News archive for 17th November 2021

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Ex catch-up tsar questions Ofsted inspection timing - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities face fresh threat of strike action in pay row - Herald Scotland Studying Latin and Greek is an antidote to the shallow woke ideology - Telegraph Covid: Rise in violent pupil behaviour and unexplained absences - Herald Scotland Podcast: Association of Colleges Conference special - FE Week Schools project prepares pupils for data-driven future - Times Educational Supplement | TES Bolster placements to boost teacher education, says MillionPlus - MillionPlus Most UK adults don’t know key details of the Holocaust – how it has been taught in schools may explain why - The Conversation New members appointed to Advance HE’s Board - Advance HE The grandfather of ‘immersion’ – being in a state of flow - Teacher Toolkit Amanda Spielman at the AoC Annual Conference 2021 - Ofsted A pathway towards responsible, ethical AI could deliver a fairer system in education - Jisc Colleges reach finals of AoC Beacon Awards 2021/22 - AoC | Association of Colleges ESFA Update: 17 November 2021 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Nadhim Zahawi addresses Association of Colleges conference - DfE Education staff wellbeing charter - DfE Schools’ views: benefits and obstacles to joining academy trusts - DfE Lords debates government policy on new teachers - UK Parliament Councils can order masks in schools across local areas - Times Educational Supplement | TES How many secondary school pupils have been persistently absent so far this year? - FFT Education Datalab How many primary school pupils have been persistently absent so far this year? - FFT Education Datalab School efficiency: The strengths and limitations of DfE’s financial efficiency metric - EPI Improving support for young adult carers in further education: the Driving Change project - Learning & Work Institute Finalists announced for the Edge Award for Excellence in Real World Learning - Edge Foundation South Central Institute of Technology’s Preeti Vohra scoops prestigious national tech award - Activate Learning Project-based learning - UKEdChat The DfE is recruiting panellists for Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) Professional Conduct Panels - NAHT Fair equality of opportunity means a fair chance to succeed - Office for Students Pressures on staff are the greatest concern for university research leaders - HEPI Graduate outcomes survey review – our approach to continuous improvement - HESA Russell Group response to UCU announcement on December industrial action - Russell Group Students 'expected to live' in homes with rats and damp - BBC How can we save GCSE and A-level English? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Violent behaviour rising in early primary, says union - Times Educational Supplement | TES Kevan Collins: Government ‘abdicating responsibility’ to lead recovery - Schools Week Nazi Germany was inspired by ‘Fuhrer-like’ British public schools like Eton - Express Teaching assistant who faked compassionate leave caught when her boyfriend posted pictures faces being struck off - Mail Parents should take kids out of school for holidays as it’s good for them, argues psychologist - The Sun Teaching assistant who told fake sob story to go on Rome holiday caught out when boyfriend posted glam pics - The Sun Voice Community comments on accelerated Ofsted inspections - Voice Adam Rutherford: scientists have to be better at history - Times Higher Education | THE Spence: don’t let digital investments dictate teaching policy - Times Higher Education | THE Covid restrictions: Face masks in schools more likely as Government plans for winter surge - i News Violent incidents increase by 70 per cent at Cookham Wood YOI - CYPN | Children & Young People Now NHS launches specialist clinics amid spike in childhood obesity - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Alliance launches toolkit to help settings get through a 'demanding' winter - Nursery World Tone-deaf: Ofsted’s plan to accelerate inspections slammed by school leaders - SecEd 'Toxic masculinity' stopping boys from seeking mental health help - SecEd Caution remains watchword despite drop in Covid absence - SecEd Air pollution: Children demand the right to breathe clean air - SecEd Key Scottish Government review of student housing could be delayed after contract failure - Scotsman Deliver more apprenticeships, Zahawi tells college leaders - FE Week Eddie Marsan: Poor white children need similar help to poor black youngsters to help them succeed - Mail DfE: Most maintained schools not planning to academise - Times Educational Supplement | TES Academisation rate ‘unlikely to increase’ without new policies, DfE study finds - Schools Week Tens of thousands of books are being sent to schools in Wales in £5m scheme to improve reading - Wales Online Government accused of being ‘tone-deaf’ on school catch-up priorities as Ofsted inspections accelerated - Independent Nazis based their elite schools on top British private schools - Guardian Guernsey schools change timeline faces 'real risk' - BBC Plan to speed up Ofsted inspections of schools in England sparks fury - Guardian Heads raise funding concern over tackling bullying - Times Educational Supplement | TES Should OfS worry about student welfare? - Wonkhe How do you make higher education innovation contagious? - Wonkhe Covid ‘surge’ in teaching applications over, heads warn - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sussex University faces watchdog ‘freedom of speech’ probe after academic Kathleen Stock quit - Mail We’ll write for you, plagiarism-free: essay mills’ latest ploy - Times Higher Education | THE Nazis used UK public schools like Eton and Harrow as 'model' for education system - Mirror How Nazi Germany's elite schools forged close links with top British private schools - Mail Lecturers to stage 72-hour walkout over pensions - The Times University helps homeless with degree course pledge - The Times White working class needs college quotas, says actor Eddie Marsan - The Times Primary pupils ‘should be taught engineering skills’ - The Times Sussex University inquiry after trans row - The Times Scotland: Vilified lecturer Neil Thin won’t return to teaching - The Times Scotland: Prince Charles opens outdoor classroom in grounds of Dumfries House - The Times