News archive for 3rd August 2020

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Concerns persist over plan to reopen schools in England - Guardian Schools & councils will be given millions of pounds to put on extra bus services to get all kids back in the classroom - The Sun Opening schools risks double strength second Covid wave - Times Educational Supplement | TES Reopening schools without better test and trace 'threatens second wave twice as big as first' - Telegraph Boris Johnson must stand firm and ensure our schools reopen in a month - The Sun Unions say government has 'head in sand' over 2021 GCSEs and A-levels - Guardian Teachers demand major changes ahead of Scottish schools reopening - Telegraph Exam changes in England will not compensate for virus disruption - Financial Times Coronavirus in Scotland: Schools reopening could be ‘catalyst’ to Covid spike warns union - Scotsman SQA accused of 'secrecy' amid warning over flurry of appeals as pupils receive results - Herald Scotland Scottish exam results: Nicola Sturgeon sends good luck message to Scotland's pupils - Herald Scotland Exams and assessments in 2021 - Ofqual The 'woke' have won - it's too late for our unis if academics need to hide their views - Telegraph The attention is on schools - but how will FE reopen? - Times Educational Supplement | TES When would local Covid spikes close schools, ask heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES SQA results day 2020: students' hopes and fears - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus (COVID-19): reducing burdens on educational and care settings - DfE Scottish pupils’ final exam results downgraded under new marking system - Financial Times IOE’s Department of Social Science renamed as the Social Research Institute - IOE London Blog Exams for next year will be disrupted by Covid & could be delayed, regulator admits - The Sun Statistics regulator finds PM made ‘incorrect’ child poverty claims - Public Technology EIS demands 'pupil social distancing rules' and 'significant concerns' to be addressed - Herald Scotland A levels 'won’t be valid verdict' unless content is cut - Times Educational Supplement | TES Young peoples’ prospects impacted by Covid and new Employer Guidance from Sutton Trust - Sutton Trust Geographical inequality in incomes has been falling, but wealth inequalities are rising - Institute for Fiscal Studies | IFS Boris Johnson still planning full school return in September despite coronavirus curbs - PoliticsHome Let’s open up opportunities in education to deliver the biggest boost for pupil-power in generations - PoliticsHome New online learning platform to launch in September - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofqual: No calculated grades for 2020-21 qualifications - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid safety breaches at University of Oxford put October reopening plans at risk - UCU AELP and Ufi to launch new post-16 online learning platform - AELP Coronavirus: Ofqual arrangements for GCSEs, AS and A-Levels in 2021 - National Education Union Coronavirus and summer 2020 exams: general qualifications updates - NAHT ASCL comment on confirmed changes for exams in 2021 - ASCL We need a long-term strategy to combat the decline in apprenticeships - Learning & Work Institute Geographical inequality in incomes has been falling, but wealth inequalities are rising - Nuffield Foundation 37 ideas to grow gritty learners - UKEdChat New research suggests young children can drive the spread of coronavirus - Nursery World ‘Tinkering’ over huge challenge of 2021 GCSEs condemned - Times Educational Supplement | TES English GCSE pupils can drop a text in 2021 - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Significant concerns' over reopening of schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Matt Hancock says new 90-minute coronavirus tests can be used in schools - Mirror Exams 2021: Ofqual confirms changes in certain subjects, but no decision yet on delaying exams - Schools Week How Highers and National 5s are being graded this year and date results come out - Scotsman Boris Johnson vows all pupils in all years will be back in school by September despite local lockdowns - The Sun Disabled young people could be left behind - Times Educational Supplement | TES Prince George and Princess Charlotte's school hosting summer catch-ups for under-privileged London children - Evening Standard Schools could use 90-minute Covid test, says minister - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers ‘should draw ‘do not cross’ lines’ for own safety when schools reopen - Scotsman Music will be pivotal in the recovery from Covid-19 - Times Educational Supplement | TES School facilities hire firm goes into administration - Schools Week Colleges in administration miss third transfer date as accountants continue to rack up fees - FE Week Next in line for maths learning - Unionlearn When do Scottish exam results come out? - Scotsman SQA results day 2020 – what to look out for - Times Educational Supplement | TES Free speech risk as university staff feel need to censor pro-Brexit views - Scotsman Academic freedom in the UK: Protecting viewpoint diversity - Policy Exchange Proposals on academic freedom would achieve anything but - Wonkhe Teachers raise safety concerns while 'don't cross lines' could be drawn to help distancing - Herald Scotland Hong Kong University students’ online learning experiences under the Covid-19 pandemic - HEPI Four in ten Brexit-backing lecturers feel silenced at their universities - The Sun UK academics ‘discriminate against political opposites’ – survey - Times Higher Education | THE Universities diverge on openness to Erasmus students’ arrival - Times Higher Education | THE How Covid-19 is reshaping international research collaboration - Times Higher Education | THE Right-leaning or pro-Brexit academics are 'censored' on British university campuses, report warns - Mail UK lecturers 'strongly support colleagues' academic freedom' - Guardian Right-wing academics ‘forced to hide views’ - Times Cecil Rhodes’s uncle must go too, school told - Times Academics feel forced to self-censor - Times Colet Court: Sex-charge prep teacher found dead - Times TikTok offers free adverts to woo British universities - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: Universities may charter planes for lucrative Chinese students - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: No school for thousands - Times The Times’s view on the reopening of Scottish schools: Science Lessons - Times Academic freedom in danger at universities as staff self-censor, report warns - Mail Academic freedom under threat as pro-Brexit professors face discrimination and are self-censoring - Telegraph