News archive for 29th October 2020

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Teachers could be asked to submit predicted grades for pupils ahead of 2021 exams - Telegraph 'Guilty conscience' over colonialism may be behind plans to close Institute for Commonwealth Studies, former secretary general warns - Telegraph Why we’re celebrating the first Lifelong Learning Week - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish universities research 'under threat' from Brexit - Herald Scotland DfE and agencies’ performance-related bonus spend rises to over £6m - Schools Week Funding: Could a higher-level skills tax be the answer? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted must grade schools on remote lessons, Lords told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers among happiest professionals - UKEdChat Warp, weft and the golden threads – designing our ITE curriculum - Research Schools Network Poorest pupils miss the most learning during the lockdown and autumn term - Nuffield Foundation Strike threat at Manchester Metropolitan University as in-person teaching to resume despite city's tier 3 status - UCU Fairness for learners and manageability for teachers will be key tests for exam plans - NASUWT GCSEs and A-Levels: October - National Education Union Behind the headlines: The complex picture behind the rise in future demand for higher education in London - HEPI Avoiding the obvious: Crime and race in higher education - BERA Nurseries 'do their bit' and join Marcus Rashford campaign against holiday hunger - Nursery World Minimal Covid-19 impact on 2020 NSS results, analysis finds - MediaFHE MPs removed from anti-poverty charity’s board over free school meals vote - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Information sharing between police forces ‘crucial’ to tackling child exploitation - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Universities enrich communities, as well as educating students – new research - The Conversation Historic high of UK HEIs offering TNE in 2018/19 - PIE News State-funded schools inspections and outcomes as at 31 August 2020 - Ofsted Get help with remote education - DfE Students aim high with university applications for next year - UCAS Fewer flights could prevent international students returning in 2021 - PIE News Can taking lessons outdoors tackle the children's mental health crisis? - Telegraph Ransomware attack: how one college pulled together to rebuild and recover - Jisc Relationships 'at heart' of what pupils with ASN need - Times Educational Supplement | TES New Careers and Enterprise Company CEO named - FE Week School 21 founder to lead Careers and Enterprise Company - Schools Week Decrease in schools getting top grades, and 6 other findings from Ofsted’s inspections data - Schools Week Ofsted performance pay rising as 85% of staff get bonus - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupil attendance rate in Scotland highest in UK - Times Educational Supplement | TES University students could be forced to self-isolate before and after Christmas - Mail 'The lack of specialist teachers for children with dyslexia is a disgrace, and I should know' - Telegraph Is there hidden sexual abuse going on in your school? - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs and A-levels 2021: Exams in England ‘in jeopardy’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Majority of black pupils witness racism at school - Times Educational Supplement | TES Over 18,000 entries for autumn GCSEs, but that’s not including English and maths - Schools Week Welsh exam regulator proposes cancelling GCSEs next summer - Telegraph Middle class students more likely to win preferred university place this year, research finds - Telegraph GCSEs: Autumn exam entries revealed subject by subject - Times Educational Supplement | TES New college opening with degrees with no subjects - BBC ASCL comment on proposals for GCSEs, AS and A levels in Wales - ASCL Language GCSEs biased against poor pupils, say teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Analysis: School attendance rates across the UK since full reopening - EPI 'Ketamine is big here': why Bristol University is testing drugs for its students - Guardian A postcode lottery is stopping children in care from going to university | Debra Humphris - Guardian Wales should scrap GCSE exams next summer and award grades on coursework and assessments instead - Mail School tours turn virtual ahead of application deadline - BBC University applicants support overhaul of admissions, new polling shows - Sutton Trust Standing the test of time - Sutton Trust ASCL responds to EPI report on school attendance rates - ASCL ASCL responds to Sutton Trust research into reforming university applications - ASCL Teachers spend holiday tracking and tracing - Times Educational Supplement | TES Marcus Rashford has a lesson for politicians everywhere - Financial Times Coronavirus: Exams ‘may have to be made shorter’ - Herald Scotland Coronavirus: Education fears as teacher absence rates jump - Herald Scotland Universities have a responsibility to tackle racial harassment - Wonkhe Agitation and allyship – our experience of working towards an anti-racist university - Wonkhe A-level exams but not GCSEs to go ahead next year if proposals agreed - Wales Online NHS heroics during coronavirus crisis has inspired a rise of student medics - Mail More Covid cash needed for poorer 'double-blow' schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE maths: ‘Radical reform’ of teacher training needed - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs 2021: Scrap next summer’s exams, says regulator - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE maths: 80% of teachers don’t support resit policy - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pressure grows for uni admissions change as 2 in 3 students back post-qualification applications - Schools Week Four in ten kids in Covid hotspots forced to miss school due to second wave, study reveals - The Sun Coronavirus: Attendance rates vary hugely across England, finds EPI report - Schools Week Durham and Cambridge among lowest recruiters of local students - Times Higher Education | THE Academic overwork ‘leaves no time for keeping healthy’ - Times Higher Education | THE Wales urged to scrap GCSE exams in favour of assessments - BBC Majority of young black people have heard or witnessed racist language in school - Mail Poorest pupils face double blow to schooling amid varied attendance rates - Mail Wales qualifications body urges scrapping of next year's exams - Guardian Most black British children report experiencing racism at school - Guardian Covid: Students face having to isolate twice at Christmas - Times Scotland: Edinburgh University tower’s new name ‘has a greater slave link’ - Times Coronavirus in Ireland: Contact tracing system too inaccurate for schools, warns scientist - Times Learning from COVID-19: continuity or change in teacher education - UCET