News archive for 22nd October 2020

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Schools linked to ‘large’ increase in Covid R number - Times Educational Supplement | TES No evidence for minister’s claim parents ‘prefer to pay’ for school dinners - Schools Week Nearly one million kids to struggle to pay for school meal while being denied free one - Mirror School steps in to help hungry children after cruel Tory meals snub - Mirror Tory MP quits Government job after rebelling over free school meals - Mail Ofqual board minutes reveal tensions with DfE ahead of exam results fiasco - Guardian Level 2 and 3 apprenticeships: research report - DfE Ofsted: coronavirus (COVID-19) rolling update - Ofsted Post-16 institutions and providers omnibus: wave 7 survey - DfE Levy paying employer decisions and accounting for prior learning - DfE Direction issued to the Chief Regulator of Ofqual - DfE 16 to 19 allocation data: 2020 to 2021 academic year - Education & Skills Funding Agency Unlocking research talent and potential - Office for Students Coronavirus Scotland: Robert Gordon University reports 63 cases among student community - Herald Scotland We fear next summer’s exams, say lockdown heads - Schools Week ‘Morally correct’: Schools give families on free school meals money for half term food - Independent Keegan: T-level placements challenge can be overcome - Times Educational Supplement | TES Reaching into the corners: 12 ways learning can be hard – and what to do about it - Headguruteacher Boris Johnson should backtrack on free school meals. But the damage is done | Gaby Hinsliff - Guardian Levelling up: Climate change education and student empowerment - IOE London Blog Ofqual feared teacher 'gaming' on GCSE and A levels - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid-19: What might the future of education look like? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Outdoor centres welcome £2m government bailout - Times Educational Supplement | TES A Labour MP is asking a Tory to quit as trustee of an anti-hunger charity after she voted against a free school meals extension - PoliticsHome Nicola Sturgeon: ‘Teachers have not been forgotten’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES New guide promotes teaching children about Black History Month - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Flexibility is key focus for Erasmus future - PIE News Mental Health & Wellbeing Charter gets 150th signature during Colleges Week - AoC | Association of Colleges Scottish Government announces support for outdoor centres after repeated requests - Scotsman What do teachers need to know? - Teacher Development Trust | TDT New materials to facilitate learner discussions about healthy relationships available - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Exploring challenges and solutions for delivering Essential Digital Skills in different settings - Education & Training Foundation A senior leader's slant on the EEF guidance report Special Educational Needs in Mainstream Schools - Research Schools Network Deeper thinking: A case study - Research Schools Network Digest #148: Engaging students in online learning - Learning Scientists Black History Month: How my students celebrated historic Black icons - Teach First Worried parents demand answers over new pupil who ‘could be 40’ joining school after moving to UK - The Sun Be ready to push for science-only EU deal, UK universities told - Times Higher Education | THE Westminster must follow Welsh lead in supporting students through pandemic - UCU Podcast: What does effective remote learning look like? - NAHT EKC Group joins the Collab Group - Collab Group Free School Meal provision over holidays - National Education Union Coronavirus information (updated) - Voice The opportunity amidst the crisis - AoC | Association of Colleges Conservative MP resigns as Government aide over rejection of free school meals plan - Nursery World Lineker and Farage back Rashford's free school meals campaign - Guardian Support grows for Marcus Rashford's free school meals campaign - Guardian Welsh Government sending "mixed messages" to schools on fire break measures - NASUWT Children in mental health wards 'missed-out on support during lockdown' - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Marcus Rashford 'dismayed' as MPs vote down free school meals extension - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Bridging the word gap at transition - CfEY | Centre for Education & Youth Conservative MP quits government job over free school meals - BBC Brexit: £3bn standoff over UK-EU scientific collaboration - Guardian LGBT students attacked in university Zoom meeting - BBC Lockdown made life worse for two in five children, NHS report says - BBC One in six children aged 5-16 in England 'likely to have a mental disorder' - Guardian Podcast: Prejudice, displays and behaviour - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'He looks more like a 40-year-old man!': Coventry parents demand answers over new pupil - Mail Announcement on next summer's school exams in Wales will be made on November 10 - Wales Online Covid: Students may have to isolate for Christmas at home - BBC Is there a problem with the Lifetime Skills Guarantee? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government researchers call for financial incentive to assess apprentices’ prior learning - FE Week What Ofqual’s explosive board minutes tell us about the exams fiasco - Schools Week Tory MP quits as aide after backing Labour's free school meals vote - Guardian Schools have ‘limited role’ in spreading Covid - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofqual board discussed Collier's exit in her absence - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofqual knew GCSE and A-level results were 'unreliable' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Jisc and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press enter an innovative read-and-publish agreement - Jisc Everything you need to know about the new tutoring scheme - Telegraph 'My mental health had never been worse': loneliness of the UK's isolating students - Guardian How the summer exams grading fiasco unfolded - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why our exams aren’t working for SEND students - Times Educational Supplement | TES Grading fiasco: How DfE bounced Ofqual into mocks plan - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish pupils among top performers in new Pisa test - Times Educational Supplement | TES The full list of all the coronavirus cases in Welsh universities - Wales Online Williamson met with Ofqual day before results day – despite claims of ignorance - Schools Week Covid sparks remote learning 'upsurge' in ITT courses - Times Educational Supplement | TES Primary school asks children to wear coats inside - as it refuses to put the heating on - Mirror Vulnerable teachers ‘being treated like cannon fodder’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid-19: Services for special needs children 'went to zero overnight' - BBC If Gavin Williamson were your Headteacher… - Teacher Toolkit SQA and Scottish Government accused of 'cover-up' over claim of no written record of eight meetings involving John Swinney - Scotsman Over 350,000 more HE places will be needed in England by 2035 to keep up with demand while Scotland will see a decline in demand - HEPI Demand for Higher Education to 2035 - HEPI Universities will need to provide over 350,000 extra places to keep up demand, report finds - Telegraph The impact of Covid-19 and the UK public lockdown on postgraduate research students in the UK - BERA To make progress on race equality we need inclusive conversations - Wonkhe Time’s up for the awarding gap - Wonkhe Furious Marcus Rashford blasts Tory MPs for making kids feel they ‘don’t matter’ after losing free school meals bid - The Sun Teachers told to stop sending entire year groups home ‘unnecessarily’ if one pupil tests positive for coronavirus - The Sun UK teachers have highest status in Europe, a poll shows - Times Educational Supplement | TES Over 350,000 new university spots needed by 2035 in England to meet demand - Mail Mark Griffiths: the professor who publishes a paper every two days - Times Higher Education | THE London and South East to drive increased demand for HE to 2035 - Times Higher Education | THE MPs kick out Marcus Rashford’s call to extend free meals - Times Education Policy Institute report: Trends in the diversity of teachers in England - UCET