News archive for 13th October 2021

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Cambridge University ‘Terf-spotting’ guide condemned as a ‘witch-finder’s charter’ - Telegraph University transgender bullying row intensifies as Labour MP criticises vice-chancellor - Telegraph My teacher opened doors I thought I’d never walk through - Teach First Ucas deadline 2022 is fast approaching - i News Scrapping B-Tecs 'hammer blow for social mobility' - BBC BTECs: 118 MPs and Lords call on new education secretary to rethink cull - FE Week UUK must withdraw pension cuts if they want to avoid strikes, says UCU - UCU Improve pay offer or risk further action - NASUWT Pupils were ‘feral’ at Gordonstoun with racism and sexism common, inquiry told - Scotsman Key amendments secured in Skills Bill debate in House Of Lords - AoC | Association of Colleges New online tool to help students access nearby mental health support - Jisc Keele and Navitas to open pathway college in 2022 - PIE News Top 10 easy-to-navigate tech tools to enhance your primary English curriculum - Computing at School Skills for Life Alliance: Getting the basics right - the case for action on adult basic skills - Learning & Work Institute Review of occupational traineeship pilots - Learning & Work Institute Resources for teaching times tables - UKEdChat University of Sussex: UCU statement - UCU Three important things to remember about the Spending Review - HEPI Digital learning within custodial education - BERA Leading research organisations call on Government to meet £22bn R&D commitment - Russell Group AHRC and Royal Shakespeare Company announce research collaboration - UKRI Preparing young people from BAME communities for their next best step - Careers & Enterprise Company Healthy nursery menu launched to boost early years nutrition - EYE | Early Years Educator Leading training provider predicts early years apprentices boom - EYE | Early Years Educator ESFA Update: 13 October 2021 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Fuzzy trace theory - the implications for teaching and learning - Teacher Toolkit What academy trusts pay chief executives - Times Educational Supplement | TES The UK government’s skills bill is a disaster for young people - Guardian The DfE doesn’t have answers around subcontracting and funding ITPs - FE Week STC still locking children in cells for 23 hours a day, warn inspectors - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Four new subject rankings announced - Times Higher Education | THE Covid: Those who 'peddled lies' about 'lazy' teachers should be ashamed - SecEd Diagnosing DLD: Teachers urged to #thinklanguage - SecEd Kathleen Stock: professor in trans row splits Labour and Tories - The Times The fake vaccine consent form doing the rounds in schools - HuffPost Academy CEOs earn £127k on average, and men get £15k more - Schools Week Skills Bill debate: Senior Tories split on level 3 reform - FE Week Council ditches ‘forced’ academisation plan as Zahawi softens stance - Schools Week Kathleen Stock, trans rights and a crisis of free speech in British universities - New Statesman Wales' first black Welsh teacher and why she chose it as her life - Wales Online Most school leavers don’t understand finances – here’s what’s going wrong in the classroom - i News Advance HE launches 'Ethnicity awarding gaps in UK higher education in 2019/20' report - Advance HE Do we value democracy in schools? - SecEd Brexit: Fears for future of Scottish university courses - Herald Scotland Thousands more adults set to benefit from new technical skills - DfE Higher Technical Qualifications: provider delivery toolkit - Education & Skills Funding Agency Family support kept disadvantaged students going during the pandemic - Wonkhe Thousands of adults to be offered free new technical courses – but 2 regions miss out - FE Week Over 100 colleges and unis to share £18m fund to expand higher technical quals - FE Week Don’t ‘write people off’ by restricting access, urges UUK chief - Times Higher Education | THE BAME awarding gap shrinks under ‘flexible’ Covid marking policies - Times Higher Education | THE Universities union backs trans rights over threatened Sussex professor Kathleen Stock - The Times Scotland: Gordonstoun must look after abused, ex-pupil says - The Times Ireland Budget 2022: Jobs promise will not address problems for special needs staff - The Times