News archive for 22nd April 2020

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Vulnerable children should be in school – especially during lockdown - Telegraph Universities’ plea for £2bn bailout falls on deaf ears in Treasury - Financial Times UK schools reopening: Some pupils could have to resit entire year after schools open - Express Schools and exam boards undermine promise to pupils of September tests - Guardian Make it compulsory for vulnerable children to go to school, No 10 urged - Guardian Analysis: can exam invigilators be furloughed? - Schools Week More apprenticeship disappointment as DfE confirms some non-levy to be ineligible for supplier relief - FE Week Harassment fears as students post extreme pornography in online lectures - Guardian Coronavirus: DfE’s free laptops portal launch delayed - Schools Week Coronavirus: Schools can feed pupils without ‘evidence’ of universal credit claim, says minister - Schools Week Could colleges have more home working and fewer staff? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Could school closures lead to a rise in extremism? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Fears bored and isolated youngsters could be radicalised online during lockdown - Mail Coronavirus (COVID-19): financial support for education, early years and children’s social care - DfE ESFA Update: 22 April 2020 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Does the cap fit? and other existential questions - Wonkhe How to teach vulnerable pupils online - Teacher Toolkit Coronavirus briefing note: student accommodation - Office for Students Placing the subject at the heart of initial teacher education: How do mentors focus on subject specifics within lesson observation feedback? - BERA ASCL comment on EEF remote learning review - ASCL Children's Minister hits back at furlough backtrack claims - Nursery World Research review outlines five keys to effective remote learning - SecEd Anger at media speculation over May school re-opening - SecEd Supporting young people and schools virtually during Covid 19 - Education and Employers NUS calls for hardship fund, refund option - PIE News Cutting-edge anti-coronavirus technology produced through University of the West of Scotland partnership - MillionPlus Union 'absolutely right' in warning on university finances - UUK response to London Economics report - Universities UK Letter to Education Secretary about coronavirus - Voice AELP statement concerning legal advice in respect of provider relief - AELP Tackling uncertainty head on - AELP 'Very low' numbers of vulnerable children attending school, figures reveal - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Youth employment to be 'hardest hit' by coronavirus crisis - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Insights on effective governance in HE - Advance HE Oak National Academy: Everything you need to know - Times Educational Supplement | TES It's not just when we reopen schools – it's how - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: DfE won't say who will get free laptops - Times Educational Supplement | TES The recruitment economics of Covid-19 - Wonkhe Universities are showing great leadership on Covid-19 - HEPI Nurseries reveal impact of furlough changes - Nursery World Older pupils should return first in a phased reopening of Britain's schools says headteachers' union - Mail Pupils who disagree with predicted A-level and GCSE grades may not be able to sit exams in autumn - Mail Schools forced to pay for emergency food for parents who face ten day wait for meal vouchers - The Sun SQA responds to concerns about new system for grading - Times Educational Supplement | TES 7 questions colleges have for Ofqual - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents fear nurseries will never re-open as thousands of staff can’t be furloughed during lockdown closures - The Sun Wales reveals £33m plan for free school meals until the end of the summer - Wales Online Minister queries DfE school attendance figures - Times Educational Supplement | TES Oxford University bans investment in fossil fuels after student campaigns - Independent Coronavirus: First figures show 65,000 children going to early years settings - Nursery World Councils 'can transfer funding between settings' - new DfE guidance - Nursery World Parents need to know there's a plan to reopen schools says Labour - Scotsman Come on, you can do it: Rugby stars cheer pupils at London school during coronavirus lockdown - Evening Standard Coronavirus: '4% of students should be in school daily' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Let’s never again suggest tech could replace teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Seetec Group appoints new Chief Executive Officer - ERSA Fears about vulnerable pupils during lockdown - Times Educational Supplement | TES Aldi joins free school meals voucher scheme to help struggling families during crisis - Mirror Schools to remain closed until 'at least summer holidays' says John Swinney - Scotsman BBC Bitesize lessons: Everything you need to know - Times Educational Supplement | TES How do we ensure fair grades for BAME students? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Homeschooling tips and resources: the secrets of home educating parents - Telegraph Coronavirus: Some GCSEs could have no autumn exams - Times Educational Supplement | TES Supporting the learning of mathematics at home - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Remote schooling: new EEF evidence review highlights core features that can unlock its potential - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Why history is the most important lesson for lockdown (and how to teach it) - Telegraph Earth Day - try an online course from the Greener Jobs Alliance - Unionlearn Four tips for a smooth home learning routine - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Pay £2,000 for a room you can't use - or break the law? - Guardian Remote learning - National Education Union Develop meaningful travel policies for academics before lifting any currently imposed restrictions on international travel - HEPI ASCL comment on EEF remote learning review - ASCL Chinese graduates of UK universities donate two ventilators to the NHS - GOV.UK 9:30 a.m. - Minister questioned on impact of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) on education - Accountability Hearings Teachers call for DfE's free laptop scheme to be expanded - SecEd Shock data shows small number of ‘at risk’ children in emergency school places - Express The purpose of publications in a pandemic and beyond - Wonkhe Just 1% of pupils who are eligible to keep going to school are back in the classroom - Mail Teach kids English with fun and practical lessons for Key Stages one to three - The Sun Coronavirus: Students 'should be able to retake the year' - BBC Universities must learn from banks to survive after Covid-19 shutdown - Times Higher Education | THE NUS calls for £60m student hardship fund - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Remote study 'rivals traditional teaching' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Students 'should get a year's refund due to Covid-19 crisis' - Guardian Coronavirus: one in 100 eligible children go to school - Times School pollution trebled by parents giving pupils a lift - Times Reopening schools is lifeline for lost children | Alice Thomson - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: foreign student fall threatens free tuition - Times Scotland: Degrees of difficulty - Times Financial model of Scots universities is unlikely to survive - Times Tiny fraction of 'at risk' children attending schools - BBC