News archive for 20th September 2021

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Boris Johnson must pump billions into ‘new deal for kids’ after Covid, warns children’s commissioner - The Sun Schools must never shut down again in future Covid lockdowns, watchdog warns - Mail Autism and learning difficulties: MP urges closure of long-term units - BBC Cambridge vice-chancellor at centre of free speech row to step down - Telegraph Education: The state of the discipline – BERA publishes new report and three tenders - BERA Culture change with Athena Swan - Advance HE Welcome to the white land of FE, Nadhim Zahawi - FE Week Autism therapy aimed at infants may reduce likelihood of later diagnosis - Guardian Is this the first sign of the back to school wave? - Mail Covid catch-up voucher plan 'completely impractical' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Trial to explore how teachers should read stories aloud - Times Educational Supplement | TES Stephen Toope to step down as Cambridge v-c next year - Times Higher Education | THE Language learning for success in an interconnected world - OECD New Chief Regulator at Ofqual - Ofqual UCAS’ career quiz will help students navigate their next steps - UCAS UCAS welcomes Cardiff University’s Vice-Chancellor to the Board of Trustees - UCAS Social Market Foundation calls for affordable childcare amid declining birth rates - EYE | Early Years Educator Statement on plans for teaching this academic year - Russell Group ASCL comment on rollout of Covid vaccinations to 12 to 15-year-olds - ASCL Leeds Beckett University Schools join together to create one School of Health - Leeds Beckett University Mind the gap: Edtech and parental engagement - SecEd Elective home education: Time for a register? - SecEd Supporting children's mental health critical in closing education gap, says charity - Nursery World Afghan Chevening scholar tells of journey to UK - PIE News Pfizer says its vaccine is safe for children over the age of five and plans to get it approved 'as soon as possible' - Mail Unseen observations - Teacher Toolkit Aberystwyth University: Wales' first vet school opens - BBC Therapy for parents found to cut diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder by two thirds - The Times Reshuffle: Meet the new education ministers - FE Week 12 to 15-year-olds are being given Covid vaccines in schools from today as rollout expands to healthy children - Mail Jabs rollout for kids aged 12-15 starts today in schools - The Sun First UK children get Covid jabs in school as Pfizer says vaccine safe for ages 5-11 - Mirror University of Cambridge vice-chancellor to step down next year - Mail Ignore 'siren' calls to abolish GCSEs, Gibb tells DfE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Northern Ireland: CPR training to be added to curriculum for post-primary pupils - BBC Covid: Two-thirds of poorer pupils 'have fallen behind' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Cambridge vice-chancellor in free speech row steps down - The Times What will Covid-19 mean for Technology Enhanced Learning in our beloved FE sector? - FE News Residential funding uplift is confirmed for this year - FE Week Is there enough support for mental health in schools? - Times Educational Supplement | TES New Ofqual chief vows to act in pupils' best interests - Times Educational Supplement | TES Resist calls to scrap GCSEs and ‘excuse failing standards’, Gibb tells successors - Schools Week New IFS student finance calculator shows: no easy choices for student finance reform - Institute for Fiscal Studies | IFS Keeping the door open in Maths: Could tutoring in primary school provide the space pupils need? - CfEY | Centre for Education & Youth How posh schools work hard to remove any trace of pupils’ Scottishness - Herald Scotland Exams 2022 - a call to action - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA Build confidence with Pickatale reading books! - Teacher Toolkit Reformers demand action in face of yet another prison education review - FE Week ‘Impossible’ for Sunak to save on tuition fees without favouring well-off graduates - Guardian Reflections of an Afghan Chevening Scholar - HEPI Research: Can schools actually tackle extremist ideologies? - Schools Week Class of Covid: Meet the students who've barely stepped on campus - HuffPost Remote learning: Glasgow team lead robot arm revolution - Herald Scotland Crowdsourced U: designing a university in 60 minutes or less - Wonkhe Coronavirus jabs rolled out for 12 to 15-year-olds - Mail Progressive reform of English student loan system ‘impossible’ - Times Higher Education | THE Just three top universities offer full in-person teaching this term - The Times Royal Holloway music professor quits over cancel culture - The Times LGBT+ guide offers advice for primary teachers and pupils - The Times Online lectures using Alibaba ‘a risk to students’ - The Times Magnus Linklater: Great universities need degree of happiness - The Times Covid in Ireland: Childcare fears leave mothers worried about enforced return to office - The Times