News archive for 21st February 2022

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End of Covid rules: What schools need to know - Times Educational Supplement | TES Headteachers welcome new Bill to set up buffer zones around schools targeted by anti-vax protests - Mail School leaders condemn ‘headlong rush’ to scrap Covid testing and isolation - Independent Teachers' leaders condemn headlong rush to live with Covid - Mail Covid tests for schoolchildren ditched from today in major boost for schools - The Sun Covid testing for school staff and students to end today - Times Educational Supplement | TES Four big issues facing early years in Scotland - Times Educational Supplement | TES Weekly Covid testing for most school pupils ditched from today - Schools Week Weekly Covid testing for most students and staff ditched from today - FE Week Strength of pension scheme means rationale for attack on benefits has 'evaporated' - UCU ASCL comment on government announcement of end to Covid self-isolation and testing rules - ASCL Covid restrictions eased - National Education Union Art is more than a subject — it’s a vital part of the human experience - Teach First England’s world class headteachers! - Teacher Toolkit Childcare providers no longer required to tell Ofsted about confirmed COVID-19 cases - Ofsted Universities ‘must scrap online lectures’ after Covid curbs are lifted, minister says - Metro Nurseries and childminders will no longer need to report Covid cases to Ofsted - Nursery World ‘Rethink needed’ on UK pension cuts as USS scheme rebounds - Times Higher Education | THE Podcast: The great pay divide - FE Week Oxford University took at least £1.6m last year from fossil fuel firms - Guardian Schools could get buffer zones to stop anti-vaccine protests - Times Educational Supplement | TES Vulnerable over-12s to be offered spring Covid vaccine booster - Schools Week Supermarket vouchers for 19,000 Devon children over half-term - BBC Opposition demand parliamentary statement from Scottish education secretary over report 'fiddling' accusations - Scotsman Headteachers welcome buffer zones around schools to stop anti-vaccine protests - Mail Enhancing the enterprising university experience: reflections from an academic team-based approach - Advance HE Minister urges schools to drop mask wearing after headteachers defy rule changes - PoliticsHome Improving literacy in key stage 2 - Research Schools Network Need to know: Northern Ireland and integrated education - Times Educational Supplement | TES 19 projects to explore social and cultural impacts of COVID-19 - UKRI Comment on Russell Group university finances - Russell Group Strike action escalates with staff at 24 more universities joining UK-wide walkout - UCU Inaugural co-chairs of UK Committee on Research Integrity announced - UKRI Career guidance: Why vocational courses must be given more focus - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why we all need to be critical consumers of research - Times Educational Supplement | TES Fury at universities 'profiting from students' misery' after £2billion virus boost - Express Releasing the power of middle leadership - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA Get their hands dirty! - UKEdChat The shape of assessment - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA EPI local authority analysis: Report for Essex Education Task Force - EPI Is it ok to say 'mum and dad' in school? - Herald Scotland Has the freedom of speech bill been cancelled? - Wonkhe Here’s how we get off the campus conflict see-saw - Wonkhe Ending Covid rules risks school chaos, PM warned - Times Educational Supplement | TES Unions warn of schools chaos ahead of Covid rules being scrapped - Mail National Tutoring Programme ‘risks failing pupils who need it most’, says Lee Elliot Major - The Times Give your students a refund, cash-rich universities told - The Times Scotland: Education secretary urged to come clean over critical report - The Times