News archive for 2nd March 2022

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Thousands of uni students walk out in NUS strike: Education system isn't working - Express Natasha Abrahart suicide: Staff 'did not ask questions' of student - BBC Teach First Research Roundup: Spring 2022 - Teach First Student loan changes hit lower earners harder than first thought – IFS - Guardian Millions of Brits to pay £28,000 more after Tory student loan shake-up - Mirror DfE reveals plan to scrap thousands of level 2 and below qualifications - FE Week IOE Pro-Director becomes Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences - IOE London Blog Universities divided on cutting ties with Russia - PIE News Student loan proposals in England are cruel and punitive - Scotsman Insights from Skills Builder Partnership’s Essential Skills Tracker - Rethinking Assessment NEU comment on post-16 consultation - National Education Union NEU comment on new research from UCL on grammar teaching - National Education Union NAHT successfully challenges the DfE over the forced academisation of Hallam Diocese schools - NAHT ESFA Update: 2 March 2022 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Ofsted to inspect delivery of Early Career Framework and National Professional Qualifications - Ofsted Open consultation: Review of post-16 qualifications at level 2 and below - DfE Early career framework and national professional qualification inspection framework and handbook - Ofsted Level 2 ICT user and functional skills qualifications in ICT with removed funding approval from 1 August 2022 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Equality, diversity and inclusion statement: early career framework and national professional qualification inspection framework and handbook - Ofsted UCU statement on Ukraine - UCU Networks to help communities be greener, more resilient and prosperous - UKRI £3.5 million for start-up giving robots a human touch - UKRI What’s the future of careers education? - Careers & Enterprise Company Regulating in the interests of students - Office for Students Plastic packaging innovations receive £30 million boost from UKRI - UKRI Widening access is working: Why won’t we admit it? - HEPI AELP responds to launch of government consultation on reform of level 2 and below qualifications - AELP Inside the 'school of the future' where kids don't wear uniforms and lessons are outside - Mirror Focus on poorer pupils removed as National Tutoring Programme target - Mail When good ideas don’t work - UKEdChat To what extent does grammar teaching help children learn to write? - Nuffield Foundation New ​‘Voices from the Classroom’ – The Five-a-day approach in practice - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Ireland: housing availability for international students requires urgent action - PIE News National Security College to offer tech training to policy maestros - Public Technology To what extent does grammar teaching help children learn to write? - IOE London Blog Ofsted delays ITE provider inspections - Times Educational Supplement | TES Big fall in applications to postgrad teaching courses - Times Educational Supplement | TES SNP 'power grab' fears over post-Covid emergency law plan - Herald Scotland Teachers at top girls' school in Wales hold third day of strike action over pensions dispute - Wales Online Poorer graduates to be hit even harder by student loan threshold change - Mail FoI investigation reveals thousands of 'missed opportunities' to help children - SecEd Workload crisis – 11.2 hours of unpaid overtime a week - SecEd N Family Club claims top spot in Nursery Chains 2022 Ofsted table - Nursery World Child poverty: The hidden costs of school spelt out - SecEd New EYFS Essentials training videos on the early years curriculum out now - Nursery World New training to support children with communication difficulties - Nursery World National Tutoring Programme target for poorer pupils ditched - Schools Week Lack of family support leaves more teenagers open to exploitation, Anne Longfield warns - CYPN | Children & Young People Now GCSEs: What research tells us about revision technique - Times Educational Supplement | TES Researchers spot ‘massive retrospective change’ on student loans - Times Higher Education | THE Ofsted delays ECF and NPQ provider inspections - Schools Week Texting families to improve student vocabulary - Best Evidence in Brief Investigating strategies to increase teachers’ adherence to evidence-based social-emotional behavior practices - Best Evidence in Brief Does one more year in kindergarten matter? - Best Evidence in Brief Post-16 qualifications boosted to help more people to progress - DfE New OfS conditions to raise quality bar and tackle grade inflation - Office for Students ASCL comment on plans to reform post-16 level 2 qualifications - ASCL Government reform of qualifications at Level 2 and below in England – FAB launches 3 Key-Tests - FAB | Federation of Awarding Bodies Teaching grammar to primary school children does not improve their writing, study claims - Telegraph Students are striking for a new vision for education - Wonkhe OfS knows best on quality and standards – what could go wrong? - Wonkhe Research questions ‘extensive’ focus on grammar - Times Educational Supplement | TES National Offer Day: Third of children miss out on first choice of London secondary school - Evening Standard Minister brands trans pupils in single-sex spaces a 'minefield' - Mail Fee freeze ‘risks exacerbating’ shift away from UK undergraduates - Times Higher Education | THE The level two qualification – an overlooked solution to skills shortages? - FE News Study shows grammar teaching has negligible effect on story-writing - Mail Good grammar does not a storyteller make - The Times More pupils get first choice of secondary school place - The Times Children’s minister Will Quince’s ‘unease’ at trans pupils in dorms - The Times Chris Skidmore & Lil Bremermann-Richard: UK universities must show Ukrainian students they are not alone - The Times Scotland: Universities wary of post-Covid powers - The Times Ireland: Professor quits international role over ‘weak’ UCD stance on invasion - The Times Ireland: Give schools resources to help pupils affected by invasion, teachers’ union says - The Times