News archive for 4th March 2020

back to standard EdNews format

MP launches campaign to let schoolchildren go to the toilet during lessons - Mirror Carillion left school playing field looking like 'the Somme' - Guardian Coronavirus: Italy to close all schools as deaths rise - BBC Coronavirus hits UK universities with two cases confirmed and graduations postponed - Mirror Coronavirus: UK schools prepare for online classes in event of widespread closures - Independent Heads and councils press for extra £5.5bn for 'struggling' schools - Guardian Oxford dean accused of failing to report child sexual assault claim - Guardian Conduct during Ofsted inspections - Ofsted New apprenticeship service employer agreement - Education & Skills Funding Agency Independent primary school managers found guilty of running additional illegal school - Ofsted ESFA Update: 4 March 2020 - Education & Skills Funding Agency If you're creative, you can always avoid exclusions - Times Educational Supplement | TES University watchdog says 'practical steps to secure freedom of speech' are needed in wake of Oxford transgender row - Telegraph Memorandum of understanding between DfE and Grammar School Heads Association - DfE Universities postpone graduation ceremonies amid coronavirus fears - Mail Ofsted consults on complaints process for early years settings - Nursery World Nesta's response to 'England’s Skills Puzzle,' a report from the Skills Commission - Nesta Tackling use of fixed-term contracts ‘priority’ for Russell Group - Times Higher Education | THE Irish childcare group opens first UK nursery - Nursery World NASUWT calls for education ministers to extend Coronavirus guidance to include racist incidents - NASUWT Stressed headteachers need support to stay in role - Leeds Beckett University Skills Commission: England’s skills puzzle - Learning & Work Institute Myths and truths about art - UKEdChat I need space! - UKEdChat Reconnecting the civic university with the climate agenda: thinking globally acting locally - HEPI Oxford University professor condemns exclusion from event - BBC A vision for a digital city - Jisc Coronavirus update (COVID-19) - AoC | Association of Colleges UCL Institute of Education retains world number one position for education in QS subject rankings - IOE London Blog Medway secure school launch in doubt, warn YOT managers - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Coronavirus: Illness sparks rise in racist bullying in schools - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Key challenges for university boards: A bird’s eye view - Advance HE Growing list of countries close schools while foreign exchange trips under question - PIE News Why supervision is a must - for teachers at all levels - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE resits: How we attain a 55% pass rate for English - Times Educational Supplement | TES Heads say Ofsted complaints plan doesn't go far enough - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Nurseries not covered for 'notifiable diseases' - Nursery World Schools’ failure to report assault places children at risk, report finds - Schools Week Academy trusts lengthen October half term to tackle coastal schools’ absence problems - Schools Week Coronavirus: Racism against Chinese students increases - Times Educational Supplement | TES The biggest college groups in the UK revealed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Rise in number of children expressing suicidal thoughts - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools risking pupil safety by not reporting crimes - Times Educational Supplement | TES Gender-neutral toilets: above all, keep children safe - Times Educational Supplement | TES A quarter face literacy barriers to GCSE success - SecEd Northern Ireland to review contentious key stage 3 assessments - SecEd Call for renewed focus on work experience in Wales - SecEd Protests widen over cuts to free music tuition in Scotland - SecEd Research reveals CPD's impact on student outcomes - SecEd Research round-up: March 2020 - SecEd Bright minds invited to test new projects on 5G testbeds - Jisc Schools in disadvantaged areas more likely to rely on teaching assistants - SecEd Lords to debate educational opportunities - UK Parliament Coronavirus and schools: LIVE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Prince George and Princess Charlotte's £19k-a-year prep school to take pupils up to 18 after surge in applications - Evening Standard Industry must put its money where its mouth is on careers education - Schools Week Coronavirus: Schools need guidance after rise in racist abuse, says union - Schools Week Schools wasting SEND money, says DfE adviser - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools’ squeeze on music leaves teachers on the edge - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children’s health: ‘painful facts we cannot ignore’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES It’s time to #PauseOfsted - SecEd Scholars in poorer states should pay less to publish, funders say - Times Higher Education | THE ‘No silver bullet’ to fix English admissions system, sector warns - Times Higher Education | THE Will UK higher education still attract international students? - Wonkhe How to make a city sticky for graduates - Wonkhe Universities ‘may have to close’ to prevent spread of coronavirus - Times Higher Education | THE Oxford don barred from speaking at feminist history event as fallout over her 'transphobic' remarks - Mail Coronavirus: British cases reach 51 as schools and businesses shut - Times British universities on top of the world - Times Scotland: Children flood Childline with suicide fears as mental health treatment waits get longer - Times Free speech group Scottish PEN accused of hypocrisy in trans row - Times Scotland: The nursery system needs an overhaul, not just free hours - Times