News archive for 13th January 2022

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Plan to remove teachers’ hours cap ditched from white paper - Schools Week Max Hastings: Trying and failing to find school report flaws - The Times Frosty reception for school that banned pupils from wearing ‘status symbol’ winter coats - Telegraph SIMS contract amended after school backlash - Times Educational Supplement | TES School choice in England has failed to make parents feel in control of their children’s education, study finds - i News GCSEs and A levels 2022: How will Welsh students be graded? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Over 5,000 Scottish school staff absent due to Covid - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Justice is served’: Final T Level awarding organisation revealed - FE Week Most parents disagree with second Covid jab for 12 to 15-year-olds, poll finds - Mail Nicola Sturgeon makes clear ‘firm intention’ for exams to go ahead in Scotland - Scotsman Covid: University of Southampton 'facing shortage of invigilators' - BBC Reading College excited to offer new T Level qualifications from September 2022 - Activate Learning Lockdown schooling: research from across the world shows reasons to be hopeful - The Conversation T Level resources for universities (promotional material) - Education & Skills Funding Agency Coronavirus (COVID-19) workforce fund for schools - DfE Change to Plan 1 student loan interest rate - Student Loans Company Teacher supply – long term strategy needed - FED | Foundation for Education Development Contract signed for delivery of new Legal Services T Level - IfATE Union calls global academic boycott of Goldsmiths in jobs row - Times Higher Education | THE Cameron Wyllie: Here's what I've learned from talking to opposition politicians about the state of our schools - Scotsman School placing requests: Scottish parents happy with system - Herald Scotland Heads urged to promote vaccine for pupils aged 12 to 15 - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Support gap’ in transitioning to UK studies – UCAS - PIE News School choice fails to empower parents, study finds - Social Market Foundation | SMF Inspection has become tougher for primary schools - FFT Education Datalab AccessHE responds to HEPI’s ‘First-in-Family Students’ report - HEPI NASUWT rejects latest pay offer for Scottish teachers - NASUWT Goldsmiths hit with international boycott - UCU Statement on temporary relaxation of early years ratios - Voice Learning through ‘guided’ play can be as effective as adult-led instruction - Cambridge Network Why Wales has a head start in the future of post-16 education in the UK and internationally - BERA Ofsted U-turn on controversial early years employee health guidance - Nursery World Two north London inner-city sixth forms that are more selective than Eton - Mail Draft equality, diversity and inclusion strategy announced - UKRI Row breaks out after leading girls' school says it 'will not accept transgender pupils' - Mail Parents in England disempowered by choice over school places - Mail Six dangers facing independent schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE relaxes EYFS class mixing rules amid staff shortages - Times Educational Supplement | TES Six schools from across the UK selected to take part in youth engagement programme - UK Parliament Ministers questioned on prison education - UK Parliament Jonathan Van-Tam returns to Nottingham as pro vice-chancellor - Times Higher Education | THE SIMS introduce 6-month break clause after contract backlash - Schools Week 'Intrusive’ health reporting rules for early years staff removed by Ofsted - CYPN | Children & Young People Now National Tutoring Programme head defends ‘ambitious’ targets - CYPN | Children & Young People Now ADCS criticises decision to scrap school improvement grant - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Sector outraged by new ‘insensitive’ Ofsted guidance on reporting employees’ ‘emotional issues’ - Nursery World Children left 'freezing' at breaktimes after school confiscates their coats - Mail A 'piecemeal approach to education recovery' helps no one - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE results for November in Wales published as debate over summer exams continues - Wales Online A huge number of children and teachers missed the start of the school term because of Covid - Wales Online New safeguarding rules: what colleges and providers need to know - FE Week Kids left 'frozen' as school confiscates their coats if they aren't branded ones - Mirror University tuition fees: Higher fees and cutting NI places considered to save money - BBC Parents back university creative courses, citing benefit to UK economy - Universities UK Working together: How learning and skills support can create an inclusive labour market in Northern Ireland - Learning & Work Institute Report shows international students still view the UK as a study destination of choice - UCAS International applicants want more support and guidance - Wonkhe Proposals for initial teacher training – welcome to ITT Squid Game - Wonkhe Playtime: Is it time we took 'play' more seriously? - BBC Universities shun school mentoring ‘to guard global reputation’ - Times Higher Education | THE Universities launch campaign to celebrate creative subjects in wake of pandemic - Mail Half of international students did not feel completely ready for courses - Mail Arts degrees engineer success, says Bob the Builder creator - The Times National tutoring scheme run by Randstad is scandalous failure, MPs told - The Times Scotland: Retired teachers recruiting scheme earned poor result - The Times