News archive for 2nd March 2020

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Student at school in Devon tests positive for coronavirus - Express Crammed school day? It's a problem in space, not time - Times Educational Supplement | TES Should we pay pupils for doing their schoolwork? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why do Labour politicians dislike academies so much? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils 'playing coronavirus game' in school playgrounds - Times Educational Supplement | TES Warnings as 'coronavirus game' sweeps UK playgrounds seeing children 'banish friends' - Mirror Julian Clary to host the Tes FE awards 2020 - Times Educational Supplement | TES College lecturers under threat from 'teacher-assessors' - Times Educational Supplement | TES A global mindset is key to tackling climate change - Times Educational Supplement | TES Stop using salaries to measure the value of education - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: DfE sets up helpline for schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE sets up Coronavirus helpline as education secretary advises schools to stay open - Schools Week National Offer Day 2020: Number of families denied first preference could increase, headteachers warn - Independent Exam watchdog launches crackdown on smart watches - Telegraph Ministers dodge questions about future of universal infant free school meals - Schools Week Tory MPs press Williamson over school funding - Times Educational Supplement | TES Making universities matter: two reports call for radical change - HEPI Ofsted boss ‘concerned’ young people losing out as employers cash in on higher apprenticeships - FE Week Sign our letter to the PM and support our campaign for better SEND funding - NAHT UCU urges minister to back students' call for universities to do more to end strikes - UCU Letter to heads: Let's have a successful 2020 exam series - Ofqual Barnsley College becomes Society for Education and Training Corporate Partner - Education & Training Foundation How do teachers in Ghana feel about the aptitude tests? Plus, silent spaces and lesson observations! - Teacher Tapp Authoritarian men, changing minds on marking, and our winners! - Teacher Tapp Members recruited to the EPSRC Science, Engineering and Technology Board - Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Teaching and learning in Spain - Teacher Toolkit Top 7 tips for researchers working with schools - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Small policy changes “key” for FE sector - PIE News BAME millennials at greater risk of being in unstable employment - IOE London Blog Erasmus+ funding proposals down €24 billion - PIE News Education Committee membership agreed - UK Parliament NEET statistics annual brief: 2019 - DfE Learner satisfaction survey - DfE Wiley strikes ‘read-and-publish’ deal with UK universities - Times Higher Education | THE Commission launched on future of the EY workforce - Early Education Admissions of guilt: Why the social makeup of our schools matters - Sutton Trust Who is the new science minister Amanda Solloway? - Wonkhe Supporting early career teachers - DfE Sector survey finds mixed views on 'free' childcare entitlements - Nursery World Major regional disparity in SEND funding revealed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Warn students about social media exam leaks, heads told - Times Educational Supplement | TES The 61 academy trusts that broke financial rule named - Times Educational Supplement | TES New digital service links recruits to building sites - Times Educational Supplement | TES Jisc, UK institutions and Wiley agree ground-breaking deal - Jisc Coronavirus school closures: Why have schools closed? - Express School scraps ‘racist’ hair rules as they’re influenced by ‘white supremacy’ - Metro Coronavirus: Schools told no delays so far to exams - BBC DfE edits job ad that warned applicants wouldn’t be paid for 2 months - Schools Week Ofsted slams council and diocese at ‘forgotten school’ in five-year takeover limbo - Schools Week National Offer Day 2020: What to do if you don’t get your first choice of secondary school? - Independent Coronavirus contingency plans needed to avoid exam disruption, schools told - Mail Banned: Teacher who lied about having sex with ex-pupil - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sturgeon shamed: SNP accused of ‘hiding’ from failing ‘60s throwback’ education system - Express 50% more sick leave at disadvantaged schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils still bringing phones into exams, Ofqual warns - Times Educational Supplement | TES In defence of the quiet student: why schools should celebrate introverts - Telegraph STEM Returners welcomed at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory - GOV.UK To help 'left behind' Britain, more adults need to feel able to go to university | Alistair Jarvis - Guardian Leading in the face of disadvantage: If not us, then who? - Ambition Institute Restrict access to degree apprenticeship funding for adults, says shadow skills minister - FE Week Amanda Spielman at the Annual Apprenticeship Conference 2020 - Ofsted London teacher diagnosed with coronavirus – Wimbledon College closed as staff in isolation - Express Coronavirus: How to handle larger classes - Times Educational Supplement | TES Instead of rote learning useless facts, children should be taught wellbeing | Alice O’Keeffe - Guardian Ofqual warning over social media exam leaks - Schools Week Teacher shortages in England: analysis and pay options - EPI Skillsbuilder Challenge Day - Edge Foundation Teachers 'less trusted than social media' on climate - Times Educational Supplement | TES Revised Development Matters to begin trial - Nursery World More evidence needed on adverse childhood experiences approach - Nursery World Coronavirus: How to keep teaching if schools are closed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Voice calls for pay increase in response to teacher shortages report - Voice Now is the time to turbocharge technical education, says MillionPlus - MillionPlus Golden opportunity for government to reverse decline in adult learning - Universities UK EPI on teacher supply and disadvantaged schools - National Education Union Learning to love the local when it comes to adult education provision - FE Week What value and whose values? HE should celebrate our intangible assets - Wonkhe Higher technical is how we level up - Wonkhe Is this a turning point in the campus culture wars? - Wonkhe Once in a lifetime: IFS data on earnings and contributions - Wonkhe EU leaders desert research in Brussels budget showdown - Times Higher Education | THE What should universities do to prepare for COVID-19 coronavirus? - Wonkhe Policy experts ‘encouraged’ by UK stance on Horizon Europe - Times Higher Education | THE More pupils face missing out on their first choice of secondary school because of teacher shortage - Mail Schools in poorest areas have up to 100 extra sick days, plus 3 more EPI teacher shortage findings - Schools Week EPI: Schools in poorest areas face more cuts to pay for £30k starting salaries - Schools Week Unruly pupils take advantage of new sanction - Times Too many students take courses that don’t benefit them or the economy | Paul Johnson - Times Scotland: Staff exodus cost Glasgow art school £800,000 - Times Ireland: Coronavirus closes Scoil Chaitríona in Dublin - Times