News archive for 3rd March 2022

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Full plans revealed to combine three schools on one huge site in Fairwater - Wales Online Government to set 2030 target for all schools to become academies - Schools Week Former education secretary Gavin Williamson to get knighthood - BBC Former education secretary Gavin Williamson given a knighthood after overseeing Covid exams bungle - Mail Gavin Williamson: Exams fiasco minister to be knighted - The Times DfE under fire over catch-up target confusion amid NTP 'challenges' - Times Educational Supplement | TES The Guardian view on new reforms to student loans: putting on the squeeze - Guardian UK universities to ‘review’ Russian links but won’t pursue ‘blanket’ boycott for fear of hurting dissidents - i News Outrage as Gavin Williamson is knighted, just six months after being sacked from Government - The Sun Johnson criticised over knighthood to Gavin Williamson - Financial Times Strike ballot opens at Queen Mary University over 'brutal' attempt to withhold 100% of staff pay - UCU IICSA investigation report - full statement from the ISC - Independent Schools Council | ISC MAT-rix Resurrections: what next for Academies and MAT-isation? Part One: The diagnosis - CfEY | Centre for Education & Youth New harmful sexual behaviour support service launched, for safeguarding leads and other professionals - NAHT School leaders express shock over Williamson knighthood - Mail Reading College students have a go at upcycling - Activate Learning Let it go: The benefits of mind wandering - Learning Scientists Urgent action needed to ensure workers of the future have essential problem-solving and critical thinking skills - Nuffield Foundation Five ways to overcome imposter syndrome in education - Teach First New online tool will help FE providers to benchmark their digital status - Jisc Special initiatives to boost early language development and communication - EPI Disabled Students’ Commission welcomes John Blake - Advance HE Siemens’ Connected Curriculum project supports learners’ transition into industry - Jisc Subject specialism is at the heart of teaching and Citizenship Education is at the heart of a whole school approach - IOE London Blog Two schools tackling professional development - Teacher Toolkit Gavin Williamson's biggest gaffes as ex-Tory minister awarded a knighthood - HuffPost Arise, Sir Gavin! Queen approves knighthood for former Education Secretary Williamson - Express Education Scotland under fire over 'voluntary' school inspections - Herald Scotland Ditch Russian energy firm from school supplier list, say heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES Former education secretary Gavin Williamson knighted - FE Week Turing Scheme opens for registrations for 2022-23 academic year - Turing Scheme Former education secretary Gavin Williamson knighted - Schools Week Delivery of air cleaning units until 19 February 2022 - DfE NEET age 16 to 24: 2021 - DfE Change to pre-2012 income contingent (ICR) student loans interest rate - Student Loans Company Freshers Week spending at record high in UK - UCAS Register now for the Turing Scheme 2022-23 - Turing Scheme Case study: Improving attendance: good practice for schools and multi-academy trusts - DfE Childcare: significant events to notify Ofsted about - Ofsted Wales: Tondu school drop-off 'chaos' returns on street - BBC Universities should not carry out blanket academic boycotts of Russia - Mail Gloucester's Debenhams building will become uni campus - BBC We’re primary school teachers and here are nine ways your kids drive us mad - The Sun Ukraine-Russia conflict: Scottish university urged to drop 'untenable' £1m+ stake in sanctioned Russian bank - Scotsman Walker: Sats needed to assess Covid impact - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE scales back school Covid attendance data collection - Schools Week Proportion of NEET young people falls below pre-pandemic levels - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Improve spoken language support for children, MPs urge - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Nurseries and schools celebrate World Book Day - Nursery World Schoolboy is youngest ever petitioner to Scottish Parliament - Times Educational Supplement | TES New strike ballot at Queen Mary over ‘brutal’ pay deductions - Times Higher Education | THE Record number of world’s top universities led by women - Times Educational Supplement | TES Two in five live under ‘significant decline’ in academic freedom - Times Higher Education | THE Teacher who had Covid as she gave five lessons while waiting for her test result avoids classroom ban - Mail Parents complain after school teaches five-year-olds about war in Ukraine - Express Teacher trainers can ask DfE to relax ‘two schools’ rule - Schools Week The end of Covid rules: Three key legal issues for schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted rates sixth form college ‘outstanding’ again – 13 years on from last inspection - FE Week The Skills Imperative 2035: What does the literature tell us about essential skills most needed for work? - Learning & Work Institute ASCL comment on NFER research about problem-solving skills - ASCL NFER on future employment skills - National Education Union Report: The Skills Imperative 2035 - what does the literature tell us about essential skills most needed for work? - NFER Action needed to ensure future workers have problem-solving and critical thinking skills - NFER Report: Illicit drug use in universities: zero tolerance or harm reduction? - HEPI Student drug use: three outstanding questions - HEPI Universities should be more tolerant of drug use if they are to keep students safe from drug harms - HEPI Pearson and Parallel Histories to partner to encourage more schools to teach Middle East history - Pearson How speech and language therapists have supported early years practitioners during the pandemic - Sutton Trust Help university students take drugs more safely, report recommends - Telegraph Zero-tolerance drug policies stop UK students seeking help, report says - Guardian Why might a student avoid a university’s mental health emergency contact protocol? - Wonkhe Mental health is a teaching and learning issue - Wonkhe Zero-tolerance university drug policies do more harm than good - Mail Zero-tolerance campus drug policies ‘do more harm than good’ - Times Higher Education | THE Academia’s out and proud publish more - Times Higher Education | THE Imperial College London to keep name of eugenics scientist on Huxley building - The Times Does the Government’s plan for ‘levelling up’ go far enough for education? - FE News