News archive for 7th April 2022

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Parents' anger as school installs gender neutral toilets after pupils ask for them - Mirror UK universities to ‘twin’ with Ukraine unis to support students and academics during Russian invasion - i News Lords debates multi-academy trusts - UK Parliament Treating candidates fairly when you recruit trainee teachers - DfE UCAS announces new UCAS International Director - UCAS Teachers warned over 'snake oil' school improvement products - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pandemic and cost of living crisis encouraging students to stay at home for university, says Ofsted boss - i News ‘Significantly’ less than half of AGQs like BTECs will get the chop, government concedes - FE Week Using cognitive load theory to explain the spacing effect - Teacher Toolkit Supporting your GCSE Maths and English exams - Activate Learning Preparing post-16 pupils for the future with the Aspirations Employability Diploma - Edge Foundation England’s planned school reform is just more of the same – innovation expert proposes radical alternative - The Conversation The journey to developing the Race Equality Charter - Advance HE State school pupils just as happy with their lives as private school peers - IOE London Blog JMIR Publications and Jisc announce open access agreement - Jisc Research Schools Network to continue until at least 2026 - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Online creative arts pathway to UK launched - PIE News Matching instruction to preferred learning styles does not raise achievement - Learning Scientists Applied Transdisciplinary Learning boosts pupils’ confidence and future work skills and is key to curriculum success - Edge Foundation Finalisation of the cost control part of the 2016 Teachers’ Pension Scheme valuation - NAHT ASCL Cymru comment on extension of placements for newly qualified teachers - ASCL Union calls for 10% pay increase for college staff as members signal appetite for strike action - UCU Safer Internet Day 2022: All fun and games? Exploring respect and relationships online - NAHT Helping students to access and succeed at university - Russell Group Jersey: Survey finds 59% of teachers considered leaving job - BBC Cyber attack warning to schools over Russian invasion - Times Educational Supplement | TES NUS should be ‘sanctioned’ over ‘poor treatment’ of Jewish students, says government adviser - Mail Isle of Man: Easter vouchers will ensure no child goes hungry, minister says - BBC Private schools could be forced to raise fees - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools tread 'careful path' between intolerance and being woke - Ofsted chief - Mail Will the SNP ever address the Scottish schools crisis? - New Statesman DfE will no longer publish school Covid absence updates - Schools Week ASCL comment on Labour claim that school energy bills doubled last year - ASCL No agreement on the Horizon − a no-win situation for the UK, the EU and European research - HEPI How to legally challenge an Ofsted inspection outcome - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Hidden hierarchies’ a barrier to partnerships between universities and schools - Office for Students Private school pupils ‘no happier’ than children in state education - Telegraph Vale, Caecilius: Cambridge Latin textbook rewritten because Roman banker had a slave - Telegraph Teachers encouraged to use Taylor Swift lyrics to make Latin accessible - Guardian Survey shows England state school pupils as happy with life as private school peers - Guardian White paper: What now for heads of maintained schools? - Schools Week Disney and Taylor Swift lyrics used to increase Latin appeal - BBC Higher education is a route out of poverty, but a government loan cap would block it - Wonkhe Latin teachers could use Taylor Swift lyrics to ‘engage’ students - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher calls for classes to use translations of Taylor Swift lyrics to replace the 'sexist' Latin syllabus of old - Mail State school pupils are just as satisfied with their lives as their private school counterparts, study finds - Mail OfS: ‘hidden hierarchies’ blocking school-university partnerships - Times Higher Education | THE Boris Johnson urged to shun NUS over antisemitism concerns - The Times Life is just as satisfying for state and private school pupils - The Times Scotland: Schools ‘dumbing down’ over mental health fears - The Times Covid in Scotland: Schools ‘misled’ on masks policy - The Times