News archive for 7th January 2022

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David Cameron does a U-turn over education and sends his daughter to a £21,000-a-year private school - Mail Steve Besley's Education Eye: week ending 07 January 2022 - Education Eye Face masks in schools are ‘dystopian’, says Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson - Telegraph Primaries tighten Covid rules as cases soar - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid-19: 'There is anxiety about being back in school' - BBC Covid-19: NI Minister challenged on school air filter plans - BBC Covid in Scotland: How are schools coping? - BBC Teachers have told pupils to wear thermals and coats to lessons to cope with "freezing classrooms" - PoliticsHome Benchmarking the four things that matter for teachers’ working environments - Teacher Development Trust | TDT UK scholarships and fellowships for Singaporeans - GOV.UK MPs to hold a general debate on the effectiveness of the Government’s education catch-up and mental health recovery programmes - UK Parliament Choose a side! Er, actually I’d rather not, if you don’t mind - Headteachers' Roundtable Ofsted confirms inspections will continue despite NDNA’s call for a pause due to Covid - EYE | Early Years Educator Professor Sharon Peacock awarded the MRC Millennium Medal 2021 - UKRI Covid Scotland: Staff absence fears grow as schools reopen - Herald Scotland Your experience of leading in lockdown: a request for deputy and assistant heads to be interviewed - NAHT University slammed as dismissed lecturer secures settlement - UCU Giving widening access a real reboot - HEPI Online in-depth interviewing: Covid-induced challenges - BERA Greater support for schools should accompany self-isolation relaxation - NASUWT UKRI community recognised in 2022 New Year Honours - UKRI Ways to make ‘wellbeing’ less nebulous in Scottish schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Biggest academy trust turns to NFL for inspiration in diversity drive - Schools Week Coronavirus: DfE publishes update for early years settings - Nursery World Trinity College Dublin begins €90m project to relocate vulnerable books - Guardian I’m a professor and here’s why schools must be last to close and first to open if lockdown hits again - The Sun More schools face closing in days as a third struggle to find staff to cover sick teachers amid calls to cut isolation - The Sun Forcing children to wear masks is dystopian, says Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson - The Times Why are we still so confused about Covid safety? - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Suffering in silence’: Charities fear impact of Covid face masks on deaf children - Evening Standard ‘I’ve felt quite proud’: the diverse curriculum inspiring school pupils - Guardian Sacked lecturer who university refused to reinstate awarded £100K - Times Higher Education | THE 'Schools teetering on the edge' with staff Covid absences - Nursery World Violence reduction scheme sees youth workers chaperone walk to school - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Calls for better ventilation in schools as a quarter of teachers work in classrooms without opening windows - Nursery World DfE launches £1.5m free school support contract tender - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid chaos: School students refuse to wear face masks in class or take tests - Express School Covid chaos: Students refuse to wear face masks in class or take tests - Mail As a supply teacher, I wake up to countless requests for cover each day - Metro Relief as most AEB business cases are successful - FE Week Unions slammed for putting petty rows ahead of the education of pupils - Express Teachers told to ignore government guidance and tighten Covid rules in schools - The Sun Justice: FE Week campaign wins £1.5m relief for victims of loan scandal - FE Week We need huge new initiatives to support new skills and retraining - FE Week Prince Charles aims to unearth 'new talent' at Dumfries House farming school - Express Schools sending home classes and year groups set to increase as teacher absences bite - i News Schools in England ‘teetering on the edge’ with staff Covid absences - Guardian University forcing staff and students to take daily Covid tests condemned as ‘highly unethical’ - i News GCSEs and A-levels 2022: Concern struggling teens could be ‘doubly disadvantaged’ by plans for exams - i News Zahawi accused of 'failing' schools over classroom air safety - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nicola Sturgeon told Covid rules risk teacher cases spike - Herald Scotland Covid: Mask refusals in England's secondary schools causing concern - BBC Base rate rise must be used to raise college staff pay, UCU demands - FE Week The top trusts bidding to run £121m Institute of Teaching revealed - Schools Week Higher education assessment is in chaos – here’s how to stop it becoming a crisis - Wonkhe Schools 'teetering on the edge' over Covid absence - Times Educational Supplement | TES Omicron battle looms as pupils return to schools - Schools Week Government ‘failing’ on classroom ventilation as thousands will not get air purifiers - Independent Masks in school might not be effective in fight against Covid, Government's own studies show - Mail More than third of heads report staff absence levels of over 10%, poll suggests - Mail Schools 'teetering on the edge' as over a third of heads report 10% staff absence - Mirror Schools in England ‘teetering on edge’ from Covid-related absences - Financial Times Safeguards on laboratory-modified viruses ‘inadequate’ - Times Higher Education | THE Covid masks in schools offer little benefit, study finds - The Times Prince Charles’s school for farmers hopes to unearth new talent - The Times Disadvantaged children return from Outward Bound trip in Lake District ‘bigger, stronger, a bit more confident’ - The Times Scottish pupils move to online learning as teachers isolate with Covid - The Times Scotland: Sacked head teacher says paternity test was faked - The Times Covid in Ireland: close-contact rule poised to hit school bus services - The Times School pupils refusing to wear face masks in class, warns union official - Telegraph