News archive for 5th May 2021

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Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: 23 March 2020 to 29 April 2021 - DfE ESFA Update: 5 May 2021 - Education & Skills Funding Agency All you need to know about teaching apprenticeships - Times Educational Supplement | TES Employers urged to work with FE on skills gaps - Times Educational Supplement | TES Vaccinations for secondary school children now being considered - Mail Boris Johnson urged to resist pressure from unions over face masks in classroom - Telegraph Headteacher who broke ranks over face masks put under investigation - Telegraph Residents blast plans for Ocado distribution centre close to primary school in north London - Mail Read my lips: face masks in schools can damage our children’s development - Telegraph Children born at the beginning of the academic year are more liked than their younger classmates - Mail Study shows popularity at school linked to age position in class - Guardian Today's school, education and teacher news: LIVE 5/5 - Times Educational Supplement | TES FE colleges: Is it time to rethink the way we organise our staff? - Times Educational Supplement | TES We have the power to tackle racism on social media - Times Educational Supplement | TES Thousands of graduates owed more than £300 for student loan overpayments - Mirror ‘Women in literature’ topic may be renamed as exam boards order diversity shake-up - The Times Academy trust wins court battle on student mask-wearing - Times Educational Supplement | TES Fears over quality of teacher catch-up aids - Times Educational Supplement | TES New international project launched to boost young people’s confidence, employability and community engagement - Leeds Beckett University Young Lives, Young Futures: Shaping the future of education - Edge Foundation The wider reopening of schools in Wales – your questions answered - NAHT ASCL comment on Week 18 school attendance statistics - ASCL Improving graduate outcomes response rates: why quality contact details matter - HESA Visas: UK rolls out red carpet for Nobel laureates - Times Higher Education | THE Adam Habib to resume SOAS director role after N-word probe - Times Higher Education | THE Durham picks Oxford humanities head as next v-c - Times Higher Education | THE Teacher micropopulism on social media - BERA Youth Employment UK annual Youth Voice Census - Edge Foundation New approaches to education: what does the evidence say? - Edge Foundation What are the different parties promising students in Scotland at tomorrow’s election? - HEPI Skills for entering the job market - Careers & Enterprise Company What mature-age students need from online higher education - Advance HE British Chambers of Commerce Workplace Training and Development Commission Report - AoC responds - AoC | Association of Colleges University of South Wales and QA reveal pathway - PIE News IQ tests: Are humans getting smarter? - The Conversation Four reasons to optimise course engagement - Jisc Vaccines, uniforms and ‘academy autonomy’ (don’t make us laugh!) - Teacher Tapp Reducing the gender gap - UKEdChat Wellbeing alert: Half of teachers reporting symptoms of burn-out - SecEd Traumatic bereavement & Covid: New CPD resources to support children - SecEd Expensive, branded, compulsory: MPs pass law targeting excessive school uniform costs - SecEd Education Development Trust welcomed as a SET Corporate Partner - Education & Training Foundation Education during the pandemic - Guernsey College of Further Education - Edge Foundation GCSEs: Pay us for 'horrendous' grade work, say teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Don't 'risk progress' on Covid in schools, warn heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES Levelling Up White Paper: Why the elections matter - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish election 2021: The parties' education pledges - Times Educational Supplement | TES School counsellor target 'was missed then hidden' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid: Parents urged to prioritise swimming lessons - BBC Covid school absences nearly double in a week - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher supply: Could this be the solution to teacher recruitment? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid Scotland: Elgin Academy linked to 48 cases of coronavirus - Herald Scotland Covid catch-up: What will summer schools look like? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofqual's plans for autumn exams are simply farcical - Times Educational Supplement | TES Military children face gaps in health and education support, report warns - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Attendance: Isolation due to potential in-school Covid contact almost doubles - Schools Week Scottish election 2021: 10,000 two-year olds missing out on free childcare under SNP - Scotsman Improve support for children affected by traumatic bereavement, urge experts - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Could Covid have created a 'golden generation'? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Does your PSHE curriculum tackle abusive behaviour? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Herald's Higher Education Awards: Last chance for institutions to enter - Herald Scotland Demand for review into sexual harassment in Scottish schools - Scotsman Ofsted: How primaries can be 'outstanding' at languages - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs and A Levels: Teacher vote could see 'Women in lit' renamed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Student number controls won’t fix higher education in the UK - Wonkhe Open access publishing is the ethical choice - Wonkhe Coronavirus: Guide to re-opening support services for new and expectant parents - Nursery World 2 Childbase Partnership settings awarded Green Flag eco status - Nursery World 2 Student loan overpayments of nearly £19m go unclaimed over five-year period - Mail Ireland launches post-Brexit push to recruit Chinese students - Times Higher Education | THE England’s knowledge exchange framework ‘could fizzle out’ - Times Higher Education | THE Student Loans Company holds £18.3m in overpayments made since 2015 - Guardian