News archive for 6th August 2020

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Schools able to appeal over students' GCSE and A-level results - Guardian Schools to be able to appeal students’ GCSE and A-level results after outcry - Independent Teaching unions slammed after saying reopening schools fully in September would be ‘impossible’ - The Sun University freshers face £800 fines if they break new Covid rules by having one night stands - The Sun Headteachers warn 'unfair' grading model could see lower than expected exam results in Wales - Wales Online Exams U-turn as pupils win reprieve over A-level and GCSE grade appeals - Telegraph Pupils warned not to hug each other on A-level results day - Telegraph SQA results: 'Devastated' student writes to John Swinney - Herald Scotland DfE won't reveal Covid no-tender contracts - Times Educational Supplement | TES SQA chief to face MSPs over results controversy - Times Educational Supplement | TES Colleges told to 'deprioritise' work with young pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Can we avoid mass youth unemployment post-Covid? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Early years services should be kept open and funding flexible in future lockdowns, says children's commissioner - Nursery World Racism 'undermines' FE, government told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Digital skills training tackles risk of youth violence - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Ending a pernicious split: how to get beyond childcare as a commodity to education as every child’s right - IOE London Blog Professor Jackie Carter, Co-Director of the University of Manchester Q-Step Centre awarded prestigious National Teaching Fellowship - Nuffield Foundation The DfE launches a new network for school business leaders working in special schools and alternative provision in England - NAHT Nurseries given a cash incentive to hire new apprentices over the next six months - EYE | Early Years Educator Free holiday clubs aimed at children in London who need them most - EYE | Early Years Educator Scaling, systems thinking and success: navigating pathways to scale in education - UKFIET | Education and Development Forum Sturgeon: I would 'very possibly' have joined in protest against my own exams policy - Telegraph Appeal arrangements for AS, A levels and GCSEs - Ofqual 30 things we learned from the OfS board papers for July 2020 - Wonkhe Early years employers urged to hire apprentices - Nursery World Pupils required to self-isolate will not be marked ‘absent’, DfE confirms - Schools Week When will schools in Scotland reopen and pupils return to full-time education? - Scotsman Teenage Sturgeon would have very possibly protested exam moderation - Mail I could have joined SQA protest, admits Sturgeon - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools can appeal exam results if grades are lower due to significant changes - Mail Exams 2020: Ofqual confirms final appeals process for GCSEs and A-levels - FE Week Nicola Sturgeon shamed: First Minister and SNP denounced for 'letting down' a generation - Express We must open schools – whatever the sacrifice needed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exams 2020: Ofqual confirms final appeals process for GCSEs and A-levels - Schools Week Masks, no assembly and no choir: the science behind reopening schools safely - Telegraph GCSEs and A-level results 2020: How schools can appeal - Times Educational Supplement | TES Greening: 'Wrong' to pit colleges against universities - Times Educational Supplement | TES SQA chief executive to be grilled by MSPs over exams moderation fiasco - Herald Scotland Sharp drop in BAME leaders in English FE colleges spurs call for action - Guardian Parents demand home-schooling to be improved ahead of potential local lockdowns - Mail The ETF response to the Black FE Leadership Group’s open letter on systemic racism in Further Education - Education & Training Foundation A short history of employer engagement - Education and Employers Union threatens ‘many schools’ won't open in September & urges local areas to make their own decisions - The Sun Sturgeon crisis: SNP could face legal challenge following ‘ludicrous’ exam results process - Express UKEAS aims to “salvage September, maximise January” enrolments - PIE News There's still joy and fun in socially distanced schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Restricted exam appeals a 'life sentence' for pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Restricted exam appeals a 'life sentence' for pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Black FE Leadership Group publishes open letter on the lack of Black leaders in FE - AoC responds - AoC | Association of Colleges Rule change restricting use of 16-19 tuition fund branded ‘bureaucratic madness’ - FE Week Militant teaching union threatens to keep schools shut in September - Mail Sixth forms cry foul over ‘unwelcome’ rule change restricting use of 16-19 tuition fund - Schools Week Students’ return to studies will be ‘grim’ with funding cuts - Herald Scotland Apprenticeship assessment oversight change was needed as Ofqual has the regulatory levers to enforce changes - FE Week Break the school year up into four equal terms - and see children thrive as a result - Telegraph A-level and GCSE results 2020: how will grades be calculated without exams? - Telegraph How primary headteacher faced down anti-LGBT protesters outside school gates - Mirror SQA results: Petition nears 30,000 and protest planned - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: University life may 'pose further risk' to young shielders - BBC Call for a new approach on the affordability, regulation and cost of student accommodation - HEPI Student accommodation: The facts - HEPI Activism, autonomy and identities: Stories from early childhood educators - BERA Safety must be the priority as schools and colleges prepare to reopen - NASUWT Outstanding teaching recognised in the 2020 Teaching Excellence Awards for Higher Education - Advance HE Labour call for clarity on English exams after thousands of Scottish pupils have results downgraded - PoliticsHome SQA exam system has largely maintained the status quo - Times Educational Supplement | TES SQA results day 2020: What SQA said about moderation - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted won’t check schools on Covid safety - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils denied the right to appeal their coronavirus exam grades are being given a 'life sentence', headteachers warn - Mail Coronavirus: The childcare 'jigsaw' parents are facing this summer - BBC Exam algorithm will punish pupils from struggling areas with lower grades, Labour warns - Independent Gavin Williamson promises to get all pupils back in the classroom next term - Mail Children's Commissioner refuses to rule out the compulsory wearing of face masks in classrooms - Mail We must mask-up, return to work, reopen schools — in order to kick-start economy like our competitors - The Sun Pupils face exam ‘life sentence’ if not allowed to appeal incorrect grades after coronavirus pandemic, warn teachers - The Sun Sturgeon told to resign: Lifelong SNP fans turn on leader for destroying children's future - Express Coronavirus: Older pupils may cover up when classes restart - Times Pupils stuck with wrong exam grades and ‘no right of appeal’ - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: Don’t fake cough, pupils told - Times Education expert: lower grades were reasonable - Times Scotland: Heriot-Watt’s search for £9m cuts puts university’s languages department at risk - Times Are academic prizes letting down the team? - Times Higher Education | THE Spike in research misconduct feared after Covid disruption - Times Higher Education | THE Science leaders lament ‘insufficient progress’ on tackling bullying - Times Higher Education | THE Greening: English policy agenda will ‘level down’ opportunity - Times Higher Education | THE Closing off university access is the essence of levelling down - Times Higher Education | THE Fall in Welsh-capable teachers risks missing language target, report warns - Guardian Support for SKE in STEM subject in 2020/2021 - UCET