News archive for 4th September 2020

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Steve Besley's Education Eye: week ending 04 September 2020 - Education Eye Coronavirus: Children's risk of infection at school 'extremely low' - Mail 10 things schools should know about Ofsted's new visits - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish online learning platform expands - Public Technology Improving literacy in Key Stage 1 - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Many childcare providers face big financial problems as a result of the pandemic - Institute for Fiscal Studies | IFS SQA to miss its deadline for publishing exam changes - Times Educational Supplement | TES FE podcast: The return to college with Jo Maher - Times Educational Supplement | TES Meet Jane Hickie: the first female boss of the AELP - Times Educational Supplement | TES Many childcare providers face big financial problems as a result of the pandemic - Nuffield Foundation Misconceptions welcomed - UKEdChat 'Very low rates' of Covid in schools, says PHE study - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid attendance: Four-fifths of schools 91-100% full - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Dismayed' heads call for Ofsted 'visits' rethink - Times Educational Supplement | TES NAHT, NGA and ASCL call on Amanda Spielman to reconsider Ofsted's proposals for autumn term visits - NAHT In the news 4 September 2020 - UCU Time for the Department for Education to press re-set with universities - HEPI Graphic vignettes: A new arts-based research method to detect bullying - BERA IFS report highlights childcare and equalities crises - Voice Should we abandon algorithms in education? - Wonkhe Reflection will help students navigate a post-Covid future - Wonkhe Oral evidence session on the Further Education White Paper - UK Parliament Industry placements - DfE Introduction of T Levels - DfE How T Levels will be funded in academic year 2020 to 2021 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Children in special schools 'forgotten' by Government - Nursery World Moving up to secondary school during a pandemic is difficult. Here are some ways for teachers to help - IOE London Blog Regulations amending statutory duties for Education Health and Care plans to end on the 25 September - NAHT Teachers tell parents in England to ignore 'baseless' letters on face masks - Guardian Could higher education ruin the UK’s Christmas? - Wonkhe UCU response to SAGE report on Covid in higher education - UCU Childminders and nurseries that rely on parent fees ‘risk closure after lockdown’ - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Schools reopening: Do children have to go back to school? Will parents be fined for non-attendance? - Express Senior member of school staff tests positive for coronavirus - Wales Online Schools show the nation what good leadership looks like - Times Educational Supplement | TES Unions demand U-turn on Ofsted ‘visit’ letters that will ‘create pressure on schools’ - Schools Week Why Scotland's schools are key to creating a sustainable future - Scotsman Has coronavirus permanently transformed teacher CPD? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Elite Cambridge club asks members for £50,000 to keep it open - Guardian Going to school ‘does not increase risk of young children catching coronavirus’ - Times Nurseries and childminders that rely on parent fees risk closure after lockdown - study - Nursery World If kids are more stressed by school than coronavirus something's wrong - Metro Study shows UK school textbooks teach a highly simplified version of US civil rights movement - The Conversation Kids at school in lockdown at no greater risk of Covid than being at home, new study finds - The Sun Pupils with special needs 'forgotten' as English schools reopen - Guardian Stop Ofsted for a year or more, say teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Many childcare providers face big financial problems as a result of the pandemic - Coram Family & Childcare Safety first: universities doing the right thing for the start of session - Wonkhe Diarrhoea and vomiting identified as coronavirus symptoms in kids as schools return - Mirror Let's connect young people to tackle lockdown's woes - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools urged to close deaf pupil Covid learning gap - Times Educational Supplement | TES New schools needed to avoid 77,000 places shortfall - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nobelists fear cuts to European Research Council budget - Times Higher Education | THE Poor broadband hampers academics in developing world - Times Higher Education | THE Oxford aims to upstage London with ‘world-class’ concert hall - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: University bailout would have ‘handed control to UK’ - Times Scotland: Putting children’s rights into law is a special moment - Times Irish Universities Association says many families can afford €3,000 tuition fees - Times