News archive for 18th May 2020

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Children 'not high transmitters' of coronavirus - Times Educational Supplement | TES Huge majority against sending children back - damning new YouGov poll - Express Government must be patient on schools and protect teachers - Mirror At least 300 UK primary schools will not open to more pupils on June 1 - Financial Times Parents told their children may no longer get online lessons when schools are reconvened - Telegraph Third council defies Government advice to reopen schools on June 1 - Evening Standard Former PM Tony Blair backs Government bid to reopen schools - Mail Minister refuses to rule out legal action against councils which fail to reopen schools on June 1 - Telegraph Teachers told not to mark homework to avoid spread of coronavirus - Telegraph Think of the teachers who want to go back to work - regardless of what the unions say - Telegraph How FE is supporting mental health during lockdown - Times Educational Supplement | TES The return to school must be cautious and gradual - Financial Times Is it safe to go back to school in England? The scientific advice so far - Guardian Forget the hysteria – schools must open next month before kids fall even further behind - The Sun Kids at UK primary school rigidly obey 'traffic light' social distancing system - Mirror Medical chief speaks out about whether children can spread coronavirus - Mirror Coronavirus: Now unions tell teachers 'it's not safe' to mark children's books when schools go back - Mail Ofsted halts parent survey asking when inspections should restart - Schools Week Be honest to new students about closed campuses, universities told - Times Williamson’s homework deserves a D minus | Hugo Rifkind - Times How governors and trustees can help schools make sense of the future - Ambition Institute The future of the classroom? China’s experience of AI in education - Nesta We should be overhauling the school system, not rushing to send children back | Suzanne Moore - Guardian Tensions in current curriculum reform and the development of teachers’ professional autonomy - BERA Sex Education Forum publishes new ‘RSE definitions guide’ - NAHT Professor Dame Wendy Hall appointed Chair of the Ada Lovelace Institute - Nuffield Foundation Educational gaps are growing during lockdown - Nuffield Foundation Anxiety and the return to school - Teacher Tapp The ETF launches new online professional development resources for CEOs and Principals in FE - Education & Training Foundation Stage not age: The time is now - SecEd Third council defies advice to reopen schools on June 1 saying risk is 'unacceptable' - Mirror Take the ‘opportunity’ to reopen from June, says skills minister - FE Week Educational gaps are growing during lockdown - IOE London Blog Valuing diverse knowledges in higher education: a post-COVID proposition - Advance HE New project to analyse how COVID-19 is affecting children’s wellbeing - IOE London Blog Coronavirus: Schools reopening on 1 June 'extremely unlikely', say unions - Times Educational Supplement | TES Anger over 'arrogant' academy email on Covid-19 risks - Times Educational Supplement | TES Details on reopening Scottish schools expected in days - Times Educational Supplement | TES 16 to 19 Bursary Fund audit guide for local authorities: 2020 to 2021 academic year - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA senior staff moves - Education & Skills Funding Agency Actions for schools during the coronavirus outbreak - DfE Students in Wales encouraged to apply now for student finance - Student Loans Company Marking books not safe suggests new coronavirus guidance for teachers - Guardian Outcomes based regulation doesn’t work in a pandemic. Or a select committee - Wonkhe Coping with a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world during Covid-19 - Wonkhe If “industry-oriented” degrees are the answer, what are some of the questions? - Wonkhe More virtual graduation excitement - Wonkhe Most early career academics face funding cliff edge, survey suggests - Times Higher Education | THE Suggestions for reflective CPD activity - Early Education Children’s services 'ill-prepared for devastating impact of coronavirus', charities warn - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Poorer pupils 'worst affected' by school closures, study warns, amid row over reopening - CYPN | Children & Young People Now New research tackling challenges of COVID-19 launched by LSE Rapid Response Fund - London School of Economics | LSE For children with special needs, Michael Gove’s plan to reopen schools is immensely damaging - HuffPost Coronavirus: France sees 70 cases linked to schools days after reopening - Independent Access to higher education: what the OfS revealed today - Times Educational Supplement | TES Are schools ready to open or are children being used as guinea pigs? Two sides of the debate - Independent Students 'must be warned if courses taught online' - BBC The questions teachers want Gavin Williamson to answer - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid-19 is changing education for the better - Financial Times Schools reopening has not triggered rise in Covid-19 cases, EU ministers told - Guardian Children on coronavirus: ‘Don’t just tell us to wash our hands and say it will be okay’ - The Conversation Are nurseries ready to reopen or is the Government pushing too much, too soon? - Telegraph 'It's time to get our children back into the classroom' -Teachers and parents on schools reopening - Telegraph NUS' Kevin Courtney disagrees with governments back to school plan (video) - Mail Encourage vulnerable pupils to attend hubs, say MSPs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Improving your skills while staying safe at home - Unionlearn Furious mum will refuse to send son, 5, back to school as she won’t let him be treated as ‘guinea pig’ - The Sun Minister refuses to rule out penalising heads if they keep schools shut, as academies warn poor kids will lose out - The Sun Could coronavirus change science education? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why the focus on mental health should start in training - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Educational gaps widen during lockdown - Nursery World School heads could be penalised by ministers if they stay shut as academies warn poor kids will lose out - The Sun Schools in some areas could go back before others, minister suggests - The Sun ESFA reveals new further education director - FE Week Culture secretary Oliver Dowden refuses to rule out penalising councils if they boycott school reopening next month - Evening Standard Coronavirus: Teachers and councils fight pressure to reopen schools - Times What was said in the conversation on reopening schools? - Times Educational Supplement | TES How to balance wellbeing with remote learning - Times Educational Supplement | TES Social capital: in the days of Covid-19, good neighbours keep their distance - IOE London Blog If you really care about children go back to school Michael Gove tells teachers - Express MATs warn of 'irreparable' damage if schools don't open - Times Educational Supplement | TES Struggling families are ‘less keen to send kids back to school’ - Metro How your child’s reopened school could look – hoops for social distancing and kids cleaning their own cuts - The Sun British kids’ futures are ‘hanging by a thread’ as coronavirus school closures could ‘damage generation beyond repair’ - The Sun Coronavirus: Final schools reopening decision ‘to be made on May 28’ - Schools Week Jisc provides Cyber Essentials certification to UK colleges and universities - Jisc Dad of girl, 5, fighting Kawasaki disease gives stark warning ahead of school return - Mirror Coronavirus school closures impact 1.3 billion children – and remote learning is increasing inequality - The Conversation 'It can't go on like this!' Plans to reopen primary schools divides opinion - Express Movers and Shakers: Edition 317 - FE Week Educational gaps are growing during lockdown - Institute for Fiscal Studies | IFS Union tells headteachers to reopen schools next month as study shows lockdown will increase inequality - PoliticsHome Educational gap survey - National Education Union Damage to children's education caused by the coronavirus schools shutdown could last a generation - Mail Employers are slashing graduate jobs. But students mustn't lose hope | Stephen Isherwood - Guardian Former adviser to skills minister calls for temporary ban on new adult apprentices - FE Week Two and a half cheers for Ofqual’s ‘standardisation model’ for GCSE, AS and A level grades – so long as schools comply - HEPI New guidance on mental health and wellbeing – supporting staff and students more important now than ever - Universities UK Learning at Work Week goes on air and online - Unionlearn Teacher shares image of his daughter, 5, in hospital with deadly Kawasaki disease and warns against reopening schools - Mail Get involved this Mental Health Awareness Week! - Unionlearn Latest Athena SWAN awards mark another step to enhance gender equality - Advance HE Coronavirus: School closures will leave children from poorest families a week and a half behind classmates, research suggests - Independent Coronavirus delays troubled college’s merger until autumn - FE Week CEO leaves trust 12 months after whistleblower probe - Schools Week Poorer families less likely to want to send children back to school - Mail Coronavirus: Better-off children 'studying more than poorer pupils' - BBC Lockdown is worsening educational inequality, think tank warns - Mail Union tells headteachers to open schools next month after Government assures it is safe - The Sun How to NOT go to School - Teach First Keeping schools closed in England will widen inequalities - Guardian Employers reduce entry-level jobs by a quarter - Times Educational Supplement | TES Poorer families 'less likely' to return pupils to class - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Academies warn of irreparable harm if schools remain closed - Times Huawei’s ‘£5m sponsorship deal with Imperial College’ - Times 9:00 a.m. - The Education Committee will hear oral evidence in its inquiry into the impact of COVID-19 on education and children’s services - Accountability Hearings Bringing English up to date in the wake of coronavirus - Times Higher Education | THE Is this a Lehman Brothers moment for UK higher education? - Times Higher Education | THE