News archive for 19th April 2020

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Coronavirus: No date set for schools to reopen, Williamson says as he apologises to nation’s pupils - Independent UK schools could reopen on May 11 – Boris handed option to save GCSE and A-level exams - Express Gavin Williamson talks directly to students in COVID-19 briefing admitting 'I'm so sorry' - Express Coronavirus: No date for when schools will reopen - BBC Coronavirus: Williamson on 3 key questions for teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES I can't give you a date for school reopenings, says UK minister (video) - Guardian Coronavirus: Schools will get ‘proper notice’ before they reopen, says Williamson - Schools Week No plans for UK schools to be open through summer holidays, says Gavin Williamson - Mirror Education Secretary Gavin Williamson leads daily coronavirus briefing (video) - HuffPost Ambition Institute to support teachers in new virtual school - Ambition Institute Imagining a higher education system beyond Covid-19 - Wonkhe NASUWT comments on the Government's new package to support online learning - NASUWT Teaching and learning in England - Teacher Toolkit Freeman says schools will not reopen in next few weeks - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Williamson can't give school opening date - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why teachers could enforce the lockdown rules - Times Educational Supplement | TES New major package to support online learning - DfE Plague historian: ‘there are precedents for what seems unprecedented’ - Times Higher Education | THE How can teachers teach better, online? - Teacher Toolkit BBC's homeschool stars: Spanish with Agüero, music with Mabel, and ... history with Danny Dyer - Guardian Gavin Williamson speech on COVID-19 response - DfE Disadvantaged pupils to get laptops for online school lessons at home - Metro Teachers in England condemn speculation over school reopenings - Guardian Coronavirus: School reopening briefings ‘must stop’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools 'will reopen in three weeks' under new three-stage lockdown exit plan - Mirror Parents and pupils overwhelm schools with pleas for good grades - Guardian UK schools could reopen on May 11 – Boris handed option to save GCSE and A-level exams - Express How will Covid-19 affect FE recruitment and retention? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus lockdown: Laptops offered for online school lessons at home - BBC Online learning: how to acquire new skills during lockdown - Guardian Disadvantaged pupils are given laptops to study online while schools are closed - Guardian Coronavirus: School pupils offered free laptops and online classes as lockdown drags on into second term - Independent How to catch up and 17 other quick guides for teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Experience alone won’t make you a great teacher - Times Educational Supplement | TES Williamson backs national online academy - Times Educational Supplement | TES Kids can take virtual lessons from Britain’s best teachers when term starts tomorrow - The Sun Disadvantaged pupils to get free computers to keep learning during lockdown - Mail Ministers plan for schools to reopen in three weeks - Times Coronavirus: Homeschooling in a language you don't speak - BBC Coronavirus: DfE to provide free laptops for disadvantaged year 10s - Schools Week Free laptops for disadvantaged pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE to launch online portal for colleges to apply for free student laptops - FE Week