News archive for 6th January 2022

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Latest on GCSEs in Wales as head teacher warns of disparity in January exams - Wales Online Ofsted inspector ranks reduced by 86% as leaders told to focus on school roles - Schools Week Prince of bales: Prince Charles aims to train a new generation of young farmers - Telegraph Parents accuse unions of throwing a 'pandemic straitjacket' around schools - Mail Seven major 2022 legal developments that schools need to know - Times Educational Supplement | TES University level qualifications explained - Activate Learning UKRI welcomes Frances Wood as International Director - UKRI How a Buckinghamshire school puts careers at the heart of the curriculum - Careers & Enterprise Company Committee to quiz Children’s Commissioner and Ofsted on outcomes for children in residential care - UK Parliament Committee questions Schools Minister and Randstad director - UK Parliament Long Covid rising fastest in teaching and education staff - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children exposed to different languages become GCSE superstars in all their subjects - Mirror Edge annual lecture: How to create a career with purpose - Edge Foundation Reimagining education and its power to transform the world - FED | Foundation for Education Development Katharine Birbalsingh’s advice for parents to teach their children ignores realities at home - i News Let’s harness lockdown lessons to push for assessment overhaul - Jisc Rethinking how we can improve the diversity of the teaching workforce in England - BERA Survey shows Government failing on classroom ventilation - NASUWT The high-skill high-pay economy is already on the way - Wonkhe Kids aged 5 to 11 could get Covid vaccines in weeks in desperate bid to stop school chaos - The Sun Omicron: Will schools stay open this term? - BBC Omicron: Subject leader 'anger' at idea of 'suspending' music - Times Educational Supplement | TES George Watson's College: Top school principal calls for young people's whistleblowing officer - Scotsman What councils are saying about schools, after school clubs, breakfast clubs and staff absences in Wales - Wales Online Ofsted advises schools and nurseries hit by staff shortages to apply to defer inspections - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Kids Planet grows to 95 nurseries - Nursery World Students in England asked to sign up to SFE mailing list - Student Loans Company Students in Wales asked to sign up to SFW mailing list - Student Loans Company Covid: Evidence on face masks in schools 'inconclusive' - BBC Nadhim Zahawi: Covid-19 vaccine for vulnerable young children to be rolled-out within weeks - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Self-isolation change in Scotland sparks mixed response - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ignore government guidance and introduce stricter Covid rules at school, teaching unions tell members - Telegraph New report finds ‘first-in-family’ status flawed as a way of helping disadvantaged students - HEPI Report: First-in-family students - HEPI Universities should stop using ‘first-in-family’ status as key measure of widening student access, report says - i News Covid in Scotland: Pupils told to learn at home - Herald Scotland The impact of a minimum entry requirement for access to student finance - Wonkhe Call for action after figures show dozens of schools in Scotland are over capacity - Scotsman Ministerial Response from Rt. Hon. Robin Walker, MP (6 January 2022) to UCET's letter in December - UCET Transgender disputes threaten to split university unions - Times Higher Education | THE UK ‘missing out on talent’ as eastern European enrolment plummets - Times Higher Education | THE Hepi: ‘first-generation student’ tag unhelpful for admissions - Times Higher Education | THE Universities making offers on 'first-in-family' status may widen inequalities - Mail Covid in Ireland: Parents poised to keep unjabbed children out of school - The Times