News archive for 7th May 2020

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Government to take ownership of colleges - FE Week Legal threat over removal of protections for children in care during outbreak - HuffPost Introducing… Christine Ricketts, Principal, Brooklands College - FE Week DfE relaxes traineeship rules - FE Week Early years ITT requirements and supporting advice - DfE Conducting a SEND risk assessment during the coronavirus outbreak - DfE Actions for FE colleges and providers during the coronavirus outbreak - DfE Graduate labour market statistics: 2019 - DfE Statistics: special educational needs (SEN) - DfE Students 'being ignored' over fee-refund claim - BBC Families sue UK government over 'little or no education' for their children - Guardian Coronavirus UK: 10% parents happy to send kids back to school - Mail Why international teaching hasn’t lost its appeal - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools in England should not reopen before September, unions warn - Guardian Vaccinate teachers before our children go into school - Times Educational Supplement | TES Changes to the law on ECHPs will have serious impact - Times Educational Supplement | TES Speed read: Highlights from our webinar with Toby Perkins - FE Week Digital delivery: our participants’ perspectives - Sutton Trust International students divided on start dates for academic year – UKEAS - PIE News Indian government schedules flights for students stranded in UK - PIE News Meet the Bitesize Class of 2020 teachers - Primary Times How to pay attention - The Learning Spy Time for a Key Stage 1 that is developmentally appropriate? - Early Education From tented classrooms to shift patterns: what schools could look like when children return - Telegraph Secondary school league table: Search for the top schools for A-level results - Telegraph The effect of rank position at primary school on secondary school outcomes - FFT Education Datalab Covid-19 update: Flexibilities announced for traineeships - AELP The Education Committee's inquiry into the impact of COVID-19 on education and children's services: Teach First submission - Teach First Six strategies for effective distance learning: A summary for teachers - Learning Scientists Language students face a 'virtual year abroad' learning over the Internet - Mail The 20 best schools in Scotland as ranked by Higher results - Scotsman Coronavirus: impact on children's services - UK Parliament Schools must only be reopened when safe to do so - NASUWT No change for schools in Wales on 1 June - NAHT Changes to SEND legislation must be temporary - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools will not open more widely in Wales - National Education Union NEU petition nears 350,000 signatures - National Education Union Coronavirus: Schools in Wales not reopening on 1 June - BBC Above and beyond predictions – No exams presents an opportunity for innovation in contextual admissions - HEPI COVID-19: Latest advice for colleges - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA OfS announcement on 2020-21 teaching grant budget - Russell Group Coronavirus information - Voice Additional nominations to the REF sub-panel - BERA Opportunities missed: Then the rains came down and washed the writing away - BERA Classroom changemakers: the 15 award winning teachers revolutionising maths and computer science - Nesta 9 in 10 parents do not want children to go back to school as soon as lockdown ends - Nursery World ‘Catch up plan’ needed to stop disadvantaged pupils falling further behind, says EPI - CYPN | Children & Young People Now The digital literacy myth: Not all are natives - Advance HE School closures ‘open up chasm’ between pupils - London School of Economics | LSE ASCL Cymru response to Welsh education minister’s statement on schools reopening - ASCL Primary school league table: Search and compare the best primary schools in your area - Telegraph Best independent schools in the UK: Compare league table results for A-levels - Telegraph Best independent schools in the UK: Compare league table results for GCSEs - Telegraph Low Pay Commission calls on government to better protect apprentices - FE Week Experts call for degree apprenticeship funding changes - Times Educational Supplement | TES How colleges are supporting mental health in lockdown - Times Educational Supplement | TES Will school summer holidays 2020 be cancelled due to COVID-19? - Express More than 10% rise in EHC plans for second year running - Times Educational Supplement | TES School forced to fundraise to keep pupils learning - Times Educational Supplement | TES Prioritise play when schools reopen, say mental health experts - Guardian Coronavirus: Research to look into impact of lockdown on young children's contact with nature - Nursery World Government awarded school meal voucher contract without tender - Guardian College photography students turn lockdown into art - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why we can't abandon tech-based teaching after lockdown - Times Educational Supplement | TES Disadvantaged pupils ‘hit hardest’ by coronavirus school closures - Evening Standard Prevent monitoring requirements during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic - Office for Students National Student Survey 2020: Publication of data - Office for Students Parents left humiliated as 'faulty' free school meal vouchers are rejected at checkouts - Mirror Our new report must inform the roadmap to reopening - Schools Week Students: how has lockdown affected your final year of university? - Guardian More than half of final year students lose jobs or internships during pandemic - Jisc Six positive ways coronavirus can change education - Times Educational Supplement | TES When will schools reopen in the UK? Phased return explained - Mirror Teachers asked to decorate classrooms in lockdown - Times Educational Supplement | TES When will schools reopen in the UK? - The Sun DfE reports 10% rise in number of EHC plans - Schools Week Teachers put at risk unnecessarily as schools prepare for reopening, union claims - Mail Skills like oracy will be even more vital after Covid - Times Educational Supplement | TES Unionlearn website supports workers at home with their children - Unionlearn Outdoor education centres in danger of closing for good - Times Educational Supplement | TES Both my parents are doctors and got coronavirus. I've never been so scared - Guardian Building young skills at home with Aegis - Unionlearn Almost a third of graduate jobs have been cancelled or deferred due to coronavirus, poll finds - Telegraph Classroom Changemakers – meet the successful applicants - Nesta Edenred’s national voucher scheme contract worth up to £234m, new documents reveal - Schools Week 90% of parents would be unhappy with schools reopening soon after lockdown is eased, survey finds - The Sun Pandemic is also a test of our maths skills - Financial Times Teaching children about money in lockdown - Financial Times Primary schools to reopen in month in draft plan - but secondaries will wait - Mirror UK universities braced for reform when crisis ends - Financial Times Coronavirus: 'Humiliation' as school meal vouchers fail at till - BBC Chinese students in UK ‘report increased racism and discrimination’ - Times Higher Education | THE Public trust in science ‘soars following pandemic’ - Times Higher Education | THE Mission-driven research is no substitute for discovery science - Times Higher Education | THE Coronavirus: 'Pay teachers to work in summer schools' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Extra teaching needed to plug disadvantage 'chasm' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Employers ‘prefer humanities graduates to Stem degrees’ - Times Scottish school league tables 2020: West Lothian is best for bargain homes and top schools - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: Universities to get £75m in crisis funding - Times Coronavirus in Ireland: Call off Leaving Certificate exams, say 80% of students - Times DfE’s Apply for teacher training: FAQs - UCET