News archive for 16th March 2020

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DfE: Decision to allow pregnant teachers to work from home up to heads - Schools Week Coronavirus: Pregnant staff advised to speak to college leadership - FE Week Coronavirus in Scotland: Which Scottish schools are closed on Wednesday? Check with our online tool - Herald Scotland Coronavirus in Scotland: Which schools are closed on Tuesday? - Herald Scotland Coronavirus: September GCSEs mooted in DfE talks - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Placements ended for student teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Ofsted puts school inspections on hold - Times Educational Supplement | TES School closures: Teachers union announces 'some schools will close' as staff self isolate - Express Ofsted boss pauses all inspection activity - FE Week Schools in England could close when teachers self-isolate - Guardian Ofsted pauses all inspection activity - Schools Week Top DfE boss: Our cost-cutting consultants found £10m savings in UTCs - Schools Week UK school closures: Why are schools NOT closing amid coronavirus outbreak? - Express Coronavirus: Keeping schools open a challenge, heads say - BBC Keeping schools open in Northern Ireland not a political decision, says minister - Mail Possibility of postponing schools' summer exams to September discussed - Mail Arlene Foster - Draconian measures taken in NI to tackle coronavirus - Mail The impossibility of planning for coronavirus in school - Times Educational Supplement | TES Top civil servant challenged on £50k building cost for every UTC pupil - FE Week Parents keeping kids off school amid coronavirus: ‘Don’t prosecute us for protecting our families' - HuffPost Schools stay open – but will be forced to send kids home who have a cough - The Sun Coronavirus: Government says it still won't close schools as it announces 'draconian' measures - Mirror Will UK schools close over coronavirus? - BBC Schools to stay open as Government urges against all 'non-essential contact' - Mail Coronavirus: 'Staff absence will force schools to shut' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Leadership unions say school closures ‘likely’ after DfE crunch talks - Schools Week Coronavirus: changes to government guidance for schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Thousands of schoolkids plan coronavirus walkout in protest of Gov’s refusal to shut schools as #Covid19walkout trends - The Sun Coronavirus UK school closures: Lockdown nears as education secretary holds crunch meeting - Express Coronavirus: Schools to stay open despite calls for social distancing - Schools Week Coronavirus GCSEs: ‘Near impossible’ for boards to cope - Times Educational Supplement | TES 30 UTCs to be in MATs within a year - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: 'Schools will close at the right time' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Peter Lauener appointed Chair of the Student Loans Company - Student Loans Company Further education and skills: January 2020 - DfE COVID-19: guidance for educational settings - DfE Apprenticeships and traineeships: January 2020 - DfE Around the world (of admissions) in 80 days - Office for Students Coronavirus: School praised over safeguarding plans for potential closure - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Learning in the time of Covid-19 - Advance HE Coronavirus: PM urged to justify decision to keep schools open - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Coronavirus: Parents already removing pupils from class - Times Educational Supplement | TES How will the UK education system cope with a Coronavirus shutdown? - FE News Why colleges need more support to cope with coronavirus - Times Educational Supplement | TES Early years staffing under increasing strain - Nursery World MPs challenge Government over Reception Baseline legislation - Nursery World Coronavirus apprenticeship update - IfATE Estyn suspends activities in Wales - National Education Union A difficult week: What you've told us about how coronavirus is changing school life - Teacher Tapp Updated information on ETF's coronavirus (COVID-19) position - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Coronavirus: Heads want specific guidance to protect highly vulnerable children - Schools Week Meet the 40 Longitude Explorer Prize finalists - Nesta The secret life of students’ learning: DIY learning resources - Wonkhe Covid-19 puts “student partnership” to the test - Wonkhe Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) update - Villiers Park Educational Trust Coronavirus (COVID-19) advice - Leeds Beckett University Rosenshine masterclass captured. Free CPD! - Headguruteacher Coronavirus: Worried mums keep children off school despite government advice - Mirror Head teacher leaders seek clarity over coronavirus plans - BBC Coronavirus: AoC Sport National Championships 2020 cancelled - FE Week Keegan: FE white paper to offer 'vision' for sector - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted inspections 'unacceptable' amid coronavirus outbreak - teachers' union - Mail Coronavirus: 14 simple tips for better online teaching - The Conversation How will coronavirus affect pupils’ mental health? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: How to communicate with students and staff - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: More DfE advice on school closures - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Going home puts my parents at risk': UK students hit by coronavirus upheaval - Guardian Coronavirus: Schools told to send kids with coughs home to stop spread of disease - Mirror Anger mounts over UK government's decision to keep schools open - Mail Coronavirus: School closures may not be ‘binary choice’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Heads want DfE plan to feed poorer pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Send pupils with continuous cough or fever home - new coronavirus guidance - Mail Coronavirus challenges persuade Ofsted to call off inspection at Oldham college - FE Week Coronavirus fears dominate ASCL annual conference - SecEd Settings seeking coronavirus advice - Nursery World Integrated curriculum and financial planning (ICFP) - DfE Coronavirus: education officials to discuss possible school closures in England - Guardian Coronavirus: Oldham sixth form college gets impending Ofsted deferred - Schools Week Coronavirus: The vital role of cleaners - SecEd Festival of Education 2020 cancelled due to coronavirus - FE Week Festival of Education 2020 cancelled due to coronavirus - Schools Week Coronavirus UK school warning: School exams could be delayed until September over outbreak - Express Coronavirus: Education officials meeting today to discuss school closures and exams - Mirror Ofsted slammed over 'gravely flawed' inspection - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Scottish school closures latest - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: MAT leaders urge DfE to postpone Sats - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: how to protect vulnerable staff - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: School closures ‘may be necessary’ over staff shortages, says PHE - Schools Week Former ESFA boss to chair Student Loans Company - FE Week Education Secretary to hold talks with school leaders amid coronavirus pandemic - Mail Exam season and COVID19: What should we do? - The Learning Spy Coronavirus: Mother launches emergency legal challenge against government’s decision to keep schools open - Independent Coronavirus and schools: LIVE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Teacher workload means 'Ofsted must cease' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: #covid19walkout trending as leaders attend DfE crunch talks - Schools Week Schools will stay open after health bosses tell teachers to send home children with coughs despite calls for closures over coronavirus - Mail Ofsted publishes contested Shrewsbury College grade 4 - FE Week Will UK schools close due to coronavirus? - The Sun Reballots postponed due to Covid-19; pickets cancelled but action continues - UCU Coronavirus UK school warning: School exams could be delayed until September over outbreak - Express Is wellbeing among teachers in England lower than in the rest of the UK? - IOE London Blog Low stakes testing: Key principles for the classroom - UKEdChat There is still too much racism at universities - Metro Coronavirus: Dr Hilary explains when to close schools and says no testing is a 'concern' - Mirror 'It reduces surgical error': can VR train better doctors? - Guardian Coronavirus in Scotland: schools close amid Covid-19 concerns - Scotsman Profile: Simon Cook, Principal, MidKent College - FE Week Movers and Shakers: Edition 310 - FE Week Coronavirus: How to talk about it with children - Times Educational Supplement | TES What might Covid-19 mean for PhD students & postdocs? - HEPI Einstein ‘not a good role model’ for budding scientists - Times Higher Education | THE Will the coronavirus crisis renew public trust in science? - Times Higher Education | THE UK research to be ‘transformed’ by ‘enormous’ spending rise - Times Higher Education | THE GCSEs and A-levels may be postponed to autumn due to coronavirus as school closures crisis talks to be held today - The Sun Pressure grows on Education Secretary Gavin Williamson to shut down classrooms for a month - Mail Autism: How to talk to a child about their autism - BBC Schools exclude hundreds of problem pupils every year to stop their poor exam results harming league table positions - The Sun Six months from T levels, speedier progress is needed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Helping the Government decide how to spend £3bn over the next 5 years - FE News £10m artworks stolen from Christ Church Picture Gallery in Oxford - Times Scotland: Close schools to slow spread, fearful parents tell ministers - Times Scotland: Edinburgh academic spotted virus threat before it even had a name - Times Ireland: University of Limerick students organise ‘virtual pubs’ to encourage social distancing - Times