News archive for 18th October 2021

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One month sees 5,000 university students report phone job scams to HMRC - Wales Online MI5 ‘should have more control over Prevent’ - The Times Call for schoolkids to use walk-in jab centres as just 5% vaccinated in some areas - Mirror ICO to step in after schools use facial recognition to speed up lunch queue - Guardian The Guardian view on biometric technology in schools: watch closely - Guardian Squid Game: Growing list of UK primary schools warn children not to watch Netflix series over copycat fears - i News Raisin Monday: St Andrews let hair down for traditional foam fight - Herald Scotland Netflix Squid Game schools warning sent to parents - BBC Teacher wellbeing: 3 in 4 heads see staff in tears this term - Times Educational Supplement | TES Speaking out collectively - Headteachers' Roundtable Building effective professional development - Teacher Toolkit Enriching education recovery: The role of non-formal learning and extra-curricular activities - CfEY | Centre for Education & Youth The importance of standing up for science - BPS | British Psychological Society Developmental language disorder (DLD) resources - NAHT Privacy fears as schools use facial recognition to speed up lunch queue - Guardian Just 3.5% of 12-15 year olds have had their first Covid vaccine in areas of England lagging most behind in roll-out - Mail Democratising data – knowledge is power - Advance HE UK ID card move could push students to Ireland and Malta, sector says - PIE News Colleges Week 2021 – Get in, go further - Education & Training Foundation Why I want to help teachers deliver Essential Digital Skills - Education & Training Foundation Keeping the consistency: SEN - the golden thread - UKEdChat Department for Education launches new early years leadership qualification - EYE | Early Years Educator Schooling during a pandemic: The experience and outcomes of schoolchildren during the first round of Covid-19 lockdowns - OECD Employability and international students: Two sabbatical officers reflect - HEPI A new educational divide and a gamble on the future of other people’s children - HEPI Strike ballots open at UK universities - UCU ISC response to The Times article about overseas satellite colleges - Independent Schools Council | ISC Activate Learning celebrates Colleges Week - Activate Learning Scotland: Some schools not inspected for more than 15 years - Times Educational Supplement | TES English council urges parents not to allow children to watch 'violent' and 'graphic' Squid Game - Mail Covid: Allow pupil jabs at walk-in centres, urge heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities warn of medicine recruitment squeeze in England - Times Higher Education | THE St Andrews Raisin Monday: Students take part in first freshers traditional festivities since lockdown - Scotsman Covid: Mass testing of school students 'causing chaos' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why online parents' evenings could stay after Covid - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parenting expert's tips to help children with pandemic fear as Covid cases rise again - Mirror UK university staff to vote on strike action - Express Will GCSEs be scrapped? Why England’s exam system could face major overhaul after Covid results fiasco - i News Hackney parents fight to save children's centres from closure - Nursery World Why the 'tutoring revolution' risks falling flat - Times Educational Supplement | TES KS1 and KS2 assessment changes: the key details - Times Educational Supplement | TES Charity’s new strategy to broaden support for young people with autism - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Just think, they could call it social justice - SecEd School Covid testing must end despite soaring cases as it's causing 'chaos', expert says - Mirror Facial recognition cameras installed in UK school canteens - Independent Teach children Polish and Arabic to reflect ‘modern Britain’, schools minister says - i News Christmas cheer after a tough year - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA Who do you call on? Rooting out implicit bias - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA University of Wales Trinity St David told to repay online module fees - BBC Movers and Shakers: Edition 366 - FE Week Paperwork threatens to take over the job I love - FE Week University lecturers threaten ‘enormous disruption’ with strikes that could last until new year - Telegraph Ofsted’s maths research review could lead to poorer teaching - Schools Week How has the pandemic impacted special schools? - Schools Week Is winter coming for widening access? - Wonkhe Further strikes threatened at universities this term - BBC University lecturers threaten strike over pay in new blow to pandemic-hit students - Mail Threat of more university disruption as staff across Wales are balloted on strike action over pay and pensions - Wales Online UCU says staff ‘left with no other option’ as strike ballots open - Times Higher Education | THE Top English private schools put Chinese communists on boards - The Times Overseas satellite colleges rake in millions tax-free for private schools including Harrow - The Times Vaccine centres will be open to children after delays in schools - The Times Lecturers’ union ballots for strike over university pay - The Times Scotland: Fire review at University of Glasgow found serious hazards - The Times