News archive for 24th May 2021

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Police receive over 50 cases of pupils abused in schools in just two months after helpline set up - Telegraph Two schoolboys ‘mimic George Floyd murder in sick attack on black classmate’ - The Sun Now is not the time to back a ‘creative syllabus' – our children need to get back to basics - Telegraph Today's school, education and teacher news: LIVE 24/5 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted finds apprentices without jobs at provider - FE Week College suspends principal just two months before merger - FE Week Teachers can’t solve pupil porn problem alone, says DfE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Will the new teacher training curriculum hit recruitment? - The Educator Six things parents say about Ofsted - Teacher Toolkit Three weeks of strikes at University of Liverpool - UCU Prospective students should not apply to study at 'international outcast' University of Leicester, say staff - UCU Student leadership is key to genuine whole-school diversity - SecEd New panel Chairs and Reviewers announced for transformed UK Athena Swan Charter - Advance HE Teachers ‘at risk’ as data on Indian variant ‘withheld’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Extended school day opposed by 6 in 10 parents - Times Educational Supplement | TES NSPCC helpline set up in wake of schools abuse scandal refers 65 allegations to authorities - Evening Standard FE pay: If we want a rise, we must change perceptions - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Horrific’ cuts in pipeline for English universities and students - Guardian ESFA: Kirsty Evans appointed as director of FE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Five goals for colleges - but is progress being made? - Times Educational Supplement | TES TAGs, you're it: Why this is a game teachers can't win - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents fear for pupils' mental state at £53,000 fee school - BBC Headteachers say pupils’ wellbeing more important than longer days - Evening Standard Replace levy with Learning for Life guarantee, says CBI - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish education ‘on the verge of crisis’, says union - Times Educational Supplement | TES School child abuse helpline receives hundreds of calls in first 6 weeks - Schools Week Abuse helpline takes hundreds of calls, says NSPCC - BBC Why we need to stop feeling sorry for summer-born children - Telegraph ESFA appoints Kirsty Evans as Director of Further Education - Education & Skills Funding Agency Interactive GCSE, AS and A level data visualisation tool launched - Ofqual Introducing national standards for unregulated provision - DfE £51 million for councils to support care leavers - DfE School funding: Concerns over excessive CEO pay, redundancy costs & consultancy fees - SecEd Movers and Shakers: Edition 354 - FE Week Investigating triangles - UKEdChat New guide to ensure equity for disabled applicants in post-qualification admissions system - Advance HE What do university applicants want from their higher education institutions? - HEPI Russell Group statement of principles on USS pension scheme - Russell Group This is how we can boost the number of girls and women on construction courses - FE Week Emerging HE policies highlight new political landscape - MediaFHE Rethinking universities from the outside in - MediaFHE For sale! Land of insolvent college goes on the market for £580K - FE Week How the Skills Bill would increase and clarify the government’s legal powers - FE Week Culture, performance, and assessment in research - Wonkhe Is the HE sector looking in the wrong place for the government’s Augar response? - Wonkhe Covid: Teachers say poor twice as likely to be behind - Times Educational Supplement | TES Half of teachers want remote working to stay post Covid - Times Educational Supplement | TES High level of frustration among nursery staff during the pandemic, study reveals - Nursery World 2 ‘Eulogy to research’ as pandemic makes teaching the priority - Times Higher Education | THE Parents oppose longer school days to help children catch up - The Times Children will begin secondary education still unable to read - The Times British education system ‘only average’ in international league table - The Times From gang recruitment ground to academic powerhouse - The Times Exam-focused teaching discourages children’s curiosity - The Times Our Education Commissioners: who’s who - The Times Times Education Commission - how it will work - The Times