News archive for 25th February 2022

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Steve Besley's Education Eye: week ending 25 February 2022 - Education Eye School worker who claimed she was sacked for her Christian beliefs appeals employment tribunal ruling - Mail Covid: Schools can turn away pupils with symptoms - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why teachers will help children make sense of Ukraine crisis - Times Educational Supplement | TES The incredibly low numbers of Covid cases now in Welsh schools - Wales Online Strike action over pay and conditions continues next week at UK universities - UCU Strike warning over low pay in North West colleges - UCU Unsustainable rise in teachers' working hours must be tackled - NASUWT Revised offer fails to meet tests on pay - NASUWT LGBTQ+ History Month: a time to value all - Universities UK What do government changes to education mean for universities? - Universities UK School incentive payments for mentor engagements in training - NFER Is the new student loan system really fairer? - Wonkhe National professional qualifications frameworks: from autumn 2021 - DfE Supporting children to manage anxiety over war, conflict and crises - BPS | British Psychological Society Careers Hubs, at the core of careers education - Careers & Enterprise Company Is it safe to talk about subjects again? - Wonkhe The country can’t afford to underfund universities - Wonkhe AoC and ETF win World Skills UK diversity award - AoC | Association of Colleges Attack on Ukraine condemned by sector - PIE News How the pandemic has affected ongoing education research, and how we’ve responded - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Children may instinctively know how to do division even before hitting the books - UKEdChat The seven alternatives to evidence-based teaching - UKEdChat “Excellence for learners, value for employers”: New research highlighting the importance of independent training providers - AELP How to talk to children about Russia invading Ukraine in an honest but reassuring way - i News Flooded classrooms and collapsed roofs: Schools count cost of storms - Schools Week Ukraine conflict: British teacher has no intention of leaving - BBC From ‘special measures’ to ‘good’: How Teach First was a key factor in transforming our school - Teach First Avoid nasty accidents: Fifth of cars speeding when passing schools report finds - Express DfE did nothing to help schools ditch plastics, say campaigners - Guardian Rationing access to student loans will hit FE colleges harder than universities - FE Week Schools left to decide on turning away pupils with Covid symptoms - Schools Week Free school wins reinspection after Ofsted conflict of interest allegation - Schools Week Invest ‘ambitiously’ in universities, European governments urged - Times Higher Education | THE Higher education funding shake-up: what it means for students and universities - The Conversation ‘Chaotic’ Kickstart scheme failing to support enough young people, report finds - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Need to know: School leavers' destinations in 2021 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why teachers need to embrace repeat CPD practice - Times Educational Supplement | TES British teacher shares fears as he tries to escape Kyiv with Ukrainian fiancee - Mirror Here's what you should know about student debt - BBC 10 questions with... EPI chief Natalie Perera - Times Educational Supplement | TES We should not hide from children what is happening in Ukraine - Schools Week DfE being sued for millions by training provider - Times Educational Supplement | TES Improving opportunity for students, regardless of background, will happen regardless of post-qualification admissions - HEPI In times of conflict, let teachers do what they do best - Times Educational Supplement | TES Zahawi makes plea to peers to leave the skills bill alone - FE Week Cambridge refuses to reapply for teacher training over ‘prescriptive’ reforms - Schools Week Lexia Reading Core5 – What does the research tell us? - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Latest evaluation reports include new analysis of impact of reading programme on disadvantaged pupils - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Work your proper hours day - National Education Union Rising energy bills: NI schools face £13m power price hike - BBC The skills bill could have been so much better - FE Week MP support for skills bill amendments is encouraging - FE Week Attendance: Tackling persistent absence - SecEd Unfair: Large apprenticeship providers ‘disproportionately penalised’ by new ESFA rule - FE Week Free school charity: All-MAT sector would mean ‘death’ of innovation - Schools Week Student loans: Should the Bank of Mum and Dad step in? - Financial Times The government has missed an opportunity to alleviate the impacts of debt - Wonkhe The same but different – devolution and the response to Augar - Wonkhe Teacher 'burnout' warning over pandemic overtime rise - Times Educational Supplement | TES Peer review opportunity for society members - UCET End of plan for university applications after A-levels - The Times Scotland: Shirley-Anne Somerville dismisses ‘fantasies’ about amended education report - The Times