News archive for 24th March 2021

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For refusing to write my student’s A-level essay - Mail The Chinese are buying into our private schools and we should be grateful - Telegraph Attainment gap: Nicola Sturgeon urged to set deadline - Herald Scotland Kirsty Williams on the risk of schools closing again this year - Wales Online Exams: Heads told to beware parent pressure over grades - BBC Lateral flow Covid testing too inaccurate to be used in mass screening, review finds - Telegraph Covid plays role in 'unexpectedly large' NEU surplus - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents who pressure teachers over exam grades could see their children disqualified - Telegraph Scotland: SNP school pledge ‘was worthless’ - Times - New Warning more schools could close due to false positives - Times Educational Supplement | TES NEU's 'early exit' from Edenred perks deal - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid: Why employers must commit to apprentices - Times Educational Supplement | TES The policy of MAT expansion needs careful scrutiny - Schools Week ‘I was terrified’: pupils tell of being victimised in UK schools - Guardian Exclusion rates five times higher for black Caribbean pupils in parts of England - Guardian British schools are institutionally racist. That must change urgently | Freia Schulz - Guardian ‘Systemic racism’: teachers speak out about discrimination in UK schools - Guardian Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry: Impossible to eradicate bullying in schools - Herald Scotland Universities pledge global cooperation on sustainability - Times Higher Education | THE Bristol happiness course ‘improves student well-being’ - Times Higher Education | THE Frameworks for awarding qualifications in 2021: consultation outcomes - Ofqual Academies admissions appeals review: 2020 - Education & Skills Funding Agency National Careers Service satisfaction and progression surveys: 2019 to 2020 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Free meals in further education funded institutions: guide for the 2020 to 2021 academic year - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA Update: 24 March 2021 - Education & Skills Funding Agency GCSEs 2021: Grades guidance – all teachers need to know - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: 'Slow' attainment gap progress dominates FMQs - Times Educational Supplement | TES SEND: Schools 'forced to pick up pieces' during Covid - Times Educational Supplement | TES Training for school mental health leads ‘shelved before pandemic’, MPs told - CYPN | Children & Young People Now NYA: 'Fundamental change' needed to tackle unemployment crisis - CYPN | Children & Young People Now New digital teaching resources list supports National Skills Fund courses - Jisc Jisc launches new strategy to support higher education sector - Jisc False results from rapid Covid tests could lead to more schools closing - Mail Open University breaks promise on pay and job security to over 4,000 staff - UCU The wider reopening of schools in Wales – your questions answered - NAHT New Education and Employers' research shows career-related learning could play a key role in schools’ recovery - NAHT 'Panic' on grading needs to be addressed - NASUWT How can colleges best support London’s economic recovery? - Collab Group It is deeply troubling. I'm not sure I've fully processed it: Scotland's Loretto School head tells child abuse inquiry - Scotsman Pupils at three Cardiff schools told to self-isolate - Wales Online Level 2 apprenticeships functional skills flexibility extended – again - FE Week Ofqual: Assessed content in VTQs can be reduced - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE criticised for promoting debunked learning styles - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs 2021: ‘Inappropriate’ private tutor help warning - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs: Guard teachers from grades pressure, says Ofqual - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs 2021: No change in grades standard, teachers told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Swinney ‘nervous’ about 'concept of catch-up’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid catch-up: How to assess the learning ‘gaps’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Keep records of parent pressure over exam grades, Ofqual tells heads - Schools Week Scotland: Are these education's priorities for next five years? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why mentoring will help experienced teachers, too - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Colleges set for funding boost to support economy - Times Educational Supplement | TES Impact of ‘spiteful’ ESFA adult education claw back plans revealed - FE Week Metro mayor elections: what will they mean for FE? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Secondaries ‘completely reject’ school-based appeals - Times Educational Supplement | TES What happens when you follow Gavin's behaviour tips? - Times Educational Supplement | TES From the archive: Podcast - The real story behind the fake 'Islamic plot' to take over schools - Guardian 'Unprecedented increase' in child patients with eating disorders, Scottish Government report confirms - Scotsman Increase testing as GCSEs fallback, suggests exam board - Times Educational Supplement | TES Kirschner: direct instruction 'not just for dinosaurs’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why we run webinars for parents about our pedagogy - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government security centre warns colleges of ‘spike’ in cyber attacks - FE Week What's happening with GCSEs and A-levels in 2022? - Wales Online New report shows strong impact of career-related learning on primary-aged children - Education and Employers Early Career Framework – three key insights for school leaders to help support their newest teachers - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Children have a right to be involved in decisions about their future education, health and wellbeing - BERA A-levels 2021: 'They told us exams would be cancelled but now we're sitting exams' - Wales Online Bristol University happiness course students found to be more upbeat - Guardian Evaluation in a time of crisis - HEPI Herald Higher Education Awards: University's can-do spirit - Herald Scotland We are our students - Wonkhe Education, widening participation and the digital divide - Wonkhe Child abuse: Warning of siblings being groomed online - BBC Ensuring the correct level in end-point assessment design - FE News Sir Paul Nurse: UKRI cuts are ‘existential threat’ to science - Times Higher Education | THE Oxford career oasis gives scholars time to escape tunnel vision - Times Higher Education | THE The Times Education Commission: Push to give children a better start - Times - New Rape normal at private school, says dossier of 170 testimonies - Times - New Children set for Covid-19 jabs this summer - Times - New Ireland: School return has been major factor in plateau of Covid-19 cases, data suggests - Times - New