News archive for 3rd June 2020

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Coronavirus: Nearly half of England’s primary schools ignored government’s pleas to reopen, poll suggests - Independent Thousands of primary schools in England snub call to restart classes - Guardian Johnson pledges apprenticeship to every young person - Financial Times What parents said about Wales' plans to reopen schools - Wales Online Over half of primary schools faced down hardline unions and reopened to kids this week - The Sun The differences between plans to reopen schools in Wales and England - Wales Online Calls for black history to be added to the national curriculum rise as protests sweep UK - Evening Standard John Swinney cancels collection of key literacy and numeracy figures in Scotland's schools - Telegraph Back-to-school decisions are ‘hard balancing act’, chief medical officer admits - Schools Week GCSE resits show the scale of FE's Covid-19 challenge - Times Educational Supplement | TES Primary schools reopening ‘a risk to grandparents’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES PM: Young people should get apprenticeship guarantee - Times Educational Supplement | TES Students shouldn't pay tuition fees next year – the government should | Eric Lybeck - Guardian Stripping the layers of the onion in learning and teaching in HE - Advance HE Welsh schools to reopen from 29 June as experts warn UK-wide closures may set back attainment gap by a decade - PoliticsHome Online tuition pilot launched as new EEF analysis finds school closures could undo recent progress on closing the attainment gap - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF UK and Australia suggest clarity is coming on PSW rules - PIE News Advocates for our times - UKEdChat Apprenticeships and coronavirus – time to focus on young people? - Learning & Work Institute New mentoring programme to help students prepare for university amid pandemic - Mirror Ofsted: coronavirus (COVID-19) rolling update - Ofsted ESFA Update: 3 June 2020 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Lords questions government on education, child safety online and Covid-19 - UK Parliament NASUWT responds to the Welsh Government's plans for the wider reopening of schools - NASUWT Frequently asked questions about coronavirus - NAHT Almost a quarter of prospective students fear their university could go bust as a result of Covid-19 crisis - UCU Principles for emerging from lockdown - Universities UK ASCL Cymru comment on wider opening of schools in Wales - ASCL Voice Cymru comments on statement by Kirsty Williams - Voice UUK guidance: Principles for emerging from lockdown - Russell Group Too much too soon - National Education Union How can we assure quality in online higher education? - HEPI Why everyone should spend time as a TA before a PGCE - Times Educational Supplement | TES NEU survey shows realities of wider opening - National Education Union Social distancing 'impossible' in boarding schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish students' appeals could lead to lower grades - Times Educational Supplement | TES We can’t separate the issues of race and reopening in universities - Wonkhe Apprenticeships: Provider concerns yet to be addressed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education unions criticise Welsh government's school return plan - Mail World Environment Day – putting the earth at the centre of education is essential to our survival - Edge Foundation IB withdraws Middle Years core subject grades promise - Times Educational Supplement | TES School reopenings 'needed leadership', PM told - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs: The challenge of ranking thousands of students - Times Educational Supplement | TES Childminders and outdoor nurseries in Scotland now able to open to more children - Nursery World Higher education: reopening buildings and campuses - DfE Actions for schools during the coronavirus outbreak - DfE We asked Wales' education minister if schools would provide live online classes - Wales Online Pupils in Wales set to return this month, but school openings remain low in England - CYPN | Children & Young People Now County lines gangs 'adapting' to Covid-19 lockdown, new report warns - CYPN | Children & Young People Now UK universities outline plans to emerge from lockdown - PIE News Organise catch-up summer schools to help disadvantaged pupils, UK told - Guardian September curriculum must not focus solely on "catch-up" - SecEd Boris Johnson says he is ‘proud of our record’ on coronavirus amid clash with Keir Starmer over school reopenings - PoliticsHome Support staff: More at risk from Covid-19? - SecEd Secondary school leaders identify key challenges ahead of June 15 - SecEd Sticking plasters for the hardest hit will be in short supply in a pandemic - Wonkhe The royal children who will continue education at home - Express Lockdown: Does more time in school improve outcomes? - Teacher Toolkit Why can’t Million Plus have any additional student numbers? - Wonkhe Heads: Full primary return before summer 'unrealistic' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Students feel "abandoned or ignored" by universities they have applied to, study finds - MediaFHE Podcast: Oak National Academy head talks leadership - Times Educational Supplement | TES What we were told when we asked what Welsh schools would be like in September - Wales Online DfE updates guidance on wider opening for early years and childcare providers - Nursery World Schools in Wales will re-open to all pupils from June 29 – and holidays pushed back by a week - The Sun Welsh education minister: Schools in Wales will reopen on June 29 (video) - Mail All schools in Wales to reopen later this month, education minister says - Mail Two in five primary schools in England did not reopen more widely - poll - Mail Parents won't be fined for not sending their children to school this term - Wales Online Shops reopening could distract children from school work, MPs told - Mail All schools in Wales will reopen on June 29 - Mail Constructivism is not a pedagogy - The Learning Spy Schools reopening UK: Wales announces all students to return - with major conditions - Express Coronavirus: Schools to reopen in Wales on 29 June - BBC Heads said to fear some pupils will never return - Times Educational Supplement | TES Summer schools, home-learning expectations and Ofsted – how experts think pupils can catch up - Schools Week England school reopening stalls as Welsh pupils set for late June return - Guardian Coronavirus Wales: All schools to reopen at one-third capacity in late June - Independent London school allows pupils to restart sixth form due to coronavirus crisis - Evening Standard All schools in Wales to reopen on June 29 for four weeks before summer holidays - Mirror Nearly half all qualifications assigned new estimated grade process, new Ofqual list reveals - FE Week The disadvantage gap has widened - here's how we fix it - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted must focus on 'wellbeing' after covid closures - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why children need to be taught more about their human rights - The Conversation Packed lecture halls won't return soon, but students can still go to university | Julia Buckingham - Guardian Full details of when and how schools will reopen in Wales announced - Wales Online Some vulnerable pupils 'may never return to school' - Mail UK schools chaos: Teacher breaks cover to admit rest of year 'almost write-off' - Express My gig work as a professor is more precarious than ever in this pandemic - Guardian Disruption to schools could continue to November, MPs told - BBC Coronavirus: 4 in 10 primary schools did not take more pupils on June 1, says NEU - Schools Week 1 in 7 schools asks vulnerable teachers to come to work - Times Educational Supplement | TES Urgent decision needed on catch-up summer schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Teachers are heroes,' says watchdog chief - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Every day looks absolutely wild': the chaos of teaching during a pandemic - Guardian Nurseries to open today – but only if 'fully outdoors' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 44% of schools did not open more widely on 1 June - Times Educational Supplement | TES Childminder and outdoor nurseries in Scotland welcome children back - Scotsman A quarter of headteachers are ready to quit over the stress of trying to run schools - Mail UK universities plan to create ‘social bubbles’ when campuses reopen - Guardian Coronavirus: Vulnerable children 'may never return' to school, head teachers fear - Independent University students face living in ‘bubble’ with coursemates and virtual freshers' week amid Covid-19 crisis - Evening Standard The 10 books that made me a sociologist of education - BERA AQA's 'emotional blackmail' on examiner pay - Times Educational Supplement | TES Live coronavirus updates as Wales' education minister Kirsty Williams gives update on school opening - Wales Online Children are at risk of anxiety and nightmares from 'new normal' at school, ex-Government advisor says - Telegraph University students will be grouped into 'bubbles' to live and study together, vice-Chancellors reveal - Telegraph Teachers won't hesitate to step forward for sake of their pupils - Herald Scotland Summer catch-up is the wrong solution to learning gaps - Schools Week Teachers' lockdown stress 'is unsustainable' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Majority of secondary parents have enjoyed home education - SecEd School closures: Rich-poor pupil gap gains 'wiped out' - BBC University students could live in course 'bubbles' and hold virtual freshers weeks - Mail Coronavirus: Students might have to stay in 'protective bubble' - BBC Shutdown of schools could leave poor kids 16 months behind better-off classmates, study finds - The Sun Covid-19 may cost a decade’s progress on attainment gap - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted ratings account for under 1% variance in GCSEs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Decade of progress in tackling pupil disadvantage 'wiped out' - Guardian School closures are widening attainment gap for the disadvantaged, study says - Mail Universities UK publishes principles for ‘emerging from lockdown’ - Times Higher Education | THE Williamson backs national online tutoring pilot - Schools Week 9:00 a.m. - The Education Committee will hear oral evidence in its inquiry into the impact of COVID-19 on education and children’s services - Accountability Hearings Most students support delaying start of term for more face-to-face classes - Mail Black Oxford students plan rally against global racism - Times