News archive for 23rd March 2020

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Coronavirus: Children no longer in school must not play outside with friends, minister urges - Independent Coronavirus: ‘Furious’ AELP boss says government wants skills sector to collapse - FE Week Coronavirus: No change for schools as country enters lockdown - Schools Week College funding support confirmed, and 4 other key points from latest DfE Covid-19 guidance - FE Week Coronavirus: UK in lockdown, but no change for schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES AELP: DfE 'happy for providers to go out of business' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid-19: DfE publishes operational guidance for FE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: 9 key points from the government’s apprenticeships guidance - FE Week Unis must stop unconditional offers in virus confusion - BBC Coronavirus: Provider support measures published - Times Educational Supplement | TES FE minister writes to apprenticeship providers about COVID-19 response - FE Week Teachers in primary and secondary schools: TALIS 2018 - DfE Coronavirus: Universities warned over rush to unconditional offers - Schools Week Coronavirus: So how did day one of homeschooling go? - BBC More than 20 Edinburgh schools to be used to teach 3,500 children of key workers during COVID-19 outbreak - Scotsman Coronavirus: Unconditional offers 'paused' for 2 weeks - Times Educational Supplement | TES Banned: Teacher who tried to kiss pupils in pub - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Universities warned over rush to unconditional offers - FE Week Call for clearer guidance for staff and pupils still in school - Mail Coronavirus: PACEY urges Government to step up support for childminders - Nursery World £5m granted to University of Edinburgh to help understand and fight COVID-19 - Scotsman Children of key workers not attending school, say teachers - Guardian Coronavirus: Fury at pet firm’s ‘disgusting’ letter - Times Educational Supplement | TES How coronavirus has brought out the best of FE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: How schools have dealt with day one of mass closures - Schools Week Will early years providers survive coronavirus? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Which children are still going to school? - BBC Schools must follow rules on coronavirus, says teaching union - Mail Coronavirus: Parents listen to pleas to keep children at home but heads warn schools are running low on supplies - Independent Coronavirus (COVID-19): maintaining further education provision - DfE Coronavirus (COVID-19): apprenticeship programme response - DfE Unpacking students’ situated knowledge and reflections in large lectures - BERA COVID-19: Latest advice for colleges - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA Universities will be changed forever by the coronavirus crisis – and its aftermath - HEPI OECD Talis survey 2018 - National Education Union Covid-19 response: AELP requests for action to DfE - AELP Advice for members about Coronavirus - Voice Coronavirus: Parents are already having hilarious meltdowns just one day into homeschooling - Mirror Supply teachers face uncertain future - UKEdChat Government must insist schools stand by their workforce - NASUWT What does distance learning look like in England? (and where will teachers’ kids be today?) - Teacher Tapp COVID-19: update from our CEO Tim Gardam - Nuffield Foundation How universities can support students’ mental health amid Covid-19 crisis - Times Higher Education | THE Just great teaching: Too many choices - Teacher Toolkit School closures - the disadvantage gap may widen, but there are practical steps we can take to minimise it - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Coronavirus: Isolation advice for children's homes and special schools - CYPN | Children & Young People Now IB May 2020 exams will no longer be held - PIE News Covid-19: AELP response to DfE statement issued on 23 March - AELP Safety in schools during coronavirus outbreak - National Education Union Coronavirus: Keeping staff and young people safe in schools and colleges - National Education Union UCAS coronavirus update ─ Monday 23 March 2020 - UCAS Universities told not to alter applicants’ offers - DfE Coronavirus: Councils 'flout' advice on schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: What it feels like to close the doors - Times Educational Supplement | TES Advice on supporting parents through home education - Teacher Development Trust | TDT ‘Overwhelmed’ teachers ‘turn away key workers’ children’ as other parents abuse staff - The Sun How is your university supporting you during the coronavirus pandemic? - Guardian Outrage as foreign school trips to UK continue despit coronavirus fears of threat to life - Express Primary school headteacher dies after having coronavirus symptoms - Schools Week Coronavirus: 'Shambles' as children of key workers 'turned away from school gates' - Mirror Coronavirus: Ofsted pauses publication of inspection reports - Schools Week Coronavirus: Ofsted pauses publication of inspection reports - FE Week Coronavirus: Trust CEO calls for pandemic relief fund and pledges 20% of pay - Schools Week Firefly's school apps struggle with 'unprecedented demand' - BBC Tackling coronavirus will require community response - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Web lessons 'not natural for UK teachers' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: How councils plan to provide free meals - Times Educational Supplement | TES Online learning platform sees 50,000 pupils a day signing up for classes - Mail Warning that childminders could be lost from sector without more financial support - Nursery World Concerns over how SEND children will be supported during Coronavirus pandemic - Nursery World Coronavirus: Plea for nurseries and schools to limit places as settings close - Nursery World How parents can keep up with their children's education while home-schooling during the pandemic - Mail Coronavirus: How can colleges support their students? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: 'Test all teachers to keep them safe' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: 'Halt callous redundancies,' schools told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: NEU demands virus testing for all school staff - Schools Week UK school closures: Experts explain how to adapt kids' routines to learn in 'flexible way' - Express Coronavirus: Parents heed calls not to send children to school - BBC Coronavirus: Celebs step in as Art, Music and PE teachers as schools shut down - Mirror We've got difficult decisions, with no right answers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Why collaboration is the key for teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents struggle with homeschooling as they complain 'maths has changed' on first day of closures - Telegraph Headteachers beg parents to reconsider if they're a 'key worker' as some threaten to sue schools - Mail DfE suspends process for defunding qualifications with low enrolments - FE Week A million people livestream Joe Wicks online 'PE lesson' - Guardian Coronavirus: 'Manageable' pupil numbers in school today - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: how to tackle in-school provision - Times Educational Supplement | TES Number of pupils arriving at schools manageable - Mail Parents heeding calls to keep children home from school, say heads - Guardian Leaders slam ‘irresponsible’ Pets at Home ‘key workers’ letter - Schools Week Coronavirus: International Baccalaureate cancels exams - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education publisher Pearson warns on profits and suspends share buyback as it's hit by school closures around the world - Mail School closures: 'Overwhelmed' teachers crack down on parents lying about ‘key work’ - Express DfE reveals how it will provide grades for A-level and GCSE students this summer - FE Week Coronavirus: Council overwhelmed by key worker claims - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: UK schools closed except for key workers' children - BBC England's teachers 'most stressed' in developed world - Times Educational Supplement | TES Free recording: FE’s response & requirements to Coronavirus pandemic - FE Week Coronavirus: Schools and LAs should ‘work together’, and 5 other key points from the latest DfE guidance - Schools Week Movers and Shakers: Edition 311 - FE Week 'Let your kids get bored': emergency advice from teachers on schooling at home - Guardian Coronavirus and schools: Live updates - Times Educational Supplement | TES £1m rap collaboration sends apprenticeship site visits soaring - FE Week Who is a key worker? List of jobs and what it means - The Sun Home schooling families are not the weirdos we’ve been made out to be - HuffPost Williamson school visits reversing ‘obsession’ with academies - Schools Week How will GCSE and A-level grades be determined? - Telegraph Schools expect challenging day despite coronavirus closures - Mail Keeping emotionally fit for the long term – starting now - Wonkhe Five ways to wellbeing when working from home - Wonkhe School closures: Private schools urge parents not to withhold fees as coronavirus grips UK - Express Coronavirus: Parents urged not to send children to school - BBC Coronavirus: USS pensions could become ‘much less generous’ - Times Higher Education | THE Coronavirus sparks a rising tide of xenophobia worldwide - Times Higher Education | THE Teachers urge families not to ignore coronavirus classroom ban - Times Parents braced for lesson in home schooling during coronavirus crisis - Times Scotland: Head who wanted pupils to stay in class is overruled - Times Coronavirus: International students in Ireland reassured over status during crisis - Times DBS checks and coronavirus: a guide - UCET