News archive for 6th May 2021

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Secondary school kids won't have to wear masks in class after May 17 - The Sun End of face masks in the classroom as Boris Johnson defies unions - Telegraph Teaching unions see members quit over Covid face mask stance - Telegraph Reception baseline assessment: equality impact assessment - DfE The Guardian view on arts education cuts: we don’t need no philistines - Guardian Students 'need whole of Year 7 to settle in' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Students and tutors recognised in WEA achievement awards 2021 - FE Week Highlights from Annual Apprenticeship Conference 2021 - FE Week How college boards can prioritise innovation - Times Educational Supplement | TES Primary school apologises for mistakenly showing picture of Prophet Muhammad in assembly - Mail Resources and materials for promoting T Levels - Education & Skills Funding Agency How to register to deliver T Levels in 2023 to 2024 academic year - Education & Skills Funding Agency Why mobile apps must be accessible and inclusive - Jisc Online teaching and learning review published in partnership with Bangor University - Advance HE Digest #152: Teaching how to code - Learning Scientists Older teens more popular with classmates - UKEdChat What matters to English learners’ acquisition of academic vocabulary - Best Evidence in Brief Halving university arts subjects funding will hit UK’s cultural health, government warned - Independent Swimming and schools with Olympic medalist Steve Parry - NAHT New collaboration with Mindspace 24/7 to support student and staff mental health - AoC | Association of Colleges Lifting the lid on the impact of Covid-19 on further education - Collab Group Survey shows widespread LGBT+ discrimination in higher education - UCU Researching in Covid-era schools - BERA Embracing opportunities: the Russell Group’s view on trade deals - Russell Group College collaboration fund (CCF) projects - DfE More needs to be done to level the playing field - HEPI Wales' schools report just 33 coronavirus cases in one week - Wales Online LGBT+ university staff face slurs ‘at least monthly’ - Times Higher Education | THE Ensuring access to remote learning for all - Teacher Toolkit Campaigners call for temporary ban on exclusions - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Call for politics lessons across the school curriculum - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE extends school leaders wellbeing service to 160 more heads with £62k - Schools Week Ofsted plan to hit 90% MFL target is 'unrealistic' - Times Educational Supplement | TES How to get careers education right - Times Educational Supplement | TES Today's school, education and teacher news: LIVE 6/5 - Times Educational Supplement | TES No more masks? Teachers are being fed to the lions - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs 2021: Heads 'anxious' over summer appeal workload - Times Educational Supplement | TES Truro and Penwith College: Engaging with the ETF's TLPD offer - Education & Training Foundation Effective digital skills teaching in the context of digital exclusion: ESOL and non-formal learning - Education & Training Foundation Digital degree apprenticeship review outcome kicked into long grass - FE Week Eight in ten students have returned to university despite Government ban - Telegraph London teacher’s lessons to boost worldwide vaccine take-up go global - Evening Standard How OCR is likely to offend...well, everyone, really - Times Educational Supplement | TES Make lives better by teaching pupils queer history - Times Educational Supplement | TES Autumn GCSEs and A-levels ‘will only add extra stress to pupils and schools’ - Evening Standard Delivering the first T levels – what's it been like? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Degree apprenticeships: 5 ways they could change - Times Educational Supplement | TES Written feedback on lessons is mostly pointless. Better to meet, review and plan - together - Headguruteacher Why digital exams can't happen without DfE investment - Times Educational Supplement | TES Magazine podcast: Long Covid, voting, jungle education - Times Educational Supplement | TES Let schools ditch face masks in classroom on May 17 and don’t ‘pander’ to teaching unions, Boris warned - The Sun Government revamps apprentices strategy to help plug skills gaps - Public Technology Plans for 50% funding cut to arts subjects at universities ‘catastrophic’ - Guardian London’s funding affects us all - Wonkhe Does Neil O’Brien have the answer to the levelling up question? - Wonkhe Nanny agency to offer support and training to set up childminders with home nurseries - Nursery World 2 Early years attendance levels remain lower than expected for summer term - Nursery World 2 Female researchers join forces to make fieldwork safer - Times Higher Education | THE Covid in Ireland: Cases in teenagers up 66% since schools returned - The Times