News archive for 24th September 2021

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Steve Besley's Education Eye: week ending 24 September 2021 - Education Eye Academy CEO pay ‘name and shame’ policy under review - Schools Week Ofsted's role in regulating childcare: poster for parents - Ofsted Cambridge scholars ‘delighted’ by vice-chancellor Stephen Toope’s early exit - The Times Head teacher calls police over ‘threatening’ antivaxers - The Times Building a leadership team from the ground up - Teach First Maximising the impact of teaching assistants in the classroom – exploring the evidence - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF 'We all deserve a certain minimum' - teacher reveals sad incident that opened her eyes to hygiene poverty - Mirror The EEF has published independent evaluations of five educational programmes - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Freedom of Speech Bill could cost universities and student unions £48m - PoliticsHome EEF announces further expansion of the Research Schools Network - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Do Key Stage 2 tests negatively affect children’s wellbeing? - FFT Education Datalab Key Stage 4 Results 2021: Looking behind the averages - FFT Education Datalab Key Stage 4 Attainment in 2021: The headlines - FFT Education Datalab An important structure for learning: How the brain works can inform our teaching - UKEdChat Researchers find that primary school tests have little effect on children’s happiness and wellbeing - UKEdChat Michelle Donelan is Minister for Further and Higher Education - FE Week If Nadhim Zahawi is serious about Levelling Up, boosting apprenticeships should be central to his decisions - FE News Black History Month 2021: 'Proud To Be' - NAHT ASCL Cymru comment on disruption to education as coronavirus cases rise steeply in Wales - ASCL NAHT NI responds to the consultation on creating complaints handling standards for the Northern Ireland public sector - NAHT Levelling up opportunities for LGBT+ people in education and training - HEPI A matter of inclusion: Schools continue to navigate government advice in support of students - BERA UCL on primary school tests and children’s wellbeing - National Education Union Evaluation of Generation STEM work experience: An efficacy trial - NFER Number of children attending early years settings remains lower than normal - EYE | Early Years Educator Glasgow apologises for wording of maternity cover job advert - Times Higher Education | THE How Willmott Dixon is opening doors for young people - Careers & Enterprise Company Strengthening student resilience during COVID through behavioural insights - OECD Union demands more ‘robust’ rules as sports event held amid Covid cases - Schools Week Mental health scheme launched for children of Scottish Armed Forces - CYPN | Children & Young People Now DSC guidance on disabled apprenticeships at LSBU helping to provide the best possible experience - Advance HE Why we must plan better for technical education and skills development - Edge Foundation Use school catch-up data to assess recovery, DfE told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools in England struggling to stay open amid soaring Covid cases - Guardian Children wish school taught them how to be brave and how to make people laugh - Mirror Teachers can suffer with maths anxiety as well as pupils, says expert - Mirror Teachers can also suffer with maths anxiety, says expert - Express October half-term: should it be two weeks? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: How do Higher pass rates differ by council? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why Nick Gibb's parting shots prove we need a change - Times Educational Supplement | TES Prep teachers stressed by 'intrusive' lockdown parents - Times Educational Supplement | TES Northamptonshire: Schools in Covid hotspots bringing back masks - BBC British children wish school taught them how to be brave and how to make people laugh - Express Covid: Northumbria University staff 'feel unsafe' about return - BBC University of Northampton vice chancellor to leave - BBC Don’t target teachers in teen jabs debate, protesters warned - Evening Standard School staff sent threatening emails and calls by anti-vaccination campaigners - Mirror National LGBT-inclusive education resources launched - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ministers ponder pilot scheme for ‘mini-UTCs’ within schools - FE Week Ministers ponder pilot scheme for ‘mini-UTCs’ within schools - Schools Week Why do children in Britain always bear the brunt of Tory cuts? - Guardian Why UK schools should not overlook international hires - Times Educational Supplement | TES Chair of governors at ‘toxic’ Holland Park school resigns - Schools Week FA pitches in to help the ‘Good for me, Good for FE’ campaign - FE Week National primary school tests have little effect on children’s happiness and wellbeing - IOE London Blog Do Key Stage 2 tests negatively affect children’s wellbeing? - IOE London Blog Two college strikes called off, but 13 more set to go ahead - FE Week Why lockdown learning loss shouldn't cloud the gains - Times Educational Supplement | TES Freshers Week: Organised criminals targeting universities - BBC Back in the boardroom with the Alumni Leadership Board - Sutton Trust Sats do not harm children's wellbeing, study finds - Telegraph LGBT rights: Pupils encouraged to set up activist groups - Herald Scotland University rankings are just an educated guess - Financial Times Schools 'need record cash in perilous times' - Times Educational Supplement | TES LGBT+ freshers looking forward to being open and out at university, new UCAS research - UCAS Multi-academy trust drive in danger of hitting the buffers - Schools Week Anti-vaxxer threats show how alone headteachers are… again - Schools Week Academy CEO pay ‘name and shame’ policy under review - Schools Week DfE and provider locked in legal battle over terminated contracts - FE Week Universities must meet LGBT+ applicants’ expectations of a great student experience - Wonkhe Podcast: Industrial action, humanities, LGBT+ students, free speech bill - Wonkhe Forging prosperous pathways for early career and postdoctoral researchers - Wonkhe Is partnership possible in a pandemic? - Wonkhe Tests at primary school ‘have little effect on children’s happiness and wellbeing’ - Independent LGBT freshers: 'I worried University of Oxford wouldn't accept me' - BBC Sats don't harm pupil wellbeing, UCL study suggests - Times Educational Supplement | TES Year 6 SATs don’t make children unhappy, says study - Schools Week Primary school tests have little effect on children's happiness and wellbeing - Mail LGBT+ students more comfortable being open at university than school - Mail LGBT+ students ‘more open’ at university - Times Higher Education | THE Primary Sats tests in England ‘do not appear to harm children’s wellbeing’ - Guardian Antivaxers target teachers with lies and threats - The Times Scotland: Don’t tell ‘racist’ Columbus story, schools are urged - The Times Ireland: Trinity joins chorus of criticism over student accommodation plan - The Times