News archive for 10th March 2022

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National tutoring scheme failing disadvantaged pupils, say MPs - Guardian Poor pupils 'up to eight months behind' at school as Covid catch-up tutoring misses them - Mirror Eton plans on levelling-up sixth forms by opening three satellite units in 'cold spots' targeted by Government - Mail Poorest pupils up to eight months behind their peers, MPs warn - Mail MPs demand proof education catch-up scheme for England is working - Financial Times MPs: Keep tutoring subsidy in poor areas to avoid ‘epidemic of inequality’ - Schools Week Government must prove the NTP is working - Times Educational Supplement | TES End 'spaghetti junction' catch-up funding, say MPs - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE sets sail for first shipbuilding skills taskforce captain - FE Week Scotland: Muir told exams are ‘necessary and beneficial’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher pay: What the DFE's plans mean for you - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK Shipbuilding Taskforce launched to boost skills and jobs - DfE Three ways to close education's worrying careers-guidance gap - Times Educational Supplement | TES Will Scottish education reform get a Hollywood ending? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government looking at whether Catholic diocese which cancelled visit by gay author broke equality rules - i News Ukraine crisis: Police Scotland issues statement to schools to reassure 'no threat' following Vladimir Putin's invasion - Scotsman Wales: Sexual harassment in schools 'becoming the norm' for pupils - BBC Ukraine crisis: Police Scotland reassures schools there's 'no threat' following Putin invasion - Herald Scotland Schools 'stand ready' to take in children fleeing war in Ukraine - Times Educational Supplement | TES 0.2% increase to pay offer is an insult - NASUWT Support staff pay award 2021/22 - NAHT Statement on new national education bodies in Scotland - Voice IFS on the Spring Statement - National Education Union Dyscalculia: Research and understanding is about 30 years behind that of dyslexia, but it is catching up fast - National Numeracy Could the Early Career Framework drive new teachers out of the profession? - The Educator Bright Horizons invests more than £10 million in salaries and benefits - EYE | Early Years Educator UK strike action disruption limited, employers claim - Times Higher Education | THE Disadvantaged pupils facing 'epidemic' of educational inequality - UK Parliament UK Shipbuilding Taskforce launched to boost skills and jobs - Education & Skills Funding Agency UK Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce - Education & Skills Funding Agency School workload reduction toolkit - DfE Procurement reforms launched to improve service for DSA customers - Student Loans Company Schools in deprived areas ‘unable to fund careers advice’ - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Urgent action required to address gender inequality in higher education - British Council Working across the sector to improve education - Edge Foundation Episode three of podcast on flexible learning - Advance HE ‘Good’ GCSE grades are vital for educational outcomes but barely impact wellbeing - IOE London Blog Does it matter if you don’t get a C (or 4) grade in GCSE mathematics? - IOE London Blog Met Police Cyber Crime Unit reinforce cyber awareness for the educational sector - Computing at School Paving the way to better careers guidance in schools - Sutton Trust Jisc and Wazoku launch competition to encourage students to solve industry problems – and earn money - Jisc Gender inequality in HE leadership mapped in report - PIE News Welcoming refugee children: Advice and guidance for schools 1 - Bell Foundation Does it matter if you don’t get a C (or 4) grade in GCSE mathematics? - FFT Education Datalab Evaluation, evaluation, evaluation… - Office for Students Top MATs set to run £121m Institute of Teaching - Times Educational Supplement | TES EPI responds to Education Select Committee report on the government’s pupil catch-up programme - EPI Real reform not re-branding needed in replacing SQA - NASUWT Staff at Sheffield International College vote for strike action over pay and working conditions - UCU An open letter from the Ukrainian Educational Research Association - BERA Positive changes to Graduate Outcomes Official Statistics - HESA Transforming the UK’s technical talent: An opportunity for the HE and research sectors - HEPI Capitalising on Britain's investment in science - Russell Group Comparing PE curricula across the UK home nations: Creating conditions for cross-border conversations - BERA Practical solutions to educational reform: What do the experts say? - Rethinking Assessment Government backs innovative businesses with new £150m loan scheme - UKRI Can children go to school if a parent has Covid? Rules explained and what happens if children get a positive test - i News Parents and children are treating school as 'optional' especially on Fridays, warns school governor - Wales Online DfE challenged over plan to award top trusts £121m Institute of Teaching - Schools Week Study shows huge numbers of children starting school developmentally delayed - Nursery World DfE seeks provider for £1m EYFS catch-up hubs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Colleges’ moral dilemma over Russian energy contracts revealed - FE Week UK schools 'should ban sausages, bacon and milk from menus to keep kids healthy' - Mirror Half of pupils are not ready to start school at the age of four, teachers say - Mail Pupils four times less likely to say they have received substantial guidance on apprenticeships than university - Sutton Trust Nadhim Zahawi lays bare plan to bring 100,000 child refugees from Ukraine - Express ASCL comment on Sutton Trust research into careers education and guidance in schools - ASCL Wales: Cardiff University to offer CPR training to all students - BBC Children ‘are watching porn on their phones like it’s just TV’, parenting expert warns - Evening Standard Analysis shows just 29% of students in England with disabilities receiving DSA allowance - Guardian Education super-agency will work to boost Scottish schools - Herald Scotland The academic other in research management - Wonkhe Specialist maths schools show universities can work on raising school attainment – under the right conditions - Wonkhe Careers guidance still prioritises university routes over apprenticeships, new research finds - FE Week Warning over lack of specialist multi sensory teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools 'lack funding' for careers guidance - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers 'could face severe real-terms pay cuts' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Anger after gay author is barred from visiting Catholic school, prompting removal of several governors - Mail ERC grants ‘could be exit strategy’ for researchers leaving UK - Times Higher Education | THE Nadhim Zahawi: UK plans to take up to 100,000 Ukrainian school kids (video) - Mail Kids ‘starting school in nappies and unable to socialise due to lockdowns’ - The Sun State school teachers lack funding for careers guidance, says charity - Mail Overhaul plan for Scottish education after exams ‘nightmare’ - The Times Scotland: Parents fear Borders council ‘whitewash’ over pupil abuse - The Times Disabled pupils struggling to access specialist support in half of councils - Mail