News archive for 1st February 2022

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School lunches could be inspected in new plans to tackle lockdown-fuelled childhood obesity - Telegraph Disparities in children’s Covid vaccination rates map England’s social divides - Guardian If Britain's pathetic universities told students the cold hard truth, this is what they'd say - Telegraph SQA exams: Testing times for pupils - Herald Scotland Children in deprived areas less likely to have had Covid vaccine - i News DfE aims to extend its teaching ban powers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid in Scotland: secondary schools to keep masks - The Times Lifetime bans for teachers guilty of serious misconduct to be extended to FE - FE Week Update to the repayment thresholds of post-2012 and postgraduate Income Contingent Student Loans - Student Loans Company Nicola Sturgeon says Scotland's Covid curbs including masks in schools will stay for at least another week - Mail Covid Scotland: ‘Generous’ grading system for this year’s exams under measures to tackle Covid disruption in schools - Scotsman How many hours must teachers work for education to be excellent? (This, and other findings...) - Teacher Tapp Transferring your apprenticeship levy to another business - Education & Skills Funding Agency Case study: Improving attendance: good practice for schools and multi-academy trusts - DfE Leading employer shares pandemic insights with T Level science teachers - Education & Training Foundation Don’t exclude technicians from decision-making, universities told - Times Higher Education | THE Stop ‘abusing’ Horizon Europe as bargaining chip, UK and EU urged - Times Higher Education | THE Heads ‘treated abysmally’ during Covid crisis - Times Educational Supplement | TES To support staff wellbeing, show that you ‘CARE’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Help us improve social mobility by building numeracy skills this May - National Numeracy Wales: Preparing for the new curriculum - National Education Union Higher Education Staff Statistics: UK 2020/21 released - HESA New government white paper will not level up post-16 education - UCU Food agency to check school lunches in England meet standards - Guardian Levelling Up white paper: a preview - CfEY | Centre for Education & Youth Levelling Up White Paper: A long term plan for jobs, education and skills essential to success - FE News Covid Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon insists time still not right to remove masks from classrooms - Herald Scotland SQA: Pupils to be told what's in exams and graded 'generously' - Herald Scotland Extra support for Scottish pupils ahead of exams - BBC SQA exams 2022: Scottish students to receive more support - Times Educational Supplement | TES Is the MAT landscape ready for remodelling? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland 'close' to removing masks in class - Times Educational Supplement | TES NHS Covid Pass: 12- to 15-year-olds offered digital document from Thursday – in time for half-term hols - Public Technology DfE clamps down on loophole allowing fraudsters in classrooms - Schools Week What are we doing in EYFS? - Computing at School Higher education staff statistics UK: 2020 to 2021 - DfE EPI comments on plans for schools in Levelling Up White Paper - EPI Skills and the Levelling Up White Paper - colleges respond - AoC | Association of Colleges ERSA comment on the Levelling Up White Paper - ERSA ASCL Cymru comment on trial of longer school days in Wales - ASCL Reflections to mark LGBT+ History Month - NAHT Researching the impact of enrichment in further education - AoC | Association of Colleges Official statistics show why university staff are taking strike action - UCU Social sciences to play vital role in meeting UK’s net zero goals - UKRI Just 1% of UK professors are black, Government figures reveal - Mail Covid-19: Number of pupils in NI schools drops as Omicron spreads - BBC Scotland Covid rules: Face masks in classrooms set to remain for weeks after Nicola Sturgeon decision - i News Poor pupils in London risk being overlooked by ‘levelling up’ plans to improve underperforming schools - Evening Standard London has the lowest pupil vaccine uptake for 12 to 15-year-olds - Mail Longer school days start in Wales with kids spending extra five hours a week in class - The Sun Areas with weak education targeted for levelling up - BBC Teacher misconduct: the prohibition of teachers advice - DfE Education Investment Areas: selection methodology - DfE Changing our approach to education so new recruits are better prepared for employment - FE News Interview: James Alexandroff, founder of Perivoli Schools Trust - Nursery World 10 questions with... Bridget Phillipson, Shadow Education Secretary - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exclusions and mental health: a complex link - Times Educational Supplement | TES Analysis: Settings in staffing crisis due to Covid-related absences - Nursery World MPs launch inquiry on careers guidance - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Settings in staffing crisis due to Covid-related absences - Nursery World Excluded and exploited: The forgotten teenagers - SecEd Skillsoft’s Lean into Learning report reveals the learning trends transforming the workplace - FE News The dates GCSE and A-level exam results will be announced in Wales - Wales Online 'No real support' for early years in Government's levelling up white paper - Nursery World Levelling Up white paper – sector reaction - FE News Key ways for heads to improve school behaviour - Times Educational Supplement | TES The 55 education ‘cold spots’ earmarked for levelling up - Independent NI education: No agreement on 'single system' - BBC The 55 education 'cold spots' earmarked for levelling up - Mail In the years of waiting for a full response, it’s become clear the Augar review is a smörgåsbord not a prix fixe - HEPI Qualitative report on impact of Covid-19 on the experiences of disabled students published - Advance HE Thinking aloud to support mathematical problem-solving - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Yes and what if…? - UKEdChat ASCL comment on government’s levelling up white paper - ASCL Red Wall areas get cash to set up their own 'Eton of the East End' schools - Telegraph Introducing: Simon Parkinson, Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Workers' Educational Association (WEA) - FE Week Package to transform education and opportunities for most disadvantaged - DfE Levelling up: Government to target 55 areas in England to improve school standards - i News Contact hours return as a concern for ministers keen to respond to students - Wonkhe New year, new (online) U – five questions to ask about your online education portfolio - Wonkhe Disabled students need to be prioritised, not generalised - Wonkhe 55 ‘education investment areas’ named for £3k teacher retention payments - Schools Week Levelling up: Plans for ‘elite’ new sixth forms and skills ‘mission’ - FE Week ‘Levelling up’: More schools to be moved into MATs - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Virtually all’ universities risk OfS sanction under new rules - Times Higher Education | THE 55 'cold spots' of England where schools need more help identified by government - Mirror Primary school teacher accused of kicking horse during Cottesmore Hunt will go to trial - The Times Ireland: Stop letting alumni families skip queue for school places, principals told - The Times Move to improve education outcomes latest part of levelling-up plans - Guardian