News archive for 31st March 2022

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Pupils with Covid should stay at home for three days, not five, says guidance - Telegraph Oxford college silenced student who claimed she was raped - The Times ‘Frustrating’ for some but ‘not surprising’: ESFA extends AEB contracts for one more year - FE Week Nadhim Zahawi compares Chris Rock alopecia joke to school bullying - Mail Parents claim school ‘forcing kids to choose between eating lunch or going to loo’ - Metro NI Education: Move on educational psychology 'devastating' - BBC DfE unveils dozens of new behaviour hub schools and trusts - Schools Week Northern Ireland: Children who need specialist psychological help face fall in support - BBC Special souvenir supplement: Highlights from Annual Apprenticeships Conference 2022 - FE Week Scottish school staff absence drops for second week - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government's evidence for forcing schools into MATs badly flawed - National Education Union Covid: Tutoring cash to go straight to English schools in shake-up - BBC Gamer types reimagined for student engagement - Wonkhe OfS has a new priorities letter from ministers - Wonkhe Better USS pensions may be possible – but not just yet, say v-cs - Times Higher Education | THE Zahawi orders OfS to investigate ‘larger’ universities on quality - Times Higher Education | THE Vocational computing qualifications: BCS landscape report - Computing at School Government to end regular Covid testing of children in schools - Nursery World Sutton Trust responds to National Tutoring Programme changes - Sutton Trust Diversity and inclusion on our training programme 2021/22 - Teach First Digest #161: Guide to effective presentations - Learning Scientists Part-time and postgraduate students invited to sign up to SFE mailing lists - Student Loans Company State-funded school inspections and outcomes as at 31 December 2021 - Ofsted Apply to access the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset - DfE SEND and AP green paper: responding to the consultation - DfE Free qualifications for adults with low digital skills - DfE Apprenticeships and traineeships: March 2022 - DfE Further education and skills: March 2022 - DfE The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent mental health - DfE Local authority provision for school places and support for vulnerable children - DfE National Tutoring Programme: courses started and schools participating up to March 2022 - DfE Further education skills index: 2020 to 2021 - DfE 19+ funding allocations guidance 2022 to 2023 - Education & Skills Funding Agency National Tutoring Programme simplified to reach as many pupils as possible - DfE Rules set for new digital functional skills qualifications - Ofqual Summer schools: final report - DfE Far too many cliff edges for my liking - Rethinking Assessment UKRI publishes governance of good research practice policy - UKRI Adapting for neurodiversity: inclusive classrooms - Voice Even More Leadership? A time to reflect - BERA How do you solve a problem like QAR? - AELP Reading is key - NFER Leading figures appointed to the Institute’s board - IfATE Competition between providers may be compromising skills education - Collab Group Learning without artificial walls: Stage not age - ASCL ASCL responds to the government’s planned overhaul of the National Tutoring Programme - ASCL ASCL comment on the government’s ‘Living with Covid’ strategy in schools - ASCL Teachers’ unions come together to launch a pay campaign - National Education Union Dr Mary Bousted comment on the National Tutoring Programme - National Education Union Covid measures in education settings - National Education Union 'Seize the moment' and 'revoke pension cuts', vice chancellors told as trustee reveals vast improvement in scheme's finances - UCU Over 20 universities pledge to secure successful student futures - UPP Foundation Applications open for 2022/23 Turing Scheme - PIE News Working with worked examples: Simple techniques to enhance their effectiveness - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF The importance of early experiences - Early Education Teacher suspended from top grammar school ‘after using Prophet Muhammad mug’ - Independent Government axes outsourcing firm for England tutoring scheme - Guardian Call for action to increase take-up of Chinese Studies at UK universities - Mail DfE Behaviour Hubs scheme doubles in size - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Bullying probe finds no culture of discrimination at Crieff High School - BBC NASUWT continues to oppose below inflation teachers' pay offer - NASUWT Sharp increase in free school meal eligibility among children in need - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Heads condemn confusing guidance for schools on living with Covid - Mail Covid in Scotland: John Swinney says pupils will sit exams - Herald Scotland Randstad axed from government’s flagship Covid catch-up scheme - Financial Times Ofsted: Half of 'outstanding' schools downgraded - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nursery provider offers staff birthdays off and pay rises amid workforce crisis - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Covid figures for Welsh schools latest as more than 15,000 miss classes - Wales Online NUS chief apologises after fierce backlash over 'anti-Semitic' social media posts - Mail Schools to receive all tutoring funding directly as Randstad loses contract - Mail School pupils in Scotland will sit exams this year, says John Swinney - Scotsman Majority of schools host just one week of Covid summer school - Schools Week Schools to get £349m catch-up tutor cash next year - Times Educational Supplement | TES New school Covid rules a ‘shambles’, say heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why the Schools White Paper makes me think of garbage - Times Educational Supplement | TES Youth apprenticeship take-up recovers after pandemic slump, DfE figures show - CYPN | Children & Young People Now LEYF introduces new rewards package for staff - Nursery World University of Nottingham: Students occupy offices as tutors strike - BBC Just 1 in 7 schools use Randstad-approved tutors - Schools Week 2020/21 apprenticeship achievement rate hit 57.7% – and just 51.8% for standards - FE Week Does Ofsted have a problem with language policing? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Revised 2019/20 apprenticeship achievement rates reveal huge drop - FE Week Teach UK students about China to tackle knowledge ‘deficit’, say experts - Guardian Report: Understanding China - The study of China and Mandarin in UK schools and universities - HEPI No growth in Chinese Studies graduates during China’s ascendancy - HEPI New Athena Swan Ireland institutional and departmental awards conferred - Advance HE Government accused of ‘con job’ and ‘manipulating’ data to justify conversion of all schools to academies - i News Thousands more global study and work opportunities for UK students - DfE Tutor cash will go straight to schools as Randstad axed - Schools Week Welcome, graduates, to the post-pandemic workplace - Wonkhe Disadvantage isn’t just digital - Wonkhe DfE ‘misreporting’ data to back academies drive, claims NEU - Schools Week Schools that join MATs ‘less likely to improve’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Rethinking how we fund lifelong learning - FE News Education union criticises ‘badly flawed’ evidence behind academy drive - Guardian Teachers criticise badly flawed evidence for making all schools academies - Mail We need more school governors who look like me - BBC Students’ fears over NUS chief’s ‘antisemitic’ post - The Times Covid in Scotland: Pupils ‘likely to stay off school with just a cold’ - The Times UK’s China expertise ‘needs more student demand’ to thrive - Times Higher Education | THE