News archive for 3rd May 2020

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Ministers unveil package to shore up UK universities’ cash flow - Financial Times Coronavirus: Online students face full tuition fees - BBC Coronavirus: Almost a fifth of UK homes with children going hungry during lockdown - Mirror Nicola Sturgeon to announce re-opening of Scottish schools, not the UK Government - Scotsman Revealed: year six primary school pupils may return on 1 June - Guardian The Guardian view on home learning: tears before bedtime? - Guardian Years 10 and 12 pupils to be first to return to secondary schools after primaries ‘reopen next month’ - The Sun First minister insists no school till June and unveils phased return - Express A new broom - Headteachers' Roundtable Students' fears over exam assessment - UCU Our response to the latest round of press speculation regarding schools reopening - NAHT ASCL Cymru response to First Minister on school reopening - ASCL UK government announces admissions rules to protect HE sector - PIE News How Fika is supporting universities with mental fitness during Covid-19 - Wonkhe We cannot let Covid-19 derail progress on closing the BAME attainment gap - Wonkhe How important is university autonomy during and after a pandemic? - Wonkhe Covid-19 does discriminate – so we should tackle its impact on BAME students - Wonkhe So, what is Clearing Plus? - Wonkhe The Covid-19 support package (podcast) - Wonkhe The government’s Covid-19 support package for universities - Wonkhe Even in the Covid crisis, universities are not too big to “fail” - Wonkhe Post-lockdown fines for parents keeping kids home from school 'extraordinarily unlikely' - Mirror Podcast 82: Do what matters, not what gets measured - Teacher Toolkit Remote learning: The evidence - Teacher Toolkit Government support package for universities doesn't provide protection the sector needs - UCU More personalised options and support than ever for students in Clearing 2020 - UCAS Schools in Wales could reopen in early June - Independent Primary schools in England could reopen on 1 June, reports say - Guardian Coronavirus: Schools in Wales could reopen in June, first minister says - Herald Scotland Coronavirus: Could schools' phased return begin in June for Wales? - BBC Schools in Wales could reopen in June, first minister says - Mail Ofsted chief predicts mixed economy of schooling as coronavirus lockdown eased - Evening Standard Great deal of logic in young children returning to school first - Ofsted boss - Mail First Minister says schools won't reopen until at least June - Wales Online Year 6 pupils may return to school first in Wales - hinting at UK coronavirus plan - Mirror Spielman: It would be 'odd' to inspect online teaching - Times Educational Supplement | TES How to recruit teaching staff during lockdown - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers urge changes to 2021 exams as schools plan pupils’ return - Guardian Hospice ‘astounded’ at funds raised by Darlington College staff - FE Week 5 remote teaching tips to help pupils and families - Times Educational Supplement | TES How many of us are making the grade as home educators? - Guardian Hospice ‘astounded’ at funds raised by Darlington College staff - FE Week Get creative to thank school stars, says campaign - Schools Week Making school cool helps children do better in exams - Guardian Highlights from our webinar with Gillian Keegan - FE Week Two cheers to the government for reopening our primary schools – now let's open the rest - Telegraph How teachers can address the growing knowledge gap - Times Educational Supplement | TES Speed read: Highlights from our webinar with Gillian Keegan - FE Week Lockdown diary. A week in the life of - Schools Week Primary schools could reopen from June 1 as lockdown exit begins - Express Coronavirus hits universities where no vaccine can help them: fees - Times Coronavirus could leave Scots universities on brink of financial ruin by Christmas - Times How ethicists can help health workers address the Covid-19 crisis - Times Higher Education | THE