News archive for 30th October 2020

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Steve Besley's Education Eye: week ending 30 October 2020 - Education Eye 'Steep' rise in Covid among secondary school students - Times Educational Supplement | TES Two thirds of Britons back Marcus Rashford and believe the Government should extend free school meals to poorer pupils over the holidays - Mail Senior secondary pupils to wear face coverings in Scottish classrooms from Monday - Telegraph Podcast: Are Ofsted inspectors becoming 'Typhoid Mary'? - Times Educational Supplement | TES As TAs, we were given a script for when Ofsted came - Times Educational Supplement | TES Catch-up tutors for only 17% of FSM pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus in Scotland: Worried teachers demand return to online schooling - Times Future lawyers can bypass university degree under legal reforms - Times Coronavirus cases in secondary school children 'steeply rising', warns ONS study - Mirror Multiple rule breaches found in Dunham Trust ESFA investigation - Schools Week Reported coronavirus (COVID-19) cases by registered early years and childcare settings - Ofsted Digital teaching and learning: the opportunity - Office for Students Teachers to get help combatting Holocaust denial rise - Times Educational Supplement | TES Survey highlights funding crisis as nurseries and childminders fear closure by Christmas - Nursery World To study T levels, adults will need maintenance loans - Times Educational Supplement | TES John Swinney responds directly to exam results 'cover-up' accusations over summer meetings with SQA - Scotsman Children in poorer areas of England missing more schooling – study - Guardian For-profit college finally registered with OfS after court battle - Times Higher Education | THE Covid-19 staff and pupil absences: what the data says - Times Educational Supplement | TES FE podcast: Colleges of the future with Amanda Melton - Times Educational Supplement | TES Face masks compulsory for Scottish senior pupils and teachers in high lockdown levels - Scotsman Thank you for getting our children back to school - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children raised by same-sex parents do better in school, study finds - Metro School kids aged 15 and over to be forced to wear masks in class in high risk areas in Scotland - The Sun Year 7s going backwards - now nearly 22 months behind - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid in Scotland: Senior pupils to wear masks in class at level 3 and 4 - BBC College staff excluded from Morrisons teacher discount - Times Educational Supplement | TES What new Datalab analysis tells us about Covid and school attendance - Schools Week The higher education restructuring regime (HERR) advisory board - DfE Debt and fraud information sharing business case: ESFA/HMRC apprenticeship levy fund fraud pilot - Education & Skills Funding Agency Investigation report: Dunham Trust - Education & Skills Funding Agency Year 7 pupils ’22 months behind expectations’, finds writing study - Schools Week We deserve clarity about GCSEs and A levels – now - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus Scotland: Senior pupils and teachers must wear face masks in high risk areas - Independent 'It shouldn't be happening': the businesses providing free meals in England - Guardian Staff in Scottish schools told to wear face coverings - Times Educational Supplement | TES Senior pupils in Central Belt and Dundee told to wear face coverings in class - Herald Scotland MAT to lose its four schools after ‘breakdown of trust’ among local governors - Schools Week University in tier 3 faces backlash over plans for more face-to-face teaching - Independent Hidden Covid impact on poorest area schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Free school meals are not the only tool we need to fight poverty - Financial Times Lifelong Learning Week starts Monday - Unionlearn Navigating the challenges remote working poses for network and system security - Jisc Pupils in the poorest areas of the country are missing the most schooling - FFT Education Datalab What do prospective international students want from their study destinations in a global pandemic? - HEPI Response to Early Years Alliance report finding that one in six childcare providers could close by Christmas - Coram Family & Childcare Only time will tell: Using temporal multimodal analysis to predict learning - BERA Coronavirus: Fears low sick pay fuels Covid in schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Return of Ofsted school inspections in January now 'unthinkable' - Times Educational Supplement | TES NASUWT responds to publication of updated Covid guidance for Scottish schools - NASUWT A hidden mental health epidemic is threatening our children - City AM The Office for Students has a (new) plan - Wonkhe If students were misled about this term, what are the implications? - Wonkhe Can students get a discount on their fees this year? - Wonkhe Podcast: Half term retention special - Wonkhe Achieving equal graduate outcomes need differentiated career support - Wonkhe One in six childcare providers in England may close by Christmas - Guardian One in six nurseries and childminders could close by Christmas due to Covid - Mail Scotland: Edinburgh University urged to rethink rename of David Hume Tower - Times Coronavirus in Ireland: Schools to reopen as planned, says Micheál Martin - Times