News archive for 21st September 2021

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Applying for university: 'I don't want a token place' - BBC Oxford college run by former equalities head apologises for hosting Christian conference - Telegraph Ghastly gym knickers, cross country hell and psycho teachers: why PE is the lesson we never forget - Telegraph The Guardian view on children’s mental health: ministers must pay up - Guardian Headteachers receiving death threats over Covid vaccines rollout in schools - Telegraph Scotland exams: Private school pupils given easier ride than state school pupils during 2021 exams, stats show - Scotsman Britain's daily Covid cases rise again as back-to-school wave starts to kick in - Mail Standalone trust could be stripped of school over ‘culture’ of sexism - Schools Week GCSEs 2022: Reference test used to measure Covid impact - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid in schools: Record number of students absent from class - The Times Back to school: How are pupils being kept Covid-safe? - BBC Education Scotland: It’s easy to get reform wrong - Times Educational Supplement | TES Training launched for mental health leads in schools and colleges - DfE Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: 23 March 2020 to 16 September 2021 - DfE The Micro:bit Educational Foundation research - Computing at School Prison educators deserve our gratitude - FE News Vaccines minister criticises 'intimidation' of heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES ROATP application guidance digital May 2021 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Senior mental health lead training grant funding - Education & Skills Funding Agency CBI's new East of England Chair targets skills growth and infrastructure improvements to boost region - CBI The impact of teaching assistants – a holistic picture - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Steering cyber-skilled students away from crime and into a lucrative career - Jisc Student success - critiques of employability - Advance HE Finding the right pathway for you - Careers & Enterprise Company NEU comment on school and college attendance data - 16 September - National Education Union CO2 monitoring guidance: More questions than answers - SecEd Edge response to degree apprenticeships consultation - Edge Foundation Ofsted, performance pay, and gender-neutral toilets: this week’s findings! - Teacher Tapp Modelling electric circuits: Activity for electric circuits - UKEdChat UK must respect non-graduates or face turmoil – former Cabinet minster - Social Market Foundation | SMF Support staff pay award 2021/22 - NAHT ASCL comment on school attendance statistics - ASCL NAHT calls for delay to proposals in the ITT ‘market review’ - NAHT My access journey to Oxford - HEPI Royal Holloway and St George’s revive merger talks - Times Higher Education | THE Alarm raised over failure to confirm £22 billion research pledge - Times Higher Education | THE Give non-graduates more respect, says ex-Tory minister - Times Higher Education | THE DfE seeks bids for another college and employer collaboration fund - FE Week Entire year group at school in Swansea Valley to study at home because of staff sickness - Wales Online More than 100,000 pupils off school in England last week amid Covid surge - Guardian More than 122,000 children in England out of school last week over Covid-19 - Mail Tories slam No 10 over 'perverse' move to give over-12s Covid vaccines - Mail SQA results: Private schools extend lead over state sector - Herald Scotland US businessman Charles Huang donates £50m to University of Strathclyde - Scotsman Covid: Schools 'struggling' with outbreaks - Times Educational Supplement | TES Harnessing academy growth a must for Zahawi - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: State and private sector attainment gap hit low in 2020 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Strathclyde University given £50m by lateral flow chief Charles Huang - The Times Covid absence falls to 1.5% after self-isolation rules relaxed - Schools Week 4.3 million parents could be without access to early support services - Nursery World Survey of half a million children finds most are happy with their life - Nursery World Institute of Directors takes over governor leadership training - FE Week More than 100,000 pupils off school due to Covid - Times Educational Supplement | TES No support for under-5s: Cuts to ‘lifeline’ services hit 4.3m parents - Express Minister condemns ‘intimidation’ of schools after vaccination death threat warning - Schools Week Covid guidance on extra-curriculum activity in Guernsey relaxed - BBC Creating behaviour policies in multi-cultural settings - Times Educational Supplement | TES School jabs: The first under-16s proud to have Covid vaccine - Express Whole school closes days into new term after almost half of pupils test positive for Covid - Wales Online Interview: Nadine Bernard, Headteacher, Van Gogh primary school - Schools Week Focus feature: College improvement - FE Week Oak academy’s end-of-year report: 8 things we learned - Schools Week A new guidebook for members – Student Partnership in Assessment (SPiA) - Advance HE The Big Ask results: How do you compare to biggest survey of children in England? - BBC Technology should not stop us trusting students - Wonkhe Cambridge vice-chancellor quits after succession of bruising battles over micro-aggressions and freedom of speech - Mail Children face 'agonising' waits for mental health care - BBC Schools must never shut down again if Covid cases spiral, watchdog warns - The Sun Schools' 'urgent' need for Covid catch-up cash boost - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid vaccine is rolled out to thousands of schoolchildren in drive to inoculate all youngsters - Mail Create ‘voluntary third session’ in school day, says children’s commissioner - Schools Week Call for ‘new deal’ for England’s children as poll shows mental health concerns - Guardian Children’s tsar will hope for better response to new catchup funds plea - Guardian ‘National collection’ plan to join up UK historical resources - Times Higher Education | THE Welsh v-cs fear ‘unintended consequences’ of English reforms - Times Higher Education | THE The ‘lost art’ of mischief-making academic indexes - Times Higher Education | THE 30 September shouldn’t be the end for apprenticeship incentives - FE News Preparing FES teachers and trainers to ‘teach well’ in a digital world - FE News 10:00 a.m. - Education Committee to examine the state of teaching in England’s prisons - Accountability Hearings Mental health survey shows girls and older children are most anxious - The Times Pupils offered coronavirus jabs as consent letters go out to parents - The Times Scotland: Embattled Muriel Gray quits Glasgow School of Art role after fire criticism - The Times