News archive for 16th March 2022

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UK government to scrap ‘BAME’ in response to race inquiry - Guardian School history curriculum to be rewritten in wake of controversial race report - Telegraph University chooses cowardice in row over race tsar Tony Sewell - The Times ‘Pervasive’ inequality derailing black UK chemists’ careers, report finds - Guardian Leading Catholic school Ampleforth College rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted after Class A drugs and sex claims - i News Those responsible for strip-searching Black teen at school should be sued - Mirror Campaigners say police strip-search of black schoolgirl was 'sexual assault' - BBC Ampleforth College is rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted: Serious failures at Catholic boarding school - Mail ‘Serious failures’ over sex and drugs incidents at Catholic school - Guardian Ampleforth College brings in sniffer dogs to stop repeat of alcohol-fuelled graduation party - Telegraph Isle of Man: Hundred of pupils study at home due to staff sickness - BBC Masks and class bubbles back in Guernsey schools - BBC Scotland: Thousands of markers still needed as SQA exams loom - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted: The schools most likely to be rated ‘good’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES New apprenticeship provider jumps from ‘insufficient’ to Ofsted ‘outstanding’ - FE Week Excessive admin will take focus away from teaching, universities warn regulator - Universities UK UKRI report outlines key priorities for climate change adaptation - UKRI Developing a secure overview - Teacher Toolkit Primary pre-service teachers back in the physical education bubble - BERA Higher education now must bring policy on refugees in from the fringes - HEPI What does the future of digital learning look like? - Universities UK Ballots for industrial action open today at universities across the UK - UCU Rishi Sunak must take action to help parents with the soaring fuel prices affecting the cost of the school run - Metro Covid cases rise again in Wales' schools - Wales Online How to register to deliver T Levels from 2024 to 2025 academic year - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA Update: 16 March 2022 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Skills Minister delivers keynote speech at International Higher Education Forum - DfE Podcast: Flexible by design - Advance HE ‘Chronically underfunded’ – Scotland’s Open University may have to limit student numbers - Public Technology Cybersecurity, how you can support your pupils - Computing at School Southeast Asia leaders and UK experts examine education disruption - Education Development Trust | EDT 30 years of Ofsted - FFT Education Datalab Reading for motivation - UKEdChat Levelling up in England through lifelong learning - Learning & Work Institute Podcast: Could understanding the teenage brain help catch-up? - Times Educational Supplement | TES ESFA to seek bids for national strategic development fund rollout - FE Week Universal credit training flexibility extended again - FE Week Black girl strip-searched by Met officers at London school tells of trauma - Guardian What providers need to know about applying to deliver T Levels from 2024 - FE Week Hundreds of pupils in Cardiff and Merthyr told to work from home again - Wales Online Private school pension deal ends strike - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE must ‘urgently’ overhaul guidance after ‘disturbing’ strip search of black schoolgirl - Schools Week Ethnic minority experts excluded from peer review in UK, MPs told - Times Higher Education | THE Preserve best bits as academia moves online, urges Grayling - Times Higher Education | THE Covid-19 affected the learning development of the youngest pupils the most - Nursery World Wales to begin expansion of funded two-year-old places - Nursery World Thrown to the wolves: Secondary heads angry at league table move - SecEd Children’s mental health charity announces closure - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Attendance: 'Nudging' parents helps to tackle pupil absence - SecEd Schools with ‘promising’ attendance initiatives sought for EEF study - Schools Week Texting parents could reduce persistent school absence, research finds - CYPN | Children & Young People Now 'I have heard you' – Zahawi commits £65m more to school-led tutoring as MPs slam NTP failures - SecEd Ofsted launches snap inspection at John Fisher School after gay author visit cancelled and governors sacked - i News Holland Park School: Parents protest at takeover of ‘socialist Eton’ by big academy chain - Evening Standard School energy switch service to close amid soaring prices - Times Educational Supplement | TES Keeping young people safe at school and improving their life chances - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Evidence review finds sending personalised letters or texts can help but wider evidence is weak - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF School meals: Future of NI scheme during holidays in doubt - BBC ASCL comment on NFER report into learning progress during partial Covid school closures - ASCL Report: The impact of Covid-19 on pupil attainment - a summary of research evidence - NFER Youngest primary school pupils’ reading development most affected by Covid shutdowns - NFER Ampleforth College’s future in doubt after Ofsted brands its safeguarding ‘inadequate’ - Telegraph ASCL comment on EEF review of school attendance strategies - ASCL OfS seeks evidence on experiences of international students - Office for Students Scottish Government urged to act on 'pro-Putin propaganda' in universities - Herald Scotland School safety fears as proportion of pupil exclusions for violence rises - Herald Scotland Royal Society of Chemistry report says racism 'pervasive' - BBC Here’s where we need to put some new universities - Wonkhe How have the TEF and the B3 bear landed in universities? - Wonkhe OfS needs to work on building trust over its plans for regulation of quality - Wonkhe Efforts to improve career development for researchers are bearing fruit - Wonkhe Parents may have to teach children at home due to soaring fuel prices, says MP - Mail 'Real concern' over Covid impact on Year 1 reading - Times Educational Supplement | TES What’s the best way to tackle low attendance? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid: Year 1 pupils furthest behind in reading, study finds - Schools Week Targeting individual pupils 'boosts attendance' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Survey shows teachers unaware equality laws apply to pupils’ hair - Guardian Report finds reading progress of youngest pupils worst hit by school closures - Mail Report shows sending parents nudge letters can boost attendance - Mail Support staff numbers cut at half of UK universities - Times Higher Education | THE Supporting the mental health of apprentices in the workplace - FE News Number of Chinese students set to soar at UK universities - The Times University ‘split’ over degree for race report author - The Times Scotland: Edinburgh academic denies being ‘useful idiot’ for Putin - The Times