News archive for 7th April 2020

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Nursery fee nightmare: Parents with no child care still facing bills for next term - Mail Extra support for schools and parents to help cope with coronavirus - DfE Coronavirus: ‘Teachers need support for online lessons' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Generating centre assessed grades 2020 - Headguruteacher Coronavirus: DfE's lack of pupil numbers cap criticised - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Concerns as school pupils seek supermarket jobs - Schools Week UK government to tackle foreign interference at universities - PIE News Coronavirus (COVID 19): online education resources - DfE Coronavirus: new guidance on the government's school reimbursement scheme - NAHT Coronavirus (COVID-19): free school meals guidance - DfE Coronavirus (COVID-19): financial support for schools - DfE Early years foundation stage profile results: 2018 to 2019 - DfE Coronavirus (COVID-19): initial teacher training (ITT) - DfE Collab Group and the Skills Network are delighted to announce that the Peter Roberts Bursary is returning for a second year - Collab Group Universities rise to Covid-19 challenges - Universities UK ASCL comment on extra support for schools - ASCL Will Covid-19 cause a rise in graduate unemployment? - Wonkhe Resilience in adversity: supporting graduate careers during Covid-19 - Wonkhe Creating a supportive, online environment for pupils - Teacher Toolkit Guidance on social distancing at work - National Education Union School closures 'have limited impact' on slowing spread of Covid-19 - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Coronavirus: Trainees 'could be lost to the profession' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Teachers 'pressured' into working Easter - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus and colleges: all you need to know - Times Educational Supplement | TES School closure policies - National Education Union The reputation of apprenticeships is at stake - Times Educational Supplement | TES ESFA suspends 24 more providers from recruiting apprentices - FE Week Coronavirus: 'Teacher trainees must complete courses' - Times Educational Supplement | TES More students from deprived neighbourhoods enter HE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Costs of school closures could outweigh benefits, study finds - Financial Times More than 2,000 medical students are graduating early to help the NHS battle coronavirus pandemic - Mail Homeschooling during coronavirus: five ways to teach children about climate change - The Conversation Coronavirus: Special QTS arrangements do not give trainees ‘free pass’ - Schools Week Mental health: An open letter to locked-down teenagers - Times Educational Supplement | TES View lockdown as summer ‘corona camp’, says school - Evening Standard How the coronavirus reponse has unfolded so far - Nursery World It’s all about innovation - Education & Training Foundation | ETF AoC: 5 key ways we will support colleges - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children grill first minister on Coronavirus - Times Educational Supplement | TES Now is the time to plan FE leadership of the future - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: School cleaning products 'may be rationed' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Safeguarding fears over DfE’s list of online resources - Schools Week Shutting schools has little impact on stopping spread of coronavirus, claim UCL academics - Mail Scottish Universities battle against Covid-19 praised by Scottish Sec - GOV.UK College staff don’t need protective equipment, new government guidance states - FE Week International Early Learning and Child Well-being Study: Running to catch up - Nursery World Coronavirus: School closures have limited impact on spread of outbreak, study suggests - Independent DfE says Easter holiday FSM funding is one-off - Schools Week Coronavirus: PPE 'not needed' in schools, says DfE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Schools get up to £75,000 for extra costs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education in quarantine: what can we learn from early childhood educators in China? - IOE London Blog Coronavirus: Schools can only claim back if extra spend ‘threatens financial stability’ - Schools Week Coronavirus: Schools to stay open over the Easter holiday to support key workers - Mirror School staff don’t need protective equipment, new government guidance states - Schools Week Closing schools only had tiny impact on coronavirus spread but harms kids, study shows - The Sun Coronavirus and school exams: despite plan for grading pupils, there may be trouble ahead - The Conversation Profile: Chris Webb, Principal, Bradford College - FE Week U-turn on free school meals means families will get extra supermarket vouchers - Mirror Don't 'celebrate' gay people, just accept us, says teacher at centre of schools row - Guardian School closures likely to have little impact on spread of coronavirus, review finds - Guardian When the Covid-19 crisis finally ends, schools must never return to normal - Guardian Scientists doubt whether school closures are effective in controlling coronavirus - Express New poll finds almost one-third of applicants feel less confident they will get into their chosen university since the Coronavirus pandemic - HEPI UK private schools feel pandemic squeeze - Financial Times Charting the REF waters ahead - Wonkhe Less than half of students 'trust predicted grades' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Scientists question school closures impact - BBC Hepi poll: most university students want exams to continue online - Times Higher Education | THE International student hit ‘core financial problem’ for UK sector - Times Higher Education | THE UCD row exposes tensions between academic freedom and global links - Times Higher Education | THE National university curriculum not the answer to ‘low quality’ courses - Times Higher Education | THE Coronavirus: 'I was asked for £430 a month for my shut nursery' - BBC Arts Society to launch online lectures for over-70s - Guardian Fewer than half of students think their predicted grade will accurately reflect their ability - Telegraph DfE: Coronavirus - updated guidance for ITE providers - UCET