News archive for 5th October 2021

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Kids struggle with the same school subject as their parents when they were younger - The Sun Zahawi commissions absenteeism ‘deep-dive’ by DfE and Ofsted - Schools Week UK clamps down on academic fraud with ‘essay mills’ ban - Financial Times Stock up on tinned food, teachers told, as driver crisis puts squeeze on school dinners - Telegraph Student cheat sites banned: Government to outlaw essay mills - Mail Zahawi wants Ofsted to help raise school attendance - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nursery schools need extra £96m to survive, DfE is told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children aged 12 to 15 may not get Covid jab by half-term in England - Guardian Skills bill to ensure ‘equality’ for technical education in schools career advice - Schools Week Careers advice law change among three DfE amendments to Skills Bill - FE Week International Baccalaureate criticised over UK gender pay gap - Times Educational Supplement | TES More than 200,000 pupils - one in 40 - were off school in England due to Covid last week - Mail ‘Fertilise demand’ for lifelong loans in England, says minister - Times Higher Education | THE Sats – why bringing back tests for 14-year-olds could help disadvantaged students - The Conversation Voice Community comments on Education Secretary's Conference early years pledge - Voice Education recovery strategy lacks ambition - NASUWT Post-study work and migration pathways remain key pull factors - PIE News A quarter of schools reach Covid limit - head teacher survey - Nursery World Call on Government for long-term funding for maintained nursery schools - Nursery World Technical specification: further education for young people 2021 to 2022 - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA Funding Agreements and contracts 2021 to 2022 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Essay mills to be banned under plans to reform post-16 education - DfE Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: 23 March 2020 to 30 September 2021 - DfE Removing cap on teacher hours 'would hit recruitment' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Duchess of Cambridge backs UCL campaign tracking children’s early development - The Times Covid-19: Routine tests for under fives to end in Wales - BBC The advisers shaping DfE plans for schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Research areas that win science prizes ‘see 40 per cent growth’ - Times Higher Education | THE Essay mills set to be outlawed in England – at last - Times Higher Education | THE Duchess of Cambridge meets UCL researchers leading landmark early years study - IOE London Blog LSE Director named a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences - London School of Economics | LSE Early Education and unions call for long-term MNS funding - Early Education Why aren’t students choosing to study English and the arts at A-Level? (Part one) - FFT Education Datalab Why aren’t students choosing to study English and the arts at A-Level? (Part two) - FFT Education Datalab How your number of siblings affects your teaching confidence! This and other findings... - Teacher Tapp ASCL comment on school attendance statistics - ASCL Utilise anchor universities to help level up, says MillionPlus Vice-Chair - MillionPlus NEU comment on cuts to Universal Credit - National Education Union Second week of college strikes begins today - UCU NEU: Value Education, Value Educators campaign - National Education Union NEU comment on latest school attendance figures - National Education Union Reports of childcare ratios relaxation raise concerns from early years sector - EYE | Early Years Educator Kate praises new study into the early years development of children - Mail Secondary school pupils in Wales face daily Covid-19 testing if case at home - Mail Covid: SNP ministers under fire over education recovery - Herald Scotland 100,000 pupils in England off school with confirmed Covid last week, figures show - Independent School Covid absences rise two-thirds in fortnight - BBC Scotland: New centres open to help disadvantaged into university - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pandemic-hit IELTS English language test rolls out at-home exams - Times Higher Education | THE Number of pupils out of class due to Covid-19 rose by two thirds in a fortnight - Mail Covid: Are schools back to normal yet? Not quite - BBC Online revision classes offered before 2022 exams - Times Educational Supplement | TES Anti-vaxx protesters 'show pupils photos of dead children' at school gates - Mirror Wales changes the guidelines on secondary school children self isolating if they live with a Covid case - Wales Online Covid Scotland: Scottish pupils offered online revision classes ahead of 2022 exams - Scotsman International schools' new approach to university entry - Times Educational Supplement | TES More than 200,000 pupils off because of Covid - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Government launches Covid education recovery plan - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid absences rise two thirds in a fortnight - Schools Week Trust boss accused over ‘culture of cheating’ and off-rolling at flagship school - Schools Week Education secretary announces plans to 'invest' in early years staff - Nursery World We need concerted action on teacher workload - SecEd Children under 5 no longer recommended to get Covid tests in Wales - Wales Online Heads demand action from Zahawi on 'grim' Covid figures - Times Educational Supplement | TES A level 2022: Exam dates, timetable and key information - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE 2022: Exam dates, timetables and key information - Times Educational Supplement | TES Really worried: Student loan outcry as reducing repayment threshold branded ‘unfair’ - Express All-boys school teaching about consent, sexual violence and domestic abuse in response to high-profile murders - Mail Northamptonshire councils to fund free meals during school holidays - BBC Northern Ireland: £100,000 to be spent on CO2 monitors for schools - BBC Using census data to generate a UK-wide measure of disadvantage - HESA Introducing: Louise Bennett, Chief Executive, Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce - FE Week Interview: Annamarie Hassall, Chief Executive, National Association for Special Educational Needs - Schools Week Here’s what the HGV driver shortage tells us about the wider skills system - FE Week A new UK-wide measure of socioeconomic disadvantage - HEPI National Teachers Day: When is it and ways to wish a Happy Teachers Day 2021 - Metro SQA should help pupils suffering from 2020's exams scandal to prove its human rights credentials - Scotsman Teachers must be at the heart of post-Covid education recovery - Financial Times Why we must value universities - Wonkhe Grants aren’t the only way to support research - Wonkhe DfE Covid rules 'actively help spread virus', say heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES Quarter of schools surpass DfE contingency thresholds requiring stricter Covid measures - Schools Week De Montfort v-c seeks to rejuvenate university after turmoil - Times Higher Education | THE Nearly half of schools report lower pupil attendance than expected this term - Mail