News archive for 8th March 2022

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New student loan rules will see graduates paying them off into their 60s - Mail Libby Purves: English lessons drain our language of all its beauty - The Times SQA exams: SNP Education Secretary dragged into revision support row - Herald Scotland SQA defend 'patronising' exam support materials amid pupil and teacher anger in Scotland - Scotsman Scotland: Exam revision support criticised as patronising - BBC Ban bacon, sausages and milk from schools, demand doctors who warn meat and dairy is ‘bad’ for kids’ health - The Sun Amanda Spielman at the Nursery World business summit 2022 - Ofsted Early years foundation stage: exemplification materials - DfE Laptops, tablets and connectivity data as of 8 March 2022 - DfE Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: 23 March 2020 to 3 March 2022 - DfE Happy International Women’s Day from SLC - Student Loans Company Closing the disadvantage gap - ASCL GCSEs: 'Value' of DfE league tables under scrutiny - Times Educational Supplement | TES School attendance highest since last May - Times Educational Supplement | TES Construction college appoints first female principal - FE Week Bright Horizons invests £10m to boost salaries and pay scales - Nursery World AoC calls for analysis of college pay in letter to the Secretary of State - AoC | Association of Colleges Working hours, World Book Day and the ideal GCSE course length! - Teacher Tapp UK universities to face new ballots for further industrial action - UCU Better management practices in further education colleges boost attainment of students from disadvantaged backgrounds - London School of Economics | LSE Getting more women into traditionally male jobs - ERSA International Women’s Day 2022: Breaking the bias in education - Education Development Trust | EDT Government works on digital tool for assessments of reception pupils - Public Technology Deputy Chief Executive, Cherie Ashby, write about girls in STEM for International Women’s Day - Activate Learning International Women’s Day 2022: Women who inspire us - Education & Training Foundation | ETF ASCL comment on school attendance figures - ASCL UK’s top women game changers get government backing - UKRI The number of London children off school due to Covid has plummeted - Express Podcast: Ventilation in schools - NAHT UK private schools should lose their charitable status if they take money linked to Putin, Labour MP says - Mail £30k starting salaries is good news for school teachers, but bad news for colleges - FE Week Number of pupils absent for Covid-related reasons plummets - Mail NI integrated education: Plan to block bill 'regressive' - BBC 10 questions with... Kevin McArevey - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid: Attendance reaches 9-month high, but schools ‘not out of the woods’ - Schools Week For too many, it does not pay to be a teacher - SecEd Private school loses top status for teaching more social justice than subjects - Metro SNP under pressure to speed up scrapping of SQA - Herald Scotland Freeze in Russia relations ‘end of era’ for science cooperation - Times Higher Education | THE Ofsted to make early years its focus over next five years - Nursery World A woman’s place is in her union - Voice Teachers hit out at SQA study support published by mistake - Times Educational Supplement | TES Interview: Caroline Barlow, Vice Chair, Headteachers' Roundtable - Schools Week What does political polarisation mean for universities? - HEPI A Fair Start? How the government can tackle inequalities in the early years - Sutton Trust Profile: Derwen College, specialist educational needs college, West Midlands - FE Week Why some parents send kids to outdoor schools - BBC International students 'not trusted' in Welsh jobs - BBC Conditional unconditionals are dead – but is the damage already done? - Wonkhe Supporting women becoming engineers - Wonkhe Tuition fee freeze in England tightens screw on universities - Financial Times DfE 'disconnected' from reality, says former top official - Times Educational Supplement | TES Most universities fail to show proof of gender equality policies - Times Higher Education | THE Ex-minister warns against admissions ‘micromanagement’ via caps - Times Higher Education | THE Former top civil servant who was sacked after Covid A-levels mess says 'Whitehall is disconnected from reality' - Mail Headteachers call for action over gender pay gap on International Women's Day - Mail War in Ukraine: Irish universities review Russia links - The Times Amazing Apprenticeships launch new apprentice story films to coincide with National Careers Week 2022 - FE News This International Women’s Day, focus on skills and learning to bridge the gap - FE News Putting together the jigsaw of skills and employment - FE News