News archive for 24th March 2020

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A-level students have lost a rite of passage due to the coronavirus crisis — give them a moment of self-pity - The Sun Coronavirus: Break times should be staggered to maintain distancing in schools - Mail Coronavirus: Minister defends law relaxing SEND duties - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools to be given advice on keeping staff and pupils healthy - Mail University students urged to act in 'national interest' and work as fruit pickers this summer - Telegraph School staff may stop turning up to work unless they are given better safety advice, headteachers warn - Telegraph Thousands of students stranded at university amid UK lockdown - Guardian Coronavirus: Teachers told not to mark or plan lessons - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Schools to be told how to keep staff safe - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: ‘Issue teachers with protective clothing’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Heads' caution over online celeb classes - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities warned to stop making unconditional offers to boost student numbers - Telegraph Coronavirus: Children’s minister claims relaxing SEND support rules ‘strikes right balance’ - Schools Week Pupils' coursework will not be marked this year, SQA says - Mail Coronavirus: SQA says pupils do not have to submit coursework to pass exams - Scotsman Coronavirus: Pupils’ coursework will not be marked this year, SQA says - Herald Scotland Connectedness, trust and student engagement - HEPI Coronavirus information - Voice Childcare providers and inspections as at 31 December 2019 - Ofsted UK’s next REF postponed ‘until further notice’ - Times Higher Education | THE Coronavirus (COVID-19): early years and childcare closures - DfE Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for schools and other educational settings - DfE Meeting the secretary of state - message to members - NAHT An update from NAHT Cymru following last night's announcement regarding new curbs on movement - NAHT NEU Cymru comments on schools staying open - National Education Union The clock is ticking on a decision about September entry - Wonkhe UCU welcomes move to stop face-to-face prison education during coronavirus crisis - UCU Anger over University of Portsmouth plans to axe staff during coronavirus crisis - UCU UCU says REF postponement is opportunity to review research funding - UCU Lack of clarity and consultation puts Isle of Man teachers at risk over COVID-19 plans - NASUWT Response relating to Covid-19 - IfATE Chatty kids do better at school - UKEdChat Keep calm and carry on-line - Villiers Park Educational Trust Coronavirus: LEYF opens 25 emergency childcare hubs across London - CYPN | Children & Young People Now GCSE results in English and maths: Whatever approach is taken, here is how it should be validated - FFT Education Datalab Coronavirus: Government urged to support childminders - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Imperial leads the way as medical students take final exams remotely - Public Technology Coronavirus: 'We look to our leaders for clarity' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Resources available to support homeschooling - IOE London Blog Coronavirus: Minecraft offers free lessons to children - BBC DfE publishes guidance for early years settings on coronavirus - Nursery World Make it FutureFit: Four ways to design better adult learning experiences - Nesta Coronavirus (COVID-19): implementing social distancing in education and childcare settings - DfE Coronavirus: IGCSEs cancelled worldwide - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted figures show ongoing fall in childminders - but childcare places stable - Nursery World Coronavirus: SQA says no coursework required this year - Times Educational Supplement | TES How fair can this year's GCSE grades really be? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: School leaders ‘horrified’ after parents of free school meal children targeted by fraudsters - Independent Are single-sex schools finished? - Telegraph School of celebrity teachers! Stars use their talents to educate the nation's locked-down kids - Mail Students criticise Royal College of Art's plan to hold degree show online - Guardian Boys who might not step up for leadership roles in the presence of girls will do so at a boy’s school - Telegraph Coronavirus: Some mayoral combined authorities guarantee AEB payments to ALL provider types - FE Week Government releases guidance on coronavirus and apprenticeships - Unionlearn Black and minority students could lose out if grades are based on predicted results - HuffPost Co-education or single-sex? Get the best of both with the diamond model - Telegraph Coronavirus: No live online lessons at most primaries - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus closures prove every lesson is precious - Times Educational Supplement | TES Banned: Teacher who sent pupil 'deeply personal' emails - Times Educational Supplement | TES Majority of childcare settings stay open to children of key workers - Nursery World All the latest on the coronavirus crisis and the early years sector - Nursery World Call to suspend face-to-face prison education as staff don't even have basic handwashing facilities - UCU At her girls’ school, my daughter had plenty of space to find her voice and lead - Telegraph The GCSE rite of passage has been taken away - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Fewer teachers may risk work, warn heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: 'Shut the doors, but keep school alive' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid-19: Stop face-to-face prison education, says UCU - Times Educational Supplement | TES Head's virus death and lockdown hit schools like 'bombshell' - BBC Coronavirus: Parents become unpaid teachers as millions start home-schooling plans - Mirror PE With Joe: From body coach to the nation's PE teacher - Mirror Fewer school staff may be willing or able to work, union warns - Mail 'I'm full of dread': Doctors, nurses, teachers and cleaners on risking their lives for their job - Guardian Coronavirus: Pay suppliers ‘as normal’, government tells schools - Schools Week Edinburgh reveals scale of key worker challenge - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Teaching watchdog launches 'wellbeing hub' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus a 'golden opportunity' to help teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Last year one Oxford college admitted 96% of its students from state schools. How did they do it? - Guardian Testing times for students: food banks open at universities - Guardian Millions of parents become unpaid teachers to their kids on the first day of UK school closures - The Sun Remote learning could come at the expense of poorer families - Telegraph Less than one in five children in England head to school as parents heed Government advice - The Sun We can avert a crisis for student renters – but only if we act fast - Wonkhe ‘Go home’ advice causing confusion among stranded students - Times Higher Education | THE International students across Europe face ‘chaos’ - Times Higher Education | THE Lecturing into your laptop is not nearly enough - Times Higher Education | THE Now is a good time for the UK to ditch the REF and the TEF - Times Higher Education | THE Prove you’re key workers, schools will tell parents - Times Fears that fees will dry up grips the private sector - Times Universities face fines for poaching students - Times E-learning opens world of opportunities - Times