News archive for 14th April 2020

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First British university announces delay to start of next academic year due to coronavirus - Telegraph Headmaster of top prep school embroiled in row with rival who accused him of poaching staff - Telegraph Disgraced headmaster who sent dozens of 'inappropriate' messages to student to open online school - Mail UK schools may reopen before summer holidays - Express Coronavirus: Concern over 'wrong' DfE free meals policy - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: UK teachers fear over plans to reopen schools - Mail Colleges must collaborate to protect mental health - Times Educational Supplement | TES Home learning: STEM projects could benefit children, families and schools - Schools Week College loses £91k after ending the wait for a favourable Nigerian exchange rate - FE Week How the UK could begin lifting its coronavirus lockdown - HuffPost Coronavirus: Families face 7-day delays for free school meal supermarket vouchers - Mirror Sturgeon monitors nations where schools may reopen - Times Educational Supplement | TES A seven-step plan to reopen schools - Schools Week Learning from home - Edge Foundation Student creates face shields in spare bedroom for NHS workers - Leeds Beckett University Universities UK response to NUS letter calling for 'no detriment' exam policy - Universities UK Email sent to schools on 14 April 2020 from Edenred - NAHT Five education myths that Covid-19 shatters - BERA How you can help our mission of learning about teacher wellbeing and anxiety - Teacher Tapp Letter to PM on school opening - National Education Union Further education and skills inspections and outcomes: management information from September 2019 to August 2020 - Ofsted State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information - Ofsted Digital can’t replace face to face when it comes to widening participation - Wonkhe Ofsted: coronavirus (COVID-19) rolling update - Ofsted Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for schools and other educational settings - DfE Provide training for postgraduate teaching apprenticeships - DfE Admission appeals for school places - DfE How the ESFA measures the performance of FE providers it funds - Education & Skills Funding Agency Coronavirus (COVID-19): update on support and information - Office for Students Coronavirus: DfE relaxes rules around admissions appeals - Schools Week Coronavirus: 'Another crisis awaits us in September' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Further delays to children's food vouchers - BBC Rule change allowing parental pay for childcare under ‘furlough’ scheme is ‘vital recognition’ of its importance, says IPPR - IPPR Qualification achievement rates and minimum standards - Education & Skills Funding Agency DfE urges schools to stop checking swamped free meal voucher website, as system labelled ‘farcical’ - Schools Week Coronavirus: 'Schools should record their experiences' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: 'Help poor pupils with a catch-up premium' - Times Educational Supplement | TES How rocketing unemployment damages children's education - Times Educational Supplement | TES Q&A: Minister Gillian Keegan on coronavirus response - Times Educational Supplement | TES The private schools working to narrow the underprivileged attainment gap this spring - Telegraph Coronavirus: Frustration over free meal vouchers grows - Times Educational Supplement | TES Bugs, bark rubbing and bird nests: turn your daily walk into a nature home school - Guardian Teachers’ use of intervention programmes to support underachieving pupils - Best Evidence in Brief The effects of head teachers on attendance rates - Best Evidence in Brief Government has confirmed that furloughed apprentices can continue their apprenticeship training if they’re paid at least the apprenticeship minimum wage - FE News Positive results for school-readiness intervention - Best Evidence in Brief Are prematurely born children at higher risk of lower academic performance? - Best Evidence in Brief Teachers demand evidence from Boris Johnson on risks of reopening schools early - Mail Scotland: FE minister offers reassurance to students - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Staff and students honour Scottish teacher who died - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE cancels achievement rates publication in 2021 for all providers - FE Week Nursing apprentices get green light for NHS front line - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: PM urged to publish evidence on increased risks of reopening schools - Schools Week Tulip Siddiq reappointed shadow early years minister - Nursery World Coronavirus: 'End speculation over schools reopening' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid-19: 'Keep GCSE and A-level teacher assessments' - Times Educational Supplement | TES A level grades could prejudice university admissions - Schools Week The number one thing all teachers should know - Teacher Toolkit Will GCSE and A-level students get a fair deal when coronavirus has cancelled exams? - Guardian The schools open during lockdown: 'for some kids, it's the only safe place' - Guardian Education was never the sole focus of schools. The coronavirus pandemic has proved it - Guardian Education Secretary ‘pushing to re-open schools in May’ over fears for children - Mirror Four lessons learned from making the shift to online learning - HEPI More questions than answers as PhD students get six months more funding - Wonkhe Once in a lifetime: Universities and the coronavirus crisis - Wonkhe Coronavirus article free access ‘doesn’t go far enough’ - Times Higher Education | THE Coronavirus: The school 'hubs' open daily over the Easter holidays - BBC Coronavirus: Schools can expect rise in students redoing year - Times