News archive for 23rd September 2020

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Major Covid outbreak at Glasgow University sees 600 self-isolate - Guardian Students 'should stay on campus over Christmas holidays', SAGE scientists warn - Telegraph Tes FE Awards 2020 to be hosted online this October - Times Educational Supplement | TES Durham fresher expelled over 'lads' group where students discussed competing to have sex with poorest girl - Telegraph Oxford’s diversity drive extends to PhDs with applications to include class background - Telegraph Number of state schools not fully open due to Covid quadruples in a week, latest DfE figures suggest - Independent Durham University withdraws fresher's place over 'abhorrent' online posts - Guardian The launch of the Good Youth Employment Campaign - ERSA New university rankings focus on student experiences - PIE News More than 60 UK universities to participate in Study UK event - British Council 'Reckless' to say cash shortage leaves schools unsafe - Times Educational Supplement | TES Department for Education launches new online resources to inspire children to get active - UKEdChat Coronavirus (COVID-19) catch-up premium: provisional allocations - Education & Skills Funding Agency Boosting children's physical activity in school - DfE ESFA Update: 23 September 2020 - Education & Skills Funding Agency How T Levels are funded - Education & Skills Funding Agency National Tutoring Programme – added support for pupils - NAHT Testing failures threatening school safety - NASUWT How the first T Levels are shaping up - AoC | Association of Colleges Christian school secretary sacked over posts slamming LGBT lessons for children, governor says - Mail Pay scales for teachers and leaders in England from September 2020 - Schools Week The National Student Survey’s radical roots and branches - Wonkhe Sorry, freshers: that wild week you were promised will be more bed than bedlam | Phil Wang - Guardian University of Liverpool's refusal to follow city's other universities online illustrates campus chaos - UCU Scottish universities must stop hiding behind unclear government guidance - UCU 'Huge concerns' over post-Covid school mentor shortage - Times Educational Supplement | TES MATs plan their own Covid-secure supply teacher pools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Horizon Europe ‘will further weaken basic research funding’ - Times Higher Education | THE Special educational needs charity offers free membership to support early years settings - Nursery World Two schools confirm new cases of coronavirus - Wales Online Schools warned of 'long, hard winter' ahead amid Covid testing chaos - SecEd County lines: Safeguarding alert as cases rise sharply - SecEd Half of outdoor education centres 'could close in 2021' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Letter used by PM as evidence of school ‘safety’ warned of need for ‘prompt availability of testing’ - Schools Week Boris Johnson hints he may have to close schools again if new restrictions don't work - Mirror Why Boris Johnson mustn't rewrite British history - Times Educational Supplement | TES School bans pupils from wearing Liverpool FC face masks to avoid becoming 'status symbols' - Mail School keeps windows open to stop Covid-19 but bans children from wearing coats - Mirror Government doing ‘level best’ to get school pupils tested, claims Johnson - Schools Week Why international schools need urgent 2021 exam clarity - Times Educational Supplement | TES Anthony Seldon’s Diary: Farewell to Buckingham, Yeats for trolls, and serving our students - New Statesman Mum slams 'selfish' parent who gave her coronavirus by doing school run with symptoms - Mirror Students at University of Aberdeen fined for breaking coronavirus rules - Scotsman First Minister appeals ‘directly to students’ to help stop spread of coronavirus - Scotsman PM 'out of touch' over test shortage impact on schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: What are the rules around student absence? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Continuing to deliver payments to students - Student Loans Company Entire high school closed due to coronavirus surge as 1,700 pupils learn online - Mirror Mum claims son, 14, would still be alive if school had stayed open during lockdown - Mirror College lobby boss keen on extension to break from Ofsted inspections - FE Week Schools are not designed to be Covid-free and they are turning into hotbeds of disease - Telegraph How can we make online learning a long-term success? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Former academy CEO barred for ‘failing to act with integrity and honesty’ - Schools Week Oxford student uses impressive juggling skills explain cancer research - Metro Parents say son in isolation with cough is 'right as rain' and should be in school - Mirror First Black pilot student raises funds after scholarship scrapped - Metro Doctors say 8 types of skin rash can be coronavirus symptom - especially in kids - Mirror Isolation generation – looking ahead to the sector’s unique recruitment challenge - HEPI Heriot-Watt University faces strike ballot over plan to axe 130 jobs - Herald Scotland Childcare sectors in urgent need of funding, warn unions and parents - Financial Times Higher education is transformative – it should be open to all - Wonkhe Why universities should recruit students on their character - Wonkhe Who are students going to live with next year? - Wonkhe Teachers say they're kept in dark on pupil Covid tests - Times Educational Supplement | TES Oxford to consider socioeconomic data in PhD applications - Times Higher Education | THE Cutting corners on cybersecurity can leave costly holes - Times Higher Education | THE Scotland: University has abased itself for the woke brigade - Times