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Sexual harm is rising in schools - but is there enough resource to tackle it?

As a ÌÇÐÄVlog investigation highlights the increase in sexual violence and sexual harassment in schools, experts call for more training and support to respond to the problem

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Campaign calls for adult learning entitlement

Former prime minister Gordon Brown is among those supporting the Right2Learn campaign, launched today

Christmas ‘time off’: 6 new rules teachers need to know

The Department for Education has sent schools 11th-hour guidance on breaking up for the Christmas holiday

Exams 2021: The lessons we must learn from this year

We must remember that exams are not the only fair way to judge a student’s performance, says the Association of College's Eddie Playfair

Christmas contact tracing: Rules for FE providers

The DfE advises that face-to-face teaching in FE should end on 17 December to ease the contact tracing burden

Delivering T levels: 5 things you need to know

T levels bring with them important new expectations of educators, says Zac Aldridge from NCFE

Ofsted should inspect on FE collaboration, says AoC

Competition in post-16 education negatively affects choice, quality and delivery of specialist courses, says the Association of Colleges

Prioritise RSE to fight online grooming, schools told

Children's commissioner highlights delays in RSE curriculum roll-out but urges schools to use it amid a rise in grooming

Covid: Teacher trainers get 3-month Ofsted reprieve

But universities say the new initial teacher education inspection framework should have been delayed for a full year

2021: Four priorities for FE in the new year

The sector must prioritise funding, mental health, training and recruitment, and remote learning, says Jonny Kay

The 3 things students really want this Christmas

As Christmas approaches, there are a number of things all students will have on their wishlist – from a lightened workload for their teachers to access to support

Association of Colleges names new chair

Dr Shaid Mahmood, chair of the Luminate Group, is appointed as the new Association of Colleges chair

Heads in talks on Christmas break from contact tracing

School leaders' union urges government to ensure that heads are not expected to contact Covid cases after 22 December

What it is like to be a new teacher during Coronavirus

This English teacher started her first job three weeks before the March lockdown – and while it has been a bumpy ride, there is light at the end of the tunnel

Ofsted to report on T-level implementation in colleges

The Department for Education has commissioned Ofsted to carry out a 'thematic survey' on T levels

GCSEs 2021: Covid flagged grades would ‘muddy waters’

Teaching union says it is doubtful suggested regional disadvantage plan would work, while shadow education secretary Kate Green says DfE delay means exams will be less fair in 2021

Brexit: 5 things you need to consider, deal or no deal

As the UK's negotiations with Brussels are in the final stages and the end of the transition period nears, here are five points for colleges to consider – none of them involving fish

Teacher pay: AoC recommends 1% pay rise - or £250

Unions say college staff will be 'outraged' at the offer by the Association of Colleges, and it shows leaders cannot be trusted to spend public funds as intended

Exams 2021: What you need to know on vocational exams

Some vocational qualifications will require more varied adaptations owing to the different qualification types, says the Department for Education

Post-16 high-needs system needs ‘radical shake-up’

The current high-needs system is overly complicated and has a detrimental impact on students, research finds

Covid: Delay in return to Ofsted inspections welcomed

Not returning to full inspections until the summer term was a 'common-sense decision', college leaders said

Why Scotland needs to engage more with WorldSkills

Scotland should not remain as an outlier – it must fully engage with the WorldSkills movement, says Roger Mullin

North West hit three times harder by Covid absences

The government has failed to put measures in place to stop the spread of Covid-19 in colleges, says the NUS

Vaccine news aside, we still need urgent action on jobs

Covid-19 has caused significant harm to the economy and jobs – and even with a vaccine, that won't go away, writes Nora Senior

Apprenticeships: A vaccine won’t be a panacea

Policymakers shouldn’t expect the resumption of 'normal life' to solve the apprenticeship system’s underlying shortcomings, says Andy Norman