News archive for 16th February 2022

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Teachers ordered to avoid ‘biased’ views of BLM and Stonewall - The Times Don’t promote Black Lives Matter to pupils, says new guidance for schools - Telegraph England to offer Covid jab to five to 11-year-olds - BBC Children aged 5 to 11 to be offered Covid vaccine in England - Financial Times SNP: Scotland is 'Europe's best-educated country' - Herald Scotland Major changes to Welsh language and literature GCSEs - Wales Online Teaching unions in Northern Ireland reject 'inadequate' pay offer - BBC Children as young as five to get Covid vaccines as Javid announces major rule change - Express Schools advised by charity to drop 'Sir' and 'Miss' in gender inclusivity drive - Mirror Covid vaccine to be given to all children aged 5-11 in England, announces Sajid Javid - HuffPost All 5 to 11-year-olds to be offered Covid vaccine - Schools Week Primary-age pupils to be offered Covid jab - Times Educational Supplement | TES Spring vaccination drive for children aged 5 to 11 - The Times University applications: Government to overhaul personal statements that ‘favour’ privileged students - i News Universities Minister puts quality at the heart of higher education - DfE NEU teacher's pay consultation outcome - National Education Union Unpicking seven school feedback policies - Teacher Toolkit Reading College hairdressing student is selected as a finalist in a national competition - Activate Learning Covid: Jabs for children aged 5-11 'could have come sooner' - Herald Scotland Pupils' progress in the 2020 to 2021 academic year - DfE Diversity is, thankfully, never going away. It’s only going to grow as people feel safer to really own their identities - Advance HE Adult education budget (AEB) funding rules 2021 to 2022 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Advanced learner loans funding rules 2021 to 2022 - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA Update: 16 February 2022 - Education & Skills Funding Agency UK supercomputers produce virtual representation of the universe - UKRI Teachers in Northern Ireland reject pay offer - NASUWT ASCL comment on extension of the Covid-19 workforce fund - ASCL Covid-19: NI teachers 'operating in the dark' as rules eased - BBC Active tech: part of our classroom repertoire for PE and beyond - UKEdChat Large for-profit nursery groups are becoming more common – with negative consequences for parents and the sector - The Conversation 3D climate change creativity - Computing at School Can you use Scratch in EYFS? - Computing at School Floating on the 'cloud' or living in the material world? Teaching online in the time of Covid - IOE London Blog Cricket’s nadir, dirty hands, hanging in - Advance HE Every day is a learning day – the impact of D2 Fellowships at The University of Manchester - Advance HE SQA accused of seeking to edit landmark education report - Herald Scotland Scotland: One in five 14-year-olds has skipped school - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland backs vaccines for primary pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools in the dark over ‘living with Covid’ strategy - Times Educational Supplement | TES Cost of living crisis: College students offered free breakfast - Herald Scotland Racial preferences in school selection - Best Evidence in Brief Online tutoring? You get what you pay for - Best Evidence in Brief Ending Covid restrictions: Deep concern over lack of detail - SecEd TUC calls for 'urgent cash boost' to help childcare sector recover from the pandemic - Nursery World Behaviour guidance 'could lead to schools breaking law' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid workforce fund extended until April - Times Educational Supplement | TES Which factors influence the effect of math interventions? - Best Evidence in Brief Curriculum and sexual harassment: Ofsted updates its inspection handbook - SecEd DfE pauses plan to academise schools in Catholic Diocese - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs: New Welsh qualifications promised for schools - BBC Stop, collaborate and listen - FE Week DfE extends Covid school and college workforce fund until Easter - FE Week DfE extends Covid school workforce fund until Easter - Schools Week Why schools must act fast to apply for new building upgrade grants - Times Educational Supplement | TES Students who took ‘science of happiness’ course at Bristol University ended up happier, study finds - i News Educational leadership on the threshold of a post-pandemic world - BERA Lego offers £100m to find innovations tackling ‘global childhood crisis’ - Guardian Is your school stuck in the internet slow lane? - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs and A-levels 2022: Pupils query fairness of advance information amid claims some papers more ‘generous’ - i News Strong innovation ecosystems and thriving places - Wonkhe Vaccines for five-year-olds get closer - The Times Scotland: SNP ministers ‘censored report warning of curriculum confusion’ - The Times Scotland: Abertay University legal battle student Lisa Keogh to stand for Alba Party - The Times Ireland: Home schooling numbers fall from pandemic peak - The Times Youth services 'repeatedly devalued' as research shows 'devastating cuts' - Mirror