News archive for 17th January 2022

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Why former Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson, could be handed a knighthood from PM - Express Universities to look at whether courses get graduates jobs in culture or helping planet to decide if they are ‘good value’ - i News Colchester school appeals to parents to fill teacher shortage - BBC Russell Group comment on proposed amendment to Freedom of Speech Bill - Russell Group Lack of pay offer shows contempt for teachers - NASUWT Look after the grown-ups and they will look after the children - Headteachers' Roundtable Universities step up efforts to tackle low value degrees - Universities UK Sandijs Dreimanis admits stabbing Crawley College lecturers - The Times Scottish standardised tests to cost £17m over 5 years - Times Educational Supplement | TES Three inspections in a week: We need more compassion - SecEd Shrewsbury College bounces back from ‘inadequate’ to ‘good’ - FE Week What does the TL badge stand for? Meaning of Nadhim Zahawi’s lapel badge about T-Levels (and not Tory leader) - i News Exposed: The gap between levelling up rhetoric and reality - IPPR Covid measures increase school bills by thousands - BBC Hints and tips for achieving strong response rates to Advance HE student surveys - Advance HE Welsh universities and colleges net zero funding “very welcome” - PIE News How can a child catch up to learn timetables in one term? - UKEdChat Why aren’t there more students in school sixth forms? - FFT Education Datalab Bracknell and Wokingham College excited to offer new T Level qualifications from September 2022 - Activate Learning From adversity to university: Bringing those affected by homelessness into higher education - HEPI Three problems with Nadhim Zahawi’s invitation to revolt over online learning - Wonkhe Innovate UK’s £5m competition funds climate change financial risk - UKRI Creating new futures for young people - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA Oxford University's sex misconduct figures are low because of under-reporting and confusion due to college system - Mail Grammar school is forced to reschedule mock A-Level exams after pupil ‘hacks’ computer network - Mail Support service launches to tackle harmful sexual behaviour in children - CYPN | Children & Young People Now LEYF launches external training course for early years chefs - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Covid-19 self-isolation cut to five days in England - Nursery World Why the key to Covid recovery is listening to students - Times Educational Supplement | TES State of the North 2021/22: Powering northern excellence - IPPR Course value means more than graduate employment, says UUK - Times Higher Education | THE Schools rejecting offers of air filters that limit Covid spread, say parents - Guardian Scottish schoolgirl selected for Harvard rugby squad in first time achievement for school - Scotsman Face masks in classrooms likely to be scrapped in just nine days’ time, Education Secretary declares - The Sun A-Level and GCSE exams to go ahead as normal despite disruption, says Nadhim Zahawi - Evening Standard Exams will go ahead in the summer, confirms Education Secretary (video) - Mail Everyday mechanisms - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA Take three Covid lateral flow tests a week and report results, university students and staff told - Wales Online We must dispel the image of a male coder sitting in a dark room all night - FE Week First chief of freshly merged City of Portsmouth College - FE Week Ombudsman wants to intervene over academy admission disputes - Schools Week How to take control of your finances in 2022 - Schools Week Is extending the school day a viable solution to lost learning? - Schools Week Social media: Pupils 'humiliating teachers through online dating profiles' - Herald Scotland Why schools can’t return to the pre–Covid status quo - Herald Scotland There’s widespread worry about spiking – are students in danger? - Wonkhe Levelling up – local leadership, living standards, public services and pride of place - Wonkhe Are universities “civic washing”? - Wonkhe Students made to pay tuition fees for Zoom lectures should revolt, Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi says - Mail English sector ‘won’t be open on foreign donations unless forced’ - Times Higher Education | THE Universities told to stop silencing sex pest victims - The Times New breed drawn to teaching career - The Times Scotland: University of Edinburgh’s slavery row response shameful, says Sir Tom Devine - The Times