News archive for 22nd February 2022

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Troy Deeney calls for more diversity in English schools’ curriculum - Guardian Airbrushing 'mum and dad' and 'miss and sir' from schoolchildren's vocabulary is yet another depressing victory for the PC brigade - Mail Footie legend Troy Deeney is fighting for BAME history lessons in schools - Mirror Fears that minimum grades for student loans in England could narrow access - Guardian The parents opposed to compulsory relationship and sex education in schools - Wales Online Lessons from case of Scottish Borders teacher's assaults - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupil and teacher attendances have risen over the past fortnight with the lowest levels of Covid-related absence this year - Mail Covid: Universities told to act as 'students flout rules' - Herald Scotland A third of Russell Group universities see fall in state school student numbers - Mail Call for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller history to be included in curriculum to combat racist bullying in schools - i News USS: v-cs push through UK university pension cuts despite strikes - Times Higher Education | THE The what, why, when and how of using a ​‘Think Aloud’ in maths - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Advance HE welcomes progress on the enhancement of external examining practice - Advance HE Oxford Bus Company to launch dedicated term-time bus route for City of Oxford College students - Activate Learning London teachers strike over attack on pensions - NASUWT Responsive teaching - CEM | Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring UK Performance Indicators: Widening Participation 2020/21 - HESA ASCL comment on school attendance figures - ASCL School attendance data - 10 February - National Education Union Staff at Staffordshire University balloted for strike action over threat of two-tier workforce - UCU Funding bodies launch consultation on future research assessment - UKRI Response to updated Covid-19 guidance for higher education - Russell Group Government scraps remaining Covid-19 restrictions in England - EYE | Early Years Educator Is it the end of the ‘snow day’ as we know it? - Teacher Tapp Dispute 'far from over' says UCU as employers force through pension cuts - UCU Mental Health in Schools initiative - ACAMH - NAHT Covid: So, what do we do now? - SecEd From Covid restrictions to personal responsibility: Will people do the right thing? - SecEd Safeguarding data insight into violent language being used by pupils - SecEd Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: 23 March 2020 to 10 February 2022 - DfE Register trainee teachers - DfE Alternative provision: year 11 transition funding - DfE Higher education performance indicators UK: widening participation 2020 to 2021 - DfE Provide training for postgraduate teaching apprenticeships - DfE Record keeping and retention information for academies - Education & Skills Funding Agency Heads warn against 'rush' to end school Covid rules - BBC School Covid absences in England fall by 43% as attendance hits highest level since November - i News Private girls' schools offer striking teachers a pay rise and improved pension offers after they walked out - Mail Covid absence down but heads fear new wave could hit schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teaching assistants in Wales to have pay and conditions reviewed - Wales Online School attendance at highest since November as Covid absences fall - Schools Week Change to Covid rules on testing and isolation provokes mixed response among nurseries and childminders - Nursery World Imperial College London finance chief quits after bullying report - Times Higher Education | THE UK funders seek views on ‘rolling’ research excellence framework - Times Higher Education | THE Covid tests will be free for secondary schools during outbreaks - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid-19 pandemic ‘not yet over’ for early years settings, providers warn - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Put disabled children and families at heart of Covid-19 inquiry, campaigners urge - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Lack of soft skills education traps disadvantaged - lost £280K wage premium - FE News Lifting of Covid rules in England ‘will lead to rise in home schooling’ - Guardian SEND review: The special school places problem - Times Educational Supplement | TES Skills bill clears the commons - FE Week Covid anxiety means more than 100,000 children are staying away from school and too scared to return - i News Strike-hit private school group offers pension scheme extension - Times Educational Supplement | TES AI for HE: a student journey market map - HEPI The transformative power of apprenticeships - PoliticsHome 10:00 a.m. - Education Committee to examine educational challenges faced by children from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities - Accountability Hearings Education in Scotland: Why state schools would be better if they were more like private ones - Scotsman Will levelling up lead to a renaissance in the humanities? - Wonkhe Were students abandoned during the pandemic? - Wonkhe Mass Covid testing in schools axed immediately under plans to live with virus - i News Bridging the gap between education and industry is crucial to ensure students thrive - FE News Students have been cheated out of proper teaching by the Covid pandemic - Mail Examiners quit en masse over Queen Mary’s threats to freeze pay - Times Higher Education | THE Scottish Borders council condemned over failure to warn parents of abusive teacher Linda McCall - The Times Scotland: Majority of Aberdeen teachers say violence and abuse are affecting their health - The Times Scotland: Gaelic will die off in capital without own secondary school - The Times