News archive for 30th November 2021

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What councils in Wales are saying about schools shutting early and returning to remote learning before Christmas - Wales Online UK universities hit by strike action over pay and pensions - Guardian Omicron variant - why schools won't break up early for Christmas - Express Number of pupils in England off school due to Covid-19 surges - Mail Covid-19: Some pupils remote learning amid staff shortage - BBC 68 live investigations into FE providers, and 7 more ESFA accounts findings - FE Week £4m cost of failed academy trust, and 5 more ESFA accounts findings - Schools Week City of Oxford College Wasps A.C.E through to National Final - Activate Learning Finding elements and joyful lives aka people don’t pay attention to boring things - Education & Training Foundation Engaging and motivating staff for maths and English skills development - Education & Training Foundation Advancing equality in the FE sector - Education & Training Foundation Reimagining GCSEs: Qualifications and curriculum reform in Wales - Rethinking Assessment From supporting lessons to leading them - Teach First Academic Mentoring Programme (AMP) Phase 1 process report 2020/21 - Teach First Sunshine carts for teachers - TeachBoost Scheme designed to promote women in academia has been 'destroyed' by trans lobby, critics warn - Telegraph Loss of childcare places highest in South West - Nursery World Review of TRAC 2021 - Office for Students ASCL comment on reopening of Covid workforce fund - ASCL NASUWT calls for further protection for Welsh schools from Omicron variant - NASUWT Women in science: has Athena Swan lost its way? - IOE London Blog Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) annual report and accounts 2020 to 2021 - Education & Skills Funding Agency 'Plan for Jobs' skills and employment programmes: information for employers - Education & Skills Funding Agency Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: 23 March 2020 to 25 November 2021 - DfE Open consultation - Teachers’ pension scheme: proposed changes to scheme regulations - DfE Coronavirus (COVID-19) workforce fund for colleges - DfE Coronavirus (COVID-19) workforce fund for schools - DfE Childcare providers and inspections as at 31 August 2021 - Ofsted Government slaps down schools that have been closing, cancelling nativity plays and banning parents from attending - Mail Omicron: How are pupils being kept Covid-safe? - BBC Early years initial teacher training: 2022 to 2023 funding guidance - DfE DfE brings back Covid workforce fund for colleges - FE Week DfE reinstates staffing fund for worst hit schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE brings back Covid workforce fund as staff absence rises - Schools Week Next stage for global leadership survey and framework begins - Advance HE Podcast: Evidence into action - effective professional development - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Q&A with Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi: I was quite naughty when I was much younger - PoliticsHome IFS 2021 annual report on education spending in England - AoC responds - AoC | Association of Colleges What’s missing from English literature at school – emotion - The Conversation Unprecedented cuts to education spending over the last decade - Nuffield Foundation TikTok postings and teachers’ stress – this, and more... - Teacher Tapp ASCL comment on school attendance statistics - ASCL ASCL Cymru comment on Welsh government's response to Omicron - ASCL Consultation on deferring school starting age: Have your say - National Education Union Has Athena Swan lost its way? - BERA NEU comment on summary of school attendance data for 25 November - National Education Union School Covid absence up 60% in England in two weeks - BBC Choose hospitality to expand your horizons and build a fantastic career - Careers & Enterprise Company Government gives financial safety net for Horizon Europe applicants - UKRI Who is shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Which universities are going on strike? Dates and full list of 58 institutions affected by UCU action this week - i News Boy, 4, gets hypothermia after school puts him in isolation - The Times Scotland is leading the way for UK nations in music education, says professor - Mail Scotland: School ventilation concerns lead to parliamentary vote - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid: 'Very sharp' rise in teacher and pupil absence - Times Educational Supplement | TES School attendance: Number of pupils off because of Covid in England jumps by 60% - i News Covid cases on the rise in schools - Nursery World UK provides Horizon funding guarantee amid political impasse - Times Higher Education | THE Covid-related absence jumps 60% in a fortnight - Schools Week Education spending cuts ‘worst in post-war history’ - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Nurseries and pre-schools to receive air quality monitors before Christmas - Nursery World Bridget Phillipson appointed shadow education secretary - Nursery World Early years funding is ‘treading water’, finds report - Nursery World Effects of family literacy programs on the emergent literacy skills of children from low-SES families - Best Evidence in Brief Using songs to teach vocabulary - Best Evidence in Brief Effectiveness of BARR model for students in ninth grade - Best Evidence in Brief Headteachers facing backlash for cancelling Christmas plays - Evening Standard Why early years funding increases still fall short - Times Educational Supplement | TES Who is Bridget Phillipson? 8 facts about the new shadow education secretary - FE Week Who is Bridget Phillipson? 8 facts about the new shadow education secretary - Schools Week Happy National Computer Safety Day! - Edmodo Report: 2021 annual report on education spending in England - Institute for Fiscal Studies | IFS Education spending changes put a major brake on levelling up - Institute for Fiscal Studies | IFS Decade of Tory cuts to schools branded the worst since the Second World War - Mirror ASCL comment on IFS annual report on education spending in England - ASCL Case studies for a new approach to university access, participation and success - Universities UK Report: Who owns online lecture recordings - HEPI University strikes reveal uncertainty over who owns online lectures - HEPI Interview: Jo James, Chief Executive, Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce - FE Week Interview: Steve Munby, Education consultant and former Chief Executive, National College for School Leadership - Schools Week Council has right to see home educated pupils’ work, court finds - Schools Week Why the ukelele is taking over from the recorder in school - Herald Scotland Should universities be level 3 providers? - Wonkhe IFS: Education cuts ‘effectively without precedent in post-war history’ - FE Week School funding squeeze 'biggest since WWII' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education funding squeeze ‘puts brakes on levelling up’, and three more IFS findings - Schools Week Most deprived schools hit hardest by education cuts in England, IFS says - Guardian Breaking strike with recorded lectures ‘may be against the law’ - Times Higher Education | THE University strikes: Will classes be cancelled? - BBC Guitar teachers fret about rise of the ukulele - The Times Schools beg parents to plug budget gaps - The Times Keep pupils in class as normal, schools urged - The Times Scotland: Relax school uniform rules to keep pupils warm - The Times