News archive for 24th April 2020

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Oxford University ‘replacing private school pupils with rich overseas students’ - Telegraph Why universities deserve special financial support - Financial Times The Guardian view on universities: a bailout is in all our interests - Guardian Tes Podcast: NHS staff support teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES The revolution will not be memorised - Schools Week David Walliams in new campaign to help parents teach children IT skills at home - Evening Standard Coronavirus: Special school sources own PPE to protect staff - Schools Week DfE scraps annual FE learner satisfaction survey - FE Week ESFA post-16 provider relief scheme - Education & Skills Funding Agency Providing apprenticeships during the coronavirus outbreak - Education & Skills Funding Agency Schools to benefit from education partnership with tech giants - DfE Ofqual consultation on awarding vocational and technical qualifications in summer 2020 - Ofqual Multi-million support for vulnerable children during COVID-19 - DfE Response to 9 April direction from Secretary of State for Education - Ofqual Government list of apprenticeships given green light for online assessment - FE Week Sector leaders call on government to make education websites free for UK students - Jisc UK Parliament offers free online learning resources to support parents and teachers during the coronavirus outbreak - Primary Times Ofqual's plans for vocational and technical qualifications 2020 - AoC responds - AoC | Association of Colleges Ofqual plan for vocational and technical qualifications - National Education Union Education, children’s futures, and Covid-19 - BERA Childcare providers facing postcode lottery of support - Nursery World Hub schools ‘may increase coronavirus risk’, DfE warns - Schools Week UK childcare industry 'crushed' by coronavirus crisis - Guardian Building a ladder of expertise - Teacher Toolkit DfE Covid-19 support package for apprenticeships and adult education - AELP University of Manchester under fire for job loss plans - UCU Coronavirus: DfE warns over hub public health risk - Times Educational Supplement | TES Providing free school meals during the coronavirus outbreak - DfE Get technology support for children and schools during coronavirus (COVID-19) - DfE Using clusters and hubs to maintain educational provision - DfE When will schools reopen in the UK and will exams be on? - The Sun Coronavirus: Williamson pledges to ‘work with the sector’ on school reopenings - Schools Week Can providers furlough staff and receive ESFA supplier relief? - FE Week DfE relaxes functional skills rule for apprentices - FE Week Vocational results a mix of predicted grades and delays - BBC Government details apprentice provider relief plans - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools are open and working with every single pupil - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government publishes free meal guidance for FE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Colleges given access to DfE free meal vouchers - FE Week Star Wars actors surprise leavers at Scottish school - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE reveals provider criteria for accessing supplier relief - FE Week DfE recruiting more expert edtech schools, and offers free Google and Microsoft platform support - Schools Week Martin Lewis: How finance expert’s forensic tuition fee analysis stunned Labour MP - Express Loss of international student fees could decimate UK research - Guardian Coronavirus: DfE and Ofsted launch attendance taskforce - Times Educational Supplement | TES Colleges awarded money to support others with edtech - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs in English and maths 'more useful' than 5 passes - Times Educational Supplement | TES How school staff can receive a Covid-19 key worker test - Times Educational Supplement | TES Edtech cash 'refocused' on remote teaching - Times Educational Supplement | TES 5 essentials for high-quality learning during Covid-19 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus testing extended to early years workers and teachers - Nursery World Hundreds of Sheffield College support staff win payrise - FE Week More details on how functional skills qualifications will be assessed - FE Week Stranded: how college international students are coping away from home - FE Week This excellent free site will teach children to play chess during lockdown - Telegraph GCSEs: We need a better plan for English and maths - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers criticise 'hollow praise’ of Williamson letter - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofqual sets out technical qualifications awarding plans - Times Educational Supplement | TES Decision on how to grade thousands of BTECs and other quals left to awarding bodies - Schools Week Ofqual’s proposals for awarding vocational and technical qualifications: A speed read - Schools Week Ofqual’s proposals for awarding vocational and technical qualifications: A speed read - FE Week Decision on how to grade thousands of BTECs and other quals left to awarding bodies - FE Week After COVID-19, we must finally remember the forgotten third - Schools Week Schools can’t stay closed until we have a vaccine - Times Educational Supplement | TES MBA apprenticeship to live on despite attempt to axe - FE Week Edinburgh schools help deliver thousands of free meals - Times Educational Supplement | TES Labour: Lack of support for apprenticeships 'damaging' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nominations open for 2020 ULR of the Year awards - Unionlearn Long-Bailey: Lack of ‘overarching message’ on education contributed to Labour’s defeat - Schools Week National helpline launched to help struggling homeschooling parents - Express 'I can't afford rent': the students facing hardship during lockdown - Guardian New shadow ed sec admits NES plan didn’t reach voters - FE Week Conducting PhD vivas online is working fine: there will be no need to return to excessive flying habits - HEPI Coronavirus could see universities go bust without being handed help - Telegraph We're embracing tech during lockdown – but can it replace the classroom? - Guardian Improving links between universities and businesses will further develop societal and economic impact - Universities UK Colleges call for change to GCSE ranking plans for huge cohorts - FE Week Coronavirus: Williamson seeks to reassure heads over free laptops scheme - Schools Week How the government's free school meals voucher scheme is leaving children without food - Schools Week John Swinney confirms SQA will fail pupils despite teachers' judgement - Scotsman The new approach to graduation in the time of Coronavirus - Wonkhe Teach kids science with fun and practical lessons for children aged 5 to 14 - The Sun National helpline StarLine set up by teaching groups to help parents struggling with homeschooling - Mail Thousands of apprenticeships could be lost without government support - FE News 'Digital poverty' in schools where few have laptops - BBC Coronavirus: Schools launch helpline for ‘frazzled’ parents - Schools Week The four questions facing university leaders during the Covid-19 crisis - Times Higher Education | THE Online university head fears students will ‘suffer’ from shift online - Times Higher Education | THE Domestic detention and oxbow lakes: helpline offers home-schooling advice - Guardian Call for papers: Mentoring in times of crisis, pandemics and social distancing - UCET Equivalency testing options - UCET New Government helpline for 'frazzled' and 'frantic' parents trying to homeschool their children - Telegraph Coronavirus in Scotland: Exam chiefs defy Swinney over school result claims - Times Coronavirus: Ofsted inspectors to staff home-learning advice hotline - Times Educational Supplement | TES