News archive for 9th March 2022

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Scottish students give their education a failing grade, as SNP announces more reforms - Telegraph Catholic school cancels gay author on World Book Day - Telegraph Schools’ moral dilemma over Russian energy contracts revealed - Schools Week Reconsider religious school funding call after gay author's visit is cancelled - Mail Scotland: Ministers need power to close universities in case of right-wing defiance, says Shirley-Anne Somerville - The Times Education Scotland to be replaced as part of education reforms - Herald Scotland 'Qualifications Scotland' and new education agency to replace SQA and Education Scotland - Scotsman NI integrated Education: “I have faced allegations of being sectarian" - BBC NTP risks ‘sucking teachers out of schools’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Oak to become new UK online academy quango - Times Educational Supplement | TES Catholic church bans visit by gay author to London school - Guardian Covid: Homemade purifiers in Welsh schools to clean air - BBC NI integrated education: Stormont passes bill despite DUP opposition - BBC Doncaster sets ‘paradigm shift’ for ‘sticky’ lifelong learning - Times Higher Education | THE ESFA Update: 9 March 2022 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Regional further education (FE) and higher education (HE) Prevent co-ordinators - DfE Reforms to teacher development - DfE School’s ‘murder scene’ complete with fake blood angers parents - Metro Archbishop of Southwark backed decision to cancel visit by gay author to Catholic school and sack governors - i News Researchers at 28 UK universities team up to tackle healthy ageing - UKRI Designing research-informed appraisal questions - Teacher Toolkit Institute chair sets out skills vision at special House of Lords event - IfATE Practical solutions to educational reform: What do the experts say? - Edge Foundation Scottish education agencies to be replaced by 2024 - BBC We need to talk about racism in UK schools - Teach First Children exposed to poverty and trauma more likely to offend as adults - Nuffield Foundation Positive teacher-student relationships lead to better teaching - UKEdChat Dame Clare Tickell DBE appointed Trustee of the Nuffield Foundation - Nuffield Foundation How teachers should dress: The standards you set are the standards you get - UKEdChat Spoken language support for children is crucial to tackle educational inequality - PoliticsHome Ireland: new school’s degrees for ‘new world’ - PIE News Podcast: What research says about motivating pupils - and ourselves - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Launch of Muir report on SQA reform branded ‘chaotic’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Future plans for SQA must not detract from current failures - Times Educational Supplement | TES Arts and creativity are at the core of what we do - ASCL New £60 million investment for particle physics research in the UK - UKRI NAHT’s submission to STRB for the 2022/23 pay award - NAHT Tailoring low-carbon measures brings economic and social benefits - UKRI 1.8m pupils regularly missing school and some 'haven't come back' after lockdown - Mirror Regulating the financial sustainability of higher education providers in England - National Audit Office SNP Education Secretary: 'Powers needed to deal with difficult university bosses' - Herald Scotland Ofsted can have 'most impact' on early years, says Spielman - Times Educational Supplement | TES Families urged to remain vigilant after marked drop in Covid cases - SecEd Anger at DfE's 'casual' claim that schools can afford pay rises - SecEd Half of councils unable to provide data on persistent school absences - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Nursery operators continue to grow within 'competitive' childcare market - Nursery World Boris Johnson visits Busy Bees nursery in Heathrow - Nursery World Parents furious at primary school for mocking up grisly child murder scene - Mirror Ukraine: Fleeing a war zone but teaching goes on - Times Educational Supplement | TES On Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: A call to action for the UK higher education sector - HEPI The Student – Data Futures 22056 coding manual and the countdown to 1 August 2022 - HESA Catholic state school in turmoil after diocese overrules head and governors to cancel visit by gay author - i News No one knows how many children in England, says children’s commissioner - Guardian Northern Ireland: Mixed response to new integrated Coleraine school - BBC School holidays: Should the summer break be halved in Wales? - BBC OfS responds to NAO report on regulating financial sustainability - Office for Students Anything but the SQA's total abolition is likely to fail students - Scotsman Is TRAC the right approach to track costing? - Wonkhe How much choice should students have over their curriculum? - Wonkhe Who paid the price for provider survival during the pandemic? - Wonkhe ‘Rationalise’ school data systems to cut absence, says commissioner - Times Educational Supplement | TES Most councils don’t know how many children are ‘missing’ education - Schools Week Almost two million pupils regularly missing school - BBC Sharp rise in number of universities in deficit, report finds - Mail OfS puts 10 providers on ‘enhanced monitoring’ over ‘viability’ - Times Higher Education | THE No accurate figure for number of schoolchildren in England - The Times Scotland: Exam body mocked for ‘insulting’ tips on spelling - The Times Scotland leads UK on lower costs for raising children - The Times Report shows striking lack of data on England's missing children - Mail