News archive for 4th March 2022

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Steve Besley's Education Eye: week ending 04 March 2022 - Education Eye Cardiff school plans to shut at lunchtime on Fridays and parents are angry - Wales Online Anti-minotaur: The myth of student progress - UKEdChat School heads ‘dismayed’ that they won’t get same bumper pay rises as new teachers - Telegraph Six practical things that schools can do to help Ukraine - UKEdChat What makes effective assessment? - CEM | Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring Teach First diversity statistics: February 2022 - Teach First College app builds technical know-how and soft skills that employers want - Jisc Worst staffing crisis in two decades in England's colleges - AoC | Association of Colleges ‘I love group work’…said no student ever! - Advance HE Invitation to tender: developing a case for race equity in HE - Advance HE Statement on Ukraine by Fulbright Commissions in Europe - Fulbright Commission Aurora reaches new heights - Advance HE Embedding formative assessment leads to higher attainment - IOE London Blog Education unions call on the Government to repair damage to teacher and school leader pay - ASCL ASCL responds to Public Accounts Committee report on financial sustainability of schools - ASCL ASCL comment on Education Secretary’s evidence to the STRB - ASCL Education unions call on the Government to repair damage to teacher and school leader pay - NASUWT Substantial multi-year pay award needed for teachers - NASUWT Substantial multi-year pay award needed for teachers in Wales - NASUWT Rona Tutt’s SEND Summary – February 2022 - NAHT Substantial multi-year pay award needed for teachers in Wales - NASUWT UK universities to face five more days of strike action before Easter - UCU Workforce crisis shows colleges must invest in staff and increase pay - UCU Education unions call on the Government to repair damage to teacher and school leader pay - National Education Union AELP responds to launch of government consultation on reform of level 2 and below qualifications - AELP Joint union statement to STRB - National Education Union Association of Colleges report on college staffing crisis - National Education Union Public Accounts Committee report raises concerns about school financial sustainability - National Education Union Employability: A blog series - HEPI Positive destinations - Careers & Enterprise Company Evidence to the STRB: 2022 pay award for school staff - DfE DfE sets out plan for £30k teacher starting salary by 2023 - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE calls for boost to starting teachers’ salaries in England - Guardian Teachers demand proper pay rise as unions warn wage offer amounts to real-terms cut - Mirror News podcast: Gazprom, self-isolation law and power - Times Educational Supplement | TES University strikes: Campuses told to prepare for more walkouts - Herald Scotland School Teachers’ Review Body submission - Voice Education unions call on government to repair damage to teacher and school leader pay - Voice EIS committee wants members to accept teacher pay offer - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers mustn’t be afraid to discuss the war with pupils, says London Ukrainian school head - Evening Standard Tories swipe that PM is buying silence of Gavin Williamson with a knighthood - Mail Government evidence to School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) - National Education Union The road to £30k: DfE proposes 16% starting salary hike by 2023 - Schools Week Education and Skills Funding Agency advertise for new CEO - FE Week Ukraine invasion sees Turing placements cancelled - FE Week Scotland: ‘Damaging’ faculty plans trigger strike ballot - Times Educational Supplement | TES Call for teacher and head pay rise as supply 'on the brink' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Five more days of strike action this month in UK sector disputes - Times Higher Education | THE The Old Station buys Townsend Nurseries - Nursery World Firm given ‘value for SEND’ contract slashed council care plans - Schools Week Concerns student loan changes could reduce number of low-income students attending university - Nursery World Strike threat over plan to axe Dundee principal teachers - Herald Scotland London launches VIP adult education quality mark - FE Week School leaders ‘outraged’ by Gavin Williamson knighthood - Metro UK universities brace for impact of sanctions against Russia - Guardian Warning over ‘cruel’ school funding ‘have and have nots’ - Schools Week The schools resisting ministers’ all-academy land ambitions - Schools Week Teachers observed on ‘curriculum intent’ as Ofsted focus seeps into classroom - Schools Week Is a knowledge-rich curriculum really key to pupil outcomes? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Heriot-Watt University unveils 'significant' role in bid to close Scotland's skills gap - Scotsman How can student engagement with Ukraine go beyond a flag on Facebook? - FE Week Colleges warned as cyber threat from Russia increases - FE Week College staffing crisis hits two-decade high, claims AoC - FE Week Northern Ireland: Integrated education bill 'not fit for purpose', say churches - BBC GCSEs: Exam aids 'not enough to help poorer students' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Top London private schools unite to crack down on sex harassment - Evening Standard Schools suffering budget-driven cuts in staffing and curriculum - Guardian Helping victims of this and every conflict in our schools - Schools Week How can we help pupils make sense of this war impartially? - Schools Week Randstad ‘failure’ blamed for ditched tutoring target - Schools Week What we have learned from lockdown about student engagement and achievement? - Wonkhe Silence will not protect us - Wonkhe Podcast: Sexual misconduct, quality, belonging, drugs - Wonkhe Cash-strapped school cuts could damage education, MPs warn - Times Educational Supplement | TES OfS chair defends tycoon amid ‘Russian-linked’ funding scrutiny - Times Higher Education | THE Schools face 'cruel divides between haves and have nots', MPs warn - Mirror Scottish universities’ Russian links come under urgent review - The Times School finance figures mask cruel divides between haves and have nots - report - Mail