News archive for 11th November 2020

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England: 'shocking' decline in primary pupils' attainment after lockdown - Guardian The mass testing of students will not be legally enforceable, Government confirms - Telegraph Thousands of students at Scottish universities asked to take tests before going home for Christmas - Telegraph Wales cancels 2021 A-level and GCSE exams: other UK nations should follow suit - The Conversation Could an FE white paper signal government support to host the skills Olympics? - FE Week Concerns emerge about Wales' decision to cancel exams in summer 2021 - Wales Online The government won't say if students can return to university campuses after Christmas - HuffPost Covid: concerns raised over plan for mass testing of students - Guardian Coronavirus Scotland: Warning exam replacement 'bureaucratic' - Herald Scotland Ministers ‘still working through’ plans for new research funder - Times Higher Education | THE Inspector shortage may prevent Ofsted return - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why cuts to training bursaries are just shortsighted - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish students to be offered new fast-track Covid tests - Scotsman Scottish pupils could get just three months notice of exams cancellation - Telegraph UCU comment on Scottish ministerial statement on student returns at Christmas - UCU UK to ban junk food ads online to tackle child obesity - Nursery World Education Committee writes to Secretary of State on cancellation of summer exams and 2021 series - UK Parliament Sustainable funding for higher education - Russell Group Ofsted: What is the current state of school education? - Teacher Toolkit Education Committee on exams - National Education Union Ofqual’s independence questioned as regulator ‘buried its head in the sand’ during exams fiasco - FE Week Teachers' pension scheme: independent schools proposal - DfE ESFA Update: 11 November 2020 - Education & Skills Funding Agency A few words in the OFSTED framework could help boost the digital skills children need for learning outside of school - IOE London Blog Redirect unused apprenticeship funds to support colleges, education leaders urge - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Schools adopt range of approaches on digital home learning says Ofsted - Public Technology 'Safety strikes' on the cards over school Covid fears - Times Educational Supplement | TES What can we do with the wisdom of many? - Jisc Learning in a crisis: our contribution to new Bett white paper - Education Development Trust | EDT UK government outlines student planning for Christmas - PIE News Extend FSM eligibility: Rashford vows to fight on - SecEd Remote education: Schools still working to find best approaches - SecEd Reimburse schools' Covid costs! Government obliged to respond after thousands sign petition - SecEd UUK response to government's plan to ensure students can travel home for Christmas - Universities UK ASCL responds to Education Select Committee findings on grading fiasco - ASCL Government guidance for student Christmas return 'riddled with holes', says UCU - UCU Students engage! The future of engagement at universities - HEPI Private schools can partially opt-out of Teachers’ Pension Scheme from spring - Schools Week Response to Christmas guidance for university students Share - Russell Group What’s happening with GCSEs and could they be cancelled in England and N. Ireland? - Telegraph Covid-19 pressures risk damaging education - NASUWT Students will be tested before returning home for Christmas - Herald Scotland Survey opens for feedback on the work of the Institute - IfATE Surge in road schemes that fine parents for doing school run by car - Evening Standard Ofqual’s independence questioned as regulator ‘buried its head in the sand’ during exams fiasco - Schools Week Teachers in Aberdeen told to 'disable' Protect Scotland app - Herald Scotland Boost teacher safety via Covid symptom app, heads urged - Times Educational Supplement | TES Phased pensions opt-out for private schools from Spring - Times Educational Supplement | TES Decision to cancel exams could come as late as February - Times Educational Supplement | TES Welsh university students to undergo rapid Covid testing before returning home for Christmas - Telegraph Watchdog to probe Rabia School in Luton 'for continued failings' - BBC Covid-19: Universities to oversee student exodus for Christmas - BBC Teachers paying out of own pocket for essential ICT - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tackling differential outcomes for underrepresented students in higher education - Office for Students Plans for mass evacuation of 130,500 students from Welsh universities - Wales Online School exams should be held in 'some form' in England next year, chair of Education Select Committee says - Mail Exams must go ahead in England to spare children more torment, say London headteachers - Evening Standard Some universities ‘won’t have access to quick virus tests for Christmas return’, claims union - Evening Standard GCSEs and A levels 2021: how to model exam technique - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exams fiasco: Ofqual and DfE ‘must learn hard lessons’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tell Ofsted if you have a COVID-19 incident at your childcare business - Ofsted Coronavirus in Scotland: John Swinney says cancelling Highers next year cannot be ruled out - Scotsman Christmas return plans for university students ‘riddled with holes’, as questions raised over mass-testing feasibility - Independent School is a safe haven for pupils - don't underestimate the value of that - Telegraph Not had a cyberattack? It's a case of when, not if - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE and A-level exams will happen in 2021, says Keegan - Times Educational Supplement | TES Mass Covid testing of students in England and Wales to be carried out - Financial Times The science 'barriers' facing poorer schools revealed - Times Educational Supplement | TES 2 in 3 teachers have colleagues with Covid symptoms - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid: England students to get six-day window to get home before Christmas - Guardian The relationship between early literacy and GCSE English attainment - FFT Education Datalab Siena Castellon: 'Autistic people are really struggling with how uncertain things are' - Guardian How to re-socialise our children after lockdown - Telegraph Reallocate apprentice funds to colleges to offer students a ‘plan B’ - AoC | Association of Colleges Welsh government warned cancelling 2021 exams could cause drop-out rates to rocket - The Sun FE sector and government must learn lessons from first Covid lockdown to avoid future mistakes - AELP Invigilator shortage threat to 2021 GCSEs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Graduate employers are cutting back on internships and placements - Wonkhe A Christmas miracle? DfE guidance on student travel - Wonkhe Scottish college student associations and the citizens of the future - Wonkhe Christmas guidance set out for university students - DfE Universities to oversee student exodus for Christmas - BBC Coronavirus: Lanarkshire councils release figures confirming absence rates - Herald Scotland Children in care 'failed' while some providers 'make millions' - BBC University students to be allowed to travel home in December in Christmas boost - HuffPost AoC: Transfer unspent apprenticeship funds to colleges - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE didn't have understanding of Covid challenge - Times Educational Supplement | TES Job shortages: teaching assistants top the list - Times Educational Supplement | TES About 20,000 students are unfunded - that has to change - Times Educational Supplement | TES The top 10 skills most needed by employers revealed - Times Educational Supplement | TES National security rules on UK investments may impact universities - Times Higher Education | THE English universities told to move teaching online by 9 December - Times Higher Education | THE Graduate recruiters cut intake as pandemic hits - Times Higher Education | THE Horizon Europe participants must pay their fair shares - Times Higher Education | THE Students to be sent straight home from university after lockdown - Telegraph England students to get six-day window to get home before Christmas - Guardian Colleges fear enrolment surge could see 20,000 sixth formers go ‘unfunded’ - FE Week Students given 'travel window' in December to get home for Christmas holidays - Mirror Scotland: ‘Culture of racism’ thrived at Fettes College, former pupils claim - Times Coronavirus in Ireland: Lockdown homeschooling saw pupils learn less, survey shows - Times Coronavirus in Ireland: Leaving Cert grades system was under ‘extreme’ pressure - Times School girls have been propositioned in UK’s first official red light district, academy chief warns - Telegraph Covid test service will give students all-clear for Christmas return - Times A degree helps, but doesn’t guarantee social mobility - Times