News archive for 26th March 2020

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ESFA must act after more than half of all apprentices on standards withdraw - FE Week Children eligible for free school meals are to get weekly vouchers worth £15 instead due to coronavirus closures - Mail Coronavirus: ‘We can’t home school the UK’s children’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Education secretary thanks college leaders - Times Educational Supplement | TES State-funded schools inspections and outcomes as at 31 December 2019 - Ofsted FE on the frontline of the biggest peacetime battle - FE Week Coronavirus (COVID-19): attendance recording for educational settings - DfE Pupil absence in schools in England: 2018 to 2019 - DfE Further education and skills: March 2020 - DfE Apprenticeships and traineeships: March 2020 - DfE National achievement rates tables 2018 to 2019 - DfE Further update on 2020 exams - Ofqual Statistics: further education and skills - Education & Skills Funding Agency Further education and skills data - Education & Skills Funding Agency Statistics: national achievement rates tables - Education & Skills Funding Agency Qualification achievement rates and minimum standards - Education & Skills Funding Agency Coronavirus: Protect teachers with weeks off – not days - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education secretary writes to all FE providers to express his ‘deepest gratitude’ - FE Week Apprenticeship evaluation 2018 to 2019: learner and employer surveys - DfE Online learning rockets in coronavirus pandemic, says Pearson - Mail Covid-19: SQA announces HN assessment plans for FE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Some teachers 'facing needless virus risk' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid-19: Can T-level providers be ready in September? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Exams regulator to set out details of process and timetable ‘next week’ - FE Week Unauthorised absences at record high for second year - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: 'Urgent' need for answers on assessment - Times Educational Supplement | TES Live streaming fundraiser for Wear A Hat Day - Primary Times Institute consultations on funding and EQA extended by six weeks - IfATE What do we know, so far, about the best ways to help users use good research evidence? - BERA AELP draft response to EQA consultation - AELP Chris Sayers: Who governs the governors? - HEPI Action for supply teachers - National Education Union Covid-19 will last a long time in regulatory data - Wonkhe Coronavirus: Exams regulator to set out details of process and timetable ‘next week’ - Schools Week Covid-19 - How a school is dealing with it 40 days on - Independent Head Coronavirus: GCSE and A-level grading plan 'by Easter' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Teaching can combat 'crisis racism' - Times Educational Supplement | TES ARCHER2 services contracts awarded - Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) These schools are making vital protective equipment for hospitals as coronavirus pressure builds - HuffPost Postgraduate students urge funders to extend grants over coronavirus - Guardian Should I still be paying nursery fees now they've been ordered to shut? - Telegraph Covid-19 and admissions, REF, regulation and accommodation (podcast) - Wonkhe Government launches WhatsApp chatbot for coronavirus advice - Public Technology Coronavirus: DfE warning over free school meals scam - CYPN | Children & Young People Now 'More harm than good': the case for and against closing schools during the coronavirus pandemic | Peter Collignon and Marylouise LcLaws - Guardian Boarding students’ mental health concerns - PIE News Coronavirus: global student flows to suffer ‘massive hit’ for years - Times Higher Education | THE We must still keep fighting for greater internationalisation - Times Higher Education | THE Global HE as we know it has forever changed - Times Higher Education | THE Coronavirus scam warning: New scam targeting children’s school meals - Express Student bulge will lead to more crowded secondaries - Times Educational Supplement | TES Don’t worry about cancelled exams – research shows we should switch to teacher assessment permanently - The Conversation Apprenticeship funding and quality assurance consultations extended by 6 weeks - FE Week Coronavirus: QTS will be based on progress judgements - Times Educational Supplement | TES Once it has gone, will Covid-19 prove an opportunity? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: IfATE consultations extended by six weeks - Times Educational Supplement | TES How to study at home during coronavirus – by online students and tutors - Guardian Coronavirus: More childcare settings closing their doors - Nursery World Nine key findings from new DfE employer and apprentice surveys - FE Week Coronavirus: Help poorer children access online learning, charity begs tech firms - Schools Week Coronavirus: Heads question safety of school hubs move - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus and the cancellation of summer exams and assessments 2020: vocational and technical qualifications - NAHT Coronavirus and summer 2020 exams - NAHT Coronavirus: joint union advice - NAHT Uni Connect programme: An update from the Office for Students - Office for Students Change to Plan 1 Interest Rates - Student Loans Company Coronavirus: Worried, afraid, but our teaching heroes are not shirking from their public service duty - SecEd Children to get £15 a week voucher to replace school meals during coronavirus lockdown - Mirror More secondary schools full or over-capacity as population bulge moves through - Schools Week Why we still need tests, even in the time of coronavirus - Telegraph Fewer schools outstanding under new Ofsted framework - Times Educational Supplement | TES English teacher's Facebook lessons an 'overwhelming' success - BBC School absence fines rise again as landmark court ruling continues to have an impact - Schools Week Children to get £15 per week voucher to replace free school meals due to coronavirus closures - The Sun Coronavirus: 'Supply teachers face greater insecurity' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Apprenticeship achievement rate drops - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Williamson acknowledges teacher anxiety - Times Educational Supplement | TES Unauthorised absence rate remains at highest since records began - Schools Week Teacher slams free meals provider for 'shameful' rations amid coronavirus crisis - Mirror Apprenticeship quango says less than half passing to be ‘expected’ - FE Week ‘Requires improvement’ schools less likely to improve under new framework - Schools Week Fifth of apprentices don't receive formal training - Times Educational Supplement | TES National apprenticeship achievement rates fall below 65% - FE Week Apprenticeship starts fall 7% in first half of 2019/20 - FE Week We're better prepared for distance learning than ever - Times Educational Supplement | TES Kate's instinct and major portfolio helping Duchess home-school Charlotte and George - Express Report shows the depth of unhappiness of Cardiff University staff - Wales Online Regulatory requirements during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic - Office for Students Home and away – the consequences of Covid-19 - Wonkhe Covid-19: Is secrecy over university finances in the student interest? - Wonkhe A tale of two Cambridges: the growing pains of university-industry collaborations - Times Higher Education | THE Coronavirus shines spotlight on science advice system in UK - Times Higher Education | THE UCET spring newsletter 2020 - UCET Coronavirus: Dorchester hotel chefs bring haute cuisine to pupils - Times Scotland coronavirus: Teacher 3D-prints visors at school - Times Scotland: Call to hire army of tutors to educate children online - Times