News archive for 13th September 2021

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Why it might take more than a shot in the dark on vaccinating pupils to end school disruption - Telegraph Covid vaccines will be offered to all children aged 12 to 15 from next week - Mirror Covid jab invites for 12 to 15-year-olds will start being sent out next week - Metro Was Chris Whitty’s schools Covid warning a message to Boris Johnson as well as the public? - HuffPost The nine elite UK universities that still have links with arms dealers revealed - HuffPost Covid vaccines to be offered to 12 to 15-year-olds as government accepts advice of UK's chief medical officers - HuffPost Teachers in difficult position over teenage Covid jab rollout, say unions - Guardian School goes into lockdown after anti-vax protesters turn up and refuse to leave - Mirror Whitty approves Covid jabs for children over 12 - The Times £20m fine and 3 years in prison: how pressure groups are threatening schools over Covid jabs - Schools Week DfE launches digital service for advertising levy transfers - FE Week Vaccinating children will reduce school disruption ‘but is no silver bullet’ - Metro Ofsted's off-rolling omission 'deeply worrying' - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘It’s just that layer of security’: UK parents mostly welcome 12-15s getting Covid jabs - Guardian Support teachers as they deliver education recovery - NASUWT Fair pay and pensions for public sector workers - NASUWT Regulatory bodies need substantial funding boost - NASUWT ASCL comment on recommendation to offer Covid vaccinations to 12 to 15-year-olds - ASCL Apprentices’ guidance on how to deliver quality apprenticeships launched - IfATE JETS scheme helps over-50s achieve post-Covid-19 career change - ERSA Tripling traineeships target missed by half, and 3 other findings from today’s Plan for Jobs progress report - FE Week Voice Community comments on childcare affordability survey - Voice Chief medical officers recommend vaccinations for 12-15 year olds - National Education Union Counter-examples in CPD. The power of ‘don’ts’ - Teacherhead Free activity packs worth £250 for parents who hated homeschooling maths - National Numeracy Poorer and BAME students feel left behind during pandemic, says new BPS survey - BPS | British Psychological Society Policy Exchange proposals on free speech and harassment get to the nub of the issue - Wonkhe Ambitious research to study key environmental science questions - UKRI London schools ‘ready for the start of Covid vaccine rollout for 12-15-year-olds’ - Evening Standard Kids aged between 12 and 15 to get single dose of Covid vaccine within days - The Sun Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty to give evidence to Education Committee on Covid vaccination of children - UK Parliament Today’s learners key to sustainable future, ETF tells Lords committee - Education & Training Foundation Supporting your Essential Digital Skills delivery - Education & Training Foundation Complicated, costly and constantly changing: The childcare system in England - Institute for Fiscal Studies | IFS UK's chief medical officers give green light to Covid vaccines for all 12 to 15-year-olds - PoliticsHome Reflecting on remote education - Computing at School All over-12s will get vaccines as Chris Whitty claims move will help prevent further disruptions - Mail Chris Whitty in frank warning over children's Covid vaccine: 'Not a silver bullet' - Express Drama school Lamda finds ‘serious relations breakdown’ under ex-head - Guardian Covid vaccine update: 12-15 year olds set to receive one dose of Pfizer jab - Express UK ‘falling behind’ in Covid battle with teen jab delay risking large ‘winter wave’ - The Sun Covid jabs approved for over-12s, UK chief medical officers announce - HuffPost Heads receive threatening letters from groups opposed to Covid jabs in schools - Mail Schools hit with legal threats over on-site Covid jabs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid: Single jab recommended for 12-15 year olds by UK's top doctors - BBC UK children aged 12 to 15 to be offered Covid jab - Guardian UK to offer Covid vaccines to 12 to 15-year-olds - Financial Times Covid vaccine approved for 12 to 15-year-olds - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'White privilege' a thing of the past? Alarm over fall in white boys going to university - Express Busy Bees Childcare nursery reopens after closing due to lack of staff - Nursery World Most parents think the Government does not provide enough childcare support - Nursery World Five things Ofsted has told its inspectors this term - Times Educational Supplement | TES COP26: We must create climate-literate students - SecEd How vaccine demands are impacting international schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Woke fightback! Equality laws could change so universities can't ban public speakers - Express Warning on teachers' lack of Holocaust knowledge - BBC Investigating alternative provision: Part two - FFT Education Datalab Investigating alternative provision: Part one - FFT Education Datalab Movers and Shakers: Edition 361 - FE Week Building collaboration: Using online networks to support collaboration - UKEdChat Adam Habib: We need deeper deliberation about international students and internationalisation - HEPI FE Heroes of Olympics and Paralympics: Alumni make up a fifth of Team GB medal haul - FE Week Transferring your apprenticeship levy to another business - Education & Skills Funding Agency T Levels resources for teachers and careers advisers - Education & Skills Funding Agency Resources and materials for promoting T Levels - Education & Skills Funding Agency New service to help businesses offer apprenticeships - DfE Schools let down by government’s hot air on ventilation - Schools Week Retiring schools boss Maureen McKenna gives advice to next director - Herald Scotland Push to meet the challenges facing disabled students - Wonkhe Making sense of a diverse sector - Wonkhe Fury as top universities stick to online lectures - Mail Rt. Hon. Nick Gibb, MP: Response to UCET's letter to Gavin Williamson, MP on the Market Review of ITT - UCET Nearly half against allowing extremists to sue universities for no-platforming - Mail V-cs tread tightrope with students and ministers as strikes loom - Times Higher Education | THE Pandemic institute launched with gift from antigen test maker - Times Higher Education | THE Huawei ‘infiltrates’ Cambridge University research centre - The Times Children aged 12 could get Covid vaccine as soon as next week - The Times Ireland: Half of recent Covid tests were children - The Times