News archive for 10th March 2020

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Genetic tests cannot predict achievement, says study - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools forced to ask parents for money for classroom resources as funding cuts continue to bite - Independent Union says USS valuation proposals ‘ignore members’ views’ - Times Higher Education | THE Ofsted rejects rumours of ‘panic’ Covid-19 inspections - Times Educational Supplement | TES SEND crisis 'could bankrupt entire council' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Boarding schools seek to open in holidays - Times Educational Supplement | TES Budget 2020: What will it say about further education? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Headteacher who ran three primary schools dies of heart attack at the age of 45 - Mirror NQTs working more hours but also more satisfied - SecEd Small habits, big changes - Ambition Institute Initial teacher training (ITT): criteria and supporting advice - DfE Further education and skills inspections and outcomes: management information from September 2019 to August 2020 - Ofsted Crossing the streams: graduate earnings and grade inflation - Wonkhe Apprenticeship funding bands - Education & Skills Funding Agency Academy sponsor list - DfE Unions warn Treasury that capital spending cuts could increase asbestos risk in schools - Voice Tackling the BAME attainment at the Claude Littner Business School - HEPI Collaborative composition and touchscreen technology in the classroom - BERA EPI on school funding - National Education Union NEU Cymru members pause Caerleon Comprehensive strike action - National Education Union Coronavirus - we'll be here for you - NAHT Celebrating over 10,000 Teach First ambassadors - Teach First NAHT supports the Visible Governance in Schools campaign - NAHT NAHT encourages the sector to ensure school business leaders are involved in strategic decision-making - NAHT Cost of childcare 'punishing' for working parents - Nursery World We must embrace technology to make education easier, fairer and more inclusive - Jisc Alex Norris MP: We must properly invest in early years education, ensuring equality of opportunity - PoliticsHome Will Sutton Trust programmes be affected by COVID-19? - Sutton Trust New APPG will hold PM to account over Erasmus+ promise - PIE News Coronavirus: Fears over long-term financial impact on nurseries - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Universal credit childcare rules could discriminate against women - Nursery World Increasing participation in PTES shows commitment to quality in a growing area - Advance HE Supporting LGBT students studying overseas - Universities UK Coronavirus: Trinity lectures go online as Greece shuts campuses - Times Higher Education | THE Banned: Teacher in vagina, glue and staple gun claims - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus school closures: What you need to know - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Teacher pay and absence advice in Scotland - Times Educational Supplement | TES Global toll of Covid-19 on children's education revealed by Unesco - Mail Budget: Effects of persistent underfunding through all stages of learning need to be addressed - National Education Union A model for the learning process. And why it helps to have one - Teacherhead 'Employer-led doesn’t always work,' businesses say - Times Educational Supplement | TES Do MAT CEOs really work five times harder than NQTs? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: If we stop teaching, society will collapse - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children 1st are joint top of Nursery World’s Ofsted league table - Nursery World Jisc supports pioneering open access model Subscribe to Open - Jisc Gangs, weed and crime: Impact of school exclusion - Evening Standard Remote teaching becomes vital during virus outbreak - Financial Times Glasgow University project greenlighted - Scotsman BBC Young Reporter: 'My hearing loss made school hell' - BBC A degree really is worth less nowadays, as study reveals pay gap between graduates and school leavers has narrowed - Telegraph Boris Johnson told ‘close schools now’ to stop coronavirus - Metro 'Save teachers from asbestos risk,' chancellor warned - Times Educational Supplement | TES Before society can ‘level up’, the ruling Eton-Winchester clique needs levelling down | Fiona Millar - Guardian Should the taxpayer continue to fund free school meals? - Guardian Twenty-five post-primary schools to get extra places - BBC Lily Asch: We want kids to succeed at school – but do we stifle creativity? - Scotsman ‘Surveillance creep’ finds a home on campus - Financial Times How AI eases teachers’ heavy workloads - Financial Times Tech retraining employed to narrow Stem gender gap - Financial Times AI, education and ethics: who should profit from learning? - Financial Times Education robots offer leg-up to disadvantaged students - Financial Times AI in education will help us understand how we think - Financial Times Will schools in Scotland close as coronavirus cases increase? - Scotsman Beware of using qualifications as a proxy for skills - Wonkhe English campuses await minister’s move on ‘low quality’ courses - Times Higher Education | THE UK graduate premium ‘falling faster for those with 2:2 and below’ - Times Higher Education | THE Active learning ‘reduces performance gap’ for minority students - Times Higher Education | THE 10:00 a.m. - Apprenticeship Levy: Education Committee hosts roundtable on impact and possible reforms - Accountability Hearings Teacher's shock after her novel coronavirus hand washing hack goes viral with 75,000 hits - Mirror Mock REFs need a neutral referee - Times Higher Education | THE Snowflakes? Generation Z are icily determined job hunters - Times Scotland: Our education system still fails poor children | Alex Massie - Times Scotland: Young people in crisis need our help - Times Ireland: Demand for technology and arts courses drops - Times