News archive for 19th March 2020

back to standard EdNews format

Apprenticeship providers desperate for government support as starts plummet - FE Week Apprentice assessment organisation hit by ‘significant cancellations’ - FE Week In the absence of official ‘clarity and certainty’ – what does the FE sector know tonight? - FE Week College campuses must remain open indefinitely in response to coronavirus crisis - FE Week A principal’s day of shock, some relief and a poignant note to end on - FE Week My last day at school feels like an anti-climax because of the closures. It's meant to be such a big moment - Telegraph Predicted A-level grades are wrong four times out of five, universities warn - Telegraph Student accused of sexual misconduct fails in legal bid to return to university - Telegraph Coronavirus: List of ‘key workers’ delayed until Friday, says health secretary - Schools Week ‘A complete and utter mess’: Year 13 students face rushed goodbyes and uncertainty over university as UK schools close - Independent Exam season is cancelled – and now we’re all going to be tested - Telegraph 'Let me enjoy my corona break': Schoolchildren flood Google Classroom app with one-star reviews - Telegraph Coronavirus: Schools may have to prioritise remaining pupils ‘according to need’, warns NAHT - Schools Week Fears that cancelling exams will hit BAME and poor pupils worst - Guardian Kids to get GCSE and A Level results based on mocks and predicted grades after school shut down - The Sun A-level and GCSE exams will not be held in NI - Mail Volunteers mobilise to ensure children get fed during school closures - Guardian Coronavirus: 12 takeaways from John Swinney statement - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Year 11 went into meltdown': Pupils hit with implications of school closures - Guardian Scottish exams cancelled for first time ever - Times Coronavirus: School exams in NI will not go ahead - BBC Reaction to cancelled exams and school closures - Times Educational Supplement | TES Let’s scrap GCSEs for ever, not just this year | Philip Collins - Times Coronavirus (COVID-19): maintaining educational provision - DfE Students across the UK face exam-grade uncertainty - Financial Times Ofsted: coronavirus (COVID-19) rolling update - Ofsted COVID-19: guidance for educational settings - DfE Plans set out to support pupils eligible for free school meals - DfE School closures to disproportionately affect the learning and development of disadvantaged students, says think tank - Social Market Foundation | SMF Scotland expands funding for trainee STEM teachers - Public Technology LSE research competition winners 2020 share their stories - London School of Economics | LSE Are you ready for the workplace of the future? - Jisc Empty nurseries ask parents to pay thousands of pounds of fees - Mail Coronavirus: Public reacts to schools closing - BBC Exams in Scotland cancelled: how pupils will be graded, and when they’ll get qualifications amid coronavirus crisis - Scotsman SQA pledges to 'ensure that their hard work is rightly and fairly recognised' after exams are cancelled - Scotsman Coronavirus: Exam fee refunds for schools 'unlikely' - Times Educational Supplement | TES John Swinney: School closure impact statement - Scotsman Covid-19 update - NFER Operating and surviving in an isolated world - AELP Independent schools are helping the fightback against coronavirus, says sector leader - Independent Schools Council | ISC NEU Cymru says time to be sensible over exams - National Education Union Coronavirus information - Voice Advice for members about Coronavirus - Voice GCSEs are cancelled. Here's what the government should do - IOE London Blog Podcast 76: Leadership during the coronavirus crisis - Teacher Toolkit Coronavirus school closures – statement from GSA President - GSA Banned: Unqualified teacher who arrived at special school smelling of drink and swore at manager - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: ‘Teachers have been heroes and will adapt’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Misleading claims that schools are closed has caused chaos and confusion - NASUWT Student financial support in a time of social isolation - Wonkhe Digest #142 (COVID-19 edition): Online teaching and learning resources - Learning Scientists School closures risk widening educational disparities - Social Market Foundation | SMF Awarding grades in 2020 - FFT Education Datalab Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) update - Villiers Park Educational Trust Closure of educational settings: information for parents and carers - DfE Why I had to quit - Times Higher Education | THE School closures and disadvantaged students - Sutton Trust How long could schools be closed? - BBC School closures in the UK are a financial catastrophe for poorer families | Torsten Bell - Guardian Coronavirus: Teacher assessment likely to replace exams - Times Educational Supplement | TES Third of students drop out of university due to mental health reasons, report finds - Independent Pupils 'scared and anxious' about school closures - BBC Coronavirus: How will students still get A-level and GCSE qualifications and be admitted to university? - Independent Colleges to stay open for 16-18 children of key workers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Scottish exams cancelled for first time in history - BBC Childcare to be provided for key workers affected by school closures - Mail Scotland school closures: Exams will not go ahead - Scotsman UCU: Support college staff on insecure contracts - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Exams cancelled in Scotland - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Estimated grades on coursework but no exams in Scotland, says SQA - Herald Scotland Coronavirus in Scotland: 2020 exam season cancelled for first time in history - Herald Scotland Coronavirus: Families on free school meals will be sent vouchers during school closures - Nursery World T-level assessment organisations call for 12 month delay - Schools Week T-level assessment organisations call for 12 month delay - FE Week So how will children get their exam qualifications? - Mail Agency launches free e-learning mentor scheme - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: New teachers will qualify despite shutdown - Times Educational Supplement | TES More guidance on school closures vowed as emergency coronavirus legislation tabled - Mail Cambridge University students call for final-year retakes - BBC Coronavirus in Wales: 'Schools may not open until September' - BBC Confusion over Boris Johnson's promise that schools will stay open for children of 'key workers' - Mail Coronavirus: How long will schools be closed and what will happen to exams? - Times Coronavirus closures: how to support secondary pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus closures: how to support pupils in primary - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus closures: how to support children in EYFS - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nurseries to be exempt from business rates, as Government brings in powers to close or keep them open - Nursery World Coronavirus: DfE reveals plans for free school meals - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Coronavirus: GCSEs and A-levels will be based on ‘moderated assessment’, says CST leader - Schools Week GCSE and A-level exam results ‘to be issued in August under new system’ due to coronavirus - Evening Standard Nicola Sturgeon humiliated: How SNP was accused of ignoring English education reforms - Express Vulnerable students need key adults to fight through isolation - Schools Week Coronavirus: Answers promised after school shutdown confusion - BBC Coronavirus: Welsh colleges move to online delivery - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: a closure checklist for school leaders - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus closures: 9 key safeguarding areas - Times Educational Supplement | TES Apprenticeships: provider demands in light of Covid-19 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Special school leaders should make decision about pupils attending - Schools Week What happens now GCSE and A-Level exams are cancelled due to coronavirus? - The Sun Are special needs schools closing? - The Sun Coronavirus: school closures mean an increased risk of hunger for families around the world - The Conversation School closures to remain for 'quite a considerable time' Education Secretary warns - Express Key questions about exams and school closures - Mail Coronavirus: Issue food parcels or supermarket vouchers to free school meals pupils, DfE tells schools - Schools Week Coronavirus: Vouchers for FSM pupils, backed by DfE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Older pupils unlikely to return to school - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Exams plan tomorrow, says Williamson - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Cash call for free school meal families - Times Educational Supplement | TES School closures: ASCL general secretary's advice to members - Schools Week Coronavirus: Grades could be based on mock exam results as GCSEs and A Levels cancelled - Mirror 'There's no clarity' Ranvir Singh blasts Education Secretary over GCSE confusion - Express Coronavirus: Nine questions on schools closure answered with all we know so far - Mirror Training providers should also close their doors from Friday, minister tells AELP - FE Week Coronavirus: Union chief wants teachers to assess pupils amid school closures - Herald Scotland Training providers demand income guarantee and relaxation of funding rules - FE Week Scottish pupils could still sit exams this year despite Covid-19 outbreak - Mail Coronavirus in Scotland: John Swinney admits 'three options' considered for school exams - Herald Scotland Coronavirus: Open schools 'won't be educational' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Lockdown testing possible say exam boards - Times Educational Supplement | TES School exams: Education Secretary says 'every child' will get GCSEs and A Levels in summer - Express University places to be offered even if students don't complete exams says education chief - Express Coronavirus: Teenagers will be able to go to university without passing exams - Mirror Coronavirus: Childminders in England ordered to close to help fight pandemic - Mirror Coronavirus: Schools closed and exams cancelled – your questions answered - Schools Week Salvation at last for Jake, excluded from school at five - Evening Standard In times of uncertainty teachers and leaders need clarity - Schools Week Third of students drop out of university due to poor mental health, experts warn - The Sun Coronavirus: More details due on key worker pupils and exams - BBC Coronavirus: What will John Swinney say about exams? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Funding: Drastic action is needed - SecEd Coronavirus: 'On the edge of safety' – How schools have handled the most difficult of weeks - SecEd Coronavirus: School leaders face up to 'enormous task' as schools close to majority of students - SecEd Coronavirus: Facebook group helps parents and kids during isolation - BBC Can computers ever replace the classroom? - Guardian Students like me are demanding refunds and no exams — not just due to coronavirus - HuffPost Help with maths during school closures: free activities and online resources - National Numeracy Coronavirus: Schools shut down prompts exams clarity calls - BBC Lucy Kellaway: tackling coronavirus in the classroom - Financial Times Athena SWAN strengthened and fit for the future - Advance HE Cut-throat competition over students is the opposite of what we need in a crisis - Wonkhe Remote learning means we need to radically rethink assessment - Wonkhe New restrictions on university places could create ‘unlucky generations’ - HEPI VC Paul Wellings responds to HEPI’s new paper by Andrew Norton on removing student number controls - HEPI HE and FE must collaborate over the National Skills Fund - FE News Boris Johnson promises GCSE & A-level pupils will get their qualifications - but how? - Mail Coronavirus: Schools and charities working to keep children fed - BBC Coronavirus could be ‘make or break’ for universities’ finances - Times Higher Education | THE Athena SWAN revamp urged as academics lose faith in awards - Times Higher Education | THE What is a ‘low-quality’ course? - Times Higher Education | THE Two UK teachers shortlisted for Global Teacher Prize - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: The med students who want to help - BBC Coronavirus: Boris Johnson announces closure of schools in England - Times Scotland: Fears for NHS as virus forces nationwide school shut down - Times Scotland: Closing schools is a devastating blow to the less privileged - Times