News archive for 24th November 2021

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Open University professor’s harrowing account of what it feels like to be targeted by a trans hate mob - Mail People with autism detained for 20 years in ‘secure units’ in UK hospitals - The Times Teachers are 'quitting their jobs' after being falsely labelled 'paedophiles' by students in TikTok videos - Mail School term dates changes in Wales to be considered - BBC Equalities minister Kemi Badenoch calls for new measures to tackle workplace harassment and bullying - Mail 100 people with learning disabilities and autism held more than 20 years in ‘institutions’ - BBC Northern Ireland: TikTok challenge blamed for Bangor school's toilet rule - BBC Warning over risk to school teacher training provision - Times Educational Supplement | TES Kate praises pupils learning about early years development of children - Mail UK universities told to show ambition in graduate job targets - Guardian NI grammar school's admissions process ruled unlawful - BBC TikTok videos a ‘kick in the teeth’ for teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES New e-book supports child-centred competences for early childhood education and care - EYE | Early Years Educator Persistence: Children learn less when adults take over - Teacher Toolkit MasterChef’s Marcus Wareing: School cooking classes needed to fill ‘scary’ Brexit hospitality vacancies - i News Ofsted rejects third of school Covid deferral requests - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid: Wiltshire head teacher leads school meals quality review - BBC Celebrating more than 60 fellowships at DCU - Advance HE New practical guides to support active learning in Education for Sustainable Development - Advance HE How many pupils from mainstream schools are educated off site each week? - FFT Education Datalab Moving in the right direction: Social mobility and university access - Sutton Trust Action research: Coaching to build maths students’ confidence - Education & Training Foundation | ETF The benefits of coaching for Mathematics GCSE-resit students: Cambridge Regional College - Education & Training Foundation Research-based practice – the art of a great question - UKEdChat Higher and Further Education Minister speech at Times Higher Education event - DfE Non-association independent schools inspections and outcomes in England: August 2021 - Ofsted Children and Families Minister speech at NCASC conference - DfE Consultation on Ofsted’s role in the Online Education Accreditation Scheme - Ofsted Primary school 'circuit break' to tackle Covid case rise - BBC ESFA Update: 24 November 2021 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Fears schools will close again as headteachers start imposing lockdown-style ‘circuit breakers’ sparking parent fury - The Sun The best universities for getting poorer students into high paying jobs are all in London - Evening Standard England’s most selective universities worst for social mobility, report finds - Independent Office for Students welcomes new director for fair access and participation - Office for Students Projects to improve black, Asian and minority ethnic students’ access to postgraduate research - Office for Students Institute backs ‘tough and ambitious’ targets for degree apprenticeships and Higher Technical Qualifications - IfATE Do bursaries change who applies to teacher training? - NFER HESA responds to government data protection consultation - HESA Computer adaptive tests: What’s not to like? - NFER An open letter to the new Director for Fair Access and Participation - HEPI Does money motivate teachers? - BERA Voice Community comments on student outcomes speech - Voice Report suggests mixed views of the REF among researchers - UKRI Ministers are making new demands on access to and participation in higher education - Wonkhe Improving minority ethnic groups’ access to postgraduate research - UKRI UCAS response to new Director of Fair Access and Participation - UCAS Deputy head teacher on a mission to rid Leeds of bed poverty - Mail Universities minister Michelle Donelan unveils plan to ‘revolutionise’ higher education loans - Evening Standard Attainment is 'wrong focus' for schools after Covid - Times Educational Supplement | TES Duchess backs lessons for teenagers on babies' brains - BBC Now schools start imposing their own circuit breakers and encourage face masks after Covid cases surge - Mail Student reveals what it's like growing up 'black, female and Muslim' in the UK - Mirror More than 160 primary and secondary school staff in Wales and England died with Covid in 2020 - Wales Online Duchess of Cambridge joins pupils learning importance of early child development - The Times Large online educators face £10k bill for Ofsted accreditation visits - Schools Week Campaign group slams school for fining pupils and putting them in isolation for arriving without a mask - Mail Universities ‘squeamish’ about boosting school standards - Times Higher Education | THE Disadvantaged young people struggling 'to get lives back on track’ post-pandemic - CYPN | Children & Young People Now How Scotland's graduate apprentices are creating the vital sparks to power up the economy - Herald Scotland Homeschooling on rise amid school Covid safety fears - Times Educational Supplement | TES We will achieve nothing by demonising children - Times Educational Supplement | TES Donelan: lifelong loans will bring ‘historic culture shift’ - Times Higher Education | THE Overseas study ‘not a priority’ for graduate recruiters - Times Higher Education | THE Johnson: take out insurance against Chinese recruitment collapse - Times Higher Education | THE Welsh minister: Tory HE policy in England ‘not the norm’ - Times Higher Education | THE Mental health concerns spark home education rise - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Lack of time and capacity hampering early career teacher mentoring - SecEd The shadow of Section 28? One in five teachers 'uncomfortable' discussing LGBT+ topics - SecEd School uniform: New rules signal crackdown on branded items - SecEd Calls for investment in research and higher education to help tackle climate challenges - Express Northampton College opens esports arena to future proof site - BBC Disadvantaged young people four times more likely to become socially mobile if they attend university - Sutton Trust English universities ranked on their contributions to social mobility – and the least selective post-1992 universities come out on top - Institute for Fiscal Studies | IFS Our response to the new Director for Fair Access and Participation announcement - Universities UK Universities must help poorer pupils before they apply for places - Mail Russell Group responds to new plans and research on access and participation - Russell Group NI post-primary schools to get more than 200 new pupil places - BBC Learning disabilities: Call to help people into work - BBC Improve student job prospects or lose funding, universities warned - Telegraph England’s most prestigious universities failing to boost social mobility, IFS finds - Guardian New levelling up plans to improve student outcomes - DfE GCSEs and A-levels 2022: Teens left anxious by routine tests amid fear of teacher-assessed grades returning - i News My own pupils targeted me in the TikTok paedophile craze – now I can't go back to our school - Telegraph The best university degrees for intergenerational mobility - DfE Stuck inside of mobility with the access blues again - Wonkhe Who is John Blake and why was he chosen to lead a new agenda for access & participation? - Wonkhe Universities to combat race bias in research - BBC Universities to get good job targets for poor students - BBC Universities told to tutor disadvantaged school pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Improve outreach work if you want to charge higher fees, universities told - Schools Week Minister to demand universities set ‘ambitious’ degree apprenticeship targets - FE Week Home education rises 34%, with Covid most likely to be the reason - Schools Week New director to lead ‘reboot’ of HE access - FE Week Least selective universities ‘performing best on social mobility’ - Times Higher Education | THE English access ‘reboot’ brings ‘high-paid jobs’ graduate targets - Times Higher Education | THE New levelling up plans to improve student outcomes - FE News Councils in England report 34% rise in elective home education - Guardian IFS report shows selective English universities worst for social mobility - Mail Universities should set ambitious targets to boost graduates in high-paid jobs - Mail More children being home-schooled as parents worry about Covid-19 - Mail Russell Group universities ordered to help poorer students get best jobs - The Times Nadhim Zahawi condemns teacher abuse on TikTok - The Times Scotland: Children shun outdoors for eight hours a day on screens - The Times