News archive for 6th September 2021

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Defibrillators in all schools thanks to dad's campaign following son's tragic pool death - Mirror Just 41 schools due to receive CO2 monitors this week - Schools Week Covid cases soar in Scotland after schools return as full UK list reveals new hotspots - Mirror The Guardian view on schools: ministers failing children - Guardian Two thirds of parents 'admit ignoring children's claims they can't see properly' - Mirror The UK government hasn’t even begun to confront its huge education challenge - New Statesman Put CO2 monitors in rooms that smell bad, schools told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid in Scotland: Students return with cautious hope for normality - BBC Troubleshooter takes the reins at newly formed college - FE Week Twice-weekly testing for school kids could be scrapped at the end of this month, Gavin Williamson says - The Sun Covid vaccines for teenagers ‘already too late to blunt autumn wave’ - The Times Will schools close again? - Wales Online Schools could face disruption if Covid cases hit 100,000 a day, says leading professor - Telegraph Parents’ fury as schools reintroduce bubbles, face masks and self-isolation for healthy children - Telegraph BMA chief says 12-year-olds should be able to overrule their parents to get a Covid vaccine because they're 'mature enough' - Mail 'Professor Lockdown' says he expects Chris Whitty to approve Covid vaccines for 12 to 15-year-olds - Mail DfE wants defibrillators in all schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted: Make time for clubs and sport, schools told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities Superannuation Scheme backs pension benefit cuts - Times Higher Education | THE DfE extends early years training scheme to boost children's literacy skills - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Campaign urges prime minister to resist attempts to 'weaken' SEND support - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Williamson looking at law change to put defibrillators in ‘all schools’ - Schools Week DfE threatened with legal action over ‘unlawful’ Covid attendance rules - Schools Week DfE announces extension to early years training programme to support children's language skills - Nursery World New top marks could be brought in for A-Levels and GCSEs to tackle lockdown grade inflation - The Sun Pre-school children’s experiences with touchscreens - UKEdChat Wales extends business rates relief for nurseries until 2025 - Nursery World National funding formula tables for schools and high needs: 2022 to 2023 - DfE Behaviour hubs - DfE Supporting transitions in September 2021-22 - what next? - Advance HE IOE academic to lead ESRC education research programme - IOE London Blog Call for new and updated case studies on supporting teachers in crisis contexts - UKFIET | Education and Development Forum How to manage the ‘unprofessional’ online behaviour of students: An emerging dilemma in higher education - BERA NEU comment on Nuffield Foundation report on home learning - National Education Union Funding for non-teaching staff ill-health retirement costs in local authority schools and academies - NAHT Time for major reform & new opportunities, says GSA President - GSA Pearson and UCL awarded TIMSS Department of Education contract - Pearson Betting industry backs ‘plan for jobs’ with pledge to create 5,000 apprenticeships - PoliticsHome Ch-ch-ch-ch changes - CfEY | Centre for Education & Youth Organised cyber intelligence sharing will boost sector safety - Jisc Millions of children return to classes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland today - Mail Making things hard, but in a good way - Teacher Toolkit Recovery premium funding - DfE What is back-to-school anxiety, and what can I do about it? - Wales Online When are the school holidays in England in 2021? - Metro Covid: Don't dither over rising cases, DfE warned - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid: School attendance fines 'could be unlawful' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Do school uniforms carry Covid-19? - Wales Online When does freshers week start in Scottish universities? - Scotsman Covid: Will I need a jab and what will university be like this term? - BBC ‘Don’t turn schools into battlegrounds over Covid vaccine’ - Evening Standard Covid cases set to rise in schools in England, No.10 admits - HuffPost Covid: Preventing a chaotic autumn term - SecEd Amanda Spielman at researchED National Conference 2021 - Ofsted SEND review: What are we waiting for? - SecEd Parents concerned over children catching Covid at school, poll shows - Scotsman Our renewed and continued commitment to FE - FE Week Overhaul exams system to protect teens’ mental health, new school leader says - Independent Marcus Rashford resumes fight to end ‘child hunger pandemic’ - Metro Will school exams go ahead in 2022? - Wales Online Back to school: Everything parents need to know - new term Covid rules for pupils - Express Glasgow education director Maureen McKenna to retire - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ministers 'must not weaken’ laws protecting SEND pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES ITT Market Review: making good on a promising policy - Schools Week Inequalities in home learning experiences improved over the pandemic – but targeted interventions will be essential to closing the gaps that the first lockdown widened - Institute for Fiscal Studies | IFS ‘Their future could be destroyed’: the global struggle for schooling after Covid closures - Guardian Please stop the Student Loan Company calling my son every day - Guardian Millions more pupils return to school as fears grow of autumn Covid spike - Metro ‘Lost generation’: education in quarter of countries at risk of collapse, study warns - Guardian Targeted interventions will be essential to closing the learning gaps that the first lockdown widened - Nuffield Foundation Exam system in England needs an overhaul, says schools leader - Guardian Start university courses in January to minimise mental health issues, says education chief - Telegraph Labour shortages will continue in face of Government inaction, delaying UK economic recovery - CBI Remote teaching left 40 per cent of pupils below minimum learning levels - Telegraph ASCL responds to IFS report on home learning experiences - ASCL What can universities do about the Black recruitment gap? - HEPI Targeted training for staff to teach early language and numeracy skills - DfE BERA Review of Education article - UCET CBI chief calls for government to act urgently to clear worker shortages - City AM Helping children have a stress-free return to school - Telegraph Teachers 'fear being struck off' over trans pupil concerns - Herald Scotland Good mental health more important than ever, students told - Herald Scotland Students need universities to prioritise inclusion and academic confidence in the years ahead - Wonkhe Covid Scotland: University students unable to travel amid red list hotel quarantine chaos - Scotsman Ofsted chief's after-school club plea: Teachers must make time for sports and trips to help children's social skills - Mail Freshers are paid £250 to catch up on lost learning before new term in bid to minimise educational fallout - Mail Covid: 2 in 5 pupils did not meet learning time target - Times Educational Supplement | TES Private school pupils clean desks to tackle Covid - Times Educational Supplement | TES Black intern: 'You just need to give us a chance' - BBC Reports of sex abuse between children double in two years - BBC Students return with school restrictions lifted (video) - BBC Millions of pupils return to school amid Covid spike concern - BBC Marcus Rashford's new fight against child hunger 'pandemic' as food poverty worsens - Mirror Two in five pupils failed to get minimum learning time during Covid school closures - Mirror Two in five pupils failed to get minimum learning time during Covid closures - Mail UK faces two years of labour shortages, CBI warns - Financial Times Sunak told to act to avoid ‘baked-in’ inequalities in UK society - Financial Times UK universities’ attractiveness to foreign students under threat, says study - Financial Times Students ‘need to rebuild confidence’ after ‘fake grades’ jibes - Times Higher Education | THE Time to end era of lost academic talks, says edtech founder - Times Higher Education | THE Predicted grades ‘damage mental health of pupils’ - The Times Scotland: Conservatives look to scrap Curriculum for Excellence - The Times