News archive for 9th November 2020

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Mass testing to be rolled out at universities to get students home for Christmas - Telegraph GCSEs 2021: New geography requirements 'absurd' - Times Educational Supplement | TES We need good advice so young people don't rely on luck - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid: No teachers on 'interim' vaccine priority list - Times Educational Supplement | TES School meals row points to need for UK welfare reform, say charities - Financial Times Would you get out of bed to help boost 'productivity'? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Mass coronavirus testing for students could be rolled out in universities - Mirror Can mass school Covid testing work? 6 key questions - Times Educational Supplement | TES We can’t let Boris Johnson’s U-turn on free school meals go unnoticed - Metro Teachers challenge Ofsted on school Covid ‘myths’ claim - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why it's important to benchmark skills internationally - Times Educational Supplement | TES Helping England’s school system to get better at getting better - IOE London Blog Real living wage rises to £9.50 an hour – but childcare workers remain trapped in low wage jobs - EYE | Early Years Educator Agreement reached in dispute between Heriot-Watt University and UCU - UCU The latest information on teachers' and school leaders' pensions - NAHT Re-establishing in-person GCSE English teaching at Suffolk New College - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Ucas offers post-qualification applications and January term start - Times Higher Education | THE Questions over Scottish Universities’ funding sustainability to be answered by Scottish Funding Council - UK Parliament Government performs u-turn over free school meals in holidays - Nursery World School improvement support - DfE School leadership support - DfE UCAS maps reforms of higher education admissions - UCAS Sector leaders welcome government U-turn on free school meals - CYPN | Children & Young People Now The Headteachers’ Standards 2020: Rooted in what a ‘good head’ knows, understands and does in leading and managing a school - ASCL EPI on exams in 2021 - National Education Union As First Teacher, Jill Biden will be a voice for schools. We need a champion too - Telegraph Are schools closing again in England? - Express Will UK schools close on Friday? - Express Ofsted report: November - National Education Union Ucas considering move to post-qualification offers - Times Educational Supplement | TES How the UK is guiding China's education evolution - Times Educational Supplement | TES Call to make teachers a priority for new Covid vaccine - Times Educational Supplement | TES Is the government gaslighting teachers? - Times Educational Supplement | TES UCAS calls for university places to be offered after exam results - Mail Ucas warns of 'devolution divide' from university admissions overhaul - Guardian Heads back university admissions shake-up as UCAS sets out ‘radical options’ - Schools Week Don't rush T-Levels into sixth forms; they are too vital a qualification to mess up - Telegraph How to claim free school meals this Christmas as Boris Johnson U-turns on Rashford campaign - Mirror Labour demand mass Covid tests in schools as a priority to keep classrooms open - Mirror Education Policy Institute position on testing and examinations in 2021 - EPI Learning and Work Institute calls for rethink on Union Learning Fund cut - Unionlearn Call for schools to stay open as report shows 2500 surge in child helpline calls since lockdown - Scotsman ASCL comments on EPI’s recommendations for 2021 exams - ASCL Universities have always had a civic role to play, COVID has made that role even more important - HEPI Movers and Shakers: Edition 332 - FE Week Academy trusts to face tougher financial checks - Schools Week The second government consultation must make currency of qualifications king - FE Week How are you doing today? Wonkhe readers’ hopes for wellbeing in post-Covid universities - Wonkhe Did the 2010 fees demo make any difference at all? - Wonkhe Dropping out during a pandemic should bring neither shame nor penalty - Wonkhe Is it really fair to blame universities for the second wave? - Wonkhe Covid-19: universities can’t fix everything and that should be OK - Wonkhe Getting through Covid-19 means rethinking resilience - Wonkhe GCSEs 2021: ‘Avoid’ teacher-assessed grades, DfE told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Is ‘Covid-secure’ teaching really best for student well-being? - Times Higher Education | THE Business schools squeezed for more cash despite enrolment woes - Times Higher Education | THE 7 proposals to solve the 2021 exams conundrum - Schools Week Government should hold backup assessments in case summer exams are cancelled - Mail Accept grade inflation to make exams fair in England, ministers told - Financial Times Pupils could apply to university after A-level results day - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: Children may finish school just 48 hours before Christmas Day - Times Ireland ‘failing to keep fast food away from schools’ - Times