News archive for 20th May 2020

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Teachers' union leader caught making offensive remarks about children admits being 'blunt too often' - Mail Opening schools is unlikely to increase spread of coronavirus among children or adults - Mail Ten days on, how Boris Johnson's big vision to reopen schools tumbled into chaos and rancour - Telegraph Heriot-Watt University takes down tuition fee pledge stone laid by Alex Salmond - Scotsman Schoolkids across Britain say they want to go back to school as they miss learning and their friends - The Sun 'Very, very upsetting': students face tough decisions over university - Guardian Coronavirus: More councils warn over opening schools on 1 June - BBC One in five students could defer going to university due to Covid-19 - Mail Ministers row back on 1 June schools opening as councils voice concerns - Guardian Government accepts schools may not open to more pupils on June 1 - Financial Times Student nurses on coronavirus front line should get tuition fees refund, Matt Hancock told - HuffPost ESFA ESF provider relief scheme - Education & Skills Funding Agency Coronavirus (COVID-19): safeguarding in schools, colleges and other providers - DfE Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for educational settings - DfE ESFA Update: 20 May 2020 - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA: Business Update - Education & Skills Funding Agency No 100% guarantee of Covid-19 protection in schools, education minister says - Mail More councils advise schools against June 1 reopening - Mail Covid-19: Schools in 'micro-hotspots' could open later - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Why open schools in June?', teachers ask PM - Times Educational Supplement | TES What students can expect at universities in Wales from September - Wales Online Cambridge University cancels face-to-face lectures until summer 2021 - Mail Coronavirus: When can schools reopen safely? What the science tells us - Times Pupils whose parents have degrees a year ahead in maths - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools need more support to tackle extremist views - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nursery staff won’t wear face masks as children found them ‘really frightening’ - Metro Headteacher warns parents to keep kids away from 'sterile holding bay' schools - Mirror What does history tell us about vulnerability to international recruitment changes? - Wonkhe The new Stepchange is an opportunity to renew our efforts on mental health - Wonkhe Leaders of the National Education Union are caught discussing how to 'threaten' headmasters - Mail Students opt to defer as Cambridge becomes first to axe all face-to-face learning - Mail Four remote teaching issues school policies must consider - Times Educational Supplement | TES Researchers develop program to map evidence on COVID-19 - IOE London Blog When will schools reopen in the UK? - The Sun Cambridge lectures will be online only next year - Times Higher Education | THE Thousands of schools could refuse Government advice to reopen on June 1 as MP admits doubt over summer target - The Sun Fifth of new students say they will not take up university place if lectures are made online only - Telegraph Outspoken headteacher pleads with parents not to send their children back to school - Mail Coronavirus: Scottish universities will be 'open for business' after summer amid funding plea - Herald Scotland 120,000 fewer apprenticeship starts predicted - Times Educational Supplement | TES The only certainty about September is uncertainty for students - Wonkhe We need a nationally coordinated approach to reopening universities - Wonkhe Track and trace - National Education Union Russell Group sets out proposals to give UK the edge in competitive international student market - Russell Group Voice welcomes acknowledgement of local approach to wider opening of schools - Voice ​​​​​​​Universities' reopening plans are only adding to confusion, says UCU - UCU COVID-19 and education settings: last week’s scientific briefing - AoC | Association of Colleges UCU calls for government support as poll shows students may defer study and consider changing university - UCU New guidance for Senior Leaders and EAL specialists participating in allocation of exam grades to pupils with EAL - Bell Foundation Poorest families least likely to send children back to school - SecEd Online and offline options on the table for year 10 & 12 face-to-face support - SecEd English schools reopening: which councils will meet 1 June deadline? - Guardian Cambridge University to hold lectures online until 2021 - PIE News Council dissent over school reopening plans grows - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Looked-after children less likely to attend higher education, study shows - CYPN | Children & Young People Now The Skills Builder Universal Framework has launched! - ERSA We’re all in this together! - Advance HE Homeschooling tips and resources: the secrets of home educating parents - Telegraph PM: Track and trace will be ready when schools open - Times Educational Supplement | TES ESFA launches Covid-19 supplier relief for European Social Fund providers - FE Week Coronavirus: Plan to reopen schools from June collapses - Mail Apprenticeships: ESFA confirms end to frameworks - Times Educational Supplement | TES Thank a Teacher Day 2020: what is the national teacher appreciation day - Scotsman Will universities open in September? - Metro Back-to-school plans in turmoil: 13 councils to defy Government amid parent backlash - Express Are nurseries going back in June? - Express No sex, no booze: how the move online will take all the fun out of university - Guardian Colleges will need to create student ‘bubbles’ to reduce Covid risk but ‘real challenge’, says AoC - FE Week Minister rows back on 1 June as fixed date for all English primary schools to reopen - Guardian The three-stage plan to reopen Welsh colleges and universities - Wales Online England heading for split on back-to-school plan as council rebellion grows - Telegraph Coronavirus: Test, track and trace system ‘will be in place by June 1’ says Boris Johnson - Schools Week What are the wider consequences of universities moving online? - New Statesman Opening schools later will make problems even worse, says head - Evening Standard The UK's biggest assembly: Stuart Pearce talks grit - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exam grading: Avoiding unconscious bias and other tips - Times Educational Supplement | TES How will the 'new normal' change apprentice assessment? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Robert Buckland admits there might not be 'uniform approach' to schools reopening as councils express safety concerns - Evening Standard What's life really like for pupils in lockdown? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Militant unions caught plotting to threaten headteachers who try to reopen schools at secret meeting - The Sun Get children thinking: why philosophy is the perfect lockdown activity for youngsters - IOE London Blog Coronavirus: SNP MSP says Scottish millionaires should each provide £1m for student hardship - Herald Scotland UK universities facing £760m hit as one in five students plan to defer - Guardian Some schools won't reopen on 1 June, minister concedes - Times Educational Supplement | TES Safeguarding to 'overwhelm' teachers when pupils return - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scientists fuel revolt against 1 June school openings - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools set to reopen on different dates depending on regional safety, Buckland confirms - Express Rethinking the ‘digital’ curriculum: What else should we be aiming for? - BERA Join us in publicly thanking school leaders, teachers & other school staff - GSA UCU calls for public sector apprenticeship programme as report shows apprentices hit by health crisis - UCU British Medical Union does U-turn on sending children back in June - Express Will ministers back down to union demands and keep schools shut? - Express Ministers set for showdown with schools as hundreds could stay shut on June 1 - PoliticsHome Levelling up in lockdown: apprenticeships and Covid-19 - Sutton Trust Up to three-fifths of apprentices have lost out on work experience or learning as a result of the pandemic - Sutton Trust 'It's time to get our children back into the classroom' - Teachers and parents on schools reopening - Telegraph New bite-sized learning modules for home workers - Unionlearn Business as (un)usual: How resilience can help us to cope with the new normal - CfEY | Centre for Education & Youth When should British schools reopen? Here's what the science tells us | Devi Sridhar and Ines Hassan - Guardian Universities beware: shifting classes online so quickly is a double-edged sword | Shreya Atrey - Guardian Schools should reopen as soon as it is safe to, doctors’ union says - Metro Crisis could be a chance to change education for the better - City AM Schools should reopen as soon as safe to do so, doctors' union says - Mail The wider student experience and supporting community in lockdown - HEPI School segregation by wealth creating unequal learning outcomes in the global south - UKEdChat Cambridge University's new changes for next academic year that will affect all students - Express Doctors U-turn on support for teaching unions and say schools should reopen if they are safe - Mail Cambridge cancels face-to-face lectures until 2021 - Financial Times School reopening could be delayed beyond June 1 as Northern towns revolt at plans - The Sun Children with two degree-educated parents gain an edge in maths - Mail Most apprentices losing work and learning opportunities amid Covid-19 - Mail Apprentices hit hard by lockdown as businesses axe learning - Financial Times Scottish teachers want safety assurances before return - Times Educational Supplement | TES Spend apprenticeship levy on young people, not MBAs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Unfair: Sutton Trust finds young disadvantaged ‘losing out’ on degree apprenticeships - FE Week Coronavirus: Perilous future for children stuck in the poverty trap - Nursery World Doubt cast over date for school reopening - Times All lectures at Cambridge University to be online-only next year - Times Universities must adapt to changing needs of students - Times Scotland: Schools could reopen in August if tracing and distancing in place - Times Coronavirus in Ireland: Lord mayor of Dublin accused of ‘incendiary’ letter about foreign students - Times Crisis recovery ‘will break UK’s discipline boundaries’ - Times Higher Education | THE School closures 'He's not getting up until one o'clock' - BBC