News archive for 4th August 2020

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Early years workforce: 'forgotten key workers' driven out by low pay in increasingly volatile sector - Nursery World SQA results: 'Am I dishonest? Am I unprofessional?' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exams system branded 'disgusting' as pupils see 'careers ruined' by failure in tests they never sat - Telegraph Poorest pupils hit hardest as exam results downgraded in UK's first Covid moderation - HuffPost Scotland's children have been let down by this exams fiasco - Telegraph Scotland's exam body 'in crisis' after decision to downgrade 124,000 results sparks furious backlash - Telegraph Almost 125,000 students see predicted grades lowered on Scottish exam results day - Telegraph Headteachers say better test and trace system needed to give students and parents ‘confidence’ to return - Independent Teacher sacked over secret affair with dad she met at parents’ evening - Metro Graduates who post 'degree selfies' risk fuelling fraud, university watchdog warns - Telegraph SQA results day 2020 – by the numbers - Times Educational Supplement | TES DWP Digital launches apprentice scheme - Public Technology Developing learner-focused feedback practices - Advance HE Logistics sector urged to invest in skills now to prepare for post-Brexit customs complexity - ERSA Second coronavirus peak could hit UK in December unless test & trace is ramped up before schools go back - The Sun Back-to-school plan could prompt coronavirus surge without test and trace improvements, ministers warned - PoliticsHome Coronavirus in Scotland: Teachers’ grades not credible, says Sturgeon - Times Check your pension and the return to the unknown - Teacher Tapp Effective testing and contact tracing is essential for schools to safely open during COVID-19 pandemic - UKEdChat SNP MP Mhairi Black calls for Scottish Government to investigate SQA exam moderation - Herald Scotland NASUWT comments on Scottish exam results - NASUWT Next steps announced for a simplified EQA system - IfATE Predicted grades and prejudice - BERA An exceptional year for Scottish exam results - Voice Government unveils details of the National Tutoring Programme to help schools ‘catch-up’ in the 2020-21 academic year - EYE | Early Years Educator Transformative political leadership for girls’ education - UKFIET | Education and Development Forum CBI Scotland responds to SQA results day - CBI GCSEs: Here's why you shouldn't give up on poetry - BBC Ofqual and OfS to quality assure apprenticeships - Times Educational Supplement | TES 83% schools not using DfE's free period product scheme - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid-19: Face-to-face lessons 'put teachers at risk' - Times Educational Supplement | TES SQA was warned about impact on disadvantaged students - Times Educational Supplement | TES Poorest far more likely to have Higher pass downgraded - Times Educational Supplement | TES Demands for SQA to explain moderation as downgraded pupils will not be able to resit exams - Herald Scotland Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: 23 March to 30 July 2020 - DfE Coronavirus (COVID-19) catch-up premium - DfE External quality assurance of apprenticeships - expanded role for Ofqual confirmed - Ofqual High value courses for school and college leavers: a one-year offer for 18 and 19-year-olds - Education & Skills Funding Agency Increase in number of Scottish students accepted into university on results day - UCAS Pandemic takes toll on children's mental wellbeing - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Freshers face sex ban in bid to stop coronavirus spreading in universities - The Sun Confirmed: Exams watchdog to takeover apprenticeship assessment quality checks - FE Week Top student given F after exam is marked ‘based on school’s poor history’ - Metro Scottish exam chaos as almost 25% of pupils' results marked down after teachers gave best pass rate ever - Mail Sturgeon defends SQA after exams pass rate reduction hits poorest pupils hardest - Mail Four students at east London sixth form are awarded £1m in scholarships to US Ivy league universities - Mail Apprenticeships: No extension to spending deadline - Times Educational Supplement | TES SQA results day: Why there really is no wrong path - Times Educational Supplement | TES SQA results: Fewer students taking Highers at college - Times Educational Supplement | TES When do A-level results come out, how will they be graded and can you collect them at school? - Metro Nicola Sturgeon faces onslaught of anger after 96% of Scotland A level results downgraded - Express Students who missed out on graduation ceremonies told not to post degree selfies - Mail Applying for university and college courses through UCAS clearing - Scotsman 17 reasons why today’s SQA results aren't everything - Times Educational Supplement | TES SQA chief: ‘Teachers may have been optimistic’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Additional capital funding for colleges announced - Times Educational Supplement | TES Number of vulnerable children attending nursery halves - Times Educational Supplement | TES Muddy knees and climbing trees: how a summer playing outdoors can help children recharge - The Conversation SQA under fire after downgrading 124,000 predicted exam results - Guardian Pubs or schools? Is Covid policy written on a beer mat? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Unions support return to school but warn 'Plan B' needed in case of second lockdown - Telegraph Exams 2021: All the GCSE changes, subject by subject - Schools Week Newham Collegiate sixth-formers win places at Ivy League universities - Times Representational pictures or decorative pictures for testing students? - Best Evidence in Brief Technology-mediated vocabulary instruction - Best Evidence in Brief Simulation-based learning as a bridge between theory and practice - Best Evidence in Brief 'Recipe for disaster!' GMB's Dr Khan issues stark COVID-19 warning ahead of schools return - Express Some bad news for the good behaviour game - Best Evidence in Brief Councils and charities can supply Covid catch-up tutors - Times Educational Supplement | TES What a 200-year-old experiment can teach anxious parents about home schooling | Sarah Stein Lubrano - Guardian Why teachers will be on the frontline of Covid fallout - Times Educational Supplement | TES How SQA Highers and National 5 exams are being marked this year - Scotsman Free childcare scheme for three and four-year-olds re-opens - Wales Online SQA under fire after thousands of pupils' grades lowered based on schools' past performance - Herald Scotland When is GCSE results day 2020 and how were the SQA results calculated? - Metro Covid 'the largest education disruption in history' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Will 'clearing plus' really make it easier to apply to university? - Guardian The rightwing defence of 'academic freedom' masks a McCarthyite agenda | Jonathan Portes - Guardian Scottish exam results day: 125,000 pupils receive downgraded result as overall pass rate rises - Scotsman Scotland's results day: Thousands of pupils have exam grades lowered - BBC Cyber security: new automated service saves time on network monitoring - Jisc Warn students that degree certificate selfies could lead to increase in fraud - Jisc SQA results day: 25% of teacher estimates 'adjusted' - Times Educational Supplement | TES How Covid catch-up tutors will be chosen revealed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Simon Clarke say schools will fully reopen in Autumn and it's 'not up for debate' - Evening Standard Dear Gavin Williamson, are you sure schools will be safe in September? | Michael Rosen - Guardian Scotland exam results: Pass rates rise as grades set by teachers due to coronavirus - Independent UN chief says 1 billion students affected worldwide by virus closures - Mail Exam body braced for record appeals as Scots pupils receive their results - Scotsman The teacher who decided to 'unschool' her own children - Guardian Schools are given the OK to drop poetry from GCSE exams as syllabus is pared back - Mail Now is a good time to strengthen collaboration over teaching - Wonkhe Reopening schools will cause a second Covid-19 wave unless test and trace improves - Mail Scottish exam results day 2020: Pupils get grades after Covid-19 forced school closures - Scotsman Coronavirus: GCSE students allowed to drop poetry in 2021 exams - BBC Testing and tracing 'key to schools returning', scientists say - BBC Scotland's results day: School pupils get their grades after exam-free year - BBC How teachers can help disadvantaged pupils to close the Covid gap - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils' Covid catch-up fears 'could increase truancy' - Times Educational Supplement | TES To be an effective policy guide, science must be transparent - Times Higher Education | THE Levelling-up agenda ‘challenges everything’ in UK research funding - Times Higher Education | THE FE and skills: Preparing for the new academic year - FE News Poetry is a coronavirus casualty as GCSE exam pared back - Times Schools to get coronavirus testing squads to help them stay open - Times University bigots want to control minorities | Trevor Phillips - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: Teachers told to use ‘do not cross’ lines - Times GCSE English literature exam students to get choice of topics because of school closures - Telegraph