News archive for 20th September 2020

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One-in-20 pupils at home with lockdown-related issues - BBC Vulnerable children suffered trauma during lockdown and need the routine of school - Mirror Why teachers need to restore children's faith in adults - Times Educational Supplement | TES Will freshers be free to have fun in a world of Covid marshals? - Telegraph Parent urges teachers to stop saying 'mums and dads' to children in class - Mirror Parent outrage over SNP plan to cut back next year's Scottish exams - Telegraph Scottish Greens call on John Swinney to cancel all exams next year - Scotsman University World News - UK and global edition: week ending 20th September 2020 - University World News NFER on initial teacher training - National Education Union Why we can't allow outdoor education centres to close - Times Educational Supplement | TES Rayner homes in on education secretary's 'incompetence' - Times Educational Supplement | TES More details emerge of exam cancellation plans - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid-19 testing in schools a 'postcode lottery' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Do students’ unions waste money? - Wonkhe Boris Johnson is planning advertising campaign to inform teachers and parents about Covid symptoms - Mail Headteacher's message to 200 pupils self-isolating in Bridgend - Wales Online The restaurant chefs transforming school meals - Guardian Are knowledge organisers flawed? - The Learning Spy Student unions threatening freedom of speech are paid £165m by us - Express Students have been sold the lie they are able to have a full university experience. They can't - Guardian Private and state schools bid to kill off GCSEs - Guardian Town v gown tensions rise over threat of Covid infection rate as new terms starts - Guardian More than half of residents in university towns and cities fear return of students will cause Covid spikes - Mail A £35,000 in-school Covid testing machine? Only in the private sector - Guardian 'They see us as heavy-drinking nuisances': students face Covid marshals - Guardian Generative learning and reflective teachers - Research Schools Network Troubleshooting in Philosophy for Children - UKEdChat Supporting Learners week kicks off with regional events - Unionlearn The limitations of retrieval practice - Teacher Toolkit Public fear students heading to universities will result in second wave and they hold government responsible - UCU NEU demands urgent action on testing - National Education Union 4 ways to help students ‘bounce back’ this term - Times Educational Supplement | TES Students' return could spark lockdown, say locals - BBC Sending a hundred students home so soon was a reality check - FE Week Student unions ‘cost taxpayers £165m a year but don’t represent undergraduates’ - The Sun Covering black history is good teaching, says Gibb - Schools Week Stress and lockdown — how schools are helping pupils look after their wellbeing - Times How is cancel culture affecting UK universities? - Times E-learning: how teachers and pupils can thrive - Times UK university rankings: the best universities by subject - Times Good University Guide: Oxford named University of the Year 2021 - Times Scots National 5 tests face axe for second year - Times New medical schools aim to recruit students from poorer areas - Times Nurseries in need of coronavirus care - Times