News archive for 21st May 2021

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Parents ‘won't be fined for taking children to Spain for half-term break’ and having to miss school to quarantine - The Sun Apprenticeships need to be worked into school careers advice - The Times Steve Besley's Education Eye: week ending 21 May 2021 - Education Eye Research findings that are probably wrong cited far more than robust ones, study finds - Guardian Oxford colleges pay ‘unliveable’ wages despite pledge by university - Financial Times Binmen kick up a stink in support of suspended Batley teacher - Telegraph Today's school, education and teacher news: LIVE 21/5 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland's schools face another 'summer of discontent' after exams quango fails to hit its own deadline - Telegraph Demands for new education secretary to reveal exam appeals system and OECD report date - Scotsman Podcast: Teachers need help over pupils' sexual conduct - Times Educational Supplement | TES FE still finds ways to shine in these dark times - Times Educational Supplement | TES Illegal schools: Government accused of ‘unacceptable’ delays to crackdown - Schools Week Investing in teachers is crucial to the recovery effort - Ambition Institute Disadvantaged children lose out on £118m due to pupil premium changes, LGA reveals - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Rediscovering the power of feedback and reflection in driving improvement - Advance HE Thousands of parents not using their Tax-Free Childcare accounts - Nursery World UUK proposals could rein in pension contribution rise, says USS - Times Higher Education | THE UKRI: overseas aid-funded research still ‘high priority’ - Times Higher Education | THE Drive to cut English fee cap raises questions on DfE stance - Times Higher Education | THE Quality Alliance guidance will support returning apprentices - IfATE The great algorithm fiasco - BERA Report published on Covid-related spending on education in England - EYE | Early Years Educator Legislation to end compulsory daily worship proposed - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE report: Schools in big MATs shun moves to share responsibility for excluded pupils - Schools Week Sturgeon: We won't have another qualifications fiasco - Times Educational Supplement | TES What teachers think of Ofsted inspections - Times Educational Supplement | TES Everything you need to know in education this week - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hundreds of pupils self-isolating in Wales after cases confirmed in schools - Wales Online Stonehenge research at risk if Sheffield archaeology unit closes, say experts - Guardian Provider challenges Ofsted for ‘factually incorrect’ report - FE Week Evaluating the education inspection framework: for schools and further education and skills providers - Ofsted Evaluation of the alternative provision innovation fund - DfE Commissioning models for alternative provision - DfE Adult education budget: devolved grant determination letters 2021 - DfE Pupils ‘unpunished’ for teacher attacks, says NASUWT Scotland - The Times Robert Halfon: 5 changes to transform prison education - Times Educational Supplement | TES University tuition fees: 'We're paying for something we're not getting' - BBC ESFA to select providers for reapplication to apprenticeships register in random order - FE Week Schools to be inspected on 2019 exams data, says Ofsted - Times Educational Supplement | TES Finally: recognition that teachers handled Covid well - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted: New framework ‘demanding but fair’ and 5 other findings from first evaluation - Schools Week Oxford colleges pay ‘unliveable’ wages despite pledge by university - Financial Times Education: Violence 'becoming normalised' in Scotland's schools - Herald Scotland Ofsted to inspect online schools under new accreditation scheme - Schools Week National college closes without ever having opened - FE Week The Skills Bill: inadequate to deal with years of neglect and a pandemic - FE Week Meet Jim Metcalfe, champion of Scottish college staff - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid: Surge forces Bedford school to switch to remote learning - BBC Skills Bill: DfE accused of ‘power-grab’ over colleges - FE Week The school Covid expenses the DfE rejected - Schools Week The Skills Bill is not about taking back control of colleges - FE Week Colleges 'must be at centre of climate change action' - Times Educational Supplement | TES The journey through recovery must lead to reform  - Schools Week Oak Academy scrambles to secure future as privatisation plan pulled - Schools Week 'Insulting' funding change hits school catch-up - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofqual questions comparability of 2022 GCSEs - Times Educational Supplement | TES £250m of apprenticeship funding went back to Treasury in 2020-21 - FE Week Funding boost for pupils leaving alternative provision - DfE Wales' new education minister on masks, funding, and the new curriculum - Wales Online Scottish colleges' £54m financial black hole widens by 74% in two years - Herald Scotland ASCL comments on LGA survey on £118 million lost pupil premium funding - ASCL Violence and abuse of teachers at risk of becoming normalised in Scottish schools - NASUWT Podcast: “Dead end” courses, skills bill, September - Wonkhe Where was the work on student rights when they needed it the most? - Wonkhe How do you solve a problem like SOC coding? - Wonkhe Statue of British colonialist Cecil Rhodes to stay at an Oxford University college - The Sun Target teacher pay to stop post-Covid exodus, DfE told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Violence and abuse of teachers 'becoming normalised' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Alternative provision: £8m to support transition to FE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools' pupil premium Covid 'double whammy' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Drive to cut English fee cap raises questions on DfE stance - Times Higher Education | THE Schools set to lose £118m funding for poor pupils - BBC Scotland: Jewish student told to ‘gas herself’ as antisemitic incidents rise - The Times Scotland: Groped student reprimanded for naming abuser - The Times