News archive for 21st September 2020

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Schools in local lockdown areas could go part-time within weeks, teaching union chief warns - Telegraph Christian school assistant sacked in LGBT classes row was 'defending Biblical truth' - Mirror Students urge Government not to blame young people for 'living their lives' - Telegraph Woman fights sacking for objecting to son's LGBTQ+ classes - Guardian School employee sacked after sharing petition about LGBT lessons says it was 'morally necessary' to speak out - Telegraph Art competition aims to put a smile on children's faces - Times Educational Supplement | TES Grades crisis 'shows Gove folly in ditching coursework' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers denied testing for 'not being key workers' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Minister’s office breaks apprenticeship recruitment pledge - FE Week Students locked down after illegal parties at UK universities - Guardian Teachers urge PM to fix school testing crisis 'before it's too late' - Metro Where does materiality take us? Posthuman methodological pathways for maker literacies research - BERA Teachers fifth in line to get coronavirus tests - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sleepless heads 'at the end of their tether' over tests - Times Educational Supplement | TES St Andrews University students test positive for Covid after freshers' week party - Mail Coronavirus test rationing list confirmed with teachers fifth - and no priority for kids - Mirror Coronavirus UK: Headteacher 'forced to buy private tests' for staff - Metro Teachers fifth on priority list for testing, but no place for school pupils - Schools Week Coronavirus tests: Labour calls for improved access for early years settings - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Human rights committee criticises government actions to protect children during pandemic - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Universities are braced for a new wave of coronavirus in the absence of a credible action plan - PoliticsHome For young disabled learners like me, technology is the future - Jisc New international project to support children’s transition from pre-school to primary school - Leeds Beckett University I tricked my students into writing poetry - UKEdChat National Apprenticeship Week 2021 date announced - Education & Skills Funding Agency For employers, the Social Sciences stand up to the STEM obsession - HEPI Coronavirus: Will schools close again? - The Sun New Covid measures will prioritise keeping schools open - Times Educational Supplement | TES Head teacher who dialled through night for staff coronavirus tests is forced to go private - Evening Standard Why we should scrap all school exams for the year ahead - Telegraph Can parents be fined if they don’t send their kids to school during a second wave of coronavirus? - The Sun How can we make sure schools stay open? - Times Educational Supplement | TES The Excluded campaign: 1,000 pupils and a game changing shift in tackling exclusions - Evening Standard Teachers' Covid fears 'not taken seriously enough' - Times Educational Supplement | TES How dare Gavin Williamson criticise teachers? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Too many factors outside of heads’ control are causing anxieties to rise - Schools Week Cancel the Year 2 exams, demand headteachers - let us get on with teaching, not testing - Telegraph Apprenticeship provider register closure ‘stalling’ training industry, says former SFA manager - FE Week GCSE 2020: Autumn exam timetable - Times Educational Supplement | TES Don't take teachers' support for granted, PM warned - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils won't be ready for A-levels and GCSEs next year due to Covid disruption, teachers warn - Mail 'Woke' student unions cost taxpayers and students £165m a year, report finds - Mail Covid presents teacher recruitment gains but challenges lie ahead - Schools Week Parents 'worried about kids with colds' blamed for testing chaos by Government - Mirror How we can empower colleges to mainstream excellence - Times Educational Supplement | TES Report highlights impact of Covid-19 on Initial Teacher Training - NFER Sort out testing... or else: Teaching union warns Government schools could be forced to close again - Mail Scottish university freshers living in ‘prison-like’ conditions due to strict coronavirus measures - Scotsman School sport fuels classroom success and helps fight education inequality - Telegraph Movers and Shakers: Edition 326 - FE Week Children urged to strike against lack of action on climate emergency - Guardian Scotland: Pupils at Kirkcaldy school told to isolate after positive Covid test - Scotsman ASCL comment on NFER teacher training report - ASCL University are uniquely vulnerable to cyber attack during Covid-19 - Wonkhe Amidst a Covid cases increase, here’s what R means to us - Wonkhe Not enough whack for the moles - Wonkhe How are maths departments responding to the challenge of blended learning? - Schools Week Schools 'let down by demoralising DfE Covid advice' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Boris Johnson ‘risks failing a generation of kids if he does not sort out the testing fiasco’ - The Sun Christian school worker takes her dismissal fight to tribunal - Mail Covid creates teacher training placement 'bottleneck' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Lockdown teacher training applications leap by a third - Times Educational Supplement | TES Colleges for new Centre of Excellence revealed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher recruitment rises in coronavirus lockdown - Financial Times NFER finds Covid effect could eradicate most teacher shortfalls, but heads urge caution - Schools Week Riding the waves of international student flow will not be easy - Times Higher Education | THE First 20 colleges chosen for the WorldSkills UK Centre of Excellence - FE Week Pupils aren’t up to sitting exams next year, say teachers - Times School funding ‘unfair to poor white pupils’ - Times School sacked me for opposing sex education, claims Christian - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: Outbreaks at universities add to strain - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: Parents want end to confusion over next year’s exams - Times