News archive for 9th February 2022

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The main interest of teachers should be the education of children, but too many behave more like political commissars - Mail Let children play for 10 minutes longer after lockdown isolation, ministers urged - Telegraph LGBTQ+: Homophobic comments leave pupils feeling 'outcast' - BBC Colleges rise to challenge of tackling Britain’s skills shortage - Financial Times State school pupils put in real effort during Covid but two-tier system fails them - Mirror Add genocide of Gypsies to national curriculum, say charities - Guardian Nadhim Zahawi slams Nottingham school which told pupils to criticie Boris Johnson - Mail Spending rules for 16-19 increase ‘sensible and proportionate’, say leaders - FE Week Call for GCSE league table probe after Covid disruption - Times Educational Supplement | TES Trans rights row student pressured to quit Bristol University, court told - BBC Why unchecked MAT growth means it's time for regulation - Times Educational Supplement | TES Heads demand ‘clarity’ on when pupils with Covid should stay off school once self-isolation law ends - i News Scotland: Five key changes for attainment challenge to work - Times Educational Supplement | TES Vaccinating five to 11-year-olds against Covid won't 'make much difference' and doesn't prevent school closures - Mail Nottingham school criticised after pupils slam PM in lesson - BBC What is Comparing Talk and why is it needed? - Rethinking Assessment The power of art in the classroom - Teacher Toolkit New definition for long Covid in children - UKRI Latest discovery fellows named - UKRI Activate Business School awarded new data analytics training contract by BMW - Activate Learning UK ‘can catch’ US on international student numbers - PIE News UK sector mulls how to deal with perception as “expensive” destination - PIE News ESFA Update: 9 February 2022 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Is virtual reality the key to careers education? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education Secretary strongly urges tutoring take up as senior MP questions Randstad contract - Mail Schools must not tell pupils to 'pin colours to a political mast', says Zahawi - Mail Identity in LGBT+ History Month 2022 - Advance HE Taking a stand: Tackling the under-representation of ethnic minority leaders in UK higher education - Advance HE All Scottish schools to be given pocket-sized computers - Public Technology National Apprenticeship Week: How we can build skills for the future - PoliticsHome How the apprenticeships levy has helped deliver new drivers for London’s buses - PoliticsHome Maverick pupils: making us better teachers - UKEdChat Supporting neurodiverse apprentices - Training Journal National Apprenticeship Week 2022 – transforming the learner experience - Education & Training Foundation A fair future for students - Office for Students Norwich teachers strike over pensions - NASUWT ‘Seriously consider’ ending Randstad NTP contract, DfE urged - Times Educational Supplement | TES New series of stories about Digital Skills Explorations in FE and Training sector - Education & Training Foundation Staff warn rogue university bosses to prepare for more strike action over pay deductions - UCU Reflections to mark LGBT+ History Month - NAHT Drowning in data? Is there a ‘tyranny of metrics’ in education? - HEPI Apprenticeship numbers fall among young people post-pandemic - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Schools must link with youth services to boost pupil wellbeing, MPs told - CYPN | Children & Young People Now 'Sensible albeit obvious' – Ofsted's attendance advice focuses on the basics - SecEd A grim picture: Flood of mental health research published - SecEd Why the four UK education systems should talk more - Times Educational Supplement | TES Call for more powerful MAT regulator - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid cases on the decline in childcare settings and schools, official figures suggest - Nursery World When is half term? February 2022 half-term dates and full list of UK school holidays for rest of the year - i News DfE says rising energy costs will have ‘relatively small impact’ on school budgets - Schools Week Early GCSE results won’t count in 2022 league tables - Schools Week GCSE critics do not understand value of exams, says Gove - Mail Covid: How will my exams be different this year? - BBC Primary school is slammed for getting kids to write letters attacking Boris Johnson during lessons - The Sun Scottish teachers demand urgent 10% pay rise – top earners could rake in six-figure sum - Express Revealed: 72 per cent fall in entry-level apprenticeship uptake since 2014 - IPPR The Gove reforms a decade on: What worked, what didn’t, what next? - Institute for Government Archbishop of Canterbury calls for removal of Cambridge memorial to slave trade investor - Independent Student drug use: reducing harm and tackling supply - Universities UK LGBTQ+: Homophobic abuse 'normalised' in primary schools - BBC Mared Foulkes: Cardiff University apologises after suicide - BBC Levelling up reforms don’t match scale of the challenge - FE Week Evaluation supports participation - Wonkhe There is a new task force to tackle student drug use… but what might be overlooked? - Wonkhe Let schools quit trusts and create super-regulator to complete academisation, ministers told - Schools Week The English test that ruined thousands of lives - BBC Scotland: SNP slammed after denying plans to saw classroom doors to stop Covid - Express Why apprenticeships are vital for a regional skills system that puts employers first - FE News Three quarters of young people consider apprenticeships - FE News New London engineering school ‘will dare to be different’ - Times Higher Education | THE UK universities seek ‘common approach’ on tackling drug abuse - Times Higher Education | THE Teach children to code, even if AI does it better, says Oxford professor - The Times Schools to help parents stop arguing - The Times Teacher absences at record high as pupil illness falls - The Times Tutoring for children is here to stay after Covid-19, says Nadhim Zahawi - The Times Experts divided on Scottish pupils being forced to wear masks in school - The Times Scotland: Teachers’ union wants four-day week - The Times