News archive for 16th March 2021

back to standard EdNews format

UK universities call for Johnson to halt research funding cuts - Guardian How exams will work this year in Wales and in the future - Wales Online Coronavirus UK schools farce as 700k pupils have not returned to class yet - Express Unions under fire for 'monopoly' on teachers’ rights - Telegraph Universities warn over £1bn bill for staying in EU research programme - Financial Times Nearly 700,000 pupils have not returned to classes since schools reopened on March 8 - Mail Back to school: Has your Covid bubble burst yet? - Times Educational Supplement | TES More licences to practice would show England ‘values’ skills - FE Week Covid: Is it time to rethink the 'dual professional'? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Back to college: More students to return from 5 April - Times Educational Supplement | TES Face masks in class are causing 'physical harm' to children - Telegraph Quality matters: The census and HESA widening participation data - HESA Government must urgently reconsider research budget cuts - Universities UK ASCL comment on school attendance statistics - ASCL ASCL comment on phased reopening of schools and lateral flow testing for older pupils in Northern Ireland - ASCL Strike ballot over contract changes and working conditions at United Colleges Group - UCU Gateshead teachers take strike action - NASUWT Bubble, toil and trouble: School leadership as Shakespearean tragedy in and after Covid-19 - BERA Lee Elliot Major: A way forward for the Social Mobility Index - HEPI Supporting the futures of young people with SEND - Careers & Enterprise Company ARPA, ARIA, defence, and innovation: when research goes to war - Wonkhe Put children at the heart of the pandemic recovery with tangible action, says BPS - BPS | British Psychological Society Four reasons to consider apprenticeships - Teacher Toolkit Leaders fear £1 billion-plus cut to fund UK Horizon association - Times Higher Education | THE 'Very clear' that CfE review can't be seen before June - Times Educational Supplement | TES Almost half of leaders 'experience distress regularly' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children’s Commissioner launches ‘once-in-a-generation’ review of childhood - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Muslim schoolgirl told to wear shorter skirt receives apology as legal action dropped - Telegraph Children’s Commissioner calls for ‘rocket boost’ for early years services - CYPN | Children & Young People Now The Turing scheme will downgrade opportunities for our young people – we must re-join Erasmus+ - PoliticsHome Technology in education is a vital part of the journey into the workplace - Jisc Pupils told to 'wear shorts under skirt' after claims of upskirting in Catholic school - Express Encouraging innovation and experimentation in Scottish schools - Social Market Foundation | SMF Education recovery: Let’s stop the eye-catching policy wheezes - SecEd Recruit FE teachers with industry experience through Taking Teaching Further - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Is behaviour worse after a lockdown? And other findings from this week’s results… - Teacher Tapp Why I founded the new Association of Apprenticeships during the pandemic - Edge Foundation Pay as you can afford food shops running in primary schools to stop families going hungry - Wales Online Millions of students back in class - DfE Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: 23 March 2020 to 11 March 2021 - DfE Laptops and tablets progress data as of 16 March 2021 - DfE Teacher training: being safe - DfE Changes to the early years foundation stage (EYFS) framework - DfE Phrases such as ‘catch up’ can harm pupils returning to school, Dr Alex George tells MPs - Independent OECD education draft report won't be published before election - Herald Scotland Some schoolchildren ‘distressed, subdued and self-conscious’ because of facemasks, MPs told - Evening Standard Phrases like catch-up may be damaging to young people, Dr Alex George says - Mail School attendance back at high levels in England - BBC FE White Paper In-Depth: Webcast recordings - FE Week Nearly nine in ten pupils return to class as schools fully reopen - Mail Scottish boarding schools apologise for alleged historic abuse following inquiry - Scotsman Covid-19: Northern Ireland Executive approves plan for full school return - BBC University postpones graduation ceremonies for second year  - Wales Online Covid: When will children return to school and what are the rules? - BBC Why GCSEs and A-levels 2021 are another shambles waiting to happen - Times Educational Supplement | TES Talk of 'prestige' makes me fearful of extra workload - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Stop exclusions', says DfE's mental health tsar - Times Educational Supplement | TES Stormont Executive agrees timetable for full school return in NI - Mail School drops legal action after Muslim girl told her skirt was too long - Guardian Back to school week saw at least 85% pupils attending - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools back a week and DfE laptop target still not met - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nursery group to run Level 3 Forest School training - Nursery World Edinburgh University admits failings after student kills herself - Guardian Is academic performance related to mobile phone use? - Best Evidence in Brief How did absenteeism during the COVID-19 pandemic affect student outcomes? - Best Evidence in Brief The relationship between school discipline and student self-control - Best Evidence in Brief Major project on childcare during Covid wants early years managers' views - Nursery World Nicola Sturgeon humiliated as 'terrible education record' laid bare in excruciating video - Express DfE laptop firm profits soar by nearly 50% to £207m - Schools Week Attendance: 1 in 10 secondary pupils not in school in second week of reopening - Schools Week Should teachers and parents teach together? - Best Evidence in Brief Effectiveness of shared book reading on supporting preschool bilingual children’s second-language learning - Best Evidence in Brief Reject the ‘reductive, deficiency-riddled terminology of catch-up’ - SecEd New Children's Commissioner piles pressure on Boris Johnson to extend free school meals - Mirror More must be done to teach boys about sexual abuse and harassment, warn headteachers of girls’ schools - Evening Standard Is Scottish education 'stagnant and conformist'? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Meet the Maths Mum rewriting the curriculum for kids who learn differently - Telegraph Profile: Tulip Siddiq, Shadow Children's Minister - Schools Week All children in England to be asked how Covid crisis has affected them - Telegraph GCSEs: Teachers in 'invidious' position, Gibb warned - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish education mired in 'stagnation', warns report - Herald Scotland Banning essay mills – it’s time to act - Wonkhe What were learning technologists’ experiences of 2020? - Wonkhe New children's commissioner launches review into post-war style recovery plan for children - Nursery World GCSEs: No 19th-century fiction in 'functional' exam - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scary Ofsted ‘needs a different culture’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher help needed for largest ever pupil consultation - Times Educational Supplement | TES New children’s tsar wants to end exclusions - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK science reputation at risk as cuts raise strategy questions - Times Higher Education | THE New children's commissioner pledges to 'rebuild' childhood - BBC Ministers should put children at top of agenda to prevent a lost generation - Mail Most British teachers say they lack training on climate change - Mail 9:30 a.m. - Education Committee will hear evidence on the impact of Covid-19 on young people's mental health - Accountability Hearings ‘The Big Ask’: New children’s commissioner starts role with plan to survey school pupils - Schools Week Latymer Upper School to be investigated over ‘rape culture’ claims - Times - New Scotland: John Swinney denies school news took heat off inquiry - Times - New 10:15 a.m. - Youth Unemployment Committee will hear evidence in its inquiry into youth unemployment, education and skills - Lords Select Committee