News archive for 3rd May 2022

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Privately educated pupils to lose places at Oxbridge, vice-chancellor warns - The Times ‘Pupils are distressed’: community fights top London school’s takeover - Guardian Universities failing to tackle sexual misconduct ‘should risk losing status’, MPs say - Independent Half of pupils kept wearing masks after January guidance change - Schools Week University of Essex data breach being taken 'very seriously' - BBC Parents to be fined again if children don't go to school in Wales - Wales Online School face mask rules in Wales set to be lifted from next Monday - Mail Covid: Truancy fines for parents to return in Wales - BBC Weston College’s virtual classroom revolutionises learning and teaching - Jisc Funding round to understand the impact of different approaches to improving attendance - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Association of Colleges Beacon Award 2022 winners announced - FE Week Want more students to learn languages? Win over the parents! - UKEdChat Everyday ways of working - Advance HE GSA creates landmark educational cross-sector research partnership to give voice to all girls - GSA Unfair dismissal an indictment of Northampton University's toxic culture - UCU NAHT responds to Welsh Government announcement on Covid support for schools and exam students - NAHT Children’s language and literacy project to be expanded in Wales - NAHT ASCL Cymru comment on Welsh government’s relaxation of Covid measures in schools - ASCL Towards a National Baccalaureate for England - Rethinking Assessment Unfair to make schools accountable for failure of government scheme - Voice What my experience in Whitehall taught me about higher education policy - HEPI Teacher well-being is key to Covid-19 recovery - FED | Foundation for Education Development DfE begins local skills improvement plans national rollout - FE Week Minimising behaviour during the exams season - Teacher Toolkit Qualifications at level 2 and below consultation response - Ofqual Students heading to class this Autumn are reminded to apply for student finance - Student Loans Company Applications for the 2022-23 Turing Scheme are now closed - Turing Scheme All UKRI councils now on one, integrated website - UKRI The new GCSE and A-level rules in Wales as ministers make Covid changes - Wales Online More than half of pupils continued wearing masks in school after Covid rules were scrapped - Evening Standard Rochdale nursery closes after critical Ofsted inspection - BBC Support staff leave for supermarket jobs as cost of living crisis bites - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tes School Awards 2022 shortlist revealed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Northern Ireland Assembly election 2022: education policies - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sexual harassment among primary school pupils prompts call for ‘proactive’ RSE - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Covid in schools: Wales school face mask rules set to end - BBC Sats 2022: How schools are preparing for final key stage 1 assessments - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exams 2022: Invigilator rules relaxed over shortage fears - Schools Week The new Covid rules for schools in Wales as restrictions scrapped - Wales Online Reports reveal ‘perfect storm’ facing early years settings - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Critics attack DfE plans to ‘penalise' schools not taking part in tutoring scheme - CYPN | Children & Young People Now The Schools Supplementary Grant is entrenching inequalities - SecEd Back to normal? Is that where we need to be? - SecEd Scotland: Per pupil spend fell in first year of pandemic - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exams 2022: Invigilator rules relaxed amid shortage fears - Times Educational Supplement | TES New parents invited to contribute to 10-year plan to improve mental health support - Nursery World West Sussex based nursery group re-brands and opens fourth setting - Nursery World Local skills improvement plans: submit an expression of interest - DfE Ofqual voices concern over DfE reforms to level 2 and below qualifications - FE Week Secondary school children reading levels worse than primary in shock new report - Express How can technology support pupils and educators to catch up, keep up and get ahead? - EPI Interview: Nicki Hay, Chair, Association of Employment and Learning Providers - FE Week Children more willing to learn languages at GCSE and A-level if parents have positive attitudes, research says - i News Interview: Duncan Spalding, Headteacher at Aylsham High School - Schools Week Trust should be appointed to help oversee art school rebuild - Herald Scotland Digital poverty: Can edtech really close disadvantage gaps? - Schools Week The HE sector should seize the day on school-university partnerships - Wonkhe Time we tapped collective energy to tackle inequalities in HE - Wonkhe As Muck-up Day arrives in Scotland's schools, hey, teacher, leave those kids alone! - Scotsman Parents more influential over MFL success than teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Lifting ban on new grammar schools could help level up education for poorer areas, MP says - Mail Footballers’ ‘university’ eyes growth as first students graduate - Times Higher Education | THE Scotland: China hubs earned universities £13m - The Times Scotland: ‘Not here, sir’ — concern over surge in truancy - The Times