News archive for 17th May 2021

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Lockdown sparks surge in interest in 'idyllic' Scottish boarding schools - Telegraph Government has already U-turned on ending face masks in classrooms - Telegraph Boys as young as ten 'having pornographic conversations' - Telegraph ‘Creative, resilient, grateful and engaged’: how university students have fared through COVID - Jisc Government's promises on early years are empty rhetoric after a decade of failure - PoliticsHome UK international schools “major asset” in international strategy - PIE News New national agreement helps UK universities evaluate journal agreements with publishers - Jisc Diagnostic assessment in primary literacy - Research Schools Network Diagnostic assessment in maths - Research Schools Network NAHT comment on International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia - NAHT The importance of LGBTQ+ role models in colleges - AoC | Association of Colleges NEU comment on International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia - National Education Union Healthcare students: unsung heroes of the pandemic - HEPI When is the right time to go for a promotion? - The Educator Ofqual: bias against disadvantaged and SEN pupils ‘common’ in assessments - Guardian New Customer Panel will help transform customer experience - Student Loans Company Measuring the net present value of further education in England 2018 to 2019 - DfE University students return to campus for in-person lessons and social activities - Mail Today's school, education and teacher news: LIVE 17/5 - Times Educational Supplement | TES School protests force U-turn after sick pupil banned from wearing cap - BBC Two teachers take on 24-hour 'teach-a-thon' with ghost stories, karaoke and artwork at dawn - Mirror EU Settlement Scheme: What colleges need to do - Times Educational Supplement | TES Robust but civil debate: how the OfS protects free speech on campus - Office for Students This is a cruel way to treat young people - SecEd Six key findings from Ofqual’s survey of teachers on 2020 grading - FE Week How will the new Research College Group work? - Times Educational Supplement | TES How data cut teacher 'leeway' on GCSE grading - Times Educational Supplement | TES Six key findings from Ofqual’s survey of teachers on 2020 grading - Schools Week Teach First wins £113m for 6 more years - Times Educational Supplement | TES FE hero: We're at the forefront of technological change - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exams to resume in N. Ireland next year - BBC How can schools support teachers awarding grades? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Lecturer reprimanded for decorating offer to student - Times Educational Supplement | TES Easing of Covid-19 restrictions: what new rules mean for children's sector - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Gender row erupts as schools let girls adopts male names without parents' consent - Express Children must learn it’s okay to be ordinary, says charity head - Evening Standard Covid pandemic has caused children as old as eight to throw tantrums normally seen in 'terrible twos' - Mail GCSEs: Pressure on teachers to limit grades generosity - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs 2021: Teacher assessment risks bias, warns Ofqual - Times Educational Supplement | TES Will the DfE's new wellbeing charter have any impact? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Institute of Teaching won’t take first trainees until 2023 after pilot year dropped - Schools Week Second national college officially dissolves - FE Week Covid: Oak launches online summer school lessons - Times Educational Supplement | TES Movers and Shakers: Edition 353 - FE Week Academy trust comes to UTC’s rescue - FE Week Companies head to the classroom as demand for virtual education grows in pandemic - Financial Times ‘You grow with the grant, then shrink back at the end’: the primary scooping up DfE accolades - Schools Week People want free speech to thrive at universities … just not for racists, Holocaust deniers or advocates of religious violence - HEPI Social-emotional competences: Conceptualisation, childhood inequalities and predictive value for socioeconomic attainment in adulthood - BERA Some big legal questions hang over the new free speech bill - Wonkhe Free speech on campus means student and staff actions not state-imposed sanctions - Wonkhe The government needs to grow up over free speech on campus - Wonkhe Many college students 'need direct hardship payments' to make ends meet - Times Educational Supplement | TES BBC making 1,000-strong Shakespeare archive available to students - Mail Marc Stears: like Labour, academics are disconnected from society - Times Higher Education | THE UK union says final pay offer of 1.5 per cent rise ‘unacceptable’ - Times Higher Education | THE Plan to legislate on ‘low-quality’ courses alarms sector - Times Higher Education | THE Diversifying medicine: We’re just what the doctor ordered - The Times Shetland teacher found guilty of sexual activity with pupils - The Times DfE: Teacher Recruitment Bulletin (May 2021) - UCET