News archive for 17th March 2020

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Oxford University to hold first non-handwritten exams in its history due to coronavirus crisis - The Sun ‘Plans are in place’ for free school meals in event of coronavirus closures - Metro Schools start to operate 'partial closures' amid warnings that some will have to close completely in days - Telegraph Coronavirus: Johnson's school meal 'plan' under fire - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: First Minister says schools 'could close within days' - Herald Scotland Schools start to operate 'partial closures' amid warnings that some will have to close completely in days - Telegraph Coronavirus live updates: Boris Johnson hints schools will 'close within days' - Mirror UK universities suspend face-to-face teaching - Financial Times Coronavirus: Boris Johnson hints schools will close within days after 650,000 sign petition - The Sun School closures UK: Boris refuses to rule out shutting schools in coronavirus statement - Express Boris Johnson hints schools will be shut within days - but some could still stay open - Mirror Children reveal the 'endless rabble of coughing' in school memes amid coronavirus outbreak - Mail Johnson: Plans 'ready to go' to help with meals if schools are ordered to close - Mail Coronavirus UK: £330bn of business loans made available as PM says school closures 'under continuous review' – politics live - Guardian Coronavirus: Government confirms settings will receive childcare funding if they have to close - Nursery World Coronavirus: Many schools 'will have to shut in days' - BBC Coronavirus: ‘We have a plan for free school meals’, claims Johnson - Schools Week UK school closures: Teachers panic over coronavirus as school staff left ‘in limbo’ - Express Harrow School is forced to close after boy returns home to avoid coronavirus quarantine then tests positive for killer bug - Mail Coronavirus: 1000s of pupils to get food vouchers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Don't risk health, teachers told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Headteachers warn keeping schools open is becoming ‘increasingly untenable’ - Independent Coronavirus: Plans made to look after children of workers key to fighting pandemic if schools close - Independent Coronavirus: Specialist schools with highly vulnerable pupils decide to close - Schools Week If the government wants schools to stay open as coronavirus hits, here's what we need | Jules White - Guardian Coronavirus: Ed tech offers free services - PIE News Coronavirus: Ofsted suspends inspections amid outbreak - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Urgent letter to government: supporting colleges through COVID-19 - AoC | Association of Colleges Coronavirus: Ofsted suspends all routine school inspections - SecEd Coronavirus: Scotland's parents voice COVID-19 concerns as schools remain open - SecEd Coronavirus: Attendance falling at Scottish schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Which countries have closed schools? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why do school exclusion rates continue to rise in England? - BERA Coronavirus information - Voice More work is needed to raise teachers’ awareness of T Levels - NFER Boarding schools advised to send students home as UK coronavirus cases rise - HuffPost Update from the Office for Students on COVID-19 - Office for Students Statement by the NASUWT on COVID-19 and schools - NASUWT Coronavirus school closure update - National Education Union Ofsted suspends inspections - National Education Union COVID-19: Latest advice for colleges - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA Study from home? What if you don’t have a home? - HEPI Chinese students flee UK after 'maskaphobia' triggered racist attacks - Guardian Behaviour hubs - DfE Early years childcare fees regulations - DfE Free childcare offers to continue during coronavirus closures - DfE Routine Ofsted inspections suspended in response to coronavirus - DfE Ofsted suspends all routine inspections - Ofsted The impact of increasing education spending: a study in seven US states - Best Evidence in Brief The impact of testing on teacher retention - Best Evidence in Brief The effects of high-quality CPD on teachers and pupils - Best Evidence in Brief COVID-19 Edu updates - UKEdChat Festival of Learning announces shortlisted award nominees for 2020 - Learning & Work Institute What Works Unit for Learning and Work - Learning & Work Institute Edge is following government advice on the Coronavirus outbreak - Edge Foundation Coronavirus: Schools ‘should be able to claim’ for cancelled trips, says insurers’ body - Schools Week ETF's current Coronavirus (COVID-19) position - 17 March - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Coronavirus: Staff shortage schools will be forced to close, ministers are warned - SecEd Forget ‘digital natives’ – why inequality determines young people’s data literacy - Nuffield Foundation Teachers' union urges Johnson to begin school closures - Mail If schools close we must ensure children on free school meals do not go hungry - PoliticsHome Coronavirus update (COVID-19) - AoC | Association of Colleges Schools in England struggle to stay open as coronavirus hits attendance - Guardian Coronavirus: Nurseries and childminders call for more support to ensure survival of settings - Nursery World Coronavirus: Ofsted suspends routine inspections and teaching union calls for school closures - Nursery World Parents told to stand two metres apart at the school gates to stop coronavirus spreading - The Sun Coronavirus: Teachers' union urges school closures 'for some time and in some areas' - Mirror Government, please don't overlook teachers at this time - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Education boss flags safeguarding concerns - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers tell Boris ‘close schools now’ over coronavirus pandemic - Metro Coronavirus: Scottish FE stops face-to-face classes - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Sheffield and Kendal colleges to close - Times Educational Supplement | TES Williamson defends keeping schools open - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK school closures: Teachers to hold classes on Skype during ‘long’ shutdown - Express Coronavirus leaves universities with no choice but to cancel our exams - Guardian We’ll close schools if it’s in ‘best interests’ of children and teachers, says Williamson - Schools Week Covid-19: Education Secretary announces suspension of Ofsted inspections - Mail First college in England announces phased closure - FE Week Coronavirus: Teachers appeal to DfE over soap shortage - Times Educational Supplement | TES Boris Johnson is now playing Russian Roulette with our children - Mail Scotland school closures: could schools in Scotland shut because of coronavirus - and which ones are already closed - Scotsman NEU urges government to start closing schools as new coronavirus guidance ‘increases anxiety’ - Schools Week Coronavirus: 'Chaos and confusion' over open schools - BBC Coronavirus: 'Up to 1 in 5' teachers self isolating - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Private school inspections suspended - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: ‘Close schools now,’ demands NEU - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Evidence demanded over not closing schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES School closures in UK 'inevitable' despite grave 'consequences' as COVID-19 horror spreads - Express Coronavirus: AoC boss calls for emergency funding to keep colleges afloat - FE Week College closures would cost £1m per month, warns AoC - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Chief scientist on school closures - Times Educational Supplement | TES Strict advertising could improve children's body image - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: ‘Rising sense of panic in schools’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid-19: Teachers' union accuses Government of creating 'chaos and confusion' - Mail Shutting schools would reduce coronavirus transmission – expert - Guardian Coronavirus: Heads demand answers over how to feed poorer pupils if schools close - Schools Week Ofsted brand 1,000 civil service apprenticeship programme with KPMG as ‘inadequate’ - FE Week Could coronavirus lead to real 21st-century learning? - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK school closures: Coronavirus panic sees schools close as pupils and parents rebel - Express Universities having to adapt fast to the coronavirus crisis - Guardian The expert in social mobility who says education cannot make it happen - Guardian Children stay at home amid coronavirus fears after their parents ignore Boris Johnson's advice - Mail Covid-19 reveals the alarming truth that many children can’t wash their hands at school | Laura McInerney - Guardian First ever report into effect of students’ religion and belief published by Advance HE - Advance HE How should providers be communicating about Covid-19? - Wonkhe Coronavirus, confirmation, and clearing - Wonkhe Thousands of parents keep kids at home over coronavirus fears as schools are ordered to stay open - The Sun UCU postpones reballots, but has strike fatigue set in already? - Times Higher Education | THE Emergency flexibility for online learning is what disabled students have been seeking - Times Higher Education | THE Schools ordered to stay open by Boris Johnson and his health advisers — for now at least - Times Coronavirus: Scottish schools urged to open but workers told to stay away - Times