News archive for 4th February 2022

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Steve Besley's Education Eye: week ending 04 February 2022 - Education Eye Scotland: Call for fire safety talks over classroom door plans - BBC Martyn Percy to get seven-figure payout as Christ Church dispute ends - The Times Focus on adult education is promising – but lacks ambition - FE Week Podcast: Online academy plans, longer days and the ECF - Times Educational Supplement | TES Gove acted on ‘bogus’ allegations of Islamist plot to take over Birmingham schools - Guardian Scotland: Firefighters want urgent talks on plan to cut school doors - The Times What's the trick to rolling out personalised careers education? - Careers & Enterprise Company Create focus with learning objectives - Edmodo Oxford college dean at centre of lengthy dispute to step down - Times Higher Education | THE The five components of an effective lesson plan - Edmodo One in eight primary pupils in England had Covid last week, figures show - Guardian Isle of Man teaching union rejects 2% pay rise offer - BBC The schools making ‘impossible’ timetable change a reality - Times Educational Supplement | TES Can exercise boost education outcomes? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Will the Government’s latest attendance initiative work? - FFT Education Datalab Poor provision of relationships and sex education in schools is failing young people - PoliticsHome Jisc and Coherent Digital sign agreement for virtual reality and interactive video content - Jisc Four things learnt about impact of Covid on schools - NFER Report: The impact of Covid on mainstream schools and special settings in 2020 and 2021 – Four things learned - NFER Education staff wellbeing charter - DfE Five top tips for sailing through assessments with confidence - CEM | Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring Improved pay offer needed to avoid escalation of action - NASUWT Levelling Up: Now we know what it means - lots of stuff but little substance - ASCL Collaging childhoods’ relationships  - BERA FE loans training provider goes bust after damning Ofsted inspection - FE Week By the numbers: languages uptake in Scotland - Times Educational Supplement | TES Legal threats and governor revolts: Inside the mass academisation of Catholic schools - Schools Week Library sorry as student Twitter saga turns out to be tall tale - Times Higher Education | THE SNP accused of delaying Erasmus replacement to stoke Brexit grievance - Scotsman Covid: Nicola Sturgeon under fire over class 'door chopping' - Herald Scotland Our approach to commissioning research in 2022 and beyond - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF 'Rape culture' teacher advice hotline launched - Times Educational Supplement | TES How to build powerful knowledge at primary school - Times Educational Supplement | TES Fourth consecutive ‘requires improvement’ Ofsted rating for BMet - FE Week Keep Covid restrictions in schools until pandemic is over, says head who retired at Christmas - Wales Online Sexism, power, cronyism: Why education recruitment must improve - Times Educational Supplement | TES Fewer than 1 in 100 schools affected by ‘levelling-up’ academies plan - Schools Week Nursery in lockdown after toddlers and staff suffer mystery ‘rash and cough’ - Metro The new procurement trapdoor schools need to avoid - Times Educational Supplement | TES Edinburgh nursery group hands ownership to employees - Nursery World Councils oppose ‘elite’ sixth form plans - FE Week Fury as school uses disabled parking space for bench 'so teachers can eat lunch' - Mirror ASCL comment on surge in children with mental health problems during the pandemic - ASCL OfS, TEF and student outcomes - HEPI Our exam mitigations have fairness at their heart - Schools Week Ofsted swoops after brawl in school canteen on TikTok - Schools Week Robin Walker: Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not - Schools Week Podcast: Levelling up, black students in halls, disabled students - Wonkhe OfS outcomes won’t help equity - Wonkhe Belonging, confidence and skills are our problem - Wonkhe University boss refuses to quit over 'bullying' report - Mail Pupil anxiety levels have risen, say 95% of teachers - Mail Children's mental health: Record number referred for specialist care - BBC Plan to ‘level up’ UK research funding ‘unambitious’ - Times Higher Education | THE New Serial podcast to tell Trojan Horse affair - The Times Ucas demands end to snobbery around degree apprenticeships - The Times Scrap exams to help pupils get jobs, says Lord Young of Graffham, Thatcher’s favourite businessman - The Times Cambridge students called Tobias Rustat plaque defenders ‘racists’ - The Times