News archive for 10th September 2021

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Steve Besley's Education Eye: week ending 10 September 2021 - Education Eye Challenge to Cabinet Secretary to address teacher pay and workload - NASUWT Jisc identifies digital divide among university students - Public Technology School based trainee teachers seek more, not less, of a role for universities - IOE London Blog New browser pop-up aims to help prevent self-harm and suicide - Jisc TOEIC: three students cleared of cheating - PIE News States must address teachers' concerns on school transformation plans - NASUWT Use the spending review to launch a transformational decade - Russell Group Call to keep daily worship to save Christmas carols - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education Committee to question Ofsted Chair Dame Christine Ryan - UK Parliament What Mark Drakeford had to say about parents with Covid sending their kids to school - Wales Online Bridging the gap between policy and practice in education - OECD Gavin Williamson could face legal action for forcing vulnerable kids back to school - Mirror Launching our prison education review - Ofsted Ofsted and HMI Prisons say it is time to give prison education ‘the attention it deserves’ - Ofsted Working together on suicide prevention in higher education - Office for Students Covid in Scotland: School absences surge at start of week - Herald Scotland GCSEs 2022: which is the fairest grading option? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid: Will I need a jab and what will university be like this term? - BBC UK schools must teach about 9/11 terrorist attacks, say experts - Guardian Law to make academies give careers advice backed by MPs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Liberate children by ending assemblies at all schools, peers told - Mail Gavin Williamson’s Week in Westminster - Schools Week Liberate children by ending assemblies at all schools, peers told - Mail Hundreds of cases of Covid have got into schools in Wales in the first week of term - Wales Online What Mark Drakeford had to say about parents with Covid sending their kids to school - Wales Online Covid rates rise among pupils as schools return - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities pursuing ‘divisive agenda’ by ‘cancelling national heroes’, Gavin Williamson says - Independent Conservative MP calls for careers advice for all secondary school pupils - Mail Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon pledges free childcare for one- and two-year-olds - Nursery World Student who hacked university and sold exam answers jailed - Times Higher Education | THE Tell families if students are at risk of suicide – new guidance - Times Higher Education | THE NI: Queen's offers students £1,500 not to take up university accommodation - BBC Universities told to give students face-to-face teaching - BBC Scotland: More than 38,000 pupils off school because of Covid - Times Educational Supplement | TES Mystery surrounds departure of experienced principal - FE Week Around half of parents worried about their child returning to school - ONS - Mail Ofsted launches review into ‘very poor’ prison education - FE Week ‘Alarming’ lack of BAME students in first year of T Levels - FE Week WorldSkills UK finals to take place at venues across the country - FE Week Homework: Who invented it and how has it changed since it was first thought up? - The Sun Covid-19: Schools safe for children and staff, says CMO - BBC No colleges to get CO2 monitors for at least three weeks - FE Week Our mantra for the future of leadership in higher education: consistency and authenticity - HEPI Covid-19: Pupils will not have to 'routinely self-isolate' - BBC Introducing: Jonathan Slater, former DfE permanent secretary - Schools Week Introducing: Jonathan Slater, former DfE permanent secretary - FE Week ESFA accused of ‘hidden agenda’ as AEB providers reveal ‘horrendous’ bid rejections - FE Week Assessment reform must go hand-in-hand with resetting standards - Schools Week SchoolsCompany: Former bosses of scandal-hit academy trust sued over missing millions - Schools Week Ofqual won’t be able to explain private school grades boost - Schools Week Podcast: Gavin Williamson, UCAS data, student futures, international - Wonkhe Universities that fail to offer remote working risk widening the cyber skills gap - Wonkhe Asking graduates to pay more may not be the little “tweak” we think it is - Wonkhe Boosting skills training in sustainable industries: a valuable opportunity for colleges and employers to come together - FE News Professor clashes with journal over trans women in study sample - Times Higher Education | THE International Trainee Teachers update (September 2021) - UCET Two Britons on shortlist for global teaching award worth $1m - The Times Chris Whitty set to give green light for teenage vaccination programme - The Times Universities ordered to teach face to face - The Times Ireland: Top private school students miss first-choice college courses after grade ‘hyperinflation’ - The Times