News archive for 28th April 2020

back to standard EdNews format

Scotland schools reopening: Minister outlines plans to get pupils back into classrooms - Express John Swinney blames virus for delaying education review until after Holyrood election - Telegraph How to take part: the Schools Week Big Schools Quiz - Schools Week The Guardian view on children in the pandemic: hidden victims - Guardian Coronavirus: Lockdown exit must take domestic abuse rise into account - May - BBC Schools in Wales will reopen after lockdown in a 'phased' way, ministers reveal - Telegraph Number of vulnerable children attending school doubles in a week amid concerns - Mail Government must not ‘lag’ with pupil premium cash - Times Educational Supplement | TES Still too early to say when schools will open - Times Educational Supplement | TES Captain Tom's old school opens 135,000 birthday cards - Times Educational Supplement | TES Minister explains ‘anomaly’ leaving majority of apprenticeships ineligible for ESFA supplier relief - FE Week National Careers Service area-based contracts funding rules - Education & Skills Funding Agency Furloughed workers offered free online courses to help improve their CVs - The Sun LSE global initiative to capture experience of university students and staff during COVID-19 pandemic - London School of Economics | LSE Career choices: launching the Apprenticeship Summer School - Sutton Trust Lessons learned so far from the move to online governance - Advance HE Early secondary school start times adversely affect attendance - UKEdChat Lockdown report sees record number of downloads through university repositories. But what does that tell us? - Jisc DfE names projects to get emergency funding for vulnerable young people - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Business school heads vow to fight axing of MBA apprenticeship - Financial Times Social justice is a leveller, not coronavirus - SecEd Vulnerable children 'hidden and at risk' during coronavirus lockdown - SecEd UK education providers are helping teachers, parents and students respond to the impact of COVID-19 worldwide - GOV.UK Coronavirus: Oak National Academy delivers 2m lessons in first week - Schools Week Step forward for supply teachers on furlough pay - NASUWT Early childhood and COVID-19 - Nuffield Foundation Just 6% of prospective international students aware of PSW extension - PIE News Going beyond the evidence: Research and the media - BERA Letter to Gavin Williamson on behalf of supply members - National Education Union Covid-19 is the pivot point for online learning - Wonkhe Teacher mental health can be affected by fear of falling ill - The Educator Education Minister sets out five key principles for schools’ return - National Education Union Support for vulnerable children 'must be scrutinised' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Even after WorldSkills, you never stop learning - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government confirms EYFS relaxations for coronavirus outbreak - Nursery World Lost henge? Digging archaeology online during lockdown - Guardian Coronavirus (COVID-19): attendance in education and early years settings - DfE Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for schools and other educational settings - DfE Use of free early education entitlements funding during the coronavirus outbreak - DfE Actions for schools during the coronavirus outbreak - DfE Safety is top priority in opening schools - National Education Union Reopening schools: lessons from Denmark and China - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why there will be no return to 'normal' for colleges - Times Educational Supplement | TES Post-16 education needs reform. Now is the time - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted: Broad curriculum can mean 'limited' subjects - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nearly half of international students against doing degrees online amid Covid-19 - Mail Coronavirus: School attendance doubles after Easter holidays - Schools Week ‘Staggering’: DfE to stop the monthly publication of apprenticeship starts - FE Week Coronavirus: latest update from NAHT - NAHT Documents related to Teachers Pay and Workload Agreement April 2020 - NAHT Frequently asked questions about coronavirus - NAHT We made it clear this couldn't be business as usual - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government launches new online learning platform to boost workplace skills - Unionlearn Curriculum for Excellence review is postponed - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE's focus on Google and Microsoft 'is restrictive' - Times Educational Supplement | TES When will schools in Scotland reopen? School pupils returning on same day is inconceivable - Scotsman A review of pre-school SEL interventions - Best Evidence in Brief English vocabulary learning using a mobile app with a self-regulated learning mechanism - Best Evidence in Brief Results of a content literacy intervention to improve pupils’ reading comprehension and subject knowledge - Best Evidence in Brief Coronavirus: Government pledges £3.1m for children abused in lockdown - BBC Students in England encouraged to apply now for student finance - Student Loans Company ‘Inconceivable’ all pupils will return at same time - Times Educational Supplement | TES It’s impossible to meet the SQA grading demands - Times Educational Supplement | TES Welsh minister: 5 key principles for reopening schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Cancel next year’s exams,’ says teaching union - Times Educational Supplement | TES John Swinney: all Scotland's pupils going back to school on same day is 'inconceivable' - Scotsman New free online learning platform to boost workplace skills - DfE This is how schools in Wales will re-open when they get the go-ahead - Wales Online Covid-19 shows up UK universities' shameful employment practices | Stefan Collini - Guardian There’s a new breed of college in town, as we learn to adapt - FE Week In conversation with… Kirstie Donnelly, CEO, City and Guilds - FE Week Fears supply teachers only get minimum wage - Times Educational Supplement | TES Dylan Wiliam: 'Immoral' to teach 'too full' curriculum - Times Educational Supplement | TES Neil Mackay: Scotland’s handling of schools in lockdown is a national disgrace - Herald Scotland Profile: Patrick Roach, general secretary, NASUWT - Schools Week Open for business? Students’ views on entering the labour market - HEPI Students more anxious than excited about starting their careers, despite confidence they will find work - HEPI 'Too early' to reopen schools as coronavirus spread among children largely unknown - Mirror Coronavirus: Furloughed workers offered online skills training - BBC Could welfare state rise from the rubble of Covid-19? - Times Higher Education | THE Coronavirus: UUK proposed number cap ‘won’t end recruitment battle’ - Times Higher Education | THE Government launches online workplace skills platform - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE launches ‘Skills Toolkit’ to signpost to free online courses - FE Week Furloughed workers to get Government backed lessons in 'how to present yourself online' - Telegraph Coronavirus: 'Phased' school reopening when lockdown lifts - BBC Women’s role in history censored for Jewish girl pupils - Times Chinese investors pull another private school back from brink - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: Schools can’t open without coronavirus test regime, says union - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: Mergers may be the price of bailout cash for universities - Times Council for Subject Associations: launch of online directory (28.04.2020) - UCET