News archive for 16th June 2020

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Boris Johnson urges parents to send children to school and says 'it is safe' - Mirror How Marcus Rashford forced Boris Johnson to U-turn on free school meals - HuffPost Boris Johnson urges parents to send kids back to school as he insists ‘it is safe’ - The Sun Private schools set to ignore Government and open in September 'come what may' - Telegraph Children’s behaviour has got worse during lockdown with a rise in temper tantrums, Oxford study finds - Telegraph Tory MP demands 'safeguards' to stop parents spending school vouchers on booze - Mirror Free meals U-turn will still leave many children to go hungry - Guardian Time for honest conversations about racism - Advance HE What does Covid-19 mean for the labour market prospects of young people in Scotland? - IPPR Marcus Rashford slams Therese Coffey over tweet on water supply amid free school meals campaign - PoliticsHome Boris Johnson ‘congratulates’ Marcus Rashford after footballer forces U-turn on free school meal funding - PoliticsHome Researchers reveal lockdown learning down for pupils - UKEdChat The most disadvantaged pupils are less likely to be engaged in remote learning - Nuffield Foundation Specialist adult learning support to the British Army - Learning & Work Institute Four in ten school pupils not in regular contact with teachers amid sharp coronavirus divide, new survey reveals - PoliticsHome Boris Johnson makes U-turn on free school meals after Marcus Rashford campaign - Guardian They can go to protests, Nike Town and raves – so why can't teenagers go back to school? - Telegraph Tory MP says some parents 'expect the government to feed their children' - Mirror Is the free school meal voucher scheme working for everyone? - UK Parliament Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus outbreak - DfE Laptops, tablets and 4G wireless routers progress data - DfE EdTech demonstrator schools and colleges: successful applicants - DfE Safe working in education, childcare and children’s social care - DfE AIA surrenders Ofqual recognition - Ofqual Free school meals for children and young people - National Education Union AELP responds to the latest increase in unemployment - AELP Identifying the potential impacts of Covid-19 on school-based sexuality education - BERA Fred Jarvis, CBE dies at the age of 95 - National Education Union DfE data sources referenced in SAGE paper - DfE Boris Johnson claims he only heard about Marcus Rashford school meals campaign today - Mirror Swinney 'unable to answer basic questions' about schools return - Telegraph The Guardian view on Marcus Rashford's triumph: a political masterclass - Guardian Boris thanks Marcus Rashford for causing government U-turn on free school meals - Metro Call to coax ex-teachers into returning to help pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Robert Halfon: Boris the Bold has scored a winning goal for millions by listening to Rashford’s heroic free school meals plea - The Sun Huge victory for Marcus Rashford as Boris Johnson u-turns over free school meals for summer in boost for poor families - The Sun Government U-turn on free school meals after Marcus Rashford's campaign - Telegraph Former NUT teaching union leader Fred Jarvis dies at 95 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Priority years turned away as key worker pupils rise - Times Educational Supplement | TES More than free school meals U-turn needed to curb child poverty - Mail Imperial College London ditches Latin motto from logo over British Empire links - Evening Standard Scottish kids to get free school meals over summer as voucher scheme is extended - Scotsman Scottish school leavers going to college or university hits record high - Scotsman Boris’s own MPs demand free school meal U-turn for ‘those who need it most’ after Rashford’s impassioned pleas - The Sun UK confirms post-study work stands if onshore by April 21 - PIE News No child to go hungry #FSMPlus200 - Headteachers' Roundtable Coronavirus updates - Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Mobilising the higher education sector on climate change - Wonkhe Footballer's campaign prompts government U-turn on free school meals - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Heads can't see catch-up happening in summer holidays - Times Educational Supplement | TES Early intervention services ‘unable to cope’ as lockdown measures lift - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Surge in early years closures before lockdown, Ofsted figures show - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Leaver destination stats ‘still include zero-hour jobs’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES The other reason the government U-turned on free school meals - New Statesman Rashford thanks MPs for giving families less to worry about after meals U-turn - Mail Foster proposes extension of free school meal payments over summer in NI - Mail Study reveals most effective remote learning approaches - SecEd Government respond to Man Utd star Marcus Rashford's plea to U-turn free meals decision - Express Marcus Rashford wins free school meals for kids over summer in massive Tory U-turn - Mirror Free school meals to continue this summer in Scotland - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tributes paid to ‘distinguished’ trade unionist Fred Jarvis - Schools Week Boris Johnson U-turns on free school meals and extends scheme into summer - HuffPost Obituary: Fred Jarvis - Head of the National Union of Teachers during the 1970s and 80s and committed to rights in education - Guardian Marcus Rashford: Food voucher U-turn after footballer's campaign - BBC Scottish Government extends free school meals over summer holidays with extra funding - Herald Scotland Another 18 schools and colleges named as ‘edtech demonstrators’ - Schools Week Parents furious as six-year-olds turned away from school for 'being two minutes late' - Mirror Another 18 schools and colleges named as ‘edtech demonstrators’ - FE Week Vouchers for free internet to be given to poorest families amid fears disadvantaged children falling behind - Independent Nicola Sturgeon announces extension to free school meals programme in Scotland - Scotsman Boris Johnson bows to pressure from Rashford over free school meals - Financial Times Marcus Rashford reacts to Tory U-turn on free school meals for kids over summer - Mirror Coronavirus: Less than two fifths of eligible primary pupils return in second week of reopening - Schools Week Children to get free meals this summer in Tory U-turn after Marcus Rashford campaign - Metro Rashford prompts government U-turn on free school meals - Times Educational Supplement | TES Third of adopted young people drop out of college - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government sets up £120m ‘Covid summer food fund’ after free meal vouchers U-turn - Schools Week Marcus Rashford scores! Summer free school meals announced for 1.3m students - City AM Oxford University students affected by George Floyd death can seek special consideration in exams - Evening Standard Tory cabinet minister Therese Coffey slammed for ‘shameful’ response to Marcus Rashford over free school meals - The Sun Coronavirus: Over half of laptops still to be delivered in just two weeks - Schools Week Primary pupils finding lockdown harder, study shows - Times Educational Supplement | TES Two in three schools were open to more pupils last week - Times Educational Supplement | TES How can we close the SEND attainment gap? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers should prioritise student burnout, says study - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE unveils colleges as edtech demonstrators - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Parents of disabled children feel abandoned - Nursery World We need to get teenagers back into school to keep them safe and protect their mental health - Telegraph A generation of children are relying on Boris Johnson to stop them from going hungry - HuffPost Half of free laptops left to be delivered in two weeks - Times Educational Supplement | TES If we must remember our history, teach us colonialism - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sturgeon blew her chance to take the focus off exams - Times Educational Supplement | TES Free internet for six months to help disadvantaged children learn at home - Metro Boris Johnson makes U-turn on free school meals through summer after Marcus Rashford plea - Telegraph Third of pupils aren’t engaging with schoolwork, and 4 more home-learning findings - Schools Week Minister in row over response to Marcus Rashford's free school meals campaign - Mail Good schools will ask teachers to work in holidays - Times Educational Supplement | TES David Attenborough geography lessons: How to watch virtual BBC Bitesize classes for primary school children - Independent Oxford University students impacted by George Floyd's death can apply for mitigating circumstances - Mail How the summer free school meals scheme is already working in Wales - Wales Online Lineker backs Rashford over plea to extend free school meals over the summer holidays - Mail Scotland must do more to get kids back to school - Scotsman Parents lead backlash over ‘chaotic’ back to school plan - Scotsman Reopening schools had more Y6 pupils back than infants - Times Educational Supplement | TES University students who work part-time need support – or they will drop out | Mike Larkin - Guardian Chaos, U-turns, disregard for experts: the Tories' random game with education | Laura McInerney - Guardian Piers Morgan blasts ‘fiasco’ Matt Hancock over Marcus Rashford’s fight for free school meals - The Sun ASCL responds to NFER pupil engagement report - ASCL Parents face a tough choice on sending kids to school. The Tories make it harder | Polly Toynbee - Guardian Study reveals one in five children are not doing any school work in lockdown - Express Coronavirus - NFER on remote learning - National Education Union New report looks at pupil engagement in remote learning during the Covid-19 pandemic - NFER How curriculum reform can help in the fight against racism - Schools Week Former Ofsted head claims teachers will volunteer free time to help children catch up - Express Profile: Michelle Brabner, CEO and principal, Southport College - FE Week Why and how the post-Covid world could offer more opportunities for widening participation in England - HEPI Will the pandemic force universities to address the challenges of copyright? - Wonkhe Quarter of secondary pupils sitting their exams next year allowed in school from today - Mirror Coronavirus: A third of pupils 'not engaging with work' - BBC Free internet to help poorer pupils study online - BBC Six months free internet to help disadvantaged children with home schooling - Mail Families struggling before lockdown face even more pressure after the coronavirus pandemic - Nursery World Pandemic response shines spotlight on coding in science - Times Higher Education | THE A pandemic is not the time for academic opportunism - Times Higher Education | THE Rhodes Must Fall returns along with call for decolonisation in HE - Times Higher Education | THE Only 55% of parents 'engaged in home learning' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 1 in 5 teachers struggling to work from home - Times Educational Supplement | TES Headteachers 'feel like they are in the trenches' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Millions of pupils are doing little or no work in lockdown - Times Marcus Rashford: Ending child poverty is a bigger trophy than any in football - Times Marcus Rashford puts Tories on the defensive in free school meals row - Times Boarding schools are still thriving under coronavirus, Rugby insists - Times Teachers are marking GCSEs and A levels ‘too generously’ - Times Black Lives Matter: Oxford will ‘decolonise’ degrees - Times Graduates face the grim prospect of fewer offers and lower salaries - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: parents rush to private schools - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: Class of 2020 will need help with jobs, says report - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: children kept at a distance on big return to classroom - Times Scotland: Blended schools are sure to be bottom of class | Alex Massie - Times