News archive for 15th March 2021

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Rachel De Souza: There will be no ‘lost generation’ due to Covid - The Sun Pupils of 'dream factory' school in deprived area bag £1million top college scholarships - Mirror Covid-19 and children’s mental health - The Educator Children in care homes: Education Committee launches call for written evidence - UK Parliament Private candidate support grant: information for exam centres - DfE Cognitive apprenticeship for transmitting knowledge - Teacher Toolkit The benefits of lifelong learning go beyond the economy - Times Educational Supplement | TES England is wrong to silo academic and technical education - Times Higher Education | THE Inside Welsh schools as pupils return after three months - Wales Online Under-12s should be allowed to mix outdoors, campaigners say - Nursery World It’s the government that’s about to have a chilling effect on student free speech and expression - Wonkhe Letter from Russell Group to The Pensions Regulator - Russell Group Russell Group response to proposed cuts to UK global research funding - Russell Group Exploring the critical role of school business professionals: NAHT, ISBL and NGA roundtable discussion - NAHT Mentally Healthy Schools – access quality-assured information, advice and resources on mental health and well-being - NAHT Teacher and leadership pay can no longer be ignored - NAHT Our ambition for education is higher than the government's - General Secretary's speech to ASCL Annual Conference - ASCL Problem solving - UKEdChat Extend Kickstart scheme deadline by six months - CBI President - CBI Has a GCSE grade C/4 lost its value? Actually, quite a bit - IOE London Blog What are conspiracy theories? Why do we need to worry about them? - Education & Training Foundation Separating primary school children in preparation for SATs could be ‘damaging’ - IOE London Blog £24m committed to extend breakfast clubs programme for two more years - Schools Week Exams 2021: Schools offered £200 grant to give private candidates grades - Schools Week GCSEs 2021: Schools to get £200 per private entry - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sturgeon: Covid rise could be linked to pupils' return - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nurseries sent first official cyber-attack warning - BBC School funding: How much does your school get compared to others in your area? - Mirror More Scottish pupils in school as lockdown eases - BBC Anas Sarwar: Labour leader launches election campaign with education plan - Scotsman Rise in Scottish Covid cases could be linked to schools' return, says Nicola Sturgeon - Scotsman CBI: Kickstart deadline should be extended to June 2022 - Times Educational Supplement | TES OECD education report: Conservatives and Lib Dems under fire - Herald Scotland ‘We no longer look to our politicians to solve national problems,’ education union boss says - Independent Covid in Wales: More face-to-face university teaching after Easter - BBC Date all students can return to universities in Wales set - Wales Online Covid support: 5 things learners need from government - Times Educational Supplement | TES Calls for funded 'education recovery year' for students - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs 2022: Urgent warning over Year 10s' lost learning - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs: Grade 4 ‘devalued – now worth 1 yr's less work' - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK's cyber security experts give tips on how early years settings can protect themselves from hackers - Nursery World This year’s exam results won’t be as well organised as my wet washing - Telegraph Rachel Bruce, head of Open Research at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) heads up international conference on frontiers in research - Jisc Coronavirus restrictions discriminate against children, campaigners warn - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Grave concerns over pupil premium changes - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Seaview Primary: Catholic school to transform to integrated in NI first - BBC Scotland: Sarwar reveals 'education comeback' plan for pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Pupils and teachers happy as easing of lockdown sees more children back in class - Mail Anas Sarwar draws up Scotland's education recovery plan - Herald Scotland College closes all campuses for a week following ‘major’ cyber attack - FE Week Students of east London state school on receiving more Oxbridge offers than Eton - Mail John Swinney denies connection between Salmond Inquiry and Nicola Sturgeon's schools announcement - Herald Scotland UK set to miss R&D spending target after funding cuts, researchers warn - Financial Times Movers and Shakers: Edition 346 - FE Week Testing of primary school pupils promotes culture of division - UKEdChat Covid Scotland: Pupils return to school in what EIS chief brands as SNP 'politically motivated' decision - Herald Scotland Education experts call for public review of Scottish school assessment following Covid-19 pandemic - Scotsman The kids may need schooling over summer – but I'll set the curriculum | Zoe Williams - Guardian Using retrieval practice + teaching primary maths - Teacher Toolkit The what, why, how, where and who of teaching school hubs - Ambition Institute Government unable to back up promises on school mental health support - Schools Week Schools are open: all you need to know about Covid-19 testing and face mask rules - Telegraph Has a GCSE grade C/4 lost its value? - FFT Education Datalab More pupils return to education across Scotland as lockdown restrictions ease - Scotsman Pandemic highlights gender inequality in HE - MediaFHE Calls to alter 2022 GCSE's as Year 10 pupils have lost one in eight days of classroom time - Telegraph Goals-based R&D policy: high popularity, low effectiveness - HEPI The Chancellor did broadly the right thing with the Budget – now to delivery - FE Week Gibb rejects call for 11-plus results to be linked to national pupil database - Schools Week VC confidential – nine takeaways from a listening tour of vice chancellors - Wonkhe Educators’ experience of digitally-enabled learning and teaching during Covid-19 - Wonkhe It’s time to assure students about safety on campus - Wonkhe Evolve or die – the challenge for HE leadership in the post-pandemic world - Wonkhe More pupils return to classrooms across Scotland as lockdown restrictions ease - Mail Half of pupils won't tell teachers mental health fears - Times Educational Supplement | TES Oak Academy: new online lessons for trainees to observe - Times Educational Supplement | TES Change curriculum to end academic ‘snobbery’, say heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES 35 universities threaten to withdraw teacher training - Times Educational Supplement | TES Cutting English fees or student numbers ‘on Treasury agenda’ - Times Higher Education | THE Ditch ideology and ‘knowledge-rich mantras’ to fix education, union leader tells ministers - Schools Week Covid in Scotland: Death should be on the curriculum, say undertakers - Times - New Scotland: Tory plan for ‘skills revolution’ - Times - New Covid in Scotland: Return of pupils politically motivated, teachers claim - Times - New Northern Ireland students keen to take part in Erasmus scheme - Times - New Core Content Framework exemplification resources - UCET Teach Best website and Twitter link - UCET