News archive for 10th April 2020

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Schools should go back before 6-week summer break, say teachers - The Sun Teachers can’t solve society’s failures - Times Educational Supplement | TES Defend long-term research, scholars urged after ERC head quits - Times Higher Education | THE Coronavirus and the labour market: Impacts and challenges - Learning & Work Institute Uni budgets, quality, admissions (podcast) - Wonkhe 'We stand together': how students are helping NHS during coronavirus crisis - Guardian Emergency coronavirus funding: Schools must wait until June - SecEd Most parents don't feel confident about teaching their child - Sutton Trust UUK proposes delay to new immigration system to help counter “serious challenges” - PIE News Home-schooling: 'No expectation' on parents to teach children - SecEd New NASUWT chief pledges to continue fight over working conditions - SecEd What fees will EU students end up paying next year? - HEPI Additional support for UKRI-funded PhD students - Russell Group UK universities fear huge budget holes as Chinese students stay home - Guardian Package of measures proposed to enable universities to play a critical role in rebuilding the nation - Universities UK ASCL response to Sutton Trust poll on teaching children at home - ASCL Russell Group backs measures to stabilise higher education sector - Russell Group Citizenship teacher becomes first black NASUWT National President - NASUWT UCU says Universities UK's proposals to support universities do not go far enough - UCU Too big to fail? A request for government support for providers following Covid-19 - Wonkhe Universities UK: state bailout required to save institutions - Times Higher Education | THE Pause reforms that are putting teacher training at higher risk - Schools Week Coronavirus and schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Fifth of primary children afraid to leave house over Covid-19, survey finds - Guardian Universities call for state aid with income set to plunge - City AM Coronavirus in Scotland: St Andrews University warns of £25m funding 'black hole' - Herald Scotland Hundreds of students join rent strike in protest over summer-term halls fees - HuffPost Universities ask government for £2bn bailout after loss of high tuition fees from overseas students - with less than 40% of the 120,000 from China expected to return after lockdown - Mail Coronavirus in Scotland: Glasgow venue aims to raise £50k to help local schools make PPE - Herald Scotland 'Recruitment is on hold': the students graduating into the Covid-19 recession - Guardian Universities face a financial storm – that's why we need government help | Alistair Jarvis - Guardian Coronavirus: Reopen schools before summer if possible, say leadership unions - Schools Week Lucy Kellaway: Is it OK to be happy in lockdown? - Financial Times Coronavirus: Working-class parents are less confident home-schooling, survey finds - Schools Week Universities demand £2 billion Government bailout as they warn institutions face 'financial failure' - Telegraph Coronavirus: Universities warn of going bust without emergency funds - BBC UK universities plead for billions of pounds in support - Guardian Coronavirus: Put academy conversions on hold, says councils' body - Schools Week Council chiefs call for academisation halt - Times Educational Supplement | TES Class divide in online learning - Times Educational Supplement | TES