News archive for 13th May 2021

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Covid: £13.5bn needed to help pupils catch up, report says - BBC Mary Beard's retirement present to fund students - BBC Outbreak fears cause cautious schools to continue with mask rules - Schools Week Online lectures here to stay universities continue with 'blended learning' next academic year - Telegraph ASCL responds to Ofsted report on SEND support in mainstream schools - ASCL UKFeminista: resources for teachers, students and parents to help promote gender equality in the classroom - NAHT ASCL backs major overhaul of university admissions - ASCL Admissions reform must not leave students marooned without proper careers support - Universities UK Is ‘lost learning’ the new crisis in education? - BERA Careful design is needed to make a post‑qualification offer system work - Russell Group National Numeracy Day live event line-up announced - National Numeracy How I manage my wellbeing as a Careers Leader - Careers & Enterprise Company More than 2,000 early years providers have closed since the start of 2021 - EYE | Early Years Educator The biggest education problems, right now! - Teacher Toolkit Winners of £18m bootcamps tender revealed - FE Week Supporting SEND: how the needs of children and young people are met in mainstream schools - Ofsted Education Committee to question Chair of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities Dr Tony Sewell - UK Parliament Report of the Chief Schools Adjudicator: September 2019 to December 2020 - GOV.UK Post Qualification Admissions reform consultation response - Ofqual Some pupils with SEND missing out on specialist support - Ofsted Every school with Reception class offered early language training - DfE Fair access to English higher education in the 21st century – a story in five parts - Office for Students Today's school, education and teacher news: LIVE 13/5 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Vice-chancellors reject plans for radical overhaul of university admissions - Telegraph Pupils in England ‘waiting up to five years for special needs plan’ - Guardian Film-maker lauds black parents who toppled ‘subnormal’ schools - Guardian Gavin Williamson says holocaust deniers will 'never, never, never' be protected under new freedom of speech laws - Mail Female 'diversity officer' quits top private school after institution was accused of 'widespread racist abuse' - Mail Why we need to align workplace and classroom knowledge - Times Educational Supplement | TES Post-qualification applications plan ‘unworkable’, v-cs warn - Times Higher Education | THE We used to work to the Gatsby benchmarks, now we get them to work for us - Teach First The parts of Wales where no schools reported Covid cases this week - Wales Online Welsh online-only apprenticeship provider censured by Ofsted - FE Week How to avoid a repeat of the 2020 results debacle - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs and A-levels 2021: Subject matter cut down for autumn exams - Times Educational Supplement | TES Attendance in primary schools before and after the last lockdown - FFT Education Datalab Every state school with reception pupils can now apply to receive the Nuffield Early Language Intervention - Nuffield Foundation Industry renowned employers support T Level Professional Development through online workshops - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Social and Emotional Learning - A primary school perspective - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Fury as student teacher is reprimanded for saying he supports staff member 'who showed Prophet Muhammad cartoon to pupils' - Mail How the government plans to tackle childhood obesity - CYPN | Children & Young People Now SEND inclusion scheme helps 25,000 children access sport - CYPN | Children & Young People Now New Head of Department for Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment appointed - IOE London Blog Mental Health Awareness Week: listening to young people’s voices - IOE London Blog Advance HE Strategy 2021-24 - Advance HE Admissions shake-up in September to end struggle for in-year school places - Schools Week Eight specialist colleges honoured in Natspec awards 2021 - FE Week Covid outbreaks in schools double in a week - Schools Week Child abuse inquiry hears impact of beatings in school - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tory minister says universities face fines unless they allow holocaust deniers to speak - Mirror Williamson quizzed over 2021-22 NTP contract - Times Educational Supplement | TES College Covid positives drop along with number of tests - Times Educational Supplement | TES Collection of English and maths attainment data halted - Times Educational Supplement | TES Kate Green: Post-16 plans 'close the door on millions' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Spielman set for two-year extension as Ofsted chief inspector - FE Week Students left in limbo as university offers delayed - Scotsman Spielman set for two-year extension as Ofsted chief inspector - Schools Week Post-qualification admissions: Ofqual says university reforms risk ‘unacceptable’ results delays - Schools Week Post-qualification admissions: Ofqual says university reforms risk ‘unacceptable’ results delays - FE Week Why we need positive discrimination in our schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofqual: University shake-up could harm A-level marking - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why league tables don't reflect schools' amazing work - Times Educational Supplement | TES Top scientist: 'It's dangerous not to wear masks now' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Home education among pupils with EHC plans up by a quarter in one year - Schools Week The Queen’s Speech is welcome – but passing legislation is only the first step - FE Week Not enough support for SEND pupils, warns Ofsted - Times Educational Supplement | TES Magazine podcast: Sweat, leadership, sport, Facebook - Times Educational Supplement | TES SEND pupils ‘not getting enough help’ in mainstream schools, says Ofsted - Schools Week Pupils being told what questions will come up in exams, teacher claims - Wales Online Ofsted: TAs need subject training to help SEND pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland’s education system weakest in UK, according to new report - Telegraph Cardiff University staff to continue online lectures next year - Wales Online Woke threaten to rape and murder academics with courage to speak out - Express UK research funding less geographically concentrated than key competitors including US and Germany - HEPI SQA alternative assessment row: Fears over 'delayed' university offers - Herald Scotland Regional policy and R&D: evidence, experiments and expectations - HEPI Post qualification admissions distracts from the real fair access issues - Wonkhe The consumer protection implications of a move to post qualification admissions - Wonkhe Delay ‘risky’ reforms to language GCSEs, MPs and peers tell DfE - Schools Week Reforms to language GCSEs 'risk standards,' say MPs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Call to bar universities from admitting students who miss grades - Times Higher Education | THE How decolonised is my curriculum? There’s an app for that - Times Higher Education | THE Edinburgh University boss told to quit in free speech row - The Times Coroner warns private school after two pupil suicides - The Times Scotland has worst UK schools but healthcare is highly rated - The Times DfE ITT criteria update - UCET