News archive for 25th April 2022

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52 students will go to Cambridge with BBB A-level grades under university's new Foundation Year scheme - Mail Sats: No ‘special consideration’ for Covid - Times Educational Supplement | TES Help boost apprenticeship starts among young people and fix the drop-out rate, skills minister tells IfATE - FE Week Scotland: Less than a fifth of deputes ‘keen’ to become a headteacher - Times Educational Supplement | TES Cambridge University offers new foundation course - BBC Springer Nature negotiations aim to secure a transitional open access agreement - Jisc IOM members to begin action over pay and working conditions - NASUWT Merrist Wood College celebrates first public lambing weekend event since 2019 - Activate Learning Podcast: Is there a device crisis in FE? - FE Week Advance information for November 2022 examinations - Ofqual Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education: strategic guidance - DfE Example lessons for remote teaching - DfE SATs: No ‘special consideration’ for Covid disruption - Schools Week Parents take legal action against Welsh Government over compulsory sex education - Wales Online Northern Ireland: Disruption to council and school services as Unite workers strike over pay - Mail Isle of Man teachers to begin industrial action in pay dispute - BBC Deadline to claim apprenticeship cash incentives extended by 5 days - FE Week School on lockdown as 'armed officers' swoop on 'incident' - Express Brexit row threatens £250m in UK research funding from EU - Guardian SQA exams return in Scotland, but Covid cloud remains - Times Educational Supplement | TES Zahawi urged to give school children cheap uniforms in bid to battle cost of living 'pain' - Express Is your school cyber-secure? - SecEd Campaign to provide books for Ukrainian refugee children - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Nursery group Grandir complains to Ofsted after setting downgraded to inadequate - Nursery World Exams 2022: What happens if pupils miss exams with Covid-19? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Unite strike: NI councils and schools face disruption over pay dispute - BBC Why it's politic to teach our young people politics - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA Social mobility: A university that’s getting it right - HEPI EPI seeks school leaders' views: Which school groups are most successful and why? - EPI Movers and Shakers: Edition 386 - FE Week Driving change at Manchester College: Improving support for young adult carers - Learning & Work Institute A social media journey - UKEdChat Warning notices issued to growing trusts - Schools Week Parents fighting councils over nursery closures say it’s time for a national childcare protest - i News Interview: Paul Gosling, President, NAHT - Schools Week Here are 3 urgent ways T Levels still need reforming - FE Week British Army seeks ITPs to support their apprenticeship programme – contracting launch - FE Week Ofsted: 46% of new ITT inspection judgements less than 'good' - Times Educational Supplement | TES We can’t afford our chaotic approach to work-readiness - Schools Week Research: How can formative assessment lead to progress? - Schools Week Targeting Blair: we ignore calls to address inequality and improve productivity at our peril - Wonkhe The Apprenticeship Levy isn’t working - FE News Why I believe alternative career pathways and apprenticeships should never be dismissed - FE News Global window on higher education (UK and global edition): week ending 24th April 2022 - University World News Journal concedes ‘Wall of Shame’ could cause ‘unjust’ harm - Times Higher Education | THE Scotland: Alex Salmond blames trans activists after Aberdeen University talk cancelled - The Times ‘Broken system’ forcing students to use food banks, says NUS Scotland - The Times