News archive for 11th October 2021

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Warwick student Will Bargate took his own life during lockdown - BBC Father and daughter convicted of running illegal school despite previous conviction for same offence - Independent Two people sentenced for running unregistered school in London - Guardian Children locked in rooms at youth prison up to 23 hours a day - Guardian The Guardian view on social mobility: don’t turn it into a culture war - Guardian ‘Breathtaking arrogance’: Pair convicted of running illegal school for second time - Schools Week Lateral flow tests: Positive rapid Covid test results followed by negative PCRs causing chaos in schools - i News Mother drives son, 12, to get covid jab in Scotland as concerns grow over pace of roll-out in English schools - i News Rapid rise in pupils with wrong Covid lateral flow test results - The Times Covid vaccine: Teenagers should get jabbed, Sajid Javid and Nadhim Zawahi tell parents in letter - The Times Parents should tell their kids to wear a mask on the school bus, ministers urge - The Sun Top Tories urge parents to get children vaccinated as school Covid cases surge - Mirror Well-being is an outcome. We need actions, not words - Teacherhead The value of Careers Leader Training for academy trusts - Careers & Enterprise Company Father and daughter sentenced for running illegal school - Ofsted Sajid Javid and Nadhim Zahawi pen letter to parents urging them to get children vaccinated against Covid - Mail Further education colleges in the UK - Education & Skills Funding Agency Nominations open for RSC adviser elections - Schools Week GCSEs and A-levels: DfE wants to 'learn lessons' from 2020 grading - Times Educational Supplement | TES Professor Jeff Bezemer appointed IOE Vice-Dean (Health) - IOE London Blog Keep it real: Seven principles for leading virtual or hybrid teams - Advance HE Wake up to leadership: A woman of colour perspective - Advance HE Biometrics in schools: Big Brother technology or an opportunity for human flourishing? - IOE London Blog Teachers are told not to read out the N-word when teaching To Kill A Mockingbird and Of Mice And Men - Mail Appraisals: Praise, punishment and reward - UKEdChat Improving apprentice experience - Learning & Work Institute What it’s like to be the middle class parents of a ‘school refuser’ - Telegraph Royal College of Art staff enter second week of strike in fight against casualisation - UCU Pupils could lose out on face-to-face lessons if they don’t get vaccinated, warn ministers - Telegraph How much classroom diversity should there be? - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA NERC awards prestigious fellowships to outstanding UK scientists - UKRI Covid: Scottish schools set for big step closer to normality - Herald Scotland Michael Rosen wins children's poetry award after battling Covid-19 - BBC They belong to all of us: A holistic approach to mental health - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA Employability: What is the university’s responsibility? - HEPI School issues warning to parents over Netflix show Squid Game - Mirror Don't over-rely on Covid vaccine, heads warn ministers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Zahawi and Javid encourage school and college student vaccine take-up - FE Week Comprehensive Spending Review: A moment of truth - SecEd Mental health: A false dichotomy - SecEd Scottish heads welcome plan to remove masks in class - Times Educational Supplement | TES Zahawi pledges to close 'disadvantage gap' for vulnerable pupils - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Zahawi pushes student Covid jabs as virus cases soar - Times Educational Supplement | TES Zahawi encourages vaccine take-up as schools rollout flags - Schools Week DfE sets off on £17m hunt for HGV bootcamp training providers - FE Week Oxford college installs plaque calling Cecil Rhodes a ‘committed colonialist’ - Guardian Free school head to be new social mobility chief - Times Educational Supplement | TES College principal to become government’s new Social Mobility Commission deputy - FE Week Most people think school uniform rules should be less strict - Wales Online Dyslexia has many benefits from problem solving to communicating – teachers need better training about this - i News Adult learners lose confidence when course funding is withdrawn last minute - FE Week Teesside teachers urged not to read out racist slurs in books - BBC Covid: Temporary teacher reliance 'risks education recovery' - Herald Scotland University underfunding 'risks fall in competitiveness' - Herald Scotland The triple jeopardy of deprivation for online learning - Schools Week Is there a better, or best, classroom layout? - Schools Week What would strategic coalitions to advance equality and diversity look like? - Wonkhe Periods and low confidence put some girls off sport - BBC A levels: Stem gender gap larger in wealthier schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Praise 'can be harmful to children': Complimenting children too much can affect their development - Mail Nobel wins show basic research ‘key to climate battle’ - Times Higher Education | THE ‘Mixed messages’ on face coverings on campus ‘harm compliance’ - Times Higher Education | THE Llanelli school strike: The schoolboys who defied the cane - BBC Truss hits out at abuse of Kathleen Stock, professor in trans dispute - The Times Scotland leads England 3-1 in race to vaccinate pupils - The Times Scotland’s pandemic exam system touted as a future model - The Times