News archive for 21st May 2020

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Hardline unions warn headteachers they may face legal action if staff catch coronavirus - The Sun Colleges in administration enter second year with more delays - FE Week The rebel councils: Government’s schools plan in doubt as 27 town halls raise safety concerns - Schools Week Nicola Sturgeon to ease coronavirus lockdown rules in Scotland - Guardian Unions chief: lack of planning risks chaotic reopening of schools - Guardian We parents need to stop attacking each other over the school debate - Telegraph How do plans to reopen schools differ across the UK? - Mail The incredible changes to English classrooms so children can go back to school - Telegraph Coronavirus: Unions says infected staff could sue headteachers - Mail Social workers deployed in schools to spot neglect - Times Educational Supplement | TES The Guardian view on the stunting effect: hard to blossom in the Covid-19 era - Guardian College set to close with the loss of 117 jobs - FE Week Academy backers of 1 June plan break ranks - Times Educational Supplement | TES Actions for HE providers during the coronavirus outbreak - DfE Help primary school children continue their education during coronavirus (COVID-19) - DfE Help secondary school children continue their education during coronavirus (COVID-19) - DfE Case studies: remote education practice for schools during coronavirus (COVID-19) - DfE New measures announced ahead of Hidden Harms Summit - DfE Providing physical work packs for pupils with limited or no internet connection - DfE Statistics: higher education graduate employment and earnings - DfE Safeguarding and remote education during coronavirus (COVID-19) - DfE School snapshot survey: summer 2019 - DfE Education and childcare during coronavirus (COVID-19) - GOV.UK Coronavirus: Universities battle to balance the books - Times Pupils preparing for exams could return to school in Northern Ireland in August - Mail No more detail on moderation till results day, says SQA - Times Educational Supplement | TES Don't catch-up on lost GCSE work, says Labour - Times Educational Supplement | TES Gillian Keegan: FE minister answers your questions - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: School sports days to take place at home - Times Educational Supplement | TES If we can do without GCSEs and university exams now, why go back? | Simon Jenkins - Guardian Degree apprenticeships available to help drive business success - Leeds Beckett University School reports on pupil performance: guide for headteachers - DfE Online lectures would have been a saviour to me – don’t slam them just yet - Metro Minister of Education must maintain caution in planning reopening of schools - NASUWT UCU vows to fight closure of Newton Rigg College in Penrith - UCU Leading and governing schools during a global pandemic - Headteachers' Roundtable Scottish schools to reopen in August with measures to prevent virus spread - Mail The day the libraries shut - Wonkhe Supporting international students - Office for Students Measuring impacts, building insights, and responding to the unexpected! - Nesta Reopening, mental health, immigration, mergers (podcast) - Wonkhe Everything is on the table: how universities are preparing for financial losses - Wonkhe BAME academics are already under-represented. The response to Covid-19 could reduce our numbers even further - Wonkhe Sturgeon sets out cautious lockdown easing plan for Scotland - Financial Times Primary schools reopening: what are heads planning? - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs: AQA will not pay or furlough examiners - Times Educational Supplement | TES School reopening plans in Scotland: what we learned - Times Educational Supplement | TES Social workers will work in schools to help identify children at risk - Nursery World COVID-19: Latest advice for colleges - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA International students and Covid-19: What is the current advice? - BERA Reopening schools, early learning and childcare provision in Scotland - Voice Hardline union bosses have planned a day of protests against schools reopening – and Jeremy Corbyn has backed them - The Sun Scottish Government must maintain caution in planning reopening of schools - NASUWT Advice for school leaders on phased returns - NAHT Teacher wellbeing is the most important thing: for you and your students - Teach First More than half of young adults not ‘strictly’ sticking to lockdown guidelines - Nuffield Foundation How exercise improves student mental health - Learning Scientists Nurseries could 'divide children into close friendship groups' after lockdown - Mail No 10 says scientific evidence on reopening schools will be published on Friday amid row with unions - PoliticsHome Steps to improve your institution’s digital accessibility - Jisc Pearson starts to deliver secure English language testing for people applying to work, live or study in the UK - Pearson Sharing home learning at a distance – loving home learning in lockdown - Early Education Young people 'overwhelmed by panic and anxiety' during lockdown - CYPN | Children & Young People Now More training needed for social workers to report child sexual abuse, study says - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Strategy: doing the right things for the right reasons - Advance HE Cambridge University suspends all face-to-face lectures until summer 2021 - Public Technology Highest Covid-19 infection rate found in young adults - Times Educational Supplement | TES Proposals for post-Covid employment and skills recovery package, calling for combined cross-departmental and devolved approach - AELP Coronavirus: Scotland's schools to re-open on August 11 with 'blended' learning model - Herald Scotland Coronavirus: 5 ways lifting lockdown will look different in Scotland and England - Mirror Scientific evidence on school openings out tomorrow - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools need to prepare students for the next step - Times Educational Supplement | TES Private schools could keep Year 6 pupils at home - Times Educational Supplement | TES The biggest curriculum challenge of the century? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scientific evidence for school reopening to be made public on Friday, No 10 reveals - HuffPost Glimpse at how Britain’s nurseries could look after lockdown with daily temperature checks – but hugs will be encouraged - The Sun Education Sec’s own council could defy the government and let heads keep schools closed on June 1 - The Sun Angry mum says reopened school will 'be like prison' and she's not sending son back - Mirror Nicola Sturgeon reveals Scottish schools to reopen from August 11 - Scotsman Singapore's approach to Covid-19 underlines UK flaws - Times Educational Supplement | TES Don't introduce a generic work programme, say providers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted praises ‘outstanding’ UTC with 100% progression rate - Schools Week Nicola Sturgeon unveils lockdown exit plan with Scottish schools opening in August - HuffPost Up to 2,200 schools could stay shut on June 1 despite government lockdown plans - Mirror Keep dreaming of a big career after coronavirus pandemic, students urged - Evening Standard Independent schools may consider keeping Year 6 pupils at home amid reopening - Mail Coronavirus: Secondaries ‘should plan work and check progress’ of homebound pupils, DfE tells parents - Schools Week New plan shows how Scottish schools could reopen - Times Educational Supplement | TES Can Progress 8 survive coronavirus? - Times Educational Supplement | TES How colleges can become truly digitally accessible - Times Educational Supplement | TES Only a handful of councils plan to reopen schools on June 1 with headteachers left to make decision - The Sun Unions increase reopening opposition by warning leaders over Covid-19 ‘legal liability’ - Schools Week Ofsted praises 100% positive progression rate for students at ‘outstanding’ UTC - FE Week Unions increase reopening opposition by warning leaders over Covid-19 ‘legal liability’ - FE Week University of Bolton plans to open in September with airport-style temperature scanners - Mail The immigration bill undervalues vital school staff - Times Educational Supplement | TES What about the risk for black and Asian teachers? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities are on the brink of crisis. Coronavirus may tip them over the edge - Guardian 'We're being fobbed off': why disabled students are losing out in lockdown - Guardian When will schools reopen? Everything you need to know - Evening Standard Coronavirus: Parents to be given schools clarity when Nicola Sturgeon unveils lockdown road map - Herald Scotland Could Progress 8 still be calculated in 2025? - FFT Education Datalab School reopening could take place on different dates across UK, MP hints - Express Clap for our student healthcare workers - HEPI Parents with degrees give their children significant advantage in maths - UKEdChat Schools urged to teach all religions – archive, 21 May 1976 - Guardian Children 'at low risk of catching coronavirus or spreading it to adults', studies conclude - Mirror What do the experts say about schools reopening? - Mail Coronavirus: Cambridge University students on no face-to-face lectures - BBC Call to avoid European HE funding cuts by ‘learning lessons of crash’ - Times Higher Education | THE Head teachers left to decide if and when schools will reopen - Times Coronavirus: Bolton University announces return to campus with fever checks - Times Scotland: University removes Alex Salmond’s student fee rock - Times Scotland’s 100 richest may each be asked to give universities £1m - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: teachers told to use own judgment for final grades - Times Ireland: Distancing would traumatise children, says Zappone - Times