News archive for 4th April 2022

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Headteachers demand return of free lateral flow tests and slam Government's 'lack of concern and support' - Mail Mental health: NHS is turning away vulnerable young people with anxiety and depression - Express Bookings surge as confidence in international recruitment travel returns - PIE News Teachers on an anonymous forum revealed the student behaviours they secretly judge - The Sun “Significant” employability gap remains in UK - PIE News Children’s self-care and social skills delayed by the pandemic, says Ofsted - Nursery World British drama school closes suddenly after heavy losses - Guardian ‘Empathy isn’t there’: the pandemic effects on children’s social skills - Guardian Ofsted: Eight key points from latest education recovery research - FE Week Flagship teacher recruitment programme opens to more specialisms - FE Week ‘Unit for future skills’ to launch this month - FE Week Prisoners have no lessons for two years due to Covid, report says - Evening Standard Ofsted: education recovery series - Ofsted Minister for Skills addresses Policy Exchange - DfE National Skills Fund - DfE Taking Teaching Further programme - DfE School-led tutoring grant - DfE ALRA drama school shuts with immediate effect - BBC Cash boost to transform colleges across England - DfE Statement on Ukraine by Fulbright Commissions in Europe - Fulbright Commission Building a safer and more sustainable future with apprenticeships and technical education - IfATE Looking after your wellbeing during exam season - Activate Learning NASUWT comments on Ofsted reports into education recovery - NASUWT School leader unions call for government action over Covid disruption - ASCL Age-related expectations in primary schools - Teacher Toolkit Scrapping Covid testing 'reckless in the extreme' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Lockdown babies struggle with language skills due to face masks - Metro British drama school closes suddenly after heavy losses - Guardian Headteachers' leaders call for return of free Covid tests - Mail Long-serving lollipop lady Beryl retires after 57 years - BBC Teaching pupils about the ‘benefits’ of the British empire will only promote ignorance of the past - Guardian Breastfeeding student defies university ban on her baby and takes 10-week old son to every lecture - Mail Covid: Young child development worrying, says Ofsted boss - BBC Children speaking in different accents after spending more time watching TV in lockdown - Express New university in the Republic of Ireland to officially open - BBC Zahawi sets out expectations for councils supporting Ukrainian children - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Children’s self-care and social skills delayed by the pandemic, says Ofsted - Nursery World Covid lockdowns have delayed children's readiness for primary school, new Ofsted report warns - Mail Menopause: the legal requirements for schools to help staff - Times Educational Supplement | TES Easter school holidays: Half term 2022 dates and how long the school holidays last - i News Pandemic has delayed social skills of young children, says Ofsted chief - Guardian Strong signs of recovery across education, but challenges remain - Ofsted Pandemic babies struggle to understand facial expressions, Ofsted warns - Mirror Demystifying ‘high expectations’ - UKEdChat Movers and Shakers: Edition 385 - FE Week The power of networks – a new group for college-based HE providers - Advance HE Edinburgh University tech firm spin-out looks to growth after CEO appointment - Public Technology Scientists find that the impact of social media on wellbeing varies across adolescence - Cambridge Network Covid restrictions left young children lacking social skills - Telegraph Let’s have a new era of skills devolution to local leaders - FE Week Focus on vocabulary, and you improve attainment across subjects - FE Week Early years tutor at Activate Learning publishes her first book - Activate Learning Students offered places at Rose Bruford following ALRA drama school closure - Office for Students SEND review: Why SENCOs must engage in the consultation - Schools Week Research: What does inclusion mean to those who experience it? - Schools Week Fees cut will undermine the foundations of opportunity - Wonkhe Universities must remove the barriers facing Access to HE students - Wonkhe Students need to know the secret codes to success at university - Wonkhe Time to get serious about data burden - Wonkhe Capital projects worth £400 million given green light - FE Week Nine things we learned from Ofsted’s latest education recovery research - Schools Week Covid: Ofsted highlights supply teacher and catch-up tutor shortage - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE faces questions over catch-up contract funding - Times Educational Supplement | TES Labour: Average nursery place cost soars by nearly £1,500 in five years - Mail Applications open for year three of the WorldSkills UK Centre of Excellence - FE News Purnell seeks to double UAL’s enrolment via online shift - Times Higher Education | THE Children struggling to write and communicate after pandemic, Ofsted reports - The Times Jesus College, Cambridge, took ‘high risk’ China cash - The Times Stressed about UCU strikes? Try Pilates instead, Sheffield University students told - The Times Nursery aide was wrongly sacked for hugging boy - The Times Nobel winner David MacMillan’s £400,000 prize goes to help poor Scottish students - The Times International students up by 20 per cent since Brexit at many Irish universities - The Times Ofsted worried by young children´s development in education recovery report - Mail Global window on higher education (UK and global edition): week ending 3rd April 2022 - University World News Teacher development: Ofsted update - UCET Schoolgirl sits Highers after recovering from brain tumour the size of an orange - The Times