News archive for 12th May 2022

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Schools bill: New academy standards could dictate trust board make-up - Schools Week ‘No explanation’ for most first-class degrees as grades soar - The Times First-class degrees double in a decade as warnings mount over Covid grade inflation - Telegraph Exam boards are told to make papers more 'accessible' and lay out material in 'ways that do not disadvantage students' - Mail Too many first-class degrees awarded in England, regulator says - Guardian Exam papers marked down for middle-class bias after questions on theatre trips and ski holidays - Telegraph Schools Bill: Everything you need to know - Times Educational Supplement | TES Extra training cash won’t fix Covid mental health ‘catastrophe’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK regulator threatens clampdown over degree grade inflation - Financial Times Schools Bill: New powers to sanction and close MATs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid inquiry chair wants to investigate impact on children - Schools Week SEND college where students ‘do not feel safe’ judged ‘inadequate’ - FE Week Schools crucial in the stand against misogyny and sexism - Times Educational Supplement | TES REF 2021: Leaders say increased impact weighting ‘justified’ - Times Higher Education | THE Universities clash with regulator on ‘baked in’ grade inflation - Times Higher Education | THE Covid-19 inquiry terms of reference - National Education Union Demand for SEND support continues to outstrip funding from Government - National Education Union Data Futures in-year data collection update - HESA Phase one of apprenticeship quality assurance transition concludes - IfATE How do learning styles affect learning predictions? - Learning Scientists Second cohort announced of ‘Success on the board’ - Advance HE Why ‘quick fixes’ don’t work! - Teacher Toolkit First image of black hole in the centre of our galaxy unveiled - UKRI We need to talk about REF and early career researchers - Wonkhe Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill: impact assessment and ECHR memorandum - DfE First-class degrees more than double in a decade - BBC Schools Bill: DfE wants councils to bid to academise schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Secondary teachers ‘more stressed than ever’ about behaviour - Times Educational Supplement | TES SLC launches part-time and postgraduate service in Wales - Student Loans Company Education, health and care plans: England 2022 - DfE Apprenticeships and traineeships: May 2022 - DfE 16 to 19 learners’ experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic - DfE Delivery of air cleaning units and CO2 monitors until 6 May 2022 - DfE New Ofqual guidance on making assessments accessible for students - Ofqual Lifelong Loan Entitlement and Higher Education reform consultation response - Ofqual Universities must not allow a ‘decade of grade inflation to be baked into the system’ - Office for Students Degrees of inflation? Ensuring the credibility and reliability of higher education qualifications - Office for Students REF results highlight UCL’s research strength and power in Education - IOE London Blog Small changes can have a powerful impact on learners with SEND, finds ETF report - Education & Training Foundation New Trustee joins Education and Training Foundation Board - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Activate Learning celebrates Nurses’ Day and the #BestOfNursing - Activate Learning 'Utterly hypocritical' for vice chancellors to celebrate REF results whilst researchers leave the sector - UCU UCU response to BTEC cuts - UCU A short reflection on a foundational programme, first-time international students and pedagogical uncertainties - BERA New crackdown on GCSE questions with middle-class bias - Mail Making sense of today’s REF2021 results: 7 points of note - HEPI Russell Group universities produce more world-leading research than ever before - Russell Group The REF is dead, long live the REF - Wonkhe Results of Research Excellence Framework are published - UKRI EPSRC takes action to address gender bias - UKRI EHCP demand hits 'record high' in pandemic - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hundreds of learners sign up for Level 5 early years apprenticeship - Nursery World Fines for parents whose kids miss school could get harsher under new truancy crackdown - The Sun GCSEs 2022: No school likely to exceed 2021 grades, says Ofqual - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools bill: The 15 new laws proposed - Schools Week Surge in number of children with EHCPs - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Josh Macalister: Safeguarding partnerships need more input from schools - CYPN | Children & Young People Now How to keep your autonomy when joining a MAT - Times Educational Supplement | TES Requests for EHCPs soar again, new data shows - Schools Week GCSE and A-level exams 2022: What you need to know - BBC Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision - DfE Increased mental health support for children and young people - DfE New Schools Bill to boost education standards across the country - DfE Northern Ireland bus strike 'must not affect exam pupils' - BBC Onscreen assessment has potential for ‘truly transformational’ change – reveals new Pearson report - Pearson LSE top ranked university for world-leading research produced - London School of Economics | LSE New evidence highlights world-leading quality of UK university research - Universities UK ASCL comment on measures in new Schools Bill - ASCL REF2021: What have we learned? - HEPI Shortage of male secondary school teachers ‘almost certain’ to hit new low - i News Creating a blueprint for supporting student mental health - Wonkhe Understanding the REF 2021 results - Wonkhe Education Secretary says school attendance is non-negotiable in truancy crackdown - Mail GCSEs: Over half of teachers want online exams - Times Educational Supplement | TES £7m for more mental health lead training in schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES New crackdown on children skipping school as Zahawi says attendance ‘non-negotiable’ - Independent Oxford and UCL tipped to win lion’s share of grants in UK research audit - Guardian £7 million funding announced for senior mental health leads in schools - Mail Over half of teachers want to adopt online exams - Mail REF 2021: Quality ratings hit new high in expanded assessment - Times Higher Education | THE REF 2021: Increased impact weighting helps push up scores - Times Higher Education | THE REF 2021: Social sciences on the up as arts and humanities shrink - Times Higher Education | THE UK universities to get funding boost as research quality improves - Financial Times Interview with Raymond Geuss, Cambridge-based US philosopher - Times Higher Education | THE I was threatened with gang rape at Cambridge, says Stella Creasy - The Times Scotland: Education boss says failing body faces reform, not axe - The Times