News archive for 10th January 2022

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School Covid isolation rules: Will isolation force schools to shut? - Express Cecil Rhodes professorship dropped by King’s College London after row over slavery links - Independent School closures and exam dithering harming pupils in Scotland, warns head - Telegraph Hi-vis vests given to Suffolk pupils to improve road safety - BBC Wales: Covid 'hugely upsetting' for pupils, say schools - BBC Covid-19 in NI: Classroom air filters 'would cost about £40m' - BBC Jonathan Gullis MP: Teaching return call 'not difficult' - BBC A quarter of teachers say Covid staff absences are having major impact on their schools - Mail Scotland: Education secretary tries to offer exams reassurance - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland exams must go ahead as planned unless there is new ‘significant health concern’ greater than Omicron - Scotsman Samaritans to trial online support service using students - BBC What the figures say: Scottish standardised assessment uptake - Times Educational Supplement | TES ITT applications fall by 23% - Times Educational Supplement | TES REC Bronze for the University of Dundee and Imperial College London - Advance HE IOE. 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Celebrating 120 years of excellence - IOE London Blog Skilled Education to develop UK’s flagship upskilling initiative - PIE News Times Higher Education acquires Inside Higher Ed - PIE News What happens early can matter for a lifetime - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Report highlights how technology can boost student engagement - Jisc ETF congratulates those recognised in 2022 New Year honours - Education & Training Foundation Engaging vocational teams in integrating maths and English skills in their programmes - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Partnerships are the lifeblood of Villiers Park - Villiers Park Educational Trust Covid: Nearly 1 in 4 teachers says absence is having major impact - Times Educational Supplement | TES Before, then, now – modelling additive reasoning - UKEdChat Connected - the magazine of Creative Education Trust schools - Edge Foundation Katharine Birbalsingh says all mums and dads should teach at home even if the school is 'perfect' - Mail Covid: Isle of Man face-to-face school lessons hit by staff shortages - BBC Staff absences caused by Covid-19 having serious impact on schools - NASUWT Levelling up for all students, schools and colleges - Teacher Toolkit Times Higher Education acquires Inside Higher Ed - Times Higher Education | THE Did the pandemic hamper widening access and participation in 2021? - HEPI Towards a positive education pedagogy - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA Parents must be included in the national conversation about assessment reform - Rethinking Assessment Free school meals: What can the UK learn from Portugal’s model? - BERA UKRI consulting on impact in research applications - UKRI Nurseries in England hit by staff absences after soaring Covid cases - Guardian National Careers Service area-based contracts funding rules - Education & Skills Funding Agency Covid-19 mitigations in schools not sufficient - National Education Union Headteacher sparks fury after saying parents should educate children as ‘teachers might be tired’ - The Sun Movers and Shakers: Edition 374 - FE Week Schools digest: 2022 predictions, 2021 reflections - Financial Times Teachers are tired: Headteacher sparks fury as she says parents should teach children - Express Covid: Déjà vu all over again - SecEd How the pandemic is reshaping international education - Times Educational Supplement | TES Students will not have to wear masks in exams - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why shared reading must be an early priority - Times Educational Supplement | TES New children's commissioner for Wales appointed - Nursery World Number of Covid cases in early years settings more than doubles - Nursery World NDNA to collect data on number of nursery staff with Covid - Nursery World Government 'failing' on classroom ventilation, union claims - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Swiss and UK grantees left waiting as ERC announces awards - Times Higher Education | THE Covid-19 cases in early years settings ‘skyrocket’ before Christmas - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Exam 'nervousness' as Year 11s top Covid absence rates - Times Educational Supplement | TES University students 'must get in-person teaching' says Nadhim Zahawi - Express Providers are confused about how to record sex and gender - FE Week Leicestershire parents urged to get Covid jabs - BBC Northern schools get less cash per pupil despite higher proportion of poor kids - Mirror Five reasons why students fail with revision - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA Covid-19: MLAs recalled to debate NI school pressures - BBC Samaritans launch first ever ‘university hub’ to extend online support services to UK public - i News How to build your armour against parental abuse - Schools Week What impact has the pandemic had on our youngest learners? - Schools Week The government has chosen to back research and development – now it’s time to progress some priorities - Wonkhe Let 2022 be the year where all the disciplines work together to build a stronger research base - Wonkhe Making peace with uncertainty in 2022 - Wonkhe UK government funds HGV driver training to tackle shortage - Financial Times Primary school teacher banned from classrooms after sending thousands of pounds to terror groups - Independent UK’s lead on international mobility in Europe ‘shrinking’ - Times Higher Education | THE Covid in schools: 'Fresh air will help stop the spread' - BBC SNP ministers refuse to answer controversial school sex survey question - Herald Scotland DfE: ITT Accreditation FAQs document (version 4) - UCET Covid related and other ITE disruption (January 2021) - UCET Nadhim Zahawi promises school exams will go ahead - The Times This starts the process of repair, says Oxford University professor as Cecil Rhodes role is axed - The Times Scotland: Ditch school census on teenage sex, parents tell ministers - The Times Covid in Scotland: Vaccinating five-year-olds will keep schools open, adviser says - The Times