News archive for 15th February 2022

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Fury as primary school bans meat from canteen and lunchboxes in 'ludicrous' move - Mail Government says replacing traditional terms with gender-neutral alternatives should 'not be happening' in schools - Mail Banning gendered terms such as Sir and Miss ‘completely unnecessary’ says Department for Education - Telegraph Everything you need to know about changes to this year’s GCSEs and A-levels - Telegraph DfE ‘pauses’ diocese academy drive after legal challenge - Schools Week Ex CEO calls for GDST to reverse plan to leave TPS - Times Educational Supplement | TES Places on Scottish secondary teaching courses set to rise - Times Educational Supplement | TES Imperial College staff pass no confidence vote in 'bullying' president - Mail No more 'Sir' and 'Miss' as charity urges children to say 'Teacher' - Express A glimmer of hope: GCSE Computer Science grade comparability - Computing at School Should we keep the phonics check? And which subjects won at advanced info?! - Teacher Tapp Go now, Imperial staff tell Gast after bullying report published - Times Higher Education | THE Everything you need to know about the ESFA review - Schools Week DfE to shake up system for overseeing schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Review of the Education and Skills Funding Agency - Education & Skills Funding Agency Subject knowledge enhancement (SKE): course directory - DfE Coronavirus (COVID-19) alternative provision: year 11 transition funding - Education & Skills Funding Agency 5Rs project launched to help improve maths skills - AoC | Association of Colleges The road to educational recovery - Education & Training Foundation Change is in the air. Can you feel it? - SecEd Big changes needed at Imperial College London, say staff - UCU Getting back to basics (what I've learnt so far) - UKEdChat Changing fees, changing lives? - HEPI It’s time to address the apprenticeships mismatch for young people - NFER UCU strike dates: Full list of universities, how long the strikes will last and why staff are taking action - i News Prime Minister visits ARCHER2 Supercomputer - UKRI NERC invests £40 million in a green future for the UK - UKRI Fury over 'woke' call to cancel traditional terms like 'Sir' and 'Miss' in schools and say gender-neutral 'teacher' instead - Mail Our Impact in Focus 2021 - the first year of our new strategic plan in action - National Numeracy Gender-neutral schools will benefit mental health as schools told to drop 'Mr' and 'Mrs' - Metro Could virtual reality field trips be the future of geography? - Times Educational Supplement | TES University strikes: UCU bosses defend 'unrealistic' 7% pay claim - Herald Scotland DfE publishes ESFA review but can’t confirm crucial post-16 responsibilities - FE Week Why school governors must fight to keep pandemic innovations - Times Educational Supplement | TES Call for retired staff to return to the classroom to help Covid absence 'crisis' - Wales Online How is the UK skills gap hurting entrepreneurship? - FE News Staff wellbeing: Teachers treated as 'collateral damage' - SecEd Should homework be set a term in advance? - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE publishes ESFA review and reorganisation plans - Schools Week Brexit saves Britain £300 million a year in unpaid tuition fees by EU students - Express Increase in home schooling since start of pandemic - BBC Boy, six, told showing confusion over gender-fluid classmate would be deemed ‘transphobic’ - Express Walker: Pupils with dyslexia don't need a different approach to reading - Times Educational Supplement | TES Interview: Jeff Greenidge, Director for Diversity, Association of Colleges - FE Week Phonics, spoken language and stories key to reading development - Times Educational Supplement | TES Belonging, inclusion and mental health are all connected - Wonkhe No more ‘Sir’ and ‘Miss’ as education charity calls for children to have to use gender-free terms like ‘Teacher’ - Mail Dramatic fall in youth services spending per child in England over last decade - Mail MP with dyspraxia fears pupils not getting enough help with condition at school - Mail How nurseries are keeping track of their toddlers - BBC Research council head veto ‘will make vacancies harder to fill’ - Times Higher Education | THE Most under-fives ‘spend too long staring at screens’ - The Times Returning students need annual induction, universities told - The Times Scotland: Record £1.4m payout for pupil abused by three Christian Brothers monks - The Times Scotland: Staff at eight universities go on strike over ‘brutal’ pension cuts - The Times