News archive for 29th April 2020

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Digital divide shows why schools should be a priority in lockdown exit strategy - HuffPost Schools will reopen in a ‘phased manner’ after lockdown - Metro School social distancing 'difficult' admits deputy CMO - Times Educational Supplement | TES Statistics: 16 to 19 attainment - DfE T Level panels: membership - DfE ESFA Update: 29 April 2020 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Starmer warns ministers: Poorer pupils suffering most from school closures - HuffPost Coronavirus: Social distancing in schools ‘very difficult’, says government medical adviser - Schools Week Coronavirus: UK schools reopening to be 'phased' after lockdown - Mail Britain’s private schools warned against fee collusion - Financial Times Adjust GCSE school rankings to stop inequality - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools face Legionnaires' risk if no opening notice - Times Educational Supplement | TES What will international teachers do after the crisis? - Times Educational Supplement | TES An open letter to teachers - Teacher Toolkit Help for heroes? The MillionPlus / Universities UK key worker bail out plan - Wonkhe Five key points Gavin Williamson told the education select committee - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Williamson: Changes to SEND tribunals and EHC plans could be made permanent - CYPN | Children & Young People Now School and college closures: Supporting vulnerable pupils with EAL - ASCL Fall in staff wellbeing must be "wake-up" call for universities - UCU Britain’s poorest children should get £700 each for one-on-one tuition while schools are out - The Sun Schools to reopen in a 'phased manner' - Express Joint sector letter to ministers regarding COVID-19 support - Early Education Schools will reopen in phased manner after lockdown, says Education Secretary - Mail Healthcare faculties are playing a crucial role in the fight against Covid-19 - Wonkhe Online adult learning: new opportunities to understand what works - Learning & Work Institute What you need to know to get the best from online education - BERA Coronavirus pandemic means Edinburgh University may be in big trouble - Scotsman ISC response to the Competition and Markets Authority - Independent Schools Council | ISC Student complaints in the context of coronavirus - Wonkhe Empiribox Ltd raises £2m funding to support primary teachers to deliver inspiring practical science lessons online - Nesta Questions on Covid – What did we learn from the Education Committee’s scrutiny of Williamson? - CfEY | Centre for Education & Youth UK plans phased return when schools reopen - Financial Times Turn crisis management into part of your long-term planning - AELP Gavin Williamson and the Education Select Committee - National Education Union Teachers need clarity and certainty before pupils return to school - NASUWT Overturning teacher grades 'would be disastrous' - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK universities face £2.5bn “black hole”, those relying on international students “hit hardest” - PIE News British Esports Association partners with Pearson to offer world’s first BTEC qualification in esports - Pearson Coronavirus: Schools will reopen in ‘phases’ but no date set, Education Secretary says - PoliticsHome AoC responds to Ofqual consultation on grading A Levels and GCSEs - AoC | Association of Colleges Developing international links through National Teaching Fellowship - Advance HE Government offers online free digital and maths courses for furloughed employees - Public Technology Schools to reopen in “phases” and kids could face long delays before they can return to classrooms - The Sun ESFA will individually ‘challenge’ hundreds of apprenticeship providers after poor achievement rates - FE Week Schools across England will reopen in phases, says education secretary - Guardian Schools to open in 'phased' way - but summer holidays will go ahead, Williamson says - Express Schools will reopen in phases, says Williamson - BBC How to choose the right university when lockdown prevents you from visiting - Telegraph 'Adjust 2021 GCSEs and A levels', say heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘There’s still challenges’ – Williamson grilled over FSM voucher scheme - Schools Week Gavin Williamson says schools will reopen in phased manner (video) - Mail Education secretary pressed on FSM vouchers and phased re-opening of schools - SecEd Education gap for children in need: Calls for Pupil Premium Plus to expand - SecEd Education secretary quizzed by MPs on timing and scope of coronavirus supplier relief - FE Week Schools to reopen in 'phased manner', says Education Secretary - HuffPost Williamson: 'FE white paper could be revolutionary' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Williamson: 'Shortened' GCSEs in autumn a possibility - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Early years organisations join forces to petition government - Nursery World DfE releases more early years guidance on funding and claiming for furloughed staff - Nursery World Coronavirus: Schools will reopen in 'phased' way with some pupils at home for longer - Mirror Private schools may not need to stagger classes as much as state schools because 'they have more space' - Telegraph Schools will be reopened 'in a phased way', but with no extra summer classes - Telegraph New case studies illustrate transformational role of Professional Standards - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Williamson: No free laptops until 'end of May' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Williamson rules out summer school opening - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE: 'We have complied with Cabinet Office guidelines' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Majority of free laptops won’t be delivered until June - Schools Week Competition watchdog warns private schools over fee-fixing collusion during coronavirus outbreak - Schools Week Private schools warned over colluding to fix fees during coronavirus pandemic - Telegraph Coronavirus crisis no excuse for price-fixing, private schools warned - Guardian DfE letting ‘families suffer’ by ignoring help on national free meal voucher scheme - Schools Week What does the lockdown mean for vulnerable children? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid-19: Private schools warned over fees 'collusion' - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE resits: Two-thirds still do not pass by 19 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Williamson expects ‘phased’ return to schools - Schools Week Jacob, the teacher filming rapping videos as MC Grammar in front of a green screen - Metro School closures UK: Children may be forced to repeat academic year, warns ex-Ofsted chief - Express New esports BTEC to be taught from September - Times Educational Supplement | TES To solve the problems of this pandemic, we need more than just 'the science' | Dominic Abrams - Guardian Schools must only reopen when safe, says Rebecca Long-Bailey - Guardian Why private schools could reopen sooner than state-funded schools - Express Scaling up online education? More haste less speed - HEPI Protect and support public service provision at universities to rebuild Britain - MillionPlus The digitalisation of the university - Wonkhe Coronavirus: Call for £700 catch-up premium for poorer pupils - BBC Covid-19: Disadvantaged face 6-month 'learning loss' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hub schools for key workers 'rising to the challenge' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Experts to tackle post-coronavirus youth employment - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teaching intelligence: tapping into business schools’ online know-how - Times Higher Education | THE Why are journals so obsessed by theory? - Times Higher Education | THE UK's international students need ‘urgent’ action on visas - Times Higher Education | THE Young people’s skills vital to recovering from the post-COVID-19 recession - FE Week 9:30 a.m. - Oral evidence session with Gavin Williamson re the impact of COVID-19 on education - Accountability Hearings Coronavirus home schooling: Life virtually the same for some pupils in new divide - Times Coronavirus Scotland: Scrap next year’s exams too, urge teaching unions - Times The brutal truth about education in Scotland | Kenny Farquharson - Times