News archive for 25th March 2021

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Gavin Williamson condemns protest at school where Muhammad cartoon shown in religious studies class - Independent Major revamp of music syllabus: Every child should study Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Beethoven - Telegraph Lack of housing forces boy, 10, to take 170 mile round trip to school every day - Mirror Headteacher brands petition for female pupils to wear trousers as part of school uniform 'unacceptable behaviour' - Mail Teacher suspended over use of Charlie Hebdo cartoons - Guardian Highgate School appoints former High Court judge to review sex abuse allegations - Telegraph Awarding of student grades: Committee writes to Secretary of State with concerns over the alternative arrangements for 2021 - UK Parliament Prophet Muhammad cartoon sparks Batley Grammar School protest - BBC Secondary pupils should wear masks in school beyond Easter, say union bosses - Mirror PHE: Nearly half of Covid outbreaks in education settings - Schools Week University criticised over virtual reality Bard after sacking Shakespeare experts - Telegraph Scottish universities set to lose millions in vital research funding following UK Government cuts - Telegraph Housing crisis leaves boy, 10, with 170-mile round trip to school in Birmingham - Guardian 'Never acceptable to threaten teachers', says DfE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools North East warn of £7m pupil premium shortfall - Times Educational Supplement | TES Next steps in assessment - CEM | Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring MPs fear 'wild west' of A-level and GCSE exam grades in England - Guardian Skills: What can England learn from Northern Ireland? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers to decide on call for Ofsted to be abolished - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish election 2021: The parties' education policies - Times Educational Supplement | TES The Northern Ireland College of the Future report launch - College of the Future Government launches ‘The Best Start for Life’ – a new health and social care strategy which prioritises the welfare of babies - EYE | Early Years Educator Using prior knowledge to tackle memory retention and reduce cognitive load - Ambition Institute Having police in schools is emblematic of a society headed in the wrong direction | Remi Joseph-Salisbury - Guardian Child poverty was rising before Covid, figures show - Times Educational Supplement | TES UCU response to Universities UK's call for full campus return from 12 April - UCU ACE Scholarship - Collab Group The ACSS and BERA respond to UKRI announcements on funding cuts - BERA NEU Cymru members say more funding for education - National Education Union Further education and skills: March 2021 - DfE Induction for early career teachers (England) - DfE Consistent financial reporting framework: 2021 to 2022 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Graduate outcomes (LEO): 2018 to 2019 - DfE Apprenticeships and traineeships: March 2021 - DfE School places sufficiency survey data - DfE MPs fear Wild West of grades and chaos around university places this summer - Mail 'Petrified': Boy, 12, spoken to by police over false claim of cookie theft in Bristol - Guardian 'Not seeing ourselves represented': union jack row at London school shows divides - Guardian Batley teacher suspended after Muslim parents protest over showing Prophet Muhammad cartoon in class - Mail UCU calls for reversal of adult education funding 'stealth cuts' - UCU No black applicants for some Royal Society grants for three years - Times Higher Education | THE Teacher 'sincerely sorry' after showing 'Prophet Muhammad cartoon' in RE class - Express UK police forces deploy 683 officers in schools with some poorer areas targeted - Guardian ‘Start for Life’ support package to be launched for new parents - Nursery World SEND pupils treated as an afterthought during pandemic, report says - CYPN | Children & Young People Now New research shows employers see lifelong learning as the ‘new normal’ as UK Government releases skills data - Pearson Jisc launches toolkit to help new university presses to publish open access - Jisc Universities must focus on online assets to ensure financial sustainability - Jisc Transforming the skills system is key to unlocking the potential of Northern Ireland colleges - Jisc British Council announce UK-Greek strategic partnership in education - British Council Composite classes can boost pupil attainment - Nuffield Foundation Is critical thinking a soft skill? - Learning Scientists How IGD is uniting the food industry as it seeks to train 25,000 young people by 2023 - Careers & Enterprise Company Lifelong learning - too important to ignore - Montrose42 Yorkshire school suspends teacher after Prophet Muhammad protests – statement in full - Express Start for Life review must result in action to ensure a better future for all children, says BPS - BPS | British Psychological Society Message circulated online names teacher in Charlie Hebdo cartoon allegations at Yorkshire school - Policy Exchange Councils to provide 'Start For Life' offer under Leadsom proposals - CYPN | Children & Young People Now How Everyone’s Invited’s ‘rape culture’ claims sparked a #MeToo movement in UK schools - Evening Standard Fulham’s deputy head boy: ‘Everyone’s Invited has started a discussion that wouldn’t otherwise be possible’ - Evening Standard By changing young people's attitudes, we can tackle violence against women | Cordelia Morrison - Guardian MPs demand answers from ministers over ‘Wild West’ grading fears - FE Week DfE officials grilled over Covid-19 response, 7 things we learned - Schools Week Exams: Grading system could become 'Wild West', MPs warn - BBC Revealed: Why schools didn't get their laptops in time - Times Educational Supplement | TES Black people in Stem education have poorer academic career progression - report - Mail MPs demand answers from ministers over ‘Wild West’ grading fears - Schools Week Ex-teachers and TAs may be needed as catch-up tutors - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why one-size-fits-all behaviour policies don't fit all - Times Educational Supplement | TES T levels: Gender imbalance on first courses revealed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Let's scrap SATs and focus on beating childhood obesity instead - Telegraph Scotland: Pay teachers a minimum of £30,000, say Lib Dems - Times Educational Supplement | TES No minimum experience required for teacher mentors - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs 2021: Will grading teachers ‘play by the rules’? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Not enough evidence to remove face masks in classrooms after Easter - union - Mail A scholarship for skateboarders shows you have to be willing to fail in order to succeed - Telegraph UK seals first European transnational education deal post-Brexit - Times Higher Education | THE DfE admits official Skills Toolkit completion data may just be starts - FE Week Keep masks in schools until scientists say otherwise - Times Educational Supplement | TES College Covid tests: 15% rise in positive cases - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs 2021: ‘Wild West chaos' among 5 grading fears - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish colleges in chaos as lecturers go on strike - Herald Scotland Magazine podcast: Crisis fatigue, vocabulary, A levels - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs 2021: Teachers to be ‘lambasted’ over grading - Times Educational Supplement | TES Apprenticeship standard achievement rate fails to hit 60% - FE Week Black Caribbean pupils excluded from schools up to six times more often than white peers - Independent One in five students say bad A-level advice led to lack of degree choice – poll - Guardian Professional tutors call for inquiry into catch-up scheme for pupils - Guardian Investment needed as number of teachers for Scottish children with additional needs plummets - Scotsman University of Aberdeen to return looted sculpture to Nigeria - Herald Scotland ASCL responds to UCAS research on degree choices - ASCL ASCL responds to LGA report on Covid and education recovery - ASCL Blaming decolonisation for limiting free speech is a red herring - HEPI Transforming the skills system is key to unlocking Northern Ireland's potential - College of the Future The Sutton Trust comments on “Where Next?” - Sutton Trust One year on: evaluating our digital delivery - Sutton Trust One in five students unintentionally block themselves from degree choices - UCAS Scottish school fears: Racism remains a blight, warn experts - Herald Scotland Student choice should be an opportunity, not a challenge - Wonkhe Unblocking the placements logjam through e-placements in healthcare - Wonkhe Research placements can help health professionals ground their practice in evidence - Wonkhe Careers and Covid: When the pandemic hit job ambitions - BBC Scotland: College strike a 'major blow' for students - Times Educational Supplement | TES Fifth of students 'poorly prepared for university' - BBC 9:15 a.m. - Public Accounts Committee will hear evidence in its inquiry into education during the Covid-19 lockdown - Accountability Hearings One in five students cannot study degree they want due to wrong school subjects - Mail Education inequalities exposed by Covid have no quick fix – survey - Guardian Highgate School’s female pupils walk out in protest at abuse culture - Times - New Think about degree choice early or miss out, pupils told - Times - New Scotland: Secondary school return in doubt amid concerns on two-metre rule - Times - New DfE: Early Career Framework Reforms: Statutory Induction Guidance and Appropriate Body Guidance Update - UCET DfE: Induction for Early Career Teachers - UCET