News archive for 24th May 2020

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Coronavirus: Reopening on June 1 'may not be possible for all schools' admits Johnson - Schools Week Start of secondary reopenings delayed to 15 June - Times Educational Supplement | TES Boris reveals college face-to-face plans must be delayed until 15 June at earliest - FE Week Coronavirus: Schools in England reopening on 1 June confirmed, PM says - BBC Colleges to reopen from 15 June, government says - Times Educational Supplement | TES PM accepts some English primary schools may not return on 1 June - Guardian Boris Johnson presses ahead with June 1 opening date for schools - HuffPost Coronavirus pandemic risks creating ‘lost generation of children’, warns former Ofsted chief - Independent Letters: Smaller class sizes should become the new normal in state schools - Guardian Paul Whiteman: We should be talking about how British children will return to school, not when - Guardian Schools turn to philanthropists for laptops as wait for DfE devices continues - Schools Week Nicola Sturgeon accused of failing state-school pupils during Coronavirus lockdown - Express UK universities face backlash from students forced to pay tuition fees despite pandemic - Express University World News - UK and Global edition - 24/05/2020 - University World News National 5 and Higher exams should be scrapped next year, claims Scotland's largest teaching union - Herald Scotland Fears up to 75% of schools could stay shut with at least 50 councils refusing to re-open classrooms - Mail Primary schools and nurseries will reopen in one week despite fears it's unsafe - Mirror Thousands of vulnerable Scots families don’t have equipment for online learning - Scotsman August results day will be even more tense than usual - Times Educational Supplement | TES 50% of parents not convinced it's safe to send their children back to school - Mail Over 60% of teachers are ‘happy to work’ over summer holidays to help struggling pupils, research finds - The Sun Pupils working at home ‘more at risk on their laptop from perverts and gangs than in the classroom’ - The Sun Sonia Sodha: Let's use this crisis to improve equality for all young people, not just students - Guardian Poll reveals half of parents unconvinced that school is safe for their children's return - Guardian Boris Johnson confirms primary schools will re-open on 1 June but ‘it may not be possible’ for all of them - PoliticsHome Mastery of learning - UKEdChat PM confirms schools, colleges and nurseries on track to begin phased reopening - DfE Preparing for the wider opening of early years and childcare settings from 1 June - DfE Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for schools and other educational settings - DfE Government has yet to reassure teachers and parents - NASUWT ASCL responds to PM’s announcement on wider opening of schools and colleges - ASCL Coronavirus information (updated) - Voice PM on wider opening of schools - National Education Union Teaching union boss say Boris 'doesn't understand schools or nature of children' - Mirror Babington Group: In a time of uncertainty, here are some predictions for the FE sector - FE Week Don’t dismiss student social activity as optional - Wonkhe On time, work, leisure and learning in universities - Wonkhe The cyber effect - Teacher Toolkit Scotland: Cornavirus - what now? Call for universities to rethink what degrees really matter - Herald Scotland Scotland: Coronavirus comment - why universities need to rethink what they value - Herald Scotland Hardline local authorities with under-performing primary schools are among those refusing to reopen - Mail Gavin Williamson ditches plans to cut long summer school holidays due to 'fierce union opposition' - Mail Letters: Please spell out the real risk to teachers of reopening schools - Times State school pupils in Scotland ‘failed by lack of leadership’ during lockdown - Times