News archive for 15th May 2021

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GCSE and A-level exam students could face changes to non-exam assessments next year - Independent English regulator to measure progress on cutting bureaucracy - Times Higher Education | THE St. John's professor is 'fired after she quoted the N-word while reading from a Mark Twain novel' - Mail Disaster for Sturgeon! Report finds Scotland has worst education system in UK - Express Councils in England facing funding gaps plan to cut special needs support - Observer Covid Indian variant: Pupils keep face masks in parts of North West - BBC Row over £15bn post-Covid package to support pupils - The Times David Miliband charity offers unpaid internships - The Times Parents pull pupils out of Prophet row school - The Times The Times view on catch-up funding for schools: Lost Learning - The Times New sense of pride at West Calder High where children lived in fear - The Times Don’t sing hymns that are too preachy, Church of England schools told - The Times Five steps towards an embedded coaching and CPD culture - Teacherhead Secondary school pupils face longer terms and shorter holidays - Mail UK’s top universities fearful of extra student numbers if A-level grades are high - Guardian It’s true – entry requirements for apprenticeships risks closing doors - FE Week School catering firm furloughed tutors despite going on apprentice hiring spree - FE Week Academics and officials have questioned the evidence behind Gavin Williamson’s “excessive” university free speech bill - PoliticsHome How higher education needs to fit into lifelong learning - HEPI Wellbeing charter and workload promises - Teacher Toolkit Peter Kyle appointed as shadow schools minister - Schools Week