News archive for 3rd December 2020

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School holidays: John Swinney under fire over decision not to close early - Herald Scotland Eton head Simon Henderson defends top public school's record on free speech - Mail Attendance league tables will be ‘relief map of pandemic’ - Schools Week Education Secretary accused of 'ignoring the real problem' with exams - Telegraph Eton head offers 'no apology' for free speech row - Telegraph Seven Cardiff schools report new coronavirus cases - Wales Online FMQS: Nicola Sturgeon urged to cancel next year Higher exams - Scotsman 2021 exam plans welcome - but don't forget less privileged pupils - Social Mobility Commission Eton College head denies stifling debate after teacher's dismissal - Guardian Why the number of Covid cases in schools isn't as bad as you may think - Wales Online Education secretary John Swinney's letter in full on school Christmas and new year holidays 2020 in Scotland - Scotsman GCSEs 2021: Covid flagged grades would 'muddy waters' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Eton College should admit girls, Education Secretary says - Telegraph Universities must stagger return of students after the Christmas break, Government says - Telegraph Latest DfE figures for trainee teachers - National Education Union Teacher training target met for first time in 8 years - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education Secretary sparks international row over boast UK a ‘much better country’ than US & Belgium after vaccine win - The Sun Sturgeon under renewed pressure to cancel exams - Times Educational Supplement | TES PM praises 'ingenuity' of 'Covid hero' teacher - Times Educational Supplement | TES MPs to debate petitions relating to the impact of Covid-19 on schools and exams - UK Parliament Education Secretary questioned on future UK-EU relationship on research and education - UK Parliament Ofsted: phased return to inspections - Ofsted 2021 exam plans welcome - but don't forget less privileged pupils - Social Mobility Commission Initial teacher training allocations: academic year 2021 to 2022 - DfE Bailouts for ‘autonomous’ universities? That’s rich, says Barber - Times Higher Education | THE Education Committee to hold session on arrangements for exams and grading in summer 2021 - UK Parliament Guidance to support the summer 2021 exams - DfE Initial teacher training: trainee number census 2020 to 2021 - DfE Letter from Glenys Stacey to Gavin Williamson, 2 December 2020 - Ofqual Exams and assessments in the months ahead - Ofqual Giving students advance notice of exam topics for summer 2021 should be handled with care - Ofqual Government drops expectation of daily checks on isolating pupils - Schools Week Letter from Gavin Williamson to Glenys Stacey - DfE Ofsted announces return to full inspections from spring 2021 - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Council and college leaders call for 'radical shake-up' of SEND support in further education - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Kent and Medway Violence Reduction Unit launch nurturing schools partnership - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Missed opportunities: Imagining a disability inclusive Kickstart scheme that joins up with a fit for purpose Access to Work - ERSA GCSE and A-level exams will ‘absolutely’ not be cancelled, Gavin Williamson insists - Mirror The challenges and opportunities for research in the age of automation - Jisc Supporting BTEC Learners following Department for Education (DfE) announcement - Pearson What a fear of maths does to children – new research - The Conversation UK: 81% of overseas students “happy” with 2020 experience - PIE News Backlash grows as former Eton pupils bombard school with letters in wake of sacking of English tutor - Mail Adapting CPD for modular, remote learning - Research Schools Network Boris Johnson slaps down Gavin Williamson over call for girls to go to Eton College - Mirror EYFS: Do will still need to teach about money? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Fresh thinking: What does the future hold for education? - GSA How skills and jobs hubs can boost opportunity - Collab Group Important questions unanswered on qualifications, inspection and accountability - NASUWT Further education unions express outrage at pay offer and breakdown of trust in employers - UCU UCU response to Office for Students annual review - UCU Exams 2021: International sector calls for clarity - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE plans to manage disruption of Covid-19 on primary assessment - National Education Union ISC response to news of extra measures to support students ahead of next summer’s exams - Independent Schools Council | ISC SFCA responds to 2021 exams announcements - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA NEU comment on DfE package of measures - 2021 examinations - National Education Union Government’s exams plan deeply disappointing - Voice Has 2020 really had no impact on early non-continuation? - Wonkhe Exams 2021: What next? - CfEY | Centre for Education & Youth Five countries to collaborate on latest Open Research Area call - UKRI Developing great teaching – a tricky but essential endeavour - Research Schools Network Ofqual chief issues sobering warning over ‘intractable’ problem of regional learning loss - Schools Week Anger as Christmas school holidays in Scotland are not extended - Herald Scotland London maths teacher wins £33,000 global prize for pandemic efforts - Mail School in Swansea tells pupils they don't have to wear masks outside - Wales Online GCSEs 2021: 'Best education systems are running exams' - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs 2021: Why scrapping exams next year was binned - Times Educational Supplement | TES Gavin Williamson rages at Labour threat to close schools 'They want to send children home' - Express More than half of Scottish children experience bereavement by age of eight, study shows - Herald Scotland Why teachers need to be promised vaccine priority – now - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs 2021: Teacher grades 'wouldn't fix lost learning' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exams 2021: GCSE and A-levels to be graded more leniently next year to ‘boost fairness’ post-Covid - The Sun We can't afford another education disaster, and that's exactly where we're heading - Telegraph AoC recommends ‘disappointing’ 1% college staff pay rise - FE Week English higher education 2020: The Office for Students annual review - Office for Students Top teacher wins $1m and gives half away - BBC UK collaborates with new body to accelerate global open access - Jisc University-college collaboration produces COVID-19 data modelling tool that’s helping keep college staff and learners safe - Jisc Self-isolating and onsite students should receive ‘same amount’ of teaching, says DfE - FE Week 'I feel out of my depth': university lecturers in England on the impact of the pandemic - Guardian League tables will not include 2021 exam results - SecEd Are 2021 exam measures enough for pupils in the North? - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE 2021: Grade boundaries shouldn't be 'implausible' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education Secretary Gavin Williamson calls for Eton College to admit girls - Mirror Exams 2021: 7 questions still unanswered - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher pay: AoC recommends 1% pay rise - or £250 - Times Educational Supplement | TES SNP backs down over threat of last-minute extension to school Christmas holidays - Telegraph Ofsted: coronavirus (COVID-19) rolling update - Ofsted Ofsted plans 'phased return' to inspections in summer 2021 - Nursery World Ofsted to explore why nursery groups fare better in inspections - Nursery World Lords call for UK to ‘act immediately’ on Horizon and Erasmus - Times Higher Education | THE One million children living in poverty ineligible for free school meals - Nursery World Gavin Williamson says GCSE and A-level exams will absolutely not be cancelled - Mail Gavin Williamson says exams will ‘absolutely’ go ahead in 2021 - Evening Standard Christmas holidays will not be extended, says Swinney - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Mollycoddled – life ain't fair!' Mike Parry rages as students given exam questions early - Express Lack of regional Covid data has 'undermined' schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES The debate on whether schools are Covid safe is distracting from what really matters - Telegraph Schools will have to complete EYFS profile in 2021, DfE confirms - Schools Week Covid in Scotland: No extension to Scottish school Christmas holidays - BBC GCSEs and A-levels: Extra measures 'to ensure fair exams next summer' - BBC DfE will share 2020/21 achievement rates with Ofsted - FE Week Student travel: 'A relief to get back home' - BBC Gavin Williamson vows A-levels and GCSEs will not be cancelled in England - Guardian Around 700 pupils at a comprehensive school told to self-isolate - Wales Online Covid recruitment boost sees government meet trainee teacher target for first time in 8 years - Schools Week GCSEs 2021: Regional loss plan expected ‘in the spring' - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE and A-Levels: Are exams cancelled in 2021? - Express Eton: Education secretary says Boris Johnson and royals’ alma mater should accept girls - Independent How GCSEs, A-levels and SATs will be different in 2021 - HuffPost GCSEs and A-levels will be easier next year with students given topics in advance and allowed to use study aids during exam - Mail Students will have staggered return to university over five-week period after Christmas to avoid Covid surge - Mail Students in England to get notice of exam topics after Covid-19 disruption - Guardian Education secretary Gavin Williamson says Eton should accept girls - Mail GCSE and A-level students to be told exam topics and get more generous grades - Metro GCSE and A-levels to be marked more generously next year in light of Covid disruption - Independent Extra measures to support students ahead of next summer’s exams - DfE Ofsted: phased return to inspections - Ofsted DfE's 'exceptional measures' for exams in 2021 - AoC responds - AoC | Association of Colleges The Sutton Trust responds to the latest Government announcement regarding exams - Sutton Trust Radical re-working needed for the high needs further education system - AoC | Association of Colleges Ofsted delays return of graded school inspections until summer term - SecEd UCU response to HEPI student views poll - UCU ASCL response to announcement on exams in 2021 - ASCL ASCL responds to NFER report on school funding and Covid costs - ASCL New poll finds a decline in student mental health but growing satisfaction with online learning - HEPI Students’ views on the impact of Coronavirus on their higher education experience in 2020/21 - HEPI Has higher education delivered on expectations this term? - Wonkhe DfE publishes staggering advice for universities on students return in 2021 - Wonkhe Building teaching and learning back better means scaling up enterprise education - Wonkhe Coronavirus: Universities should offer Covid tests and stagger students’ return in new year, guidance says - Independent Students must stagger trips back to uni over five weeks and get tested for Covid immediately on return - The Sun Covid: Delay in return to Ofsted inspections welcomed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid: Ofsted's full return delayed until summer term - Times Educational Supplement | TES Post-16 high-needs system needs 'radical shake-up' - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs 2021: 5 ways exams will be different next summer - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sats 2021: U-turn as KS1 tests scrapped - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exams 2021: What you need to know on vocational exams - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs 2021: Covid impact may be flagged next to grades - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs 2021: Grading will be 'more generous' next summer - Times Educational Supplement | TES Don't be 'seduced' by zero tolerance, teachers told - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE 2021: Exam dates, timetables and key information - Times Educational Supplement | TES A level 2021: Exam dates, timetable and key information - Times Educational Supplement | TES Most university students ‘concerned about return to campus after Christmas’ - Evening Standard No full Ofsted return until summer 2021 - FE Week GCSE and A-Level pupils to get more generous grades and warning of exam topics - Mirror The government’s plans for 2021 summer exams and assessments revealed - FE Week Half of UK undergraduates worried about January return, says poll - Times Higher Education | THE Students ‘actively encouraged’ to notify OfS of quality concerns - Times Higher Education | THE Exams and accountability in 2021: The proposals in full - Schools Week ‘Inadequate’ schools to face monitoring inspections, but no full Ofsted return until Easter - Schools Week Exams 2021: Contingency plans revealed as ministers attempt to avoid another fiasco - Schools Week GCSE and A-level exams in England to be marked leniently for a second year - Financial Times Post-16 high needs system needs ‘radical’ shake-up, report finds - FE Week League tables scrapped and primary tests scaled back – but year 6 SATs will go ahead - Schools Week Staggered return planned for university students after Christmas - Guardian 11-plus failure Jamie Frost in line for $1m Global Teacher prize - Times Covid: Students told to stagger their return to university - Times Teenagers taking their GCSEs and A-levels next year to be given questions in advance and help sheets - Times Eton heading for a regime of indoctrination, warns master - Times Eton is trampling on the freedom to think | Jenni Russell - Times Scotland: Legal threat to top state school Jordanhill over its ‘unfair’ admission rules - Times Coronavirus in Ireland: ‘Children are returning to school without quarantining after holidays’ - Times UCET Christmas Newsletter 2020 - UCET