News archive for 8th February 2022

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Scotland: SNP ‘rewriting history’ by denying plan to chop classroom doors to stop Covid - Telegraph Alice Thomson: Teachers are crucial to our country’s future - The Times Teachers in Scotland ‘ask for 10% pay rise’ amid soaring inflation and cost of living crisis - Independent Private nurseries call for meeting with Nicola Sturgeon as they are 'losing staff through disparity in funded childcare' - Scotsman Nearly one in 10 staff are absent from England's state schools as number of children staying home with Covid falls by 70,000 - Mail Bristol student tells court she faced ‘intimidation’ from trans rights activists - Guardian Catholic church in legal battle over bid to force schools to become academies - Guardian ITT applications plummet 24% - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exams are 'fairest approach' in current circumstances - Times Educational Supplement | TES Unions launch legal action against DfE over diocese conversions - Schools Week Fury as primary children 'indoctrinated' to write letters slamming Boris - Express Mental health support for children 'lacks ambition' - BBC Longer break times would boost mental health - Times Educational Supplement | TES Access tsar sets out plans to implement school-university focus - Times Higher Education | THE Just like us: NAHT leadership podcast - NAHT John Blake sets out vision for fair access and participation - Office for Students Has the use of VAK (learning styles) changed in classrooms since 2018? (This, and other findings…) - Teacher Tapp Activate Apprenticeships launch industry collaboration project to make world class apprenticeships - Activate Learning Government must seize this golden opportunity to level up opportunity for all children across Britain - PoliticsHome ‘Hidden histories’ informing the environmental research sector - UKRI NFER achieves Independent Research Organisation status - NFER NEU comment on Hallam Diocese forced academisation - National Education Union Nearly one in 10 school staff are absent, latest data reveals - Mail Laptops, tablets and connectivity data as of 8 February 2022 - DfE Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: 23 March 2020 to 3 February 2022 - DfE Secondary accountability measures (including Progress 8 and Attainment 8) - DfE Raquel Rosario-Sánchez sues Bristol University over ‘bullying’ by transgender activists - The Times Safer Internet Day 2022: 7 things for parents and teachers to think about - IOE London Blog A new toolkit to enhance student mental health - Advance HE ‘Optimising wellbeing to enable students to flourish’ – new toolkit on embedding mental health into the curriculum - Advance HE How using a reflective journal can help PD really make a difference in changing practice - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF UK and Switzerland push for Horizon access - PIE News Russell Group and Go8 to deepen collaboration - PIE News New partnership with Bloomberg to further support alumni - Sutton Trust Particular implications for the school research lead: Are you a genuine inquirer? - UKEdChat Unions urge Zahawi to halt 'forced' academisation - Times Educational Supplement | TES Number of children off school due to Covid drops but there are record overall absences for teachers - Evening Standard New Oxford history of sexualities role named after LGBTQ+ activist - Guardian Top tips for colleges to promote LGBT inclusion - Collab Group ASCL comment on government’s aim to strengthen Online Safety Bill - ASCL ASCL comment on school attendance figures - ASCL ASCL comment on universities working more closely with schools to improve exam results - ASCL NEU comment on attendance data for education settings - National Education Union Predicting careers 2032: an optimistic future for student and graduate recruitment - HEPI Leading universities in Australia and UK set out plans for closer ties following Free Trade Agreement - Russell Group Forest School and its place within a Covid-recovery curriculum - BERA Exams advance information 2022: How to get details for A-level and GCSE papers from AQA, OCR and Edexcel - i News Space cluster to attract jobs and back mission to level up the UK - UKRI The role of DSL: it’s time to speak up - Education & Training Foundation Pupils give future queen Camilla a colourful welcome - The Times Covid absence falls overall – but rises for secondary staff - Times Educational Supplement | TES Equity, diversity and inclusion in FE - a year on - AoC | Association of Colleges Brexit win! Unfair rule giving EU students better deal than English in Scotland is over - Express ‘Wild West’ school lessons are being used to teach ‘contested political ideologies’ claims MP - Evening Standard Fury as primary school teachers 'indoctrinate' pupils by getting them to write letters slamming Boris Johnson - Mail SQA exams: Education Secretary sets out pupil support plan - Herald Scotland Covid pupil absences fall, but 320,000 still off - Schools Week Scottish teachers appealing for 10 per cent pay rise to tackle cost of living crisis - Herald Scotland Schools urged to allow children to wear warm clothing as classroom temperatures drop due to Covid ventilation rules - Scotsman Covid absence: Schools call for ‘more honesty’ from government - SecEd Funding boost for council-run parental conflict schemes - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Online Safety Bill: MPs call for age-verification on porn sites - CYPN | Children & Young People Now N Family Club to offer low-income families free childcare places - Nursery World Nobelists back petition for Swiss and UK Horizon association - Times Higher Education | THE Nursery World Awards 2022 open for entries - Nursery World Government urged to do more to increase the number of apprentices - Nursery World Covid: Pressure on schools higher than ever, union says - BBC GCSEs ‘not to blame’ for third of students failing to pass English and maths, says Ofqual boss Jo Saxton - i News How schools are adapting to changing parent communities - Times Educational Supplement | TES State of the nation 2021: children and young people’s wellbeing - DfE Improvements seen in children and young people's wellbeing - DfE Interview: Gill Alton, Chief Executive, TEC Partnership - FE Week Universities should put ‘shoulder to the wheel’ to help improve school attainment - Office for Students My Covid lesson? Get back to the shop floor! - Schools Week Covid Scotland: Schools urged to allow children to wear warm clothing as classroom temperatures drop due to ventilation rules - Scotsman No trade off between access and quality on my watch - Wonkhe Students want the right help at at the right time in their journey to a graduate career - Wonkhe ‘Pull your weight’ on pre-16 attainment, colleges told - FE Week Three in 10 pupils worry about how online safety will impact their future - Mail Teachers will step in to protect pupils' mental health if parents 'bicker occasionally' - Mail Universities must put shoulder to wheel to help poorer students, says regulator - Mail ‘Put shoulder to the wheel’ on school standards, says access tsar - Times Higher Education | THE 10:00 a.m. - Education Committee to examine children’s mental health and wellbeing - Accountability Hearings Scotland: Anna De Garis accuses Crieff High School over racism, sexual harassment and transphobia - The Times Scotland: College chief Aileen McKechnie’s suspension ‘lacks transparency’ - The Times Ireland: Self-defence classes in schools ‘won’t solve violence against women’ - The Times