News archive for 27th May 2020

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Children as young as nine caught with drugs in schools across England and Wales - Mirror All primary school children may not return to school before September, minister says - Telegraph Schools must not reopen until health and safety watchdog has drawn up guidelines, union says - Telegraph Cambridge University is seeking financial help from the Government, vice-Chancellor reveals - Telegraph How schools will look when they reopen with parents dropping kids off in 'pens' - Mirror Labour hits out at government response to AELP’s claim ESFA provider relief is ‘unlawful’ - FE Week When will I be able to graduate? Student's ceremonies postponed - The Sun Coronavirus: Scotland's universities set for 'phased campus return' after summer - Herald Scotland Free school meal voucher scheme to continue over half-term after petition from parents - Mirror Coronavirus: ‘Significant gap’ in advice for schools to protect BAME staff - Schools Week How primary schools will look from June 1 as teachers section off classrooms and corridors – and kids will queue in pens - The Sun Colleges told to prepare for 'phased return' in autumn - Times Educational Supplement | TES Call for BAME teachers to get priority risk assessments - Times Educational Supplement | TES Johnson: Reopening schools is safe if people wash their hands and keep their distance - Schools Week Ofsted: coronavirus (COVID-19) rolling update - Ofsted Minister: Colleges key to economic recovery - Times Educational Supplement | TES PM ‘will look at the idea’ of offering an ‘apprenticeships guarantee’ - FE Week Call for 'rapid expansion' of free laptops scheme - Times Educational Supplement | TES £300m for councils to help contain local coronavirus outbreaks in schools - Schools Week Boris Johnson: 'I will look into an apprenticeship guarantee' - Times Educational Supplement | TES New teachers in Scotland tell of fears heading into post-lockdown education - Scotsman Coronavirus UK: Primary school classroom segregates pupils - Mail Primary school kids could have 2 weeks at school then 2 at home in rota system from late summer - The Sun Transforming access and participation demands a national strategy - Wonkhe Social constructivism and participative learning beyond bricks and mortar - BERA Pitching in, not just bailing out - HEPI Call to study Covid-19 transmission in schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES We have to help pupils recover from disappointment - Times Educational Supplement | TES Getting to grips with the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education - AoC | Association of Colleges HSE must now be called on to advise on the safe reopening of schools and colleges - NASUWT Government must set out how plans for wider school reopening will meet obligations under the Equality Act 2010 - NASUWT Letter from the Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr Jenny Harries - NAHT A rewarding experience - UKEdChat Parents, especially mothers, are paying a heavy price for lockdown - Nuffield Foundation New collaborations to boost youth sport coaches across the world - Leeds Beckett University The 'trauma gap': Schools must not return to 'business as usual' post-lockdown - SecEd 2020: a space (and timetabling) odyssey - Wonkhe Testing the equivalence of online and on campus learning - Wonkhe Lifting the lockdown means thinking through the implications for student conduct - Wonkhe Visa restrictions eased for English language students in Ireland - PIE News PRU pupils to get mental health support thanks to grant - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Lessons from China for online support and assessment - Advance HE Young people in care: how lockdown provides a haven of security and belonging - IOE London Blog Increase in vulnerable children attending school, latest DfE figures show - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Education wish for the future (download) - Edge Foundation Robert Halfon: I believe that every 16- to 25-year-old should be guaranteed an apprenticeship to rocket-boost our skills nation - Edge Foundation Kids under 5 going back to school will be able to get coronavirus tests too, ministers confirm - The Sun Call for safety regulator to make schools Covid-secure - Times Educational Supplement | TES ESFA subcontracting consultation response pushed back to June - FE Week D-day for schools: Final decision on whether classes will return on June 1 will be made tomorrow - Mail Entire schools could be shut again in UK after single coronavirus test - Evening Standard DfE U-turn on half-term free meal vouchers is ‘far too late’ - Schools Week Just 3 in 5 schools 'have sufficient PPE', admits Gibb - Times Educational Supplement | TES The importance of a school library during Covid-19 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Oxford University intends to teach face-to-face - BBC No decision on all primary years back to school - BBC Children with severe asthma are not expected to return when schools reopen, campaigners say - The Sun Free school meal vouchers will continue for more than a million kids during half term, Government confirms - The Sun Schools minister can't say whether all primary pupils will be back before summer - Mirror Universities and colleges together can change lives - Times Educational Supplement | TES Calculating grades a 'big burden' on teachers, MPs told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Five ways online university learning can be better than face-to-face teaching - The Conversation Working mothers interrupted more often than fathers in lockdown – study - Guardian Minister cannot say whether all primary pupils will return before holidays - Mail Childminders banned from drop-offs at schools - Nursery World DfE U-turn over funding free school meals in half-term - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish teachers asked what support they need - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why we need to read aloud - The Learning Spy Years 2-5 could return on rota basis, says Nick Gibb - Times Educational Supplement | TES Rotas for primary pupils, U-turn on FSM vouchers and PPE concerns – Gibb at education committee - Schools Week Gibb: Clinically vulnerable teachers 'safe in schools' - Times Educational Supplement | TES The naivety of teachers' critics is insulting - Times Educational Supplement | TES What do we want education to look like in the future? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Free recording: Latest FE policy response and requirements to Covid-19 outbreak - FE Week Distancing, bubbles and no school gate scrum: here's what the new primary school day will look like - Telegraph MATs prepared to open schools without track and trace - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Students like the flexibility': why online universities are here to stay - Guardian Incorporation: The end of an experiment or the end of a myth? - FE Week Parents, especially mothers, paying heavy price for lockdown - Institute for Fiscal Studies | IFS Russell Group sets out plan to transform opportunities for disadvantaged and under-represented students - Russell Group Finding an online tutor has saved my sanity during lockdown - Telegraph Cleaning product shortage in 39% of schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Uncertainty dogs UK universities ahead of new academic year - Financial Times Coronavirus: Parents of disabled children 'cut off and ignored' - BBC Coronavirus: How childminders are caring for children in their own home - BBC What next for pandemic research? - Times Higher Education | THE Careers intelligence: distance mentoring early career researchers - Times Higher Education | THE Coronavirus: 'Mums do most childcare and chores in lockdown' - BBC School 'alarm bells' as elite unis ask for student data - Times Educational Supplement | TES Targets would mean taking low grade students, say unis - Times Educational Supplement | TES Heston and Balls among TV’s celebrity supply teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Bulk of childcare and household chores fall to mothers in lockdown - Nursery World 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 Universities voice concern over access targets for disadvantaged students - Mail Top universities would need to recruit deprived students irrespective of grades to meet targets, report finds - Telegraph Coronavirus in Scotland: Schools’ opening date ‘set in stone’ for mid-August - Times