News archive for 17th November 2020

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Troubled Oxford dean Martyn Percy steps aside in fight with dons as he faces Church of England probe into his behaviour - Mail School attendance plunges into chaos amid huge rise in entire classes being sent home to isolate - Telegraph Boris Johnson hails Marcus Rashford’s reading campaign – and reveals Asterix books were his favourite as a child - The Sun Oxford University students vote for meat-free campus and accuse dons of 'lack of leadership' on climate - Telegraph List shows Cardiff schools with coronavirus cases in the past week - Wales Online Order long-life food to minimise Brexit disruption, DfE tells schools - Schools Week Rebalancing holding schools to account with helping them to improve - NAHT Daily check-ins and four hours’ work a day – DfE to update remote learning expectations - Schools Week Poor parenting in white working class families to blame for low aspirations, MPs told - Telegraph Calls for Manchester University vice-chancellor to quit after racism row - Guardian Two thirds of all England's secondary schools had at least one pupil self isolating at home due to possible Covid last week - Mail Ofsted 'needs to return to schools with humility' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid-19: MATs should use resources to help ‘vulnerable’ schools recover, says Herrington - Schools Week DfE tells schools to stock up on long-life products in case of no-deal Brexit - Guardian SNP chief shamed over Scotland's 'disgraceful' education standards in devolution clash - Express Professional registration to help raise lecturer status - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Considerable challenge' keeping schools open says DfE - Times Educational Supplement | TES School exclusion reviews data collection 2021: guide for local authorities - DfE Teachers say Scots school closures should be on the cards as Level 4 lockdown is imposed in 11 council areas - Herald Scotland Blended learning must be part of Scotland's Covid suppression strategy - NASUWT IOE academics show how schools can help disadvantaged pupils increase their aspirations in chemistry - IOE London Blog 3 reasons teachers should use LinkedIn - Teacher Toolkit Leading UK academics ask PhD funding body to rethink refusal of extra time - Guardian Data on COVID-19 visits: schools - Ofsted Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: 23 March to 12 November 2020 - DfE Letter from Glenys Stacey to Gavin Williamson, 13 November 2020 - Ofqual How employers are benefitting from the Kickstart Scheme - Education & Skills Funding Agency How employers are making the most of apprenticeship incentives - Education & Skills Funding Agency Consultation on regulating quality and standards in higher education - Office for Students ‘Global strategy needed’ for refugee students - Times Higher Education | THE Nearly two in three secondary schools have pupils self-isolating - Metro Hull sees ‘terrifying, astonishing’ rise in Covid cases with 12K kids isolating as headteachers beg to shut schools - The Sun You need wellies and cagoules as much as pencils and calculator at our school - Telegraph Charities call for ‘roadmap’ to reopening outdoor education - CYPN | Children & Young People Now New social work body calls for government support during Covid pandemic - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Failing to plug skills gaps will set us back on the road to recovery - PoliticsHome Teacher Choices Trials - our new approach to researching questions teachers want answers to - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Beacon Awards 2020/21 finalists colleges announced - AoC | Association of Colleges International education “massively important” to UK - PIE News Ability bubbles? 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And who wants a vaccine? – this week’s findings - Teacher Tapp Teach First's community enriches outcomes - it's an important investment - Teach First Digital skills positively affect children’s learning outcomes - UKEdChat ASCL comment on Week 46 attendance statistics - ASCL MP highlights health and safety fears for prison educators as prison Covid cases jump - UCU Why do many UK universities keep their work with international student recruitment agents secret? - HEPI BERA announces 2020 Public Engagement and Impact Awards - BERA Voice Community Scotland calls for contingency plans for level 4 - Voice Campus Covid cases corrected? - Wonkhe Why did we leave PGRs hanging on for six months? - Wonkhe Financial protection for teachers during Covid-19 pandemic - The Educator Coronavirus: Young children's mental health suffered in lockdown - study - Nursery World Nursery group offers free childcare to parents hit by pandemic - Nursery World Severest Covid restrictions to cover much of Scotland - Times Educational Supplement | TES Student slams ‘shocking’ lockdown treatment after bag of pasta given between six - Metro Call to let schools part-close in UK's Covid hotspots - Times Educational Supplement | TES One in four Hull children absent from school as Covid cases soar - Guardian Call for government to hire 2,000 more teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Recruitment systems 'conspire against BAME staff' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nearly two in three secondary schools have pupils at home self-isolating - Mail London college agrees merger after being put at ‘significant risk’ - FE Week Why schools can't put a price on experience - Times Educational Supplement | TES Stretched teachers fill gaps left by 'poor parenting' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Recognise school Covid chaos and allow rotas, DfE told - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘We’ll help kids rise to the challenge’ – heads contradict Ofsted chief on exams - Schools Week 10 reasons why we should be evidence-informed - Research Schools Network Instructional coaching: The experience of an ITT mentor - Research Schools Network The hidden power of habits - Research Schools Network Over 500k pupils now self-isolating after surge in cases sees two thirds of secondaries disrupted - Schools Week Plans to stop teachers being 'pressured' into classroom return - Herald Scotland Share of schools with Covid-19 cases doubles in a week - Times Educational Supplement | TES School sends year group home after coronavirus case confirmed - Wales Online 4 small things schools can do to help teacher wellbeing - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'The music teacher isn't in my bubble': how after-school clubs have been hit by the Covid rules - Telegraph Universities could be fined up to £500,000 for running 'Mickey Mouse' courses in crackdown on degrees - Mail Prime minister’s skills policy will be a “paper promise” if government scraps union learning - Unionlearn UK teachers and pupils are bone tired … and now they're freezing cold | Laura McInerney - Guardian Profile: Liz Robinson, co-director, Big Education Trust - Schools Week Insider’s view on 6 options for GCSEs 2021 - Times Educational Supplement | TES The good, the bad and the ugly in higher education: Is there any hope for students? - BERA Now PQA is everyone’s favourite - Wonkhe OfS will tackle pockets of low quality higher education provision - Wonkhe OfS consults on minimum outcomes in every subject – as the B3 bear hunts down Mickey Mouse - Wonkhe GCSEs can’t solve Covid mess says exam board - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities 'could be forced to cut student places' - Herald Scotland The kids aren’t alright: How Generation Covid is losing out - Financial Times TUC: PM's adult skills guarantee is a 'paper promise' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Colleges to face tougher regulations when offering HE - Times Educational Supplement | TES 9:30 a.m. - Education Committee will hear evidence on educational outcomes of left behind white pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds - Accountability Hearings Universities could face sanctions if they allow quality to slip - Mail England’s higher education regulator to ‘raise quality bar’ - Times Higher Education | THE Michelle Donelan: ‘not useful to talk targets’ on HE enrolment - Times Higher Education | THE Universities could be fined for poor quality courses as watchdog vows to 'stamp out' bad practice - Telegraph Universities that offer Mickey Mouse degrees could be hit with £500,000 fines - The Sun Announcing a new corporate partnership with Boult Wade Tennant - Sutton Trust Universities may face sanctions if they fail most disadvantaged - Guardian Black applicants least likely to be offered PhD places - BBC Growth in teenage dieting raises fears for mental health - Times The Times view on Chinese influence at Scottish universities: Degree of Caution - Times