News archive for 1st April 2022

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Nadhim Zahawi: Children aren’t snowflakes, so let them read books with the ‘N-word’ - Telegraph Steve Besley's Education Eye: week ending 01 April 2022 - Education Eye New Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education launches - IOE London Blog LSE secures £175 million funding for green and social projects - London School of Economics | LSE Keele University's three steps to sustainability - Advance HE The pandemic outside the school gates: Mental health epidemic and the cost of living crisis - Sutton Trust Build back better – An introduction to our new series - Sutton Trust British Council appoint IDP Connect to provide new course search tool on Study UK website - British Council Covid: Catch-up tutors covering classes as supply costs triple - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education Committee to question Education Secretary on Schools White Paper and SEND Green Paper - UK Parliament Our Megan scoops prestigious skills award - GOV.UK Part time and postgraduate students in Wales invited to sign up to SFW mailing lists - Student Loans Company Responsibility for exams - DfE Consultation outcome: National Skills Fund - DfE The Prevent Duty in higher education (HE): training and guidance for practitioners - DfE Fire Industry Association AO surrenders Ofqual recognition - Ofqual Dance and Drama Awards guide 2022 to 2023 academic year - Education & Skills Funding Agency OfS receives guidance on Strategic Priorities Grant - Office for Students Universities in ‘Covid fantasy land’ as they stubbornly stick to online tutoring - Telegraph Living with Covid and exams: More questions than answers - ASCL Please Sir, I want some more! - Headteachers' Roundtable The government must stop taking school and college leaders for granted - ASCL Councils should help Ukrainian pupils attend school as soon as possible - Zahawi - Mail Russell Group universities’ response to the invasion of Ukraine - Russell Group No justification for keeping Randstad contract - NASUWT Heads double up classes to prioritise Year 11 as Covid cases surge - Mail Career changing opportunity for 10 researchers with big ideas - UKRI Expansion of free courses for jobs scheme welcomed, but extra capacity needed - AELP Teacher Nicola Park jailed over sexual relationship with pupil, 15 - The Times Schools White Paper: News podcast special - Times Educational Supplement | TES Energy and supply costs biggest worries for heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES White paper: Academy trust ‘divorce’ plans split sector leaders - Schools Week Breach school capacity and class limits if needed for Ukrainian children, says DfE - Schools Week Minister condemns Oxford college which ‘silenced rape accuser’ - Times Higher Education | THE The huge problems Wales’ schools are facing because of Covid - Wales Online Oxford college pays damages to woman after alleged rape by fellow student - Guardian Stay at home for three days not five if you've got Covid, school pupils are told - Mail Schools White Paper and SEND Green Paper: Analysis podcast special - Times Educational Supplement | TES Anger over plan to run remote learning without a teacher - Times Educational Supplement | TES White paper: Academy reforms rest on regulator role, say leaders - Schools Week New NUS President had Muslim Brotherhood slogan 'death for the sake of Allah is our most exalted wish' on Twitter - Mail Pen Green Children's Centre vows to secure 'much needed funding' - Nursery World Early years settings in Wales prepare for the roll out of the new national curriculum - Nursery World Take part in Nursery World survey on Ofsted inspections under the EIF - Nursery World Scotland: Teachers strongly oppose 'executive heads' plan - Times Educational Supplement | TES Recovering colleges’ latest Ofsted results - FE Week White paper: Schools will have to foot future tutoring bill - Schools Week Covid review paints stark picture of pupil mental health - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Gradual removal of masks shows slowness of Covid recovery - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted slams SEND college for ‘highly inappropriate’ activities - FE Week DfE slashes grant funding for ETF - FE Week The big college challenge – a case study presenting interdisciplinary development of employability skills - HEPI Nadhim’s woke paper triumph - Teacherhead PSHE – the lesson of life - UKEdChat Do disadvantaged students choose different subjects from their peers at Key Stage 5? - FFT Education Datalab Careers advice driving inequality in education, report shows - Social Market Foundation | SMF Evidence into action: Teaching reading - the reading comprehension house - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF UKRI and Defra open two new collaborative R&D competitions - UKRI Report: Fulfilling its potential? How well does the careers information, advice and guidance serve the people it is meant to support in England? - Social Market Foundation | SMF Style before substance: a tale of two Papers - Times Educational Supplement | TES White paper: Most ‘coasting’ schools already academies - Schools Week Schools are on the financial brink - and it’s going to get worse - Times Educational Supplement | TES Specialist SEND colleges go unmentioned in the green paper – that must change - FE Week Shock as half of apprentices drop out - FE Week Scottish teachers hit out at SQA over exam support - Herald Scotland Why the parent pledge is much more than a gimmick - Schools Week Schools battle to stay open amid Covid surge - Schools Week Zahawi admits reform failures. But can he win over academy sceptics? - Schools Week We need to talk about bursaries and hardship funds - Wonkhe Podcast: Grad jobs, staffing, China, student finance - Wonkhe Ministers ditch 'shambolic' Covid catch-up plan to give private tutoring to poor pupils - Mail Parental pressure linked to rise in student perfectionism - Times Higher Education | THE Covid in Scotland: No masks for pupils in hallways after Easter - The Times