supplement | TES The days of FE provider autonomy are numbered - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish universities hit widening access target - Herald Scotland ‘Permissive’ national curriculum gives schools too much freedom, says Ofsted director - Schools Week Covid: SAGE member says ‘measures have to go’ amid wide scale school disruption - Express Daily Covid test bid to keep pupils in lessons following record absences - Express The balance on my student loan is a mystery I can’t solve - Guardian English county councils warn of £1.3bn special educational needs deficit - Guardian Scottish teachers 'face a flood of malpractice complaints' - Herald Scotland Embarking on a school improvement journey in my first headship role - Teach First A step-change for gender equality – the transformed UK Athena Swan Charter launched - Advance HE Rise in sexual harassment at Scottish schools needs urgent action on access to porn - Scotsman The renewed Athena Swan will continue pushing gender equality in higher education - Wonkhe Lack of work experience proves a barrier for jobseekers - Wonkhe Indoctrination of a generation: A dangerous and divisive dogma has gripped the classroom - Mail Land-based education: MPs call for clear national leadership - UK Parliament Ofsted figures show ongoing fall in childcare provider numbers - Nursery World 2 Coronavirus: School 'bubbles' could be axed next month - Nursery World 2 NCB to continue role as early years lead for DfE - Nursery World 2 Call for ‘urgent bailout’ of the early years sector - Nursery World 2 Liverpool professors accuse institution of ‘devaluing degrees’ - Times Higher Education | THE Bid to end school Covid chaos - The Times Covid in Scotland: Don’t end school curbs unless plan is herd immunity, warns expert - The Times