News archive for 25th January 2022

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Are we testing our children too much? - Telegraph Students will still wear face masks at schools in Wales until at least February half-term - Mail Primary school kids left socially 'three years behind' post-Covid, headteacher says - Mirror Covid in Scotland: Headmaster hits out at Nicola Sturgeon - Herald Scotland Covid chaos in schools: One in 20 pupils in England were absent last week - Mail Catch-up tutors variable and not good with children, headteacher tells MPs - Mail Primary school teacher who was filmed kicking and slapping her horse will be prosecuted by the RSPCA - Mail Covid in Wales: 'It's ridiculous we're being made to sit exams' - BBC New measures to increase school attendance - DfE Higher education student statistics UK: 2020 to 2021 - DfE Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: 23 March 2020 to 20 January 2022 - DfE Covid in Wales: Masks to be required in schools until half term - BBC Share of firsts stays high despite end to ‘no-detriment’ policies - Times Higher Education | THE Schools face more scrutiny on 'avoidable absence' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Masks to continue in Welsh schools until half term - Times Educational Supplement | TES NEU comment on ONS social mobility report - National Education Union NEU comment on school attendance figures Jan 2022 - National Education Union £60m tender launched for third wave of skills bootcamps - FE Week NASUWT welcomes cautious approach on Covid restrictions in Welsh schools - NASUWT The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on 2020/21 student data - HESA Hairdressing students learn to cut and style Afro and textured hair with Anne Veck - Activate Learning A specific skills-set curriculum to increase undergraduate students’ employability - Advance HE Some tutors on Covid catch-up scheme ‘not good with children’, MPs told - Evening Standard Sturgeon: End of face masks in schools not being considered at this stage - Mail A diagnostic and responsive approach to teaching maths functional skills and GCSE re-sits - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Nadhim Zahawi announces crackdown on school attendance postcode lottery - Mail EPI responds to new DfE figures on pupil absence - EPI Pilot scheme gives students the chance to benefit from free e-books and resources - Jisc UK hits 600,000 international student target 10 years early - PIE News The idea of inclusion: Diamonds are always diamonds - Education & Training Foundation Developing English skills at Suffolk New College - Education & Training Foundation Further education – recovery, re-engagement or reinvention? - Education & Training Foundation Achieving outstanding in Ofsted: our college’s approach - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Digital inclusion, evolution and flexibility is key to staying one small step ahead of the Covid-19 virus - Education & Training Foundation Meditation in the classroom - UKEdChat One in eight pupils out of school as Covid worsens - BBC Did teachers get yelled at by parents more often during the pandemic? (This week’s findings...) - Teacher Tapp DfE trialling ‘real-time’ attendance tracker to cut absences - Schools Week Joint letter to DfE on climate strategy in the curriculum - UCU Increase in student admissions & qualifications means university bosses need to invest in staff - UCU ASCL comment on school attendance figures - ASCL ASCL Cymru comment on Education Minister’s announcement of reduced Covid measures in schools - ASCL Higher Education Student Statistics 2020/21 released - HESA National Numeracy becomes the Lord Mayor’s Appeal new charity partner - National Numeracy Pandemic grade inflation fears as number of first-class degrees awarded to university students rises to 36% - Mail One in 20 pupils and 9% of teachers off school due to coronavirus in England - Mirror Glasgow School of Art urged to rethink Mackintosh Building plans after fire probe calls for lessons to be learned - Scotsman Most-ever students from deprived areas enrolled at Scottish universities last year - Scotsman Covid: Nicola Sturgeon keeps school face mask rules - Herald Scotland Covid-related absences in English schools double to record high - Financial Times HESA spring 2022: Student data - Wonkhe Five problems with the NTP, according to school leaders - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid: Pupil absence jumps by 100K in two weeks - Times Educational Supplement | TES WorldSkills UK diversity heroes shortlist announced - FE Week Heads want tutor money directly after NTP ‘bureaucratic nightmare’ - Schools Week One in 20 children off school due to Covid as absentees rise by 100,000 in a fortnight - Evening Standard Brexit: Universities hit by 'continued drop' in EU students - Herald Scotland Scottish schools' return fuels Covid cases among under-15s - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools must publish improvement plans in attendance crackdown - Schools Week Teacher wellbeing ‘on a knife edge’ after stress of pandemic - Evening Standard One in 20 pupils off school because of coronavirus last week as number doubles - Mail ‘There is absolutely systemic racism’: BAME headteachers share their views - Guardian Education Minister Jeremy Miles outlines timetable for removing Covid restrictions for schools - Wales Online School governors in England to be offered anti-racism training - Guardian School absences: Number of children missing class because of Covid hits 415,000 and 9 per cent of teachers off - i News Number of students from China at UK universities rises by 50% over five years - i News Teachers told to get pupils 'up out of their seats' to learn - Times Educational Supplement | TES The two sides of the digital divide - SecEd 'Nigh on impossible' to hire supply teachers, MPs told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Record high of 1 in 25 pupils off with Covid as confirmed cases double - Schools Week SAT university admissions test switching to online format - Times Higher Education | THE Primary school teacher who ‘punched and kicked’ horse faces court for causing ‘unnecessary suffering’ - The Sun Scotland: Mackintosh report can’t rule out fire-raising at Glasgow School of Art - The Times More than 10 per cent of early years staff off work due to Covid - Nursery World Why we need more than anti-bullying policies - Times Educational Supplement | TES Learning from the Past: What can we learn from polytechnics? - HEPI Covid-19: NI schools get updated guidance on testing - BBC Introducing: Katie Waldegrave, Cofounder, Now Teach - Schools Week Students served by FE are vulnerable to modern slavery - FE Week Go easier on exam students because of omicron disruption, says teaching union - Telegraph How schools can reverse Gypsy and Roma under-achievement - Schools Week Weaving a ‘golden thread’ through professional development - Schools Week Scottish Budget: Colleges 'face £52m funding cut' - Herald Scotland Covid in Scotland: Teacher confidence 'has collapsed' - Herald Scotland Even if BTECs disappear, the students taking them won’t - Wonkhe Is it time for a radical rethink of REF? - Wonkhe Final year students are still (feeling) screwed - Wonkhe Scotland at risk of 'skills emergency' due to lack of funding for colleges, warn chiefs - Scotsman GCSEs 2022: Call to release advance topics sooner - Times Educational Supplement | TES 10:00 a.m. - Education Committee to hear evidence on the Government’s education catch-up programme - Accountability Hearings Headteachers call for advanced material on 2022 exams as soon as possible - Mail GCSEs and A-levels 2022: Heads urge Government to review ‘fairness’ of exam plans in wake of Omicron surge - i News Invest in team builders, not science stars, urges Nobelist - Times Higher Education | THE Policy influence of UK research ‘severely underestimated’ - Times Higher Education | THE National tutoring scheme ‘teaching to empty classes’ - The Times Bus pass form asks Scottish teenagers’ sexuality - The Times Ireland: 100,000 school children forced to wait for first dental appointment - The Times