News archive for 2nd November 2020

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The man who turned Cardiff's ailing education department around - Wales Online National Apprenticeship Awards 2020 regional winners announced - Education & Skills Funding Agency Ofsted ‘visits’ to go online during national lockdown - FE Week Fewer than 1 in 5 teachers support calls for full school lockdowns - Schools Week The Guardian view on keeping schools open: not an open and shut case - Guardian Ministers face schools row amid warning keeping them open could prolong lockdown - Mirror Ofsted moves controversial school 'visits' online - Times Educational Supplement | TES SQA reveals details for 2020-21 national qualifications - Times Educational Supplement | TES Keeping schools open in lockdown has polarised the UK. Here's what the experts say - HuffPost 150,000 teachers and support staff back call to shut schools in England lockdown, union says - Independent Downing Street rejects calls to shut schools during England’s lockdown - Financial Times Ofsted ‘visits’ to go online during national lockdown - Schools Week Stop risky visits by ‘irrelevant’ Ofsted, say teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Lockdown: Students told not to rush home from uni - BBC Teaching unions must not be allowed to close schools a second time - Telegraph The Education Select Committee chair says a teaching union's campaign to lock down schools could lead to "disaster" - PoliticsHome Early years settings to remain open during second lockdown, but financial support still ‘critical’ for survival - EYE | Early Years Educator Charities call for Government to take action as overstretched children’s services face further pressure during pandemic - EYE | Early Years Educator How Russell Group universities are supporting students’ mental health and wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic - Russell Group Schools must only open on a week on, week off system post lockdown, union says - Telegraph Flexible working ambassador schools - DfE Package of support for students who have to defer their studies - DfE Education Qualifications and Awards (EQ Awards) surrender Ofqual recognition - Ofsted Secondary students should wear masks in class, SAGE adviser demands & lockdown could last longer if schools stay open - The Sun Free UCL Holocaust textbook for KS3 teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Close schools for at least a week says academy chief - Times Educational Supplement | TES Update to the UKRI fEC grant and training grant terms and conditions - UKRI Teaching grammar shouldn’t be a struggle - Teacher Toolkit Early Education joins call for expansion of Healthy Start scheme - Early Education NEU Cymru comments on the end of the half-term break - National Education Union White under-achievement in education - HEPI Fair Grade 2021 petition hand-in - National Education Union Statement on lockdown in England and new guidance in Scotland - Voice The launch of the National Tutoring Programme - Research Schools Network New bite-size training to support blended and remote learning - Education & Training Foundation | ETF National Tutoring Programme launches in schools - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF 1,100+ schools and nurseries sought for EEF evaluations of eight projects aiming to close the disadvantage gap - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF After the Rashford row: What next for the government and child poverty? - PoliticsHome Women in Education Awards announces 2020 winners - PIE News BTEC Approach to Adaptation to Delivery and Assessment in 20/21 - Pearson UK target of 600k international students by 2030 is "achievable" - PIE News Focus on the root causes of obesity says BPS in response to the latest child obesity figures - BPS | British Psychological Society Increasing access: the launch of the NTP - Sutton Trust New research demonstrates that BTECs are preparing the next generation of healthcare workers, providing vital pipeline into careers such as nursing - Pearson Annual Report on Education Spending in England: Colleges and universities face significant funding shortfalls and heightened uncertainty due to COVID challenges - Institute for Fiscal Studies | IFS Early years providers need funding to cope with second coronavirus lockdown, sector leaders say - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Covid-19: £76m National Tutoring Programme launches - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Government scientific adviser warns not shutting schools could mean Britain faces an even longer second lockdown - Mail Extra guidance on revised Development Matters available now - Nursery World Lift-off for new generation of space scientists - IfATE Nurseries, childminders and schools to stay open in second lockdown - Nursery World 'No promises' that students can return home for Christmas, university chief says - Telegraph Schools will stay open during lockdown – but it may not be for the reasons you think - Telegraph England’s first space apprenticeship set for lift-off - FE Week Headteachers defy unions and say schools must stay open during lockdown as fiasco over GCSEs grows - Evening Standard Universities brace for uproar after Government advice to 'consider' ditching face-to-face teaching - Mail Primary school closes as 'large number' of staff have coronavirus - Wales Online Gathering additional evidence to secure an incomplete inspection - Ofsted Coronavirus: Schools reopen in NI with new Covid safety measures - BBC Teachers call for school closures amid warnings of longer lockdown - Mail The surplus model of school improvement - The Learning Spy Can parents be fined if they don’t send kids to school during the second national lockdown? - The Sun Call to cut GCSE content to tackle 'postcode lottery' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why we need powerful unions to protect us from Covid - Times Educational Supplement | TES Free travel for under-18s saved in TfL bailout deal - Times Educational Supplement | TES Lift-off for new generation of space scientists - GOV.UK School evacuated following discovery of suspicious device in nearby street - Mirror ‘Back schools’ by stopping Ofsted and cancelling Sats - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid-19: More than 280,000 call for schools to close - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why we can't judge schools on online learning - Times Educational Supplement | TES Call for £1bn to retrain furloughed workers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Keeping colleges open 'gambles with nation's health' - Times Educational Supplement | TES More than 100,000 people sign teaching union petition to close schools - Mail Marcus Rashford joins forces with Burberry as British heritage brand champions his free school meals campaign - Mail Lockdown learners: Could the pandemic lead to a shift in adult participation in learning? - FE Week National Tutoring Programme: DfE has opted for a cut price tuition scheme on the cheap - National Education Union Can university students go home for reading week and Christmas? - Express Teacher judgement may be key to 2021 GCSEs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Going further: The case for investing in Further Education and adult skills - IPPR Pearson chosen to deliver high-quality tutoring to disadvantaged pupils through National Tutoring Programme - Pearson Millions of adults took part in ‘lockdown learning’ but stark inequalities raise concerns about workers being left behind in post-covid economy - Learning & Work Institute Learning through lockdown: Findings from the 2020 Adult Participation in Learning Survey - Learning & Work Institute Local communities want universities to help save left behind towns - Wonkhe Universities need to make the case for devolved research funding - Wonkhe The College of the Future points the way forward for HE-FE collaboration - Wonkhe Levelling up means letting regions take the lead - Wonkhe Engaging international students in the UK: The experiences of Christian churches - BERA Schools group among 32 Covid catch-up tutor providers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Oak expands offer as demand rises amid Covid 2nd wave - Times Educational Supplement | TES Adult learning in lockdown: stark inequalities revealed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Skills devolution: Give regions more for Covid recovery - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools must close during coronavirus lockdown, unions demand - Telegraph Schools can book subsidised tuition for children worst hit by Covid-19 closures - Mail Coronaviurs: Poorest pupils can enrol for catch-up tuition - BBC Schools face cap on tutoring places as officials admit funding only covers 250,000 pupils - Schools Week Devolve greater skills funding powers for Covid-19 recovery, government urged - FE Week Catch-up plan for pupils in England will fall far short, say headteachers - Guardian Call to help universities redevelop ‘dilapidated’ high streets - Times Higher Education | THE The 32 providers selected to deliver the National Tutoring Programme revealed - Schools Week Schools may yet close ‘because ministers ignored earlier advice’ - Times