News archive for 9th March 2020

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Tes International Podcast: Coronavirus special - Times Educational Supplement | TES Oh, Oxbridge. You don't understand how privilege works - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE 'concerned' about schools rejecting SEND pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Don't stop applying for EHCPs, urges DfE chief - Times Educational Supplement | TES Primary pupil contracts typhoid fever forcing school to close for deep clean - Mirror National funding formula tables for schools and high needs: 2020 to 2021 - DfE Two Co Armagh schools close following Covid-19 diagnosis - Mail Top DfE boss: SEND failures driven by ‘stresses and strains’ on the system - Schools Week Understanding school revenue expenditure | Part 6: How much are schools spending on ‘back-office’ functions? - EPI School rapped for issuing own-brand qualifications instead of ‘uncensored’ GCSEs - Schools Week Analysis: school funding | Budget 2020 - EPI School on lockdown as police descend on scene and arrest boy, 11, and two others - Mirror University free speech society told it is a 'red risk' and needs to have all external speakers vetted - Telegraph Coronavirus: universities are shifting classes online – but it’s not as easy as it sounds - The Conversation Replacing comparable outcomes with pupil passports - SecEd Brexit 'will deepen early years recruitment crisis' - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Will schools cope with a coronavirus closure? (plus marker pens, staffroom sitting & other goodies) - Teacher Tapp Teaching for keeps: What works & why? - UKEdChat Coronavirus (COVID-19) advice - Leeds Beckett University The secret problem of student behaviour in Ghana – plus two other findings… - Teacher Tapp Time is running out to save Erasmus+: Losing study abroad scheme would blow a hole in UK economic prospects - Universities UK Information request in relation to COVID-19 - Office for Students Coronavirus information - Voice The Disabled Students’ Commission: transforming disabled students’ experience - Office for Students Sixth day of strike action in over 30 sixth form colleges - National Education Union Coronavirus: Government suspends ‘break in learning’ rule for apprentices affected - AELP Universal free school meals winning in the fight against childhood obesity - Nuffield Foundation Just great curriculum: Supporting schools - Teacher Toolkit Coronavirus in Scotland – what we know so far - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why all college lecturers should be paid £30k - or more - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Don't let pupils give in to melodrama - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Cancelled trips may cost schools millions - Times Educational Supplement | TES England's book-loving pupils buck global trends - Times Educational Supplement | TES Campaigners call for 30-hour childcare to be made universal to close disadvantage gap - Nursery World Olympic champion to take over as chancellor of the University of Glasgow - Herald Scotland New independent commission aims to boost support for disabled students - Advance HE Levelling up: what might it mean for public spending? - Institute for Fiscal Studies | IFS How to talk to children about coronavirus - Telegraph Nursery owner re-launches business rates petition - Nursery World MPs to debate offering 15-hour childcare from nine months - Nursery World Why International Women's Day matters in education - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities need to look outwards: their local economic and social impact really matters - The Conversation Coronavirus: ‘Break in learning’ rule suspended for affected apprentices - FE Week New global map to show spread of '21st century skills' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Apprenticeship rules relaxed over coronavirus fears - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Big Bang’ STEM education event cancelled over coronavirus fears - Schools Week Colchester St George's Infant School pupils 'violent to staff' - BBC Portraits of UK black female professors – in pictures - Guardian You're failing us on education and health – shut-up about independence! - Express Coronavirus: Pressure mounts for mass school closures - Times Educational Supplement | TES City & Guilds Group appoints permanent CEO - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: a guide for schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Formula 1 linked STEM challenge kickstarts engineering careers - FE Week Have fun with grammar on Literacy Works Week - Unionlearn Coronavirus school warning: Could GCSE and A-Levels be delayed over risk? - Express Scottish university student contracts coronavirus as cases increase across the country - Scotsman Movers and Shakers: Edition 309 - FE Week Why the UK will miss the R&D targets if we cut funding for students - HEPI From T to R revisited: Cross-subsidies from teaching to research after Augar and the 2.4% R&D target - HEPI Charities preparing to feed children if schools shut over coronavirus - Guardian Profile: Professor James Tooley, Founder, Independent Grammar School Durham, and pro-vice chancellor at University of Buckingham - Schools Week UK ‘falling behind’ in essay mills fight without legislation - Times Higher Education | THE UK ‘falling behind’ in essay mills fight without legislation - Times Higher Education | THE Tuition fee cut ‘could hamper UK research spending progress’ - Times Higher Education | THE Academics’ hard-won success comes against the odds - Financial Times The government has massive choices to make on Budget day - Wonkhe 3:30 p.m. - Public Accounts Committee will examine disparities for pupils with SEND - Accountability Hearings Academic administrators are ready to lead universities - Wonkhe Women in HE policy and politics: it’s our time to shine - Wonkhe Women’s networks unite us despite our differences - Wonkhe We need to recognise where the burden of care falls in higher education - Wonkhe Will more “free speech” regulation have unintended consequences? - Wonkhe County lines: Hampshire schools pay private firms for sniffer dogs - BBC