News archive for 28th May 2020

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Coronavirus: Scottish Government's exams replacement labelled 'totally unacceptable' - Herald Scotland Boris Johnson confirms schools will open for reception, year 1 and 6 from Monday - The Sun Coronavirus England: Primary schools to reopen from Monday - Mail Primary school forced to U-turn on plan to bring summer holiday forward to June - Mail More teachers needed to reopen schools, says government - Times Educational Supplement | TES Could school admission lotteries help generation Covid? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: When are schools reopening? - BBC English schools' return could lead to new surge, experts warn - Guardian Schools reopening from Monday in England Boris Johnson confirms - Mirror Opening schools next week is not safe: 'Independent SAGE' warns - Mail Boris confirms college face-to-face plans can go ahead from 15 June - FE Week PM: 1 June school openings will go ahead - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools will reopen on June 1, prime minister confirms - Schools Week When will secondary schools reopen in the UK? - The Sun When will schools reopen in the UK? - The Sun Without a proper recovery plan for children, trauma from lockdown could stay with them forever - PoliticsHome New Directions College welcomed as a Society for Education and Training Corporate Partner - Education & Training Foundation Trying to predict improvements in GCSE results - FFT Education Datalab The EEF’s evaluation of Achievement for All: answers to key questions for teachers and school leaders - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Apprentices seeing the benefits of remote assessment - IfATE Anger over Coventry College "outrageous" U-turn on pledge to protect jobs during pandemic - UCU AELP CEO announcement - AELP AELP responds to Prime Minister’s statement on apprenticeships and Labour’s letter to the Education Secretary - AELP Final report of Independent SAGE on schools - National Education Union Safety guidelines not being met in significant numbers of schools - National Education Union Education Committee holds roundtable on learning catch up and the impact of school closures - UK Parliament ‘Student voice’ in lockdown - BERA Predicted and estimated grades must not be and do not have to be so central in decisions for universities and employers - HEPI Ministerial University Research and Knowledge Exchange Sustainability Taskforce - DfE Providing free school meals during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak - DfE Recording attendance during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak - DfE Help children aged 2 to 4 to learn at home during coronavirus (COVID-19) - DfE ESFA Update: 27 May 2020 - Education & Skills Funding Agency ASCL comment on go ahead for wider opening of schools - ASCL Number of NEET young people rises to more than 770,000 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Wider opening of schools - National Education Union Why price transparency is important when buying academic journal access - Wonkhe University marketing should build trust with students - Wonkhe Deferrals, clearing, research, access (podcast) - Wonkhe Experts slam Government guidance on ‘rushed return’ to nursery and school - Nursery World Children's services professionals highlight key concerns during pandemic - CYPN | Children & Young People Now COVID generation faces 'dark age' of low social mobility - London School of Economics | LSE When will schools in Scotland reopen? Nicola Sturgeon outlines return date for Scottish pupils - Scotsman Swansea University announces face to face and online teaching plan - Wales Online Teach remotely and confidently - Teacher Toolkit Sandpits, playdough and water games will be banned when Britain’s biggest nursery chain reopens its 378 centres - The Sun School day could get longer to let the 'Covid generation' catch up after lockdown - Telegraph How you can get kids to wear face covering during Covid-19 pandemic, according to expert - Mirror Heads must remember the faith parents have in them - Times Educational Supplement | TES School openings 'may be detrimental' to home learning - Times Educational Supplement | TES Student perspective: should we ban all future exams? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers: Reopening advice for early years 'unworkable' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Font hailed as groundbreaking for learning has no memory boosting effects, study finds - Telegraph Independent SAGE: 6 key findings on why schools shouldn’t reopen on June 1 - Schools Week RIP snow days: Education Continuity Plans now vital - Times Educational Supplement | TES 1 June risk ‘too high’ if you live with grandparents - Times Educational Supplement | TES Remarkable time-lapse footage shows secondary school being built in 12 weeks - Mail Disabled Students' Allowances (DSAs): What's available & how to apply - Student Loans Company Not safe to reopen schools on June 1, say scientists critical of government - HuffPost Furious parents hit out at school's plan to move holidays forward and start in August - Mirror We need a recovery plan now to stop lockdown from permanently damaging young people's futures - Telegraph Coronavirus: Councils call for more funding for settings to remain open - Nursery World Coronavirus: Mental health toolkit launched for early years and primary children - Nursery World Loan secures jobs for north-east nursery group - Nursery World Sturgeon says teachers can return from next week - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools lack hand sanitiser and sinks, say teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Playdough, sandpits and water games banned when UK's largest nursery chain reopens - Mirror How will No 10 decide to reopen schools without risking second wave? - Guardian Up to 90 per cent of schools to reopen in some London boroughs - Evening Standard Dawe quits AELP to lead training provider - FE Week School openings on Monday not safe, say top scientists - Times Educational Supplement | TES Apprenticeship providers: Mark Dawe to leave AELP - Times Educational Supplement | TES Remote learning success shows value of time and space - Times Educational Supplement | TES 30% of support staff losing sleep over school openings - Times Educational Supplement | TES Not safe to reopen all schools next week and government ignoring scientific advice, Independent Sage warns - Independent Prize-winning student essays on climate change - Financial Times School reveals plan to keep children in pens and stagger arrival times - Metro Free health CPD packages from unionlearn - Unionlearn International event to tackle global teaching concerns - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pandemic damages life prospects of all young Britons, report says - Guardian Schools open: What is SAGE's advice on schools reopening? - Express I’m not ready to send my kids back to school. Not yet - HuffPost Shakespeare taught 'too early', says reading expert - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools hold the key to successful reopening - Schools Week Boris Johnson's committee claims fact checked on everything from schools to testing - Mirror Cambridge University are seeking financial support from the Government amid coronavirus crisis - Mail Most primary school pupils ‘won’t return before September’ warns minister - The Sun Social distancing 'impossible' with many pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Lack of trained teachers 'could worsen Covid-19 crisis' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Drug incidents in schools up by more than a quarter - Times Educational Supplement | TES Damage caused by Scotland's long school closure will be 'irreversible', experts warn - Telegraph Let’s use crisis to rethink how we teach children - Times Pandemic throws spotlight on HE employment practices - Times Higher Education | THE European universities spared coronavirus cuts − for now - Times Higher Education | THE