News archive for 20th April 2020

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Imperial College wins much-hyped final of University Challenge - Guardian Teacher union chief sets five conditions for schools to reopen - Telegraph Met to launch review of school police officers amid claims black pupils are 'disproportionately' affected - Telegraph Scottish pupils' grades could be lowered this year if their school has poor academic record - Telegraph B-list celebs and a baffling website: is BBC Bitesize Daily really the solution to home-schooling? - Telegraph School pupils' results to be based on teachers’ estimates - Herald Scotland The Guardian view on reopening schools: safety must come first - Guardian Coronavirus: 250k lessons on day one of online academy - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Laptop plan not enough say campaigners - Times Educational Supplement | TES More than 250,000 children access online lessons on first day back - Metro Met to review role of school police officers after legal challenge - Guardian Coronavirus: Teachers in 'argument' with DfE over PPE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Imperial College London warns of cuts in face of coronavirus - Guardian DfE halts ‘all but essential’ data collections, and urges trusts to do same - Schools Week Get help with technology for remote education during coronavirus (COVID-19) - DfE Teacher trainers' concern over mentor quality - Times Educational Supplement | TES When I told my university I was harassed online, I was asked what a hashtag was | Natasha Jokic - Guardian Coronavirus: How lecturers are embracing edtech - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children take part in over 250,000 lessons on first day of virtual school - Mail Thousands urge UK government to keep schools closed - Guardian Applying cutting edge pedagogy to remote learning - UKEdChat Prison learning in lockdown - Bell Foundation Teacher life in lockdown: Shopping, parenting, and looking after your mental health! - Teacher Tapp A major U-turn on early years funding could leave many key workers without childcare - PoliticsHome COVID-19: New major package to support online learning - ERSA Researchers seek teacher and parent views on home education technologies - SecEd Behaviour: Government hubs plan is a start, but won't be sufficient - SecEd DfE fears not all providers able to submit funding data - FE Week Frequently asked questions about coronavirus - NAHT Coronavirus (COVID-19): reducing burdens on educational and care settings - DfE Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for schools and other educational settings - DfE Further speculation over the formal reopening of schools and guidance for special schools - NAHT NASUWT comments on the Welsh Government's Continuity of Learning statement - NASUWT Coronavirus: New statement on Scottish qualifications - Times Educational Supplement | TES Voice comments on Education Secretary’s COVID-19 briefing - Voice To get T levels right it would help to know what they're for - Collab Group Practical science and pandemics - BERA Tribal academia must give way to interdisciplinarity - Advance HE Recruiting teachers remotely - Teacher Toolkit UK universities can self-assess English levels for HE progression: T4 update - PIE News Coronavirus (COVID-19): free school meals guidance - DfE Over 200 teachers and a host of well-known faces to teach the nation’s kids as BBC opens its doors for virtual learning - Primary Times Independent school pupils twice as likely to get online lessons every day - Sutton Trust Will doubling QR be enough? - Wonkhe Minister focuses on wellbeing in latest statement - National Education Union Free secondary and post-16 resources to support learning in the home environment - NAHT Free early years and primary resources to support learning in the home environment - NAHT Scotland: School closures will hit poorest pupils hardest, admits Nicola Sturgeon - Scotsman As coronavirus lockdowns ease, this is how other countries are gradually reopening schools - Telegraph Jisc offers free Shibboleth health check for UK colleges and universities - Jisc Early years sector 'in jeopardy' after government U-turn on furlough funding - CYPN | Children & Young People Now DfE unveils home learning support as fostered children stay away from school - CYPN | Children & Young People Now MPs probe effect of Covid-19 pandemic on disadvantaged white children - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Met to review schools police scheme after judicial review threat - Schools Week Coronavirus: NHS workers' call to 'keep teachers safe' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Thousands sign petition against Government cut to furlough funding for nurseries - Nursery World Coronavirus: Home learning initiatives launch for new school term - Nursery World When will schools reopen in the UK and are exams on? - The Sun Coronavirus: NHS responders trained at Dudley College - Times Educational Supplement | TES Lockdown has exposed the plight of the disadvantaged - Times Educational Supplement | TES What is the Oak National Academy and how can you access the lessons during the lockdown? - The Sun April Digital Route Review update - IfATE The hardest primary schools to get a place at in Newport - Wales Online Coronavirus: Who can get free laptops for home schooling children and how to apply? - Mirror Two thirds of pupils have not logged onto online lessons during lockdown - Mail Coronavirus: What Scottish education did in the holiday - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Longer 'pause' for unconditional offers - Times Educational Supplement | TES The next edu-revolution*: Textbooks! - Headguruteacher Free laptops to be given to school children from low-income homes - The Sun Marcus Rashford helps raise £20m to feed school children during coronavirus pandemic - Mirror Free internet for Year 10s only scratches the surface - Times Educational Supplement | TES Use attainment gap funding to support home learning - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Stars take part in BBC lockdown learning scheme - BBC Will schools go back over the summer holiday? - Express Coronavirus: Fears over impact on pupil mental health - Times Educational Supplement | TES New guidance for home schooling in Scotland - Scotsman All the well-known faces teaching kids on BBC Bitesize this term - HuffPost #ProjectParadise: A group reading project - The Learning Spy Pupils won't be sent back to school for months amid fears over second wave - Express Coronavirus information - Voice The world’s your classroom: 10 fun ways to home school - Guardian Schools will open in June at the earliest with primary kids first as millions begin Government-launched virtual classes - The Sun Workers without degrees hardest hit by Covid-19 crisis - study - Guardian Coronavirus: Schools paying out thousands for cancelled PGL trips - Schools Week Now is the time for knowledge exchange - Wonkhe Languages crises? Lessons from other Anglophone countries - HEPI Students to be given free laptops and broadband as schools remain shut over coronavirus - Express Coronavirus: How do I home-school my children? - BBC School won't return 'until June at the earliest' say education sources - Mail Pupils being taught Churchill was a ‘war criminal’ in a teaching tutorial shared by thousands of teachers - The Sun Winston Churchill 'demonised' in schools as 'brainwashed' pupils told he's a war criminal - Express Danny Dyer fans vow to 'enroll back in school' as he turns lockdown history teacher - Mirror Student feedback should change forever after Covid-19 - Times Higher Education | THE Covid-19: universities treating staff in ‘vastly different ways’ - Times Higher Education | THE Schools stay shut until June as two in three pupils ignore online classes - Times Coronavirus: Stretched parents need help too, Sunak told - Times Nurseries at risk after coronavirus funding U‑turn - Times University suspends policing students for making child abuse jokes - Times Coronavirus Scotland: Sturgeon steers clear of supporting plan to reopen schools - Times Scotland: Highers success exposes gulf between rich and poor areas - Times Scotland: Aim high on home education and keep parents in the loop - Times Two thirds of children have not taken part in online lessons during lockdown, study finds - Telegraph