News archive for 4th June 2020

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Why does Boris Johnson’s ‘whatever it takes’ pledge not apply to child hunger? - HuffPost Coronavirus: Trust was warned over local spike days before it was forced to close school - Schools Week Terminated: ESFA bin apprenticeship providers for low achievement rates - FE Week Top universities prepare to lower offers to fill places as they prepare for a wave of deferrals - Telegraph School uniforms are 'safest option' for children in the face of Covid-19, Schoolwear Association says - Telegraph Free school meals vouchers will stop in summer holidays, No. 10 reveals - HuffPost Two pupils at primary school test positive for Covid-19 - Mail Schools can delay relationships and sex education - Times Educational Supplement | TES Recruitment fears as schools withdraw training placements - Schools Week Why you cannot guarantee young people an apprenticeship - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools are allowed to delay sex education curriculum, ministers say - Telegraph Headteachers have told us how they plan to open their schools from June 29 - Wales Online The full recriminations as row erupts over re-opening schools in June - Wales Online Perkins: An 'apprenticeship guarantee' must pay wages - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools not ready for pupils’ emotional needs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Thousands sit only national test to survive Covid-19 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sturgeon told she's 'failed' students as figures show less than half learning in one area - Express Labour ‘concerned’ and brand promise of an apprenticeship guarantee a ‘deception’ - FE Week Wales' chief medical officer says he wanted school reopenings in August - Mail Medway YOT praised for ‘slow but determined’ progress - CYPN | Children & Young People Now DfE to gather data on thousands of pupils and parents to support coronavirus policy response - Public Technology Political engagement shouldn’t be a question of class. A new project is examining the gap and what to do about it - IOE London Blog New support in Scotland for victims of gender-based violence in lockdown - Advance HE How to support children with special educational needs as they return to school - The Conversation The Manchester College bags Beacon award for supporting students with special educational needs - Jisc Social mobility, fairness, and Black Lives Matter - Sutton Trust Top colleges win Beacon Awards 19/20 at virtual ceremony - AoC | Association of Colleges The COVID-19 crisis has rewritten the playbook on upskilling - Training Journal Wales' education minister responds after nation's top doctor reveals June school opening was 'second-best option' - Wales Online The Covid-19 divide: A national strategy must be launched - SecEd Is it time for a ‘science of motivation’? - Ambition Institute Joint submission to the Low Pay Commission regarding the April 2021 National Minimum Wage rates - Learning & Work Institute School governance update - DfE Preparing for the wider opening of schools from 1 June - DfE Alternative provision: year 11 transition funding - DfE £7 million for vulnerable pupils leaving Alternative Provision - DfE ESFA: Business Update - Education & Skills Funding Agency NAHT Cymru broadcast with the Minister for Education and Skills, Kirsty Williams MS - NAHT Westminster guidance for reopening English university campuses has only added to the chaos and confusion, says UCU - UCU Watch those summer courses closely - HEPI Curriculum reform and inequality: The challenges facing Wales - BERA Reinventing schools for the future - Nesta Hub to lead UK research on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems - Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Assessing the early impact of school and college closures on students in England - CfEY | Centre for Education & Youth Animal houses: can we expect more support animals on campus? - Wonkhe Podcast: Reopening, racism, number controls, cost cutting - Wonkhe The government will do whatever it takes to support people affected by Covid-19 - Wonkhe Wales sets out plans to reopen nurseries and schools at the end of the month - Nursery World I teach my students about black history and racism so they understand their duty to speak out - Metro 5 key questions for colleges ahead of 15 June - Times Educational Supplement | TES Safety fears as TAs 'told to deep clean to save cash' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools can delay teaching compulsory sex education lessons until summer 2021 - Mail Talking to kids about coronavirus - how to explain Covid-19 to children - Telegraph Most vulnerable pupils not in school over lockdown - Times Educational Supplement | TES 24 teachers working in hub schools have tested positive for Covid-19 in Wales - Wales Online Winners of the 2020 AoC Beacon Awards revealed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government confirms free school meals scheme won't continue over summer holiday - Mirror Youngsters in the North missing out on education - Mail MAT boards can overule local govenors over reopenings - Times Educational Supplement | TES Winners of the AoC Beacon Awards 2020 announced - FE Week Parent teachers: What are my rights as schools reopen? - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE: Teacher appraisals must continue during pandemic - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Clinically vulnerable' teachers under pressure to work - Times Educational Supplement | TES Edenred blames schools for 40,000 missing FSM vouchers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities lost millions after 2 months in lockdown, survey finds - MediaFHE Coronavirus: After-school clubs on the brink of collapse - Nursery World Apprenticeship training providers paid biggest slice of levy funds revealed - FE Week Oxford University delays publishing diversity data because of 'world events' - HuffPost Duchess of Sussex tells school of 'devastating' racism - Times Educational Supplement | TES Did the Prime Minister promise an ‘apprenticeship guarantee’? This is why it is needed post Covid-19 - FE Week Schools reopening: Thousands of pupils and parents ignore Boris advice and stay away - Express Scotland: Collection of literacy and numeracy data suspended - Times Educational Supplement | TES Rona Tutt's SEND summary (May 2020) - NAHT What will university life look like post-lockdown? - Telegraph Scotland: Outdoor nurseries remain closed as managers seek clarification over government guidance - Scotsman The distressing racism among young children in schools - Wales Online Differences in student outcomes: further characteristics - Office for Students IPPR on rise in child poverty - National Education Union ‘Back to normal’ won’t be good enough for vulnerable children - Schools Week Schools leaving the Teachers' Pension Scheme - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers' Pension Scheme loses 13% of private schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Gove's school space cuts 'will hamper safe reopenings' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents chase refunds on school ‘cashless payments’ - Financial Times Calls for anti-racist education to be taught in Scottish schools - Herald Scotland Kids miss out as thousands of primary schools ignore Government’s call to restart classes - The Sun College student exhibition documents lockdown life - Times Educational Supplement | TES National student photography exhibition captures life of sixth form college learners during lockdown - FE Week AP settings to get £7m post-16 transition funding, but only for one year - Schools Week How can we save the Mooc? - Times Higher Education | THE Apprenticeship promised for every young person - Times Children in north remain at home as gates stay shut - Times Pupils told to avoid polluted playgrounds in the morning - Times Reopening schools completely will not cause second coronavirus wave, new research says - Telegraph Universities braced for wave of deferrals this September because of coronavirus - Telegraph Concerns over ‘deeply subjective’ criteria for extra English places - Times Higher Education | THE