News archive for 15th November 2020

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Lockdown has given privately educated children a sporting advantage over state schools - Mirror Manchester University suspends security guards after claims of racial profiling - Guardian Vice-Chancellors to launch a crack down on 'low quality' degrees - Telegraph Demand for school holidays to be cut for two weeks so children can catch up after lockdown - Express Discrimination at school: is a Black British history lesson repeating itself? - Guardian PhD students fear they won't finish in time as UKRI curbs extensions - Guardian The problem with grades: Are they worth keeping? - The Learning Spy DfE plans 'radical change' to university admissions - Times Educational Supplement | TES How many staff have to be off before a school closes? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Breaking down complex writing tasks (part 3): Planning - Research Schools Network Relighting the fire of learning - UKEdChat University World News - UK and global edition: week ending 15th November 2020 - University World News Recall type-tasks make a difference - Teacher Toolkit £73k theft at academy not spotted for eight months, government probe reveals - Schools Week We should name, but not shame, the colleges that are getting bailouts - FE Week Academy loses fight with council on restricting pupil numbers - Schools Week Podcast 97: The current challenges for schools - Teacher Toolkit Ireland: Students at UCD's Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School rage over fees - Times SQA’s baffling approach to assessment in the light of Covid is letting pupils down - Times School absences hit new Scottish record as EIS threatens industrial action - Times Concerns that Scots teachers will be expected to 'run National 5 exams' - Times Natural history GCSE to tempt pupils outdoors - Times