News archive for 15th May 2020

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Government and teaching unions told to stop squabbling about re-opening schools - Independent School chiefs say they should re-open from June 1 after unions and councils defy Boris Johnson - The Sun Two cases of coronavirus confirmed at Derby primary school now closed for deep-clean - The Sun Opposition to reopening schools is 'middle class' and harms disadvantaged children who miss school - Mail Is it safe to go back to school? - Financial Times Coronavirus: Tuition fees for Scots students 'not an option' as universities face £700m hole - Herald Scotland MAT chiefs and maintained heads to unite in ‘new voice’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES School reopening warning: Pupils at risk of 'detrimental' impact, says ex-teacher - Express Martin Rowson on the reopening of England's primary schools – cartoon - Guardian Union criticises flimsy evidence behind Government´s plan to reopen schools - Mail Government insists likelihood of virus infection in school is 'very small' as union attacks 'flimsy' science behind plan - Evening Standard BMA backs teaching unions opposing reopening of schools - Guardian Everyone must have a say in the future of education - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tes Podcast: DfE versus unions over schools reopening - Times Educational Supplement | TES Action over absent teachers a matter for heads says DfE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Colleges shouldn't have to foot the bill for cleaning - Times Educational Supplement | TES Increasing signs of rebellion over school opening plan - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Doctors say it's too soon to reopen schools - BBC Liverpool defies government and tells parents its schools won't all open on June 1 - Mirror ‘No evidence, no clarity’: Teaching unions left with more questions than answers after meeting with government scientists on reopening plans - Independent Schools in Liverpool will not reopen on June 1, council leaders tell parents - Evening Standard Liverpool becomes first English city to say it won reopen schools on June 1 - Mail 'Rushed and premature': parents reveal fears over schools reopening amid Covid-19 crisis - Guardian Revealed: Edenred sued government over tender-free contract - Schools Week What colleges could learn from apprenticeships - Times Educational Supplement | TES No need to teach broad and balanced curriculum in June - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish colleges lose 3.5% of income owing to Covid-19 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Vexed issue of schools challenges coronavirus consensus - Guardian Ministers publish their guidance on why schools are safe for kids to back in June - The Sun Local councils want schools in 'higher risk' black, Asian and minority ethnic areas to be allowed to open later - Telegraph Unions and scientists stand-off over safety of reopening schools - Telegraph From inertia to contagion towards immunity: keeping ‘race’ on the UK university agenda post-COVID-19 - Advance HE Providing free school meals during the coronavirus outbreak - DfE School funding: between financial years 2010 to 2011 and 2020 to 2021 - DfE Overview of scientific information on coronavirus (COVID-19) - DfE Gavin Williamson: Teaching unions must ‘do their duty’ and ‘get children back to school’ - PoliticsHome Impact of COVID-19 on education and children’s services examined - UK Parliament Five tips on how to stop kids from getting restless due to homeschooling fatigue - Primary Times Visa application issues could stop students reaching universities - PIE News How to cope with change that you didn't ask for - Early Education A statistics primer for the overwhelmed educator - Learning Scientists Since when did teacher-shaming become Britain's national sport? | Shami Chakrabarti - Guardian Coronavirus: NEU says questions remain after government scientific briefing - Schools Week NASUWT comments on Guernsey plans for phased reopening of schools - NASUWT Meeting with scientific advisors raised more questions than answers over wider reopening of schools - NASUWT NASUWT welcomes variable payments guidance for supply teachers - NASUWT Caution needed in any expansion of provision by Isle of Man schools - NASUWT Lost learning: Educational gaps caused by coronavirus - ASCL In the news 15 May 2020 - UCU ASCL comment on talks with scientific advisers over reopening of schools - ASCL Girls’ Schools Association announces new Chief Executive - GSA Online teacher education in times of Covid-19 - BERA Welcome appointments for science and research - Russell Group NEU talks with Government’s scientific advisers - National Education Union Education and COVID-19: What can the UK Government learn from other countries? - NFER Coronavirus information - Voice Joint letter to John Swinney - Voice Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell appointed Russell Group Chair - Russell Group Online teaching: what next? - Ambition Institute The science on schools - National Education Union No date set for opening schools in Wales - National Education Union DfE has 'low confidence' pupils won't spread Covid-19 - Times Educational Supplement | TES How Covid-19 has affected colleges' international work - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for schools and other educational settings - DfE Coronavirus: DfE publishes overview of scientific advice - Schools Week Doctors back teachers' fears over schools reopening - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools to defy DfE over pupil rotas - Times Educational Supplement | TES School openings: Teachers demand more evidence - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools face logistical problems just to ensure pupils travel safely - Schools Week 12-day window to submit GCSE English and math grades, new Ofqual guidance reveals - FE Week Wales confirms it won't reopen schools on June 1 as row over English plan mounts - Mirror Teachers' horror at schools reopening laid bare with children described as 'sacrificial lambs' - Mirror UK coronavirus live: Welsh schools will not fully reopen until September as 'stay home' advice remains in place - Guardian Coronavirus: Private schools offer bursaries and beds for NHS key workers and their children - Independent ‘The pandemic has magnified inequalities tenfold’: How are British teachers coping in lockdown? - Telegraph Prolonged school closures risk damaging children's education, No 10 warns - Guardian Welsh gov backs Boris’ plans to re-open schools as it reveals traffic light system to exit lockdown - The Sun DfE ‘can’t prevent’ schools buying half-term meal vouchers - Schools Week 12-day window to submit teacher grades, new Ofqual guidance reveals - Schools Week Pregnant teacher from London raises social distancing and PPE concerns ahead of schools reopening - Evening Standard Liverpool council defies government reopening plans – vowing children won’t return until June 15 ‘at very earliest’ - Schools Week How teachers can avoid biased GCSE grading - Times Educational Supplement | TES Call for clarity over reopening of Scottish schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs: How Ofqual will check teacher assessed grades - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why we need a national tutoring service - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils don their uniforms for a day to celebrate school - Times Educational Supplement | TES When will UK schools reopen – and how will they keep children safe? - Guardian Don't fight school openings tooth and nail - Times Educational Supplement | TES The answers heads need at crunch DfE talks - Times Educational Supplement | TES We can prepare to return while questioning the advice - Times Educational Supplement | TES Football freestylers help children with maths education during coronavirus lockdown - Express Parents threaten to boycott school return as they 'refuse to let kids be guinea pigs' - Mirror Apprentices also expected to receive face-to-face training from June - FE Week Academy chiefs hit back against unions and tell teachers to prepare for schools to reopen - Telegraph 30 hour childcare key to getting the country back to work, says nursery market report - Nursery World COVID-19: a defining moment for longitudinal research? - IOE London Blog I’d happily send my children back to school, says minister as unions seek safety assurances - Evening Standard Unicef: The 13 answers needed to plan for school return - Times Educational Supplement | TES Recruitment: Is it business as usual again for schools? - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK coronavirus live: education leaders to meet government advisers about reopening English schools - Guardian BBC's Naga Munchetty stunned by teachers union threat to sue school heads for reopening - Express Highlights from the ‘regional skills concordat’ college showcase - FE Week Schools in BAME areas 'should be allowed to re-open later' - Mail Wales wants Year 6 pupils and those with exams at school before summer - Wales Online Kids are just as likely to get coronavirus as adults, stats show - The Sun Patient, amusing, inspirational... teachers have always made a difference - Guardian UK minister admits less than 10% of contact tracers recruited - Guardian Ministers face renewed pressure over push to reopen schools as education leaders and Government at loggerheads - Evening Standard DfE to hold crunch back-to-school talks today - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools should be allowed to decide when they reopen to kids, ministers told - Metro New package of support announced by inspectorate - Times Educational Supplement | TES Time to get back to class: Row between teachers and unions explodes - Mail Schools reopen in France as Britain dithers over sending kids back to the classroom during coronavirus pandemic - The Sun Ofsted raps first school over Baker clause - Schools Week Ofsted raps first school over Baker Clause - FE Week Ministers facing renewed pressure over lockdown easing - Mail NASUWT supports call for council powers to close schools where COVID-19 clusters emerge - NASUWT Councils need the power to close schools - National Education Union Over 1000 councillors write to Gavin Williamson - National Education Union Children should be protected from a lifetime of disadvantage - Express Coronavirus: Ministers accused of ‘abdicating responsibility’ over schools reopening plan - Schools Week Does everyone need a chief scientist? - HEPI UKRI supports pupils to engage with cutting-edge science online during school closures - Cambridge Network Education sector turns to AI to defend millions of students’ data and research as they learn remotely - Cambridge Network Coronavirus: Unions demand assurances over 1 June school plan - BBC Teachers' union threatens to sue school chiefs if staff are put at risk - Mail Allow schools in communities at higher risk to decide whether to reopen - Mail Young adults more likely to have poor mental health during lockdown - Mail Mental health: 70% of young people suffering - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pandemic ‘will drive universities into lifelong education’ - Times Higher Education | THE We must supplement Zoom with small-group, face-to-face tuition - Times Higher Education | THE Women in science are battling both Covid-19 and the patriarchy - Times Higher Education | THE Welsh universities face ‘serious and pressing’ threat in virus crisis - Times Higher Education | THE Coronavirus: New teacher job vacancies drop - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Alert over world’s overcrowded classrooms - Times Educational Supplement | TES Students from deprived areas hardest hit by lockdown - Times Educational Supplement | TES Call to allow schools to decide when they open - Times Educational Supplement | TES Call for free school meals during half-term and summer in England - Guardian Teachers can legally refuse to return over health risk, says union - Guardian Education Secretary Gavin Williamson demands unions ‘do their duty’ as they threaten to sue if staff are put at risk - The Sun School row erupts as David Blunkett blasts unions for ‘working against children’s interest - Express Schools test Tim Peake’s zero-gravity salad - Times