News archive for 20th April 2022

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Degree grade matters more than university reputation, report finds - Independent ESFA Update: 20 April 2022 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Can Scottish Attainment Challenge ever truly 'work'? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Zahawi: GCSE league tables won't be about 'finger-pointing' - Times Educational Supplement | TES School achievement gap between rich and poor students ‘has not narrowed in a century’ - Independent Student frustration mounts as UK university disruption drags on - Financial Times Schools White Paper: what behavioural science can add to the ‘Parent Pledge’ - CfEY | Centre for Education & Youth Teaching and seasonal depression - UKEdChat More payments for schools training NQTs during Covid - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nadhim Zahawi orders Department for Education civil servants to return to office working ‘immediately’ - i News Teachers need clear guidance about how to deal with transgender children, Nadhim Zahawi says - Evening Standard Children should be taught patriotism and not be ashamed to be British, MP says - Evening Standard Nadhim Zahawi warns of ‘systemic antisemitism’ within NUS - Guardian Child Q: school says head stepping down due to ill health - Guardian Difficult to fill early years vacancies says nursery group - BBC College strikes: Bosses 'should make pay offer that truly values lecturers' - Herald Scotland Child Q: Strip-search schoolgirl head teacher steps down - BBC Salary top-ups for new teachers boost retention rates by 23% - Schools Week Impact of Aurora: contributing with confidence - Advance HE What we’ve learned from the Early Career Framework - Teach First Are we stricter on sons or daughters and did Alton Towers prevail? This, and more… - Teacher Tapp Activate Learning granted University Centre status - Activate Learning Our overarching aim is to help pupils develop a lifelong love of physical activity and sport - Independent Schools Council | ISC NAHT letter to the States of Guernsey - NAHT My unique apprenticeship and me - Careers & Enterprise Company Nearly 1,000 Scottish schools haven't been inspected in a decade - Scotsman Nearly 1,000 schools in Scotland not inspected in last decade - Herald Scotland Schools should be more patriotic, and eight more things we learned from Zahawi - Schools Week NUS is ‘systemically anti-Semitic’, and three other things Zahawi said at education committee - FE Week DfE hires £90k SEND advisers in bid to improve standards - Times Educational Supplement | TES School meals should be free for all pupils, says STUC - Herald Scotland Exam anxiety: how to support your students, according to a psychologist - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education secretary accuses NUS of ‘systemic antisemitism’ - Times Higher Education | THE Nursery groups continue to expand - Nursery World 2 Teachers want to see maximum class size limits - SecEd Curriculum coverage fears ahead of GCSE and A level exams - SecEd School attendance data: Government 'pretending that the pandemic is over' - SecEd Financial education: making it an essential part of school - Times Educational Supplement | TES Improving whole-class reading in the secondary classroom - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Report: How much does it pay to get good grades at university? - Institute for Fiscal Studies | IFS Higher degree classes are associated with substantially higher earnings - Institute for Fiscal Studies | IFS Financial benefits of good university grades - DfE What did I gain from my graduate degree? - Universities UK The Unite Students Commission on Living Black at University: A safe home environment as crucial to Black student success - HEPI Why teaching still has a diversity problem - Times Educational Supplement | TES University graduates with a first earn up to £4,100 more than those with a 2:1 after five years, report says - i News New NUS leader welcomes antisemitism inquiry, but fears for her safety - Guardian Getting a first at university is worth it – but not if you study English - Telegraph Misconduct row college accused of failing to act on complaints - Herald Scotland Study reveals first-class female graduates are less likely to see grades reflected in wages - Scotsman ‘Large earnings penalty’ for 2:2 graduates from top universities - Times Higher Education | THE 9:30 a.m. - Education Committee to hear evidence in its accountability hearings - Accountability Hearings Degree grade matters more than university reputation, report finds - Guardian Report looks at how much it pays to get top university grades - Mail Students who miss out on elite universities can earn higher salaries - The Times Send good heads to bad schools, says ex-Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw - The Times Scotland: Learning by play won’t help pupils catch up after Covid, parents fear - The Times