News archive for 2nd October 2020

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Steve Besley's Education Eye: week ending 02 October 2020 - Education Eye Committee to hold accountability hearings with Children’s Commissioner and Universities Minister - UK Parliament 770 students at Northumbria university in Newcastle have tested positive for coronavirus - Mail Minister pledges to work to eradicate racism in FE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid: Northumbria University confirms 770 cases among students - BBC Northumbria University hit by coronavirus as 770 students test positive days after teens pictured breaking ‘rule of six’ - The Sun Northumbria University confirms major coronavirus outbreak as hundreds test positive - Express Covid’s remote learning revolution: 5 new facts - Times Educational Supplement | TES Podcast: A 'luxury' if schools can get Covid tests - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nottingham students unhappy with conditions in 'prison' halls - BBC Northumbria University hit by huge coronavirus outbreak as 770 test positive - Mirror 770 students at Northumbria University test positive for coronavirus - Guardian A-Level exams will likely be delayed in 2021 - here’s the proposed timeline - Scotsman Capital funding: Colleges raise time pressure concerns - Times Educational Supplement | TES Northumbria University: More than 750 students self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19 - Telegraph ‘Radical’ shake up of adult education could boost recruitment to early years sector - EYE | Early Years Educator Covid cases among secondary school-aged children rise in England - Guardian Covid-19: 770 cases in Northumbria University outbreak - Times Higher Education | THE Funder got just five large grant bids from female PIs in 12 years - Times Higher Education | THE Covid-19 and education: how can we help the young generation missing the ‘best years of their lives’? - IOE London Blog Universities have invested in online learning – and it can provide students with value for money - The Conversation New government support to upskill FE teachers in online delivery ‘insufficient’ - Jisc DfE restricts free laptops to schools with 15 or more pupils in self-isolation - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Westminster Government failing on its promise that schools would be Covid secure - NASUWT Welsh Government failing on its promise that schools would be covid secure - NASUWT Modern Universities instrumental to Britain’s Covid recovery, says MillionPlus Chair - MillionPlus Successful schools in testing times: insights from PISA 2018 Volume V - NAHT NAHT legal challenge: Ofsted forced to confirm 'visits' are inspections - NAHT In the news 2 October 2020 - UCU Government’s remote education powers heavy-handed and unnecessary - Voice Coronavirus information (updated) - Voice CfEY calls on government to rethink ‘damaging’ new relationships and sex ed guidance - CfEY | Centre for Education & Youth List of apprenticeships with temporary discretions or flexibilities - IfATE Applying for qualified teacher status (QTS) from 1 January 2021 - DfE European Baccalaureate: guide for higher education institutions - DfE Qualified teacher status (QTS): qualify to teach in England - DfE NASUWT demands action to tackle sex discrimination amidst Covid-19 crisis - NASUWT Access to higher education before, during and after the pandemic - Office for Students Please, stop this squalid game of blaming teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Vocation, vocation should be UK middle class’s new mantra - Financial Times Ministers taking 'way too long' to bring black history into curriculum - Guardian The gaps in teachers’ pensions worth thousands - Schools Week How universities tricked students into returning to campus | Lorna Finlayson - Guardian FE podcast with WorldSkills' Neil Bentley-Gockmann - Times Educational Supplement | TES Police officers break up fight between students during 'house party' at halls of residence under Covid lockdown at Manchester Metropolitan University - Mail Food bank Friday: why we're launching a festive version - Times Educational Supplement | TES Academy orders can be revoked if schools improve to ‘good’, DfE confirms - Schools Week UK university student halls too full to be safe, experts warn - Guardian Tripling traineeships: Tender to launch next week as clock ticks on £111m boost - FE Week 'Shivering' pupils are 'too cold to talk' as schools insists on keeping windows open to combat Covid - Mail We didn't talk about lockdown when school came back - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers clean toilets as DfE 'fails' on Covid safety - Times Educational Supplement | TES Modern Universities instrumental to Britain’s Covid recovery, says MillionPlus Chair - MillionPlus Staff and pupils recommended to layer up as schools work to keep classrooms ventilated - Schools Week Black History Month at BERA - BERA Arbitrarily delaying A-levels will cause more problems than it solves - Telegraph If campuses are at 30% capacity, why are halls at 100%? - Wonkhe I thought school would terrify my kids. They just put on masks and adapted | Emma Brockes - Guardian GCSEs set to be pushed back for same amount of time as A-levels - Evening Standard Why we were embracing blended learning pre-pandemic - Times Educational Supplement | TES AELP to write to minister on apprenticeship hold-up - Times Educational Supplement | TES Punishments never deter children and have no place in school life - Telegraph GCSE and A level exam delay decision 'in next 2 weeks' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Few certainties, but exams are fairest and should go ahead - FE Week Oak National Academy users double to 250k as schools return - Schools Week Will England take inspiration from Germany’s chambers of commerce? - FE Week Could schools close again if Covid-19 cases continue to rise? - Telegraph Let's seize this rare chance to abolish school exams and league tables - Guardian Closing the Covid-19 gap: Where should interventions begin? - BERA 'Colleagues are penalised for raising health and safety issues': a lecturer's freshers' week diary - Guardian Apprentices stuck in limbo as Covid hits functional skills tests - FE Week Remote learning 'fills teachers with dread' - Times Educational Supplement | TES The rebel schools using rotas to beat Covid - Times Educational Supplement | TES How schools became the battleground of Cummings’s culture war - Schools Week Few certainties, but exams are fairest and should go ahead - Schools Week Does academic freedom permit no-platforming? - Wonkhe Podcast: Return to campus, Augar, Black History Month - Wonkhe Schools turn to private sector for Covid-19 tests - Financial Times A-Levels to 'go ahead with 3-week delay' this summer to help students 'catch-up' - Mirror He's stuck in a room with Covid miles from home, says student's dad - BBC Will next summer's exams be cancelled? - BBC If students are on campus, Covid-19 outbreaks are inevitable - Times Higher Education | THE Special educational needs and disabilities: The 'forgotten' children - BBC English lifetime learning plan: call for grants and ELQ easing - Times Higher Education | THE A-levels: Exams could be delayed by three weeks next year, according to reports - Independent A-level pupils to get three extra weeks but exams will go ahead - Times Ireland: Leaving Cert debacle could cause problems next year, warns student union - Times Ireland: Cabinet ‘kept in dark’ over Leaving Certificate grades errors - Times Ireland: Fixing Leaving Cert errors ‘won’t correct unfair system’ - Times Understanding stress and resilience in the classroom: new online study (KCL) - UCET